Stephen Diaz (XAMURAI) wrote:pineal wrote:Stephen Diaz (XAMURAI) wrote:fermnedoza wrote:Stephen Diaz (XAMURAI) wrote:.
Miss Universe franchise is so expensive. They even failed with Urvashi despite being a superstar (and a super beauty), and she still has more IG followers than Pia even up to now.
Why not send Koyal to Miss International, instead? She is the kind of Miss India that MIO is looking for! And if no one believes me, then, India will forever be missing the cut in the third most important pageant in the world!
At times, I even fancy the idea of having Urvashi as Miss International India! That would be explosive!!!
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I concur on that Koyal or/and Urvashi could win MI for India. The Indians MUST realized now that their main problem for not winning MI is not really due to MIO's alleged racism against India or that MIO do not want to crown an Indian as five of the country's representatives almost won the crown for India. Rather the problem stems on the fact that India usually sent the wrong type of girls on MI.
I had a long conversation with the owner of Miss International last December. She invited me for a dinner, and yes, she is aware of the complaints from Indians. She is aware of the fact that Indians are accusing MI for being "anti-Indian"... Well, the ftruth is, Akemi Shimomura only became the owner of MI in 2013. Is there any Indian delegate who was worthy to be crowned since 2013? Jhataleka would have been the closest to that, but unfortunately she wore a horrible evening gown!
Like what Akemi Shimomura told me... "Indians are not being discriminated at Miss International. If they send someone who is worthy of our standard, there is no reason to ignore a Miss India. I just don't like when they keep on sending very thin girls. It's not our standard."
So there!
Wow I didn't know that my fellow Indians accused MIO of racism. Because India has done fairly well at MIO, we have had several runner ups and usually it's only luck and taste that separates winner from runner up.
The problem I think here is that MIO has a mould, you have to fit that image in order to become miss International. And in India we have only recently started training girls for miss world and universe separately, and the training for miss universe is still suffering. Either MIO should break their mould or someone should start training Indian girls exclusively for MI.
I was actually surprised when the topic about India was brought up. Apparently, this issue has been on the discussion table for quite some time, but the MI judging system is always based on votes. There is NO WAY they gonna manipulate the result in order to gain fame or to "ride on" with the popularity of one contestant. Take for example in 2015, when the overhyped Janicel Lubina of the Philippines did not even enter the Top 5, despite the fact that numerous Japanese media had her marked as the one to beat. In 2016, before the coronation night, the delegates from Venezuela and Colombia had more IG followers than Kylie and Felicia, but both clapped during the finals. It is only later when Kylie's followers exploded to exponential quantity, after she won the contest.
Being with MI for quite some time, and having the opportunity to sit and have an audience with the owner, I have to say that India is one country that they really want to do well in the MI system. But Japanese are just too honest and fair. They know their desire, but they will not submit to that desire through cheating. So for India, just send someone like Koyal, or send Koyal herself! I am telling you... she is the ONE!
Unfortunately, no one else in the country is as equipped as Femina/Time's group to train for an international pageant. And considering the caliber of the last Miss India-World batch, owing to the new format we could've done fairly well at miss international with an appointed candidate from the batch. The franchise has to come back to Femina/Time's group, especially now when miss India organisation is finally changing things for the better. What are MIO's thoughts about the current franchise holder?