If competing with palace dramas, Miss Universe 2020 would definitely win the grand prize. Recently, people around the world have been restless about a new dramatic drama that was exposed by the contestants themselves.
Perhaps in the history of Miss Universe, there has never been a year when the contest received as many mixed opinions as this year. Although it has ended for more than 10 days and the final crown has belonged to the representative of Mexico, Miss Andrea Meza – a beautiful and talented computer engineer. But with each passing day, social networks are abuzz with another thrilling detail about the backstage of this international beauty contest.
Contestant’s dress was destroyed before the contest night
On May 25, in an Instagram interview with a commentator on beauty pageants, Lenka Nemer – Miss Universe Bolivia shared her experiences participating in this year’s contest. In particular, the 24-year-old beauty attracted attention when she confirmed that there were contestants playing dirty tricks on each other at this famous beauty pageant.
She said she saw some contestants’ dresses being ruined and some beauties’ national costumes being damaged. The 9X beauty continued to emphasize: “I have witnessed many bad acts and I would like to confirm that again. I also know that other contestants do not want to say anything to Miss Universe… I could not have imagined such a thing happening. However, since the costume vandalism incident, the organizing committee has started to control the contestants more closely.” Lenka added that sooner or later everyone will know who is behind the above dirty tricks. According to many beauty sites, the Puerto Rican beauty is one of those victims of foul play. She also posted a livestream to share how she was “harmed” when the dress prepared for the final night’s Evening Gown round was torn to pieces.
New Miss “almost” stripped of crown
Any newly crowned Miss will face a lot of confusion when choosing her outfit. However, Miss Universe is another big aspect, where everything has to be perfect.
Not only that, her wedding photos were “archaeologically” discovered by netizens right after her coronation, which also “scared” many people. Fortunately, the reigning Miss Universe 2020 was not stripped of her crown because this was just a promotional photo shoot.
The National Costume Award was given to the representative who… borrowed the outfit
Miss Universe is not only a contest for girls but also an arena for a large fashion team afterwards. Each contestant has to carry bulky outfits weighing dozens of kilos on their bodies just to bring glory to their country. This year’s national costumes are of very high quality, but the award they received has caused great controversy.
This decision of the Organizing Committee made the contestants extremely disappointed, the audience felt unfair because the efforts of the beauty queens were not respected. With just a simple borrowed outfit and a sign with the words “Pray for Myanmar”, the contestant won the National Costume award that many countries invested in to compete. Although it was known that this could be an intention to support this country, it was considered a kindness at the wrong time.
The scandals surrounding the name Catriona Gray
In previous years, the Philippines was a strong country in beauty queens when two beauties, Catriona Gray and Pia Wurtzbach, were consecutive winners. Therefore, this year, Miss Rabiya, representing her country in the competition, faced a lot of pressure.
While the situation was getting heated, Catriona Gray posted her selection of the top 6 most beautiful national costumes without her country’s representative. She was immediately criticized by the public for forgetting her compatriot. Although Miss Universe explained, she was still considered not supporting her country.
On a Philippine online forum, a photo of a Thai beauty queen named Amanda Obdam was passed around, but she was given a new nickname, Catriona Blue (blue version of Catriona Gray) because she looked so much like Catriona Gray (Gray Cat).
All the “sensational” details of this year’s contest will certainly continue to be written!