Miss Thailand Chutima Durongdej Faints

Miss Thailand Chutima Durongdej fainted last Thursday, August 6, while she and other fellow candidates for the Miss universe pageant were visiting the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.

I don't know if you've already heard this but this is a report coming from a Senior Manager of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Michelle Malcolm, who is having regular updates about the pageant at Critical Beauty.

Apparently, the reason why Miss Thailand fainted was because of the heat in Bahamas. Most of the candidates especially from the Nordic countries are still trying to adjust from the heat.

Chutima was not able to join the rest of the candidates at the veranda of the National Art Gallery for refreshment because she was tended to. But the Thai beauty was able to join them for lunch at the next stop - the historic Graycliff restaurant.

I am impressed with Chutima's attitude in the pageant. No one can deny her effort to make herself visible in every photo shoots. She makes sure she's in every photos with a drama. That's her style and it's working. She's very vibrant and playful.

Because Chutima doesn't have the prettiest face in this batch, she's trying to compensate this with her outstanding personality. It won't be a surprise if she makes it to the Top 15.

Asians, this year, are very competitive.

 

Miss Thailand Chutima Durongdej in her official swimsuit photo.

Miss Jamaica Caroline Yapp, a BITCH?

Is Miss Jamaica Caroline Yapp the BITCH in this year's Miss Universe?

Every year in Miss Universe, there is always a news of candidates who are bitching with other delegates. Last year, one of them was Miss Colombia Taliana Vargas who went on to become First Runner-up.

From Michele Malcolm's updates of the pageant at Critical Beauty, she reported that she witnessed Caroline telling the other contestants with this line, "I am from Jamaica you know!"

Miss Jamaica was probably insinuating that her country is a diva in Miss Universe. We have to remember that Jamaica almost didn't send a delegate this year because of lack of sponsorships but Donald Trump, the owner of the pageant, asked the franchise holder to send a delegate because she wanted a Miss Jamaica this year.

It could be that her mentors shoved to her that she's important in this pageant since it was Donald who requested them to send a Miss Jamaica.

Why did Caroline mentioned that infamous line? From the report of Michelle, it looks like that the candidates were in Arawak Cay in Bahamas for a tour. Some of the girls who are more aggressive were trying to push some of the ladies in order to get a better view for the photographers probably. Caroline was one of the latter.

"Miss Jamaica is a confident beauty who won’t tolerate being pushed around by aggressive delegates."

Caroline is one of the contestants who I think have the prettiest faces in the competition.

Vietnamese wins Miss Talent at Miss International Beauty 2009

A Vietnamese contestant, Vu Thi Hoang Diep pocketed an early prize, Miss Talent, at Miss International Beauty, it was announced on July 17.

Miss Talent is one of the secondary prizes offered by organizers before the main prizes are awarded on the final August 1.

After nearly two weeks of participating in the pageant’s events, Diep still remains in the top three of the online voting on the pageant's official website.

Currently, Diep and other contestants have been in training for preparations for the final.

Talking with SGGP, Diep said she was surprised with the result but thought it would be a good encouragement for her to keep doing her best at the contest.

“All the contestants are really nice to me and we all receive good treatment from the organizers during the contest,” Diep added.

Miss International Beauty Pageant, founded in 1973, aims to symbolize beauty and harmony for different nationalities, bring about friendship across the world and to promote world peace.

Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 has attracted 43 contestants from around the world. The final night will take place in Urumqi, China.

Despite reports of recent unrest in and around Urumqi, organizers have insisted the pageant will go ahead.

Source: saigon-gpdaily.com.vn

Jennifer Victoria Koranteng wins Miss Universe Ghana 2009

Ms. Jennifer Victoria Koranteng, a 22-year old Theatre Arts and Psychology graduate of the University of Ghana, is to represent the country at this year's Miss Universe show scheduled for August in Bahamas.

This followed her selection during the Pageant competition held in Accra on Friday night.

She beat four other contestants to win the Miss Universe Ghana 2009 title after excelling in four categories of grueling task performance.

This included individual presentation, physical fitness or swimsuit appearance, interview and questions on national and world affairs, and composure and grace.

The other contestants were Daphne Grace Allotey, first runners-up and Suzana Darko, second runner up and Angela Effum and Matilda Hammond.

Miss Koranteng, who displayed exceptional smartness, intelligence and confidence, said she would rely on those qualities to win the world title for Ghana in August.

She will leave Ghana for Bahamas in July to enable her undergo a training session to prepare her for the show.

Miss Tibet 2009 Starts Tomorrow

Four Tibetan beauties would sashay along the stage in the 'Miss Tibet-2009' beauty pageant that would begin here from June 5.

The participants namely Dolkar from Dehradun, Ngawang Choying from Darjeeling, Tenzin Choezom from Dharamsala and Yeshi Lhamo from Bir in Himachal Pradesh would compete in the beauty contest.

The contestants, presently in Dharamsala, are being provided training in Yoga, dance, make-up and personality development.

They will also be provided orientation on Tibetan history, language, philosophy, current affairs, the human rights and environment situation in Tibet as well.

The Director of Miss Tibet pageant, Lobsang Wangyal told reporters that the 100 thousand Tibetans living in India belong to conservative society and hence the lesser number of participants in the event.

"Tibetan society is very conservative society. So it is not easy for young women to come forward and be themselves. They are always afraid of what and who will say behind them, the name taking... all this. So they cannot take such things and they face such things," said Lobsang Wangyal, Director, Miss Tibet-2009 Beauty Pageant.

Tenzin Choezom, the 20-year-old participant said that she wants to be inspiration for other Tibetan women.

" I want to be an example for the youth that if I can participate in this competition then they (other Tibetans) can also participate in this competition," she added.

The three-day competition would begin with swim suit round followed by intellectual rounds on their art of articulation and allied other talents.rowning and presentation of the prize money of one lakh rupees to the winner would be held during finale on June 7.

Evening gown, traditional costume and interview would also be held on the last day.

The first runner-up will be presented with 50,000 rupees while the second runner-up and would be given 25,000 rupees.

The fourth contestant will receive a token prize of 5,000 rupees.

Lobsang Wangyal Productions started the pageant in 2002 when a majority of the four short-listed girls backed out facing flak from community leaders.onetheless, the pageant has survived through the years, at times witnessing only a single participant.

The pageant has had its share of successes and failures on the international stage due to objections by Beijing.