How the most desirable girls in the universe were chosen. How Miss Universe works What was the last book you read

These days, for the first time in the history of the competition, Russia is hosting Miss Universe, where the country is represented by 19-year-old Elmira Abdrazakova. The girl’s biography on her website gives the impression of a story about the magical transformation of Cinderella from Kemerovo into a princess: she was raised by her mother, her father left the family, she studied at an Orthodox school, worked as a waitress in a restaurant in Mezhdurechensk, where people from the fashion world found her. Experts from the beauty industry do not undertake to assess Abdrazakova’s chances for Miss Universe, bookmakers predict her to take 15th place, and former rivals in Miss Russia say that she got the crown of beauty queen dishonestly.

“She is a protégé of her father, who is on her Forbes Kazakhstan list. And everywhere they write that she is a poor waitress, worked three jobs and her mother is a teacher. And no one says a word about dad,” a Miss Russia participant, who lost to Abdrazakova and wished to remain anonymous, told Medialeaks.

Indeed, in the list of the 50 richest people in Kazakhstan, compiled by the local edition of Forbes magazine, the name of Eldar Abdrazakov is in 33rd place. He is involved in investments, owns brokerage firms and venture funds. At the same time, Kazakh Forbes does not provide data on the condition of the 40-year-old businessman.

Elmira was born in Kazakhstan in 1994, after some time her parents divorced and she and her mother moved to the Kemerovo region - this is information from open sources.

On Abdrazakova’s official website, in an article from the “Biography” section, it is said that the girl “practically does not communicate” with her father. In general, Elmira says little about who her father is and what he does, answering all questions the same way: we have not communicated with him for the last three years. There seem to be many coincidences, but Wikipedia writes Elmira’s middle name as “Rafailovna” and not “Eldarovna”.

Elmira does not talk about her father so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion among people, suggests Medialeaks’ interlocutor. “Why talk about your father? This will already be too obvious... About Elmira Abdrazakova, I’m 90% sure (that her victory was dishonest - note by Medialeaks), because she didn’t pass the test according to any parameters,” says the Miss Russia participant, who works in the famous modeling agency.

Various sites on the Internet write about the winner’s parameters; the Medialeaks correspondent was unable to find this information on Abdrazakova’s official page. Elmira Abdrazakova’s height is 173 centimeters and her weight is 56 kg. (Data from open sources). At the same time, on the website of the Miss Universe competition it is said that the girl’s height is 5.9 feet, that is, almost 176 centimeters, and there are no details about other parameters there.

“She's very short. In principle, in terms of width parameters, it is also not very suitable. No one bet on her, no one could even think about it...Girls over 175 cm tall are allowed to participate in the competition, but she doesn’t have those 175 cm,” says Medialeaks’ interlocutor.

"MISS UNIVERSE" BY DONALD TRUMP

Officially, the requirements for contestants have not changed over the past years. The minimum age of a Miss Universe contestant must be 18 years and the maximum age must be 23 years. Girls at least 175 cm tall, with thick hair and feminine figures are allowed to participate in the competition. “They have a requirement that the girls don’t have anything done. Breasts, lips, noses and everything else. In general, there should be no tuning, everything should be natural,” Elena Ermolaeva, director of the modeling agencies I-Model and New Face, told Medialeaks.

At stake for Miss Universe is a cash prize and gifts worth a quarter of a million dollars, a precious tiara encrusted with diamonds, a luxurious apartment in New York in the Trump Tower apartments for a 1-year lease and a guaranteed career in the beauty industry. After winning the competition, the girl receives a contract for a year, during which she travels around the world with various advertising campaigns.

On Tuesday, the semi-final of the competition took place in Moscow's Crocus City Hall. The organizers of the competition decided to keep the results of the round secret: the names of the finalists will be announced on November 9. It is on this day that the winner of “Miss Universe” will be determined. The NBC television company will broadcast live from Crocus City Hall to the whole world, and in Russia the event will be shown by Channel One.

The price for a ticket in a VIP partner for the final of the competition reaches 70 thousand rubles, the cheapest seats on the balcony cost from 1.5 thousand rubles. The concert hall's website also sells invitations to a party that will take place after the jury announces the name of the winner. There are 300 tickets on sale ranging in price from 10 to 450 thousand rubles. And it’s clear: all 90 beauties, the king of American real estate Donald Trump himself, and Russian celebrities will be at the party. He is the organizer of this beauty contest.

