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Unsung Heroines: The Miss Universe 2nd RU's by Debi Javier
2nd Runners-up to any beauty pageant is very unnoticeable specially in the ever famous Miss Universe Pageant. But I would like to take credits to them as they did excellent in their respective pageant years.
So, without further ado, here goes my list of my favorite 2nd runner-ups. Hats off to them (in random order):
1. WHO? ME? FAT? Cindy Nell. South Africa (2003). A hot favorite that year. "Cindy Nell, 20, South Africa." To the music of Bond's Victory, she certainly had the skills to pout, to sway her hips and to move her eyes like searchlights. Only a fool can miss it. A hordes of swinging hips, sexy outfits and loose joints, this is one of my favorite introduction; but Nell, nailed it to the max. All through the competition, she was way up there, unbeatable. Even a single elegant answer: "You do not have to be phenomenal to do phenomenal things." A sure-fire answer and Nell already locked my vote. But wait, Vega came out with a simplistic answer about her granny. I do not understand why the judges got so sentimental about an answer that was memorized. I was cheated, big time. Ms. Nell, however, continued her quest for a crown and went on to compete in MW 03. But she gained weight, lost her grounds and appeared to be ordinary-looking among a bevy of beauties,3161 Ugg Classic Short Sparkles Silver Boots. What went wrong? Maybe she gave it all to MU that, eventually, drained her out dry. She was my choice for that year, and not that horsey-looking Vega. Sad.
2. LITTLE