LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: (L-R) Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega and Miss Phillipines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, react after it was announced that host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez Arevalo the winner instead of Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vega had to remove the crown from Gutierrez Arevalo and give it to Wurtzbach. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
I could only scratch my head in disbelief at some people who find it extremely hard to move on after five years. Colombian Ariadna Gutierrez could not think of any other way to create public noise amidst a pandemic but to resurrect an old wound that publicly embarrassed her.
But our Queen P found a solid ally with Miss Bulgaria 2015 Radostina Todorova who came to her rescue.
For the past weeks, Queen P kept herself busy with her charity project during ECQ and the COVID19 crisis by spearheading the distribution of safety masks to all frontliners – be it hospitals or basic service providers. And she did not stop in doing just a one-day mission. She kept on with it for days – while still looking radiant all throughout.
And just to set things in their proper places with due clarification, the isosceles should be converted to a RIGHT triangle instead. And hopefully, everyone will live happily ever after. I know that Queen P has gracefully advanced to her reign. I hope Ariadna is sincerely leaving the past behind and welcoming new opportunities coming her way. And Steve Harvey? He still has a good career to lean back on.
And so we come to the one most important beauty pageant of them all – Miss Universe. This year, the eighty (80) candidates – just like in previous editions – are fighting tooth and nail to make it to the top. Maybe not in the literal sense, but in a parallel approach using their solid arsenals of face, figure and poise all wrapped in a package ready to get on the good side of the judges and brand-new owners. And during the Presentation Show at The Axis, they gave us a substantial preview of their full worth which gave everyone – including your blogger – a clearer sense of who deserves to be up there and which among them could be eyeing the 64th crown with such fierce hold and intensity that will leave the weaker competitors settling for the crumbs of success.
One Australian, Two Asians, Two North Americans, Two Europeans, Two from the Caribbean and Six South Americans. These are the fifteen Miss Universe 2015 delegates who got my nod for the Presentation Show which saw all eighty (80) ladies vying for a spot in the first cut of the finals this coming December 20 in Las Vegas. And it ain’t easy trimming down the list to just fifteen because I actually have at least twenty-one (21) contenders who could be potential qualifiers for the semifinals.
Tomorrow, December 16 (Thursday morning in Manila), at The Axis inside Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, the Official Candidates of Miss Universe 2015 will have their crucial Presentation Show where the preliminary competitions in swimsuit and evening gowns will take place. Performances in these two segments will complete the individual score tally of each lady after the closed door interviews being held today. After adding up everything, the names of the Top 15 will be arrived at, to be announced during the finals on December 20.