$100 THOUSAND FOR THE CROWN

Scandals related to corruption in beauty pageants occur almost every year. In 2012, Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin renounced her crown, saying she learned of bribery of judges. She reported that the list of winners was known before the competition ended. In response to the accusations, Donald Trump promised to sue Sheena. In 2011, Miss Dominican Republic finalist Evi Sixos demanded an investigation into the competition, claiming that the winner paid $100,000 for her crown, and in 2002, corruption was caught on camera at the Miss Spain pageant. Then it became known that the winner Gema Garcia Marcos paid 27 thousand euros for first place.

“It seems to me that the very system of a beauty contest, as such, namely “choose the most beautiful, talented, smart”, is very flawed, because such parameters can only be assessed very subjectively.. Therefore, doubts involuntarily creep in as to whether everything is fair or not. the victory was bought. For beauty contests, a bribe, it seems to me, is part of the system,” said model and manager of the Z’S Models agency Ekaterina Romashkina in an interview with Medialeaks.

Among the interlocutors of Medialeaks there was not a single expert from the beauty industry who would not doubt the fairness of such competitions.

The results of the Miss Russia competition, perhaps, have never before caused such heated discussion as this year, when Abdrazakova won it. After the victory, Elmira’s VKontakte page was attacked by people dissatisfied with her insufficiently Slavic appearance. Even the world's media wrote about the racist insults, and Abdrazakova herself, in an interview with the American Sky News, stated that she was surprised by what happened.

“The national question - I really don’t understand it. I don’t understand why men write insults to a young girl because of her nationality,” she said.

Elmira’s nationality was discussed on social networks for several months, and it was even hinted that the Tatar diaspora lobbied for it. Part of the public in the comments under articles about “Miss Russia” simply assured that “everything has been bought.” In any case, both girls did not believe in an honest victory - either the money helped, or “their own”. Two Medialeaks interlocutors also admitted that they were rooting for other candidates at Miss Russia.

“Well, yes, it happens that they buy seats. A man who possesses a girl simply gives her a gift. This is what I heard,” says Elena Ermolaeva. “Sometimes the choice falls on very strange girls, and as a professional, I sometimes look at this and think, why?” she adds.

CHANCES OF WINNING

Medialeaks’ interlocutors cannot predict what will happen to Elmira Abdrazakova at Miss Universe.

“She’s a decent girl and now she looks even more wonderful,” says Philip Sharov, casting manager of the Point modeling agency.

In his opinion, Elmira’s chances are increased by the fact that she is a brunette.

“In Russia, for example, for every three blondes in the competition there are 23 brunettes. 90% of the time the brunette will win,” he says.

Bookmakers do not predict the crown of “Miss Universe” for Abrazakova. Ladbrokes believes that the winner will be 22-year-old Miss Brazil Sanclair Franz. The Russian contestant is still promised 15th place.

However, Abdrazakova will not be left out in any case. The gifts given to the most beautiful girl in Russia for winning a local competition were impressive. Immediately after the competition, the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, handed Elmira the keys to an apartment in Kemerovo; she will also be paid for her studies at any university in the world. In addition, she won a Hyundai car and 100 thousand dollars. It’s interesting that the “girl from a simple family” gave all the money to the needs of her native Mezhdurechensk.

“You don’t have to believe in miracles. I don't know how fair the Miss Universe competition is. “I’m already more or less convinced with Miss Russia,” sums up Medialeaks’ interlocutor who took part in the competition.

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Introduction

If I decide to be happy, no one can stop me, not even the fear of the unknown and inevitable changes...

Desires are given to us from above. If there is a desire, there is also the strength to make it come true. Everything is potential! In our inner potential. Now I know this for sure.

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History provides us with many examples of happy and fulfilled people. Their experience is extremely inspiring, but many still think that it happened “by chance,” “they were just lucky,” “they had other opportunities, but here I am...”

We often ask ourselves: “Why not me?” “What can I personally do right now to make my dream come true, to make this possible?” “What do I know about myself?” "Who I am?"

If we are honest with ourselves, we are very erudite and informed people, we live in such an era, everyone is very busy with something. Where are these classes taking us? Where is life? Where I am? What goes unnoticed and passes by?

This book is not for everyone. If you are a theoretical philosopher who knows everything, but has not yet made a single bold decision in life, you can immediately put it on the shelf. She is unlikely to be of interest to you.

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I want to help you “throw off the shackles” of doubts, fears and disappointments that have left a mark on your heart, so that you can hear your real, strong, interesting, passionate, happy, loving self.

