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Miss Universe 2011: My Favorite Glamshots

Posted by Norman on September 7, 2011
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In keeping with the true spirit of host country Brazil, the glamshots of Miss Universe 2011 are played with the themes of carnival and samba. And just looking at all 89 photographs taken by Fadil Berisha is enough to put me into a state of fun and fieriness…and so did the girls’ poses. I chose 15, presented in alphabetical order, which stood out from the rest. Sway those hips now!

Miss Angola Leila Lopes

Miss Argentina Natalie Rodriguez

Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss Bahamas Anastagia Pierre

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado

Miss China Zilin Luo

Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo

Miss Greece Iliana Papageorgiou

Miss Hungary Betta Lipcsei

Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj

Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup

Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz

Miss Serbia Anja Šaranović

Miss Spain Paula Guillo

Miss Thailand Chanyasorn Sakornchan

Reviewing my 15 glamshot picks, I would have to give the Top 5 to Serbia’s Anja Šaranović, Brazil’s Priscila Machado, Colombia’s Catalina Robayo, Kosovo’s Aferdita Dreshaj and Greece’s Iliana Papageorgiou. Tough to rank them, but it needs to be done.

Who tops your glamshot list? 🙂

Miss Universe 2011: My Favorite Headshots

Posted by Norman on September 3, 2011
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Viewing all 89 headshots of the Miss Universe 2011 delegates is not a daunting task. But to choose the outstanding ones can be. Much as I would like to limit my choices to just 15 favorites, I decided to add 5 more because this is such a competitive batch that it would do some of the girls injustice if I don’t recognize their excellent portrait pictures. Here now are my 20 picks for this first segment of official photographs from the lens of Patrick Prather, in alphabetical order:

Miss Angola Leila Lopes

Miss Aruba Gillain Berry

Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss Bahamas Anastagia Pierre

Miss China Zilin Luo

Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano

Miss Czech Republic Jitka Novackova

Miss Hungary Betta Lipcsei

Miss Israel Kim Edri

Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj

Miss Malaysia Deborah Henry

Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros

Miss Netherlands Kelly Weekers

Miss Panama Sheldry Saez

Miss Peru Natalie Vertiz

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup

Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz

Miss Sweden Ronnia Fornstedt

Miss USA Alyssa Campanella

Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalvez

Now….if I had to choose my best 5 headshots…hmmm….I would short-list Miss Netherlands Kelly Weekers (doll-like sweetness), Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj (stylish chic), Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalvez (well-chiseled perfection), Miss Aruba Gillain Berry (dignified beauty) and Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs (classic looks).

Who are yours? 😉

Miss Universe 2011: Soccer! Sao Paulo! Goal!

Posted by Norman on September 1, 2011
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If Brazil is hosting Miss Universe 2011, will a game of soccer be far behind? Of course not! Some of the girls were game enough to engage in a fun match of kicking and running in the field while wearing their most colorful uniforms of the sport. Host delegate Priscila Machado led the charge and you can see how much adrenaline-pumping moves they did. Check them out!

The Yellow Team composed of (clockwise from top left) Miss Finland Pia Pakarinen, Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano, their Brazilian coach, Miss Brazil Priscila Machado, Miss Cayman Islands Cristin Alexander, Miss Guyana Kara Lord, Miss Honduras Keylin Gomez, Miss Guam Shayna Jo Afaisen, Miss Denmark Sandra Amer, Miss British Virgin Islands Sheroma Hodge, Miss Canada Chelsae Durocher and Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs.

The Green Team composed of (clockwise from top left): Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros,their Brazilian coach, Miss Malaysia Deborah Henry, Miss Ireland Aoife Hannon, Miss Korea Jung So-ra, Miss Poland Rozalia Mancewicz, Miss Germany Valeria Bystritskaya, Miss Turks & Caicos Easher Parker, Miss St. Lucia Joy-Ann Biscette, Miss New Zealand Priyani Puketapu, Miss Ukraine Olesya Stefanko and Miss Tanzania Nelly Kamwelu.

They may not be the best soccer players around, but they can certainly be the most inspiring muses for any team (L-R): Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs, Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano and Miss Finland Pia Pakarinen.

Stretching and wam-up, anyone? (L-R) Miss Germany Valeria Bystritskaya, Miss Tanzania Nelly Kamwelu, Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros and Miss Malaysia Deborah Henry.

The game was for fun, but the girls still seriously played it.

A goal was scored and the girls started some wild cheers on the field.

