Saturday, March 9, 2024

71ST MISS WORLD: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- EUROPE (PART 2)

 


MALTA - Natalia Galea.  She made the initial cut for Talent but not enough to showcase at the BWAP galaa.  She's an attractive lady but looks like overshadowed by other standouts out there.


MOLDOVA - Diana Spotarenko.  She's a gorgeous 20-year-old ingenue from the autonomous Gagauz region.  Since she failed to figure in any fast-track challenge, she is a likely candidate for the Holly Carpenter award.


MONTENEGRO - Anđela Vukadinović.  Unlike MOLDOVA's girlish ingenue gorgeousness, this lady possesses sharp, angular features that alongside obvious lack of training or resources, made her very far from being in serious contention for the Top 40.


NETHERLANDS - Amber Koelewijn.  With her gymnasitic and dancing skills, she got shortlisted in Talent and showcased it in the BWAP galaa.  She has a very likeable personality that could possibly win over MWO insiders, but we'll see if she'll go far.


NORTHERN IRELAND - Kaitlyn Clarke.  She's a stage performer who has her sights for the West End and possibly even Broadway, and with her bravura performance of "Don't Rain on My Parade" from the musical Funny Girl (made iconically famous by Barbra Streisand), she placed 2nd in the Talent challenge.  She also seems to have strong communication skills that she got shortlisted in the Head-to-Head challenge, so she might have an inside track into the Top 40.


NORWAY - Andrea Farias.  Her features doen't register as Norwegian at all, and based on her surname and the fact that among the languages she could speak is Spanish, she probably have Hispanic heritage on her father's side.  She is also one of te rawest contenders from this continent, so se is far from being in contention for the Top 40.


POLAND - Krystyna Sokolowska.  It's tough to follow in the footsteps of her predecessor, the reigning Miss World Karolina Bielawska.  She made the initial shortlist in Talent, but not enough to be asked to perform at the BWAP gala.  Is there still enough room for her in the Top 40?


PORTUGAL - Catarina Ferreira.  She's attractive and well-spoken and her main highlight was being among the 14 finalists in Talent, being similar to BOTSWANA in that she performed by singing and playing an acoustic guitar.  She could be a sleeper possibility to the Top 40.


ROMANIA - Ada Maria Ileana.  Like POLAND, this brunette's sole highlight was making the initial cut in Talent, but not enough to be asked to perform in the BWAP gala.  She seems to be an articulate lady with a good command of English, but with the demeanor of a stereotypical beauty queen which MWO insiders tend to frown upon.


SCOTLAND - Chelsie Allison.  Of the ladies from the British Isles, she's the one who made the last splash, as she only figured in one fast-track event.  But it's one that most fans tend to focus a lot--Top Model.  Now, the issue is if she has enough gravitas and substance in her interview to be able to advance to the Top 40.


SERBIA - Anja Radić.  There are angles where she resembles actress Ashley Judd, who in turn has featues that resembles Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot.  Unlike Gal Gadot's Miss Universe stint when she represented Israel*4, this lady's less-than-noteworthy performance can be attributed simply due to lack of resources and support, not any act of sabotage.

*4  Gal Gadot herself noted that when she competed at Miss Universe, she deliberately sabotaged her chances of being in contention for the Top 15 by her styling choices and deliberately bombing her interviews.


SLOVAKIA - Sophia Hrivňáková.  She made a standout impression during the physical aspects of the competition, as she made the shortlist in Sports and was the top performer for her continent in the Top Model competition, making her a Final Four finalist there.  Could this help in her prospects for making the Top 40?


SLOVENIA - Vida Milivojša.  Tis wavy-haired blonde failed to make any impact in any fast-track event, so it's likely she's an also-ran.


SPAIN - Paula Pérez.  Prior to her arrival, she was hyped as a potential crown contender with her beauty, her background as a medical doctor, her talent as a ballerina, and her British accent.  She did make an initial splash in the Head-to-Head challenge as she was shortlisted there,  She also made the initial shortlist in Talent but was not invited to perform in the BWAP gala.  I have a feeling she'll secure a Top 40 slot, but I'm not certain if she can go further than that.


SWEDEN - Stina Nordlander.  She's a gorgeous blonde who is an academic overachiever and a member of MENSA (the organization for people with high IQ).  I would love to root for her to go far, but she only figured in the "homely" fast-track of Sports (thanks to her football background).  But would her background still be impressive enough for the judges and MWO insiders to grant her a Top 40 slot?:


UKRAINE - Sofia Shamia.  This good-looking brunette's big highlight is of course her BWAP project as her country's current situation is a perfect hotbed for noteworthy advocacies to shine.  And that alone might secure her a Top 40 slot.


WALES - Darcey Corria.  She's of Jamaican descent wit some strains of Yemeni heritage in her DNA besides native Welsh.  She made the cut in the Head-to-Head challenge, Sports, and the first round of Talent.  She could be a strong Top 40 possibility as she is a standout communicator with strong advocacies.


COMING UP:  ASIA & OCEANIA (AUSTRALIA to LEBANON)

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