By Nina Cleopatra
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ahh Colombia! Land of the "Cumbia", "Ballenato" and of course: Beautifull girls!. Colombia has always been a legendary powerhouse of beauties in Latin America, and maybe they don't have as many crowns as their neighbor country Venezuela, but the colombian girls have always been considered a threat to rivals and a force to be reckon with, specially because they tend to accumulate some huge dividends at the interview segment of the prelims. I believe the biggest misconception about colombians may be that they are somewhat demure and reserved, totally not true!Theyr'e happy party animals that would celebrate even the smallest event! If there's cumbia or salsa hitting somewhere, you'll surely find a colombian dancing there! Their latest acomplishment? Taliana Vargas almost gave them the crown, she was an instant stunner, she made some great top points at final night, showing great catwalk skills, poise and charm!!
Taliana's extravagant gown, also known by her bashers as "The Flying Roach!"
left many broken dreams and rivals clapping in despair!
Hail to the new colombian queen: Michelle Roulliard!
Michelle Rouillard (born October 28, 1986), a student representing Cauca Department, was crowned Miss Colombia 2008 during a ceremony televised live to the whole country at the Julio Cesar Turbay auditorium in Cartagena. in the Evening Gown Competition and swimsuit competition michelle obtained 9.8 and 9.8 respectively.
"Ay gane!...Que bacano!!"
Michelle, a student of international business at Concord University in Canada, stands 1.75 m tall. She also speaks three languages: Spanish, English and French. Her measurements are 92-62-92, with green eyes, light brown hair and fair skin, and will represent Colombia at the Miss Universe 2009 contest in July.
My first impression of this girl was WOW!, she reminds me of a Victoria's Secret Model, she has the looks of a classic beauty queen with an angelical face, very classy and poised. To my surprise all of the sudden she cuts her hair off! I have to admit I was extremelly shocked! Aparently was a decision she made by her own, showing how determined and maybe strong headed contestant she might be! At first I was totally frustrated and with plenty of reasons, having short hair in a pageant is a double edge sword it might or migth not work for you. It is not appealing to everybody and is twice as hard to work it on stage. You can't wave it or stroke it with your hand to make some sexy firece moves, it lacks movement and can make you look older.. Later I learned that there are going for the edgier razor blade sleek look, wich I agree it suits her well! Still I believe she had better chances with her long wavy hair..
"Yes, I'm cutting my hair... So Whaaat?!"
NINA CLEOPATRA'S IN DEPTH REVIEW: MICHELLE ROULLIARD!:
1.PRESENTATION: Michelle is a poised, classy young woman, and this trait doesn't come in any way as a surprise to me.. this traits are very common between colombian contestants. She's very talkative and sophisticated wich I'm sure it is gonna be very appealing and pleasant for most of the judges, she knows a lot about her country, her culture and she can easily and fluenty speak of any topic. Michelle most striking feautre is that she honors well her last name: "Roulliard". This girl looks like she was taken from the parisian steets, she looks totally french! Making her a true example of the colombian diversity! I think over all Michelle is gonna do well at the interview section of the preliminaries. For that reason I'm giving her a presentation score of:
9.25!
"S'il vous plaît Maidmoiselle!"
2. FACE: Beautifull! Soft angelic face, sad puppy eyes, very elegant looking face. I just have a little bit of trouble with the tip of her nose and with the fact that sometimes she might look a little bit older than she really is!
9.00
BODY: I have to say, this is most definately the part were she falls a little bit, her body is just ok, she doesn't seem like she's the girl that love to hit the gym often, althought she presents it quite well her body doesn't stand out to me at all. She def needs to tone down more that body, I will love to see some obliques at final nigh from her and shed down that little baby fat she still has on her tummy.. Body wise she's standing at the fence at this moment, not standing out of the pack nor fading away in the backround.
8.80
CATWALK SKILLS: Althougth she does not have the best catwalk of the batch of girls this year, in the case of Miss Colombia is all about from the neck up. She is at constant control of her face and she's pretty aware of the surroundings and the cameras, she's always conecting with the screen, while she still needs to focus more on her entire body she tends to be all over the place at moments. Her pace is paced but not letargic, so it doesn't get to the boring point, she needs to work some more on her snaps and turns. I believe that her haislyle will have a direct impact on the way she's gonna be walking at pageant night, a more sleek sexy modern paced sophisticated walk is what she needs!
8.85
OVERALL SCORES:
1. PRESENTATION: 9.25
2. FACE: 9.00
3. BODY: 8.80
4. CATWALK SKILLS: 8.85
NINA RECOMENDS!: She definetely needs to polish that catwalk, hit the gym every single day, have a good diet and I would love to see her hair a little bit more on the blondish side. Her hairstyle? A sleek wet look...
CLOSING COMMENTS: Michelle is overall a well balanced candidate, she has strong and not so strong points. I believe the chances for her of getting into the semis lies solely on her hands. She needs to believe in herself, she needs to really have a desire to grab the crown, to grab destiny in her hands! I read somewhere that she have said that winning the crown was not her first priority, I believe that is not the most effective way of thinking before getting into this pageant. We all know as I have said before, that the Miss Universe Crown is for the girl that really wants it, the girl that's ready to fight for her dreams and goals, you can't expect the crown to fly and stop in your head, you have to fight to gain the right! After all, not every girl is born with the name Oxana!!
"That's me! He he!"
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....woot for colombia and canada!
colombian-french. nice combo. look what we've got..stunner Michelle Rouillard!
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I'll leave you with your mummies. 
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