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Yuliana Korolkova considers Irina Shayk to be the ideal of beauty, and Siberian Yana Dobrovolskaya is not against fur clothes

A press conference of Miss Universe 2016 contestants Yuliana Korolkova and Miss World 2016 Yana Dobrovolskaya took place on the eve of the finals of the Miss World 2016 international contest, which will be held on December 18, 2016 in Washington. (The date and location of the Miss Universe 2016 finals are still unknown). The girls told what qualities you need to have in order to receive the title of the most beautiful on the planet.

Yana Dobrovolskaya

- What will you spend the monetary reward on if you become Miss World or Miss Universe?

Yana: For charity.

Juliana: I don’t want to share the skin of an unkilled bear.

- Do you play computer games?

Yana: I think this is a useless exercise.

- What are your plans for the future?

Yana: I want to be a choreographer and maybe I will work on television.

Juliana: While I’m studying at the British Higher School of Design.

-What would you make a film about?

Yana: Biographical film.

Juliana: Film about the environment.

- Are you ready to face the meanness of your competitors?

Yana: A beauty pageant is not a fairy tale. There must be an inner core to overcome difficulties.

Juliana: I would like to believe that people will remain adequate and will not go to extremes.

- What are your ideals of beauty?

Yana: There is probably no ideal of beauty. But the girl who takes care of herself looks beautiful.

Juliana: Probably Irina Shayk.

- Juliana, how do you feel about Trump?

Juliana: I would congratulate him on his victory. The main thing is that there is order in the world.

- What was the last book you read?

Yana: "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts, if you want to relax and unwind, then I highly recommend you read this book.

Juliana: I’m re-reading Khaled Hosseini’s books.

- Do psychologists work with you?

Yana: This is an extreme measure, there were moments. But when things get really difficult for me, I call my loved ones.

Juliana: Much depends on the inner attitude, without which it is impossible to win. And psychologists are unlikely to help here...

- Juliana, do you have an idol?

Juliana: Probably not. But there is a set of qualities that a person must have. This, of course, is kindness, hard work, perseverance.

- Do you wear natural fur?

Juliana: I don't have our natural furs

Yana: I was born in Siberia and at this stage of growing up I don’t think it’s bad.

Instructions

Start taking care of your appearance. Make age-appropriate masks for face, body and hair. Please note that those who take places in beauty contests have beautiful, full hair, and not a short haircut. If you can make up your face by doing makeup that hides imperfections in your appearance, then this is not always possible with your hair.

Follow a diet to get closer to the ideal parameters of 90-60-90. The diet should be developed by a qualified specialist, since the condition of your skin, hair and nails depends on nutrition. If you do not have the opportunity to contact a professional nutritionist, develop a diet yourself. Make sure your meals are nutritious but low in calories. Do fitness so that your figure is not only beautiful, but also toned.

Enroll in a modeling school or find an individual trainer who will help you develop correct posture and a beautiful gait. Dancing or gymnastics classes also contribute to this. Do not get carried away with running, swimming or weightlifting, as these sports have a negative impact on the proportions of the figure - with excessive running, the calves of the legs become enlarged; Swimming makes your shoulders too broad; Weightlifting can make you look masculine.

In a beauty contest, not only the most beautiful girl wins. The winners are smart and educated participants who have at least one talent. Almost every beauty contest has a round where appearance is not the subject of the competition. Participants sing, dance, read poetry, etc. It's called a talent tour. You need to come up with an interesting and original number with which you will perform.

Start participating in beauty pageants. You'll have to start small. Depending on whether you live in a big city or a small one, you need to start with a city or regional beauty contest. The winners will go to regional competitions. Champions of regional competitions will go to regional ones, queens of regional competitions will go to national ones, etc. The Miss Universe pageant involves the Misses of national beauty pageants.

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The path to the Miss Universe title is very thorny. Your rivals may resort to dishonest methods at every stage of the competition. So, your competition outfit may be ruined, a musical recording may be hidden or thrown away (if you sing or dance), or your cosmetics may be ruined. Carefully monitor your belongings and do not leave them unattended. There have been cases where girls slipped laxatives, sleeping pills, etc. into each other’s drinks or food. Do not eat or drink anything from other participants.

Helpful advice

To become Miss Universe, it is not enough to have an attractive appearance and talent. According to Monica Bellucci, the winner should have something unusual, magical, that attracts the eye, even if the girl’s appearance does not stand out too much. This is called charisma. There are special methods for developing it, the main one being auto-training. Stand in front of the mirror and, looking into your eyes, repeat several times: “I am the most charming and attractive.” You need to do this exercise several times a day. When you believe in yourself, you will truly become the most charming and attractive.

