Nina Cleopatra
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Welcome to the biggest beauty powerhouse of the Universe!! The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International pageants (amongst others). Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has accumulated more international titles than any other country, including five Miss Universe winners, five Miss World winners, and five Miss International winners. Alexandra Braun Waldeck, who won Venezuela's first Miss Earth title in 2005 was first runner-up at the Miss Venezuela pageant, and received training from the organization, although she was not one of their official titleholders.
Aha! The infamous Osmel Souza! Top Czar of Beauty!
His bold and strict taste in beauty has made him such a
notorious character in beauty pageantry! His biggests
enemies? Uglyness and cellulite!!
Once a candidate is shortlisted for the pageant, she begins an intensive training program which can last for six months. She receives coaching in speech, physical fitness, make-up, modelling, and all the other skills required for the competition. Plastic surgery and cosmetic dentistry is optional and some delegates use padding. As the Miss Venezuela broadcast lasts up to four hours long, with countless musical numbers and dances, rehearsals require weeks of preparation. Contestants also participate in official photoshoots (lately done by Ivan Dumont, after several years by Daniel Alonso) and also fittings by fashion designers. The evening gowns worn by candidates are a major source of politicking by Venezuela's domestic fashion houses, with top designers such as Mayela Camacho, Ángel Sanchez, Durant & Diego, and Jose Maria Almeida selecting candidates that they will dress for the final night, while other, newer designers compete to present designs for the pageant.
Stefanía Fernández Krupij, (born September 4, 1990), is a pageant titleholder, from Mérida, Venezuela, who will represent her country, Venezuela, in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in the Bahamas. Fernández won the Miss Venezuela 2008 title in a pageant held in Caracas, Venezuela on September 10, 2008. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008. Fernández also won the "Miss Elegance", "Best Body" and "Best Face", titles.
In this fixed pic we can notice that Stefania
has been one of the most bashed candidates
this year and specially criticized on her long neck!
Which happens to be one of her strongest feautures!
She became the second Miss Trujillo to win that title since the Miss Venezuela pageant first began in 1952. The first was Bárbara Palacios, Miss Venezuela 1986 and Miss Universe 1986. Stefanía is of Ukrainian, Galician and Polish origin, and she practices tennis and swim. Her father was kidnapped in 2005 in Barinas, Venezuela, for 5 days.
1.PRESENTATION: With her 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and 18 years old, Shtefania Fernandez will present herself in front of the judges as a very self-assured, mature and intelligent girl. Very confident in herself and her capabilities.. Unlike the current miss Universe Dayana Mendoza and former Miss Universe Alicia machado, Stefania do not share the same charismatic, energetic and bubbly venezuelan personality that is very appealing to the international judges which could give the impression of being a little bit boring.
9.00
2.FACE: I definetely have to be honest and say that there's nothing really outsanding in Stefania's facial feautues, almost crossing into the "plain" zone! Her polish heritage does give her a touch of european air! I did notice her face is also asymmetrical but I wouln't worry to much about this as many other girls have won the title of MU having an asymmetric face! I'm having tons of trouble with how she uses her mouth, and pushes her lips foward to show a somewhat a higher level of fierceness but she fails misserabily, as it totally damage her soft looking face and quite simply: it does not work for me...
8.80
3.BODY: She has a great body, very elongated, giving her great range of extension and raising her elegance level. She possesses great proportion. A great package... from the neck down. I just wished she could bring the same quality from the neck up. What many people have complained about her long neck, to me that is actually one of her strongest points! Her neck gives her that elegant and regal swan-like look to her advantage. It gives her those very desirable mannequin features!
9.15
4.CATWALK SKILLS: With a slow and highly controlled pace, Stefania seems a little bit too slow and somewhat stiff when she grace the stage. Her trademark is definetelly how she arches her back almost into a defying gravity posture which almost looks like she's going to break her spine! But it certainly gives her a great amount of edginess in her walk. My only concern may be that although it does look great when walking sideways, she does loose form when walking foward, It makes her lower body look wider and gives her a big amount of trouble on her arms placement. Sometimes she looks like she doesn't know exactly what to do with her arms when she's on the runnway due to her extreme posture..
9.05
1. PRESENTATION: .........................9.00
2. FACE: ......................................8.80
3. BODY: ......................................9.15
4. CATWALK SKILLS: .......................9.05
CLOSING COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: I still have mixed feelings about Stefania and I can help but, keep going back and forth with her. Sometimes she looks stunning and other times, not so much. I can't quite put my finger on what really makes me feel insecure about her. My primary recommendation for her is to bring some lighter hair in Bahamas. Dark colors suits her well and a very tight cotoure dress to define her well proportionated body which is a great canvas for Ozmel to work and experiment with! My other recommendation is going to all missologists out there, and I'm gonna caption this:
VENEZUELA SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED! THIS IS A POWERHOUSE THAT HAS TRIUMPHED FOR MANY DECADES AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE EXEPTION!! THE LACK OF PICS AND PRESENTATIONS FROM STEFANIA CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S A BIG STRATEGY GOING ON FROM OSMEL'S BEAUTY TEAM! I REPEAT, DO NOT OVERLOOK STEFANIA OR YOU WILL BE SURPRISED! ALSO YOU SHOULD EXPECT A VERY BOLD AND RISKY EVENING GOWN ON FINAL NIGHT! Good luck Stefy!
Still, the building of my invincible empire it's still on it's way!!
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....keep on...i'll have my last laugh when you gag about who made top 5 and outshined their candidate pick...;] love you all!
