18-year old Dimitra Markou is crowned as the new Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2012 at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe by last year's titleholder Thandi Murunga (who placed Top 8 at Miss Earth 2011). She is of Cypriot descent. She will represent her country at Miss Earth 2012 in Manila, Philippines this November 24, 2012.
What a busy week for our contestants! Right now, we're about to tell you guys about their 1st week in Okinawa. The first week of our girls has really been fun and exciting, having a peek around some parts of the country and they get to go to breath-taking scenes.
The ladies also got the chance to take pictures with their co-candidates, they're already having their strong friendship bond to last for a lifetime!
As usual, first day was their arrivals, meeting each other and sharing their stories about their adventure in coming to Japan. Second day, they had an orientation, Okinawa history class with their professor, Yasushi Kamashima, and opening press conference at Shuri Castle Garden. It's a good start for the ladies to embrace the beauty of Japan as they learn more of the place each day.
Let us share to you guys on what happened during their orientation. We got to take a look at Miss Haiti's video blog during the event and well, they had such a great time! We can see that Miss Gibraltar is sitting next to Korea [I think], Namibia is with Mongolia, Philippines with Nepal and US Virgin Islands with Turkey, so on and so forth. The contestants get to say something about themselves and stuffs. It's really great to hear them sharing things that know about their country and for them to express what they feel about the pageant and stuffs. After that they ate lunch, talking to one another, sharing stuffs etc. A good start for them in Japan. During the opening press conference, the ladies actually look so stunning and glamorous while they pose and waved "hello" for the cameras and fans with their long, colorful and elegant gowns! Such a wonderful sight it was! The Shuri Castle Garden was so majestic and spectacular! Such a breath-taking sight. We can see miss Haiti with her long black gown, El Salvador wearing a Sku Blue gown that has a an opening in the leg, Korea with a glamorous pink gown.
Next day, they had the Communication Workshop, welcome ceremony and welcome party, again, the ladies strut their super fabulous outfits at the welcoming ceremony at Rhiga Royag Gran Okinawa and Welcome Party. It would be such a great moment if we, ourselves were there to experience what our contestants has experienced right now!
Next is the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum visit and Ladies forum. The arts and sculptures were absolutely beautiful! They had this palm tree with blue, twisted leaves made out of glass sculpture, what a sight!
On the fifth day, they had an Introduction to History and Culture program at Peace Memorial Park, the ladies are absolutely having a great time learning something about the country.
Sixth day, they had a Miss Parade at Kokusai Avenue, Palette Square, the ladies had an extraordinary experience of a lifetime! During the parade, they had an thrilling time as they go around town and seeing their supporters, taking pictures ect. Miss Macau stated "Tired but really enjoying!", Miss Haiti also said "So much fun in Okinawa!"
Last day, they had the Worldwide Eisa Festival at Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha and Naha Great Tug of War Festival at Kumoji crossing. They wore a maroon shirt and wore their sashes proud and strong! Such a breath-taking sight seeing the contestants having so much fun! Miss Italy stated "Oh great! The Japanese are very hospitable and very nice!"
We can actually picture them still having those huge smiles on their faces for they had a week worth remembering for a lifetime!
Millions of people have been the audience of last year´s 40th anniversary the 2011 MISS INTERCONTINENTAL Pageant. The show was live telecast from "Teatro Circo" in Spain. Stunning Jessica Hartman from the USA was elected as the winner, followed by Gloria martinez from Spain.
This year we are going to have the 41st Miss Intercontinental live from the Eurogress Convention Center of the city Aachen.
Aachen, also known as Bad Aachen is a spa town in the State North Rhine Westphalia. In French, and sometimes (especially earlier) also in English, the city is known as Aix-la-Chapelle.
Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and later the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 50 km west of Cologne. Aachen's predominant economic focus is on science, engineering, information technology and related sectors. In 2009, Aachen was ranked 8th among cities in Germany for innovation.
Aachen Cathedral was erected on the orders of Charlemagne in AD 786 and was on completion the largest cathedral north of the Alps. On his death Charlemagne's remains were interred in the cathedral and can be seen there to this day. The cathedral was extended several times in later ages, turning it into a curious and unique mixture of building styles. For 600 years, from 936 to 1531, Aachen Cathedral was the church of coronation for 30 German kings and 12 queens.
The 14th century city hall lies between two central places, the market place and the Katschhof (between city hall and cathedral).
The Elisenbrunnen is one of the most famous sights of Aachen. It is a neo-classical hall covering one of the city's famous fountains. It is just a minute away from the cathedral. Just a few steps in north-western direction lies the Casino Aachen and the Eurogress in where we are having our Show.
This year we are inviting 62 contestants from all 5 continents. Our journey will lead us through various cities such as Berlin, Nuernberg, Duesseldorf and Cologne. From the 19th to the 24th we will remain in Aachen to prepare for the Gala Show on the 23rd of November. The official arrival is in Frankfurt on the 10th and 11th of November.
Joan Vaneva (22, 5'8) is crowned as Miss Universe Bulgaria 2012 at a competition held at Sin City, Sofia. She will represent Bulgaria at Miss Universe 2012 at Las Vegas, Nevada. Bulgaria last participated at Miss Universe last 2009.
Officially it is the start of the Miss International pageant! Preparations are now over and they are now bound to show the reap of what the sow in their training sessions. These dazzling ladies are not just about on their beauty, their catwalks, their style nor their brains. But they are also on the cultural side since Miss International is in partneship with ICA or International Cultural Association which is about the cultures of the world.
These ladies undergo orientations before heading out to Okinawa and bond with the people around them. In their orientation, they had a session about learning what is inside of Okinawa, Japan. These ladies learn about the history and culture of Okinawa. After this session, they have activities being scheduled wherein they will go to historic places of Okinawa.
That is what a real queen is, learning one's culture by heart. This is just the start of the new journey for them. Good luck ladies!