All images above are courtesy of Missosology

Miss Universe 2011: At Praia de Enseada

Posted by Norman on September 1, 2011
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Fun at Praia de Enseada (L-R): Miss Kazakhstan Valeriya Aleinikova, Miss Malaysia Deborah Henry, Miss Japan Maria Kamiyama, Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros, Miss Honduras Keylin Gomez and Miss Aruba Gillain Berry

What’s a beauty pageant without beach scenes? So the Miss Universe 2011 delegates have been whisked to Praia de Enseada for a day of taping and frolicking in its cool waters. It is cold in Sao Paulo right now, but nothing beats parading in two piece swimwears and sexily posing to photographers.

(L-R) Miss New Zealand Priyani Puketapu, Miss Korea Jung So-ra, Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup, Miss Romania Larisa Popa and Miss Singapore Valerie Lim

Miss Belgium Justine De Jonckheere

Miss Slovak Republic Dagmar Kolesárová

Miss Bahamas Anastagia Pierre

Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj

Miss Nicaragua Adriana Dorn

Miss Bolivia Olivia Pinheiro

(L-R) Miss Thailand Chanyasorn Sakornchan, Miss Turkey Melisa Asli Pamuk, Miss Korea Jung So-ra, Miss New Zealand Priyani Puketapu and Miss Nicaragua, Adriana Dorn

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado

Miss Estonia Madli Vilsar

Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros

Miss France Laury Thilleman

Posing for the perfunctory big group shot in front of Casa Grande Hotel which hosted the ladies at Praia de Enseada

All images courtesy of Fotoarena

Miss Universe 2011: Outshine! Outsmile! Outpose!

Posted by Norman on August 24, 2011
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The word of the day is ‘out.’ With Miss Universe 2011 in full swing, the name of the game is to survive the onslaught of gorgeous national beauty queens from all over. And by that, I mean…OUTSHINE! OUTSMILE! OUTPOSE!

The images below are courtesy of Foto Arena and OPMB Worldwide.

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado may not be the most welcoming host delegate, but it cannot be denied that she is in it to win it!

Miss Finland Pia Pakarinen is coming out from the cold Finnish weather to add more heat to Miss Universe 2011.

Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros does not look bothered that the reigning Miss Universe titleholder is her compatriot Ximena. She is zeroing in on a back-to-back victory.

Miss Nicaragua Adriana Dom is not about to take the competition sitting down. She wants to stand out and become her country's first Miss Universe.

Roommates or not, Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup (L) and Miss Korea Jung So-ra won't have difficulty communicating with each other since the latter speaks fluent American English.

Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano may look shorter than her reported height of 5'9" in person, but she remains to have one of the sweetest faces in the pageant.

Miss Ireland Aoife (pronounce 'ee-fah') Hannon is bringing the luck of the Irish that her predecessor Rozzana Purcell had last year.

Miss Dominican Republic Dalia Fernandez plans to use those soulful eyes to wow Sao Paulo from Day 1.

Just wait for Miss Panama Sheldry Saez to unpack her luggages before turning the heat on. She is one of the forces to reckon with in the pageant.

Miss Trinidad & Tobago Gabrielle Walcott is one of the oldest delegates at 27. But don't let the number fool you into thinking that she will serve as big sister to everyone.

Getting into the carnival spirit, Miss Paraguay Alba Riquelme (L) and Miss USA Alyssa Campanella are. Who's fiercer?

Miss China Luo Zilin is fast becoming a favorite in Sao Paulo. Don't ask me why just yet. She's very tall and a master of the runway, though.

Karin Ontiveros knows that Jimena Navarette is a tough act to follow

Posted by Norman on June 1, 2011
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Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2010 Karin Ontiveros will be her country's rep to Miss Universe 2011 where the reigning winner is her predecessor Jimena Navarette.

Karin's soulful eyes speak a lot of her beauty and expressive disposition.

Back-to-back Miss Universe winners from the same country are as rare as painite*. In fact, it has occured only once when Dayana Mendoza and Stefania Fernandez did Venezuela proud in 2008 and 2009, which in turn, was recognized by Guinness World Records.

This brings us to the stunning Karin Ontiveros’ chances of duplicating Jimena Navarette’s victory last year. I’m no fortune teller but a 3rd win for Mexico could be a shot in the moon. Well, at least not yet. It’s just too soon a time. Aside from the highly competitive batch of beauties expected to converge in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the standards set by several participating nations for their reps have increased two-, even three-fold. And this is where unpredictable good luck can play a major role on whoever comes out on top by September 12, 2011.

Still, Karin is a worthy Nuestra Belleza Mexico successor to Jimena and I believe she will shine in Brazil. The pressure of winning will keep her on top of her game. Let’s see how far she will go. 😉

*The painite is an orangish or reddish brown gem, with the brown tint coming from iron in the crystal.