Venezuela is not the first country to have won both Miss Universe and Miss World in the same year. France was the first country to achieve the distinction last 1953 when Christianne Martel and Denise Perrier won in their respective outings. Almost two decades later in 1972, Australia scored the second recorded twin wins in one year after Kerry Ann Wells and Belinda Green separately zoomed to the top in the said pageants. 1981 would be the next – the subject of this blog entry – with the ever beautiful Irene Saez capturing the Universe in New York and Pilin Leon conquering the World in London. Let’s watch their national finals first and then the crowning moments in the bigger stage.
As most of you know by now, the search for Miss Venezuela is being run by three of its former big-league Queens from three separate decades – Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler, Miss World 1995 Jacqueline Aguilera and Miss International 1985 Nina Sicilia. And this troika is really deep in preparations for the next national search.
Your thoughts on Mariam Habach Santucci, dear readers? She may not be your idea of the traditional Venezuelan Goddesses who have taken part in several editions of Miss Universe in the past. But methinks the Filipinos will like her, especially if her actual personality is as winning as what pre-arrival impressions suggest. 🙂
