miss grand international and miss universe are the contests that have
been held so far, one in March and the other in the month of May, finally, after so
long, they gave us the emotion we needed so much, I missed having that
excitement again in the contest. of beauty what is it that moves this community.
Since we have the issues resolved we are going to talk a little more about one and the other and
I give my super personal opinion, I am not speaking for anyone but if you have any comment you can
leave it down here, I have to start by saying that President Nawat is a Mr. who loves to
attract attention and be in the center and of course he wanted miss grand to be the
first beauty contest held in face-to-face pandemic. miss earth was held last year and it
was like virtual it was quite different and pathetic but Miss Grand did it in person, she
achieved the goal of being able to catch the eye and to be able to do an event of this magnitude with girls
from all over the world and move on, no girl was infected after that, she
demonstrated that she can ensure the well-being of each candidate, each girl
who arrived in Thailand had to do a 14-day quarantine as established by
the Thai government, so the girls were compulsorily 14 days in the hotel,
and they also did activities that could help them to become known on social networks, some
activities were good, and others not so much ... but they had a good time and they were also sure
that all the cicas were perfect. health, miss universe was not done like that and in fact
every time the candidate arrived in hollywood, the next day she could be in activities,
they did not do that regime in quarantine and what miss universe did not take into consideration is that they
were literally in a casino where anyone could enter, they could leave and even stay until
the hours they wanted, and obviously many fans were around the queens I felt a great
fear for those girls because they were surrounded by many people and some did not use a
mask so with this covid I was scared to be honest, it was a bit scary
at least all of them were able to participate in the final night that yes the miss universe activities were
inclined to outings to restaurants to eat pasta and the photo session with Fadil Berisha, Miss Grand
put on the batteries they began to take the girls to the street of Thailand to take
a photo session that in fact those photos were not published and they also took the girls
to different events, not only dinners but also Bangkok tourism, and I
liked that a lot because such a unique experience must be accompanied as with a Something that lowers
the pressure on the girls because they are in a tough competition, when you are in that beautiful frame of mind
I think it can help many girls to digest the competition better. When the final night arrived
we cannot deny that the opening of miss universe was already pre-recorded, however the
opening of the grand was live and those women were not only there in person but
also did an excellent dance I loved I loved the RAIN song ON ME and the choreography
was very well organized, and if you realize they divided the dance by continents africa america
europe asia while miss universe gave us the news that pitbull would be there, and
miss ecuador and miss bolivia were not poor who they confused in the opening and they will not have
that image to remember, with respect to the national costume competition, both competitions
were held in the final stages in miss grand they played with the stage, it was a
broader the girls made a different route in each parade However, in this miss universe it is
always the same route, a short parade and now, I was also watching miss universe 2017
and I realized that the useful background hoisted in the ball gown competition was the
same, and the swimsuit background image was the same as 2014, and the setting as such
looks a bit like miss universe 2017, it was a recycling miss universe, i I always hope that
the shows impress me and this time miss universe did not impress me, what happens is that I love
the stairs on the stages none had many stairs although the miss grand stage
was spacious and they used it absolutely. They did not lose any space especially in the
opening where they used each phase, I have to applaud that MG did an event before the final night
which is the swimsuit competition where the girls are literally on a very high tower a
skyscraper in Bangkok and It was totally majestic to see the parades of each of the girls, I think
that event was great for them. I totally applaud it, it is an event that one expects and that
one gets excited and where you can really see the potential of each quantity and totally incredible,
with Regarding the final night in the swimwear competition in miss universe they used
cheap capes , these long sleeved capes that look like a sweater, I did not like it at all although the bathing suits
themselves, if I liked them, if they took off those horrendous capes The swimsuit was much better
, in the gala dress competition I have to say that the dresses of miss grand brasil
and miss grand indonesia have no comparison, those costumes are crazy! perfect, in miss universe
I really like the dress from Puerto Rico but in the preliminary, the one from Thailand was majestic,
I think Thailand deserved the top 5 I think they definitely excluded it from the top 5,
Costa Rica also had a good suit but the presentation was a little run over
the difference between miss grand and universe that I perceive is that, I feel that miss grand has a
predetermined result before the final night you realize that the interview with the jury
the girls meet with the current queen with the president and with the vice president
of the organization, and do you think that the jury on the final night is going to change the decision of
these three? No, they are not going to let any other queen be crowned, so I think it is already
predetermined but I really liked the top 5 I liked that Guatemala was there there is a country
that is not so often in the tops, basically we do not see it Never in a top it was in the top 5 it
was in the top 3 I loved it, and with respect to the top 5 miss universe we also have the second
finalist janick maceta Peru was over 60 years old who did not enter the top 5 and finally she
did I liked that in both contests it took into consideration girls from countries that had not
classified in a long time, with respect to the animators I much prefer the one of miss
grand, because olivia culpo really ruined the miss universe, olivia was disoriented as if
sleepy or with I don't know what she had but she was definitely not vibrating because that
's her personality she never proved to be funny or at least entertaining since she always
looks like ... olivia, regarding miss grand I criticized her and I didn't like it It was not at all that they
asked a round of questions precisely at the moment of the coronation and that seems so incoherent to me,
it was not the moment, it was not the space, we already have a show, and this is made to pass as if there was
a tie that I do not believe, It was the only thing that really displeased me because we are all waiting for
the result and then they say that there is a tie 3, do you think I'm going to believe that? ... nope,
but still I liked the result a lot I liked that Abena It came because
she earned it and stood out in each phase of the competition, when that woman spoke in Thai
bangkok she fell down with emotion, people went crazy and I think it was a result that
left us all quite satisfied so for this reason miss grand was a great job
that was recognized and deserved to win also the top 5 was diverse had a Central American had
an American had two Asians and a South American however Miss Universe was
made up of four Latinas and one Asian was quite obvious that miss universe wanted Latinas and
of course having everything related to Latinos; For example, the makeup sponsor,
the television network, the headquarters, it was quite obvious and I did not like that they removed the top 3 that they
had before but at the same time I think they knew that there was going to be a top 3 of Latinas then not
They wanted to emphasize the Latino community a lot because of course the Asians and people
from other regions were going to be a little upset and that happened! Asians were
complaining that there wasn't much Asian or African representation in the top 5 and I
agree! Regarding Andrea, it was a bit of a surprise result because we are used to
the girl who responds best wins then when Peru is named second runner-up and Brazil
first runner-up it was a bit surprising but MU likes to cause this surprise effect
and the Life goes on so let's see what happens to the reigns of those girls for now Abena was
in the USA and this weekend she is going to Ecuador and then to Mexico, the miss universe is waiting to
be fully vaccinated to be able to travel and ensure her well-being I think it's totally fine,
although something that IMG has is that it has disappointed with the reigns of the last queens, they have been
quite boring and you do not want to follow it, miss universe has become a
one-night thrill and then disappears until the following year, although I really miss the
previous era of miss universe where everything was so dynamic the word of
miss universe had glamor and importance , today the perception that people have about the contest is not as present
as ten years ago. Abena and Andrea were crowned in totally different editions but
the objective is the same, to choose a girl to work with the organization for
a year, apparently these two will not complete the year but they will do some months that will
help her to work with volunteers. Around the world, what contest did you like?
GRAND OR UNIVERSE? I'm going to be totally honest with you, miss grand left me much more satisfied
than miss universe miss universe disappointed me in certain aspects and I am not talking about the result,
but about production and concentration, it did not leave me satisfied. And the next contest that is
on the list is miss supranational so we are going to see each other over there, material is coming guys
so don't take off your screens! I send you a hug from Venezuela, xoxo.