In the first competition, which was held by the famous swimsuit manufacturer, Catalina Swimwear, girls from 29 countries competed for the title of Miss Universe.

The winner was 18-year-old schoolgirl from Finland Armi Kuusela. The winner's head was adorned with a real crown that once belonged to the Russian Imperial Court, adorned with 1,529 diamonds weighing a total of 300 carats.

Today, the winner of the Miss Universe title receives temporary use of a tiara, as well as an apartment in New York. The Miss Universe crown is a piece of jewelry worth over 120 thousand dollars. The crown, made of white and yellow gold, is encrusted with more than 1000 precious stones. In addition to the tiara, the winner will receive numerous gifts and cash prizes totaling a quarter of a million dollars.

To represent her country at the Miss Universe pageant, a girl must go through tough competition and become the winner of the national qualifying round. All over the world, this process follows a familiar and established pattern - with the help of a jury. However, in 2004 and 2005, Russia decided to conduct an experiment - the winner of the Miss Universe Russia contest was chosen not with the help of an authoritative jury, but by Internet voting. To participate, you just had to register on the official website of the competition, fill out a form and post several photographs of yourself there: in an evening dress, in a swimsuit, and also a close-up portrait. The interactive competition caused a mixed reaction: choosing the best girl from photographs turned out to be quite difficult.

According to the rules of the Miss Universe competition, an extraordinary girl who embodies the best qualities can get there. Girls applying for this title must demonstrate intelligence, a broad cultural outlook and good manners. The competition program of the competition consists of several stages: defile in swimsuits, performance in evening dresses and national costumes and communication with the participants.
In 1957, a rule was introduced according to which only unmarried girls could participate in the competition.

In addition, girls who have ever been photographed in an indecent manner are not allowed to participate in the competition; were brought to criminal liability; have ever taken drugs; have ever been married; who had children and/or were pregnant.

Contestants in the Miss Universe pageant are usually selected from the national beauty pageants of the participating countries.
Until 1972, the competition took place within the United States. Satellite television, which became widespread in the 1970s, allowed the organizers of the competition to go beyond the United States. In 1973, the girls went to Greece to compete for the title of Miss Universe, and from that time on the competition became truly international.

After Oksana relinquished the title of Miss Universe, her name was removed from the registry of winners and the title of Miss Universe 2002 went to Justine Pasek, a 22-year-old girl from Panama. In 2005, the Miss Universe competition, which was held in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok, was won by a Russian girl, a native of Tuapse, and now a Canadian citizen, Natalya Glebova.

The winner of the final international Miss Universe competition enters into an exclusive contract with the Miss Universe Organization. She must perform Miss Universe duties for a year, which include the following:
- traveling around the world, during which she will represent the interests of the Miss Universe Organization;
- presence at all events, performances and other activities specified in the contract;
- Fully paid accommodation for one year in New York. All living expenses for the winner of the final international Miss Universe pageant in New York for one year will be paid by the Miss Universe Organization.

In return, she receives “excellent career development opportunities,” an annual salary, a scholarship to continue her studies and all sorts of prizes.

The competition also announces winners in various categories: “Miss Congeniality”, “Miss Photogenic”, “Best National Costume”.

Today, the Miss Universe competition is a springboard on the path to real success: many girls, along with the title, receive worldwide fame, offers from the world's leading modeling agencies and the opportunity to make a brilliant career in any field. For example, Margaret Gardiner, Miss Universe 1978, gained fame as the author of two non-fiction books and countless articles. Irene Saez, winner of the Miss Universe 1981 pageant, was elected mayor of one of the wealthiest suburbs of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in 1992. Lorraine Downes, who was crowned Miss Universe in 1983, opened a modeling agency in her homeland of New Zealand and published the book Truth About Fashion, Beauty and Image.

As of 2011, the first place in the number of victories in the competition is occupied by the United States of America (1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997), followed by Venezuela (1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2009) and Puerto Rico (1970). , 1985, 1993, 2001, 2006).
In 2010, Ximena Navarete became Miss Mexico at the 2010 Miss Universe contest held in Las Vegas (USA). 83 girls from different countries of the world took part in the competition.

The final of the competition will take place on September 12, 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2011, representatives from more than 80 countries of the world participate in the competition. Russia is represented by 20-year-old student Natalya Gantimurova, winner of the Miss Russia 2011 title.

The material was prepared based on information from open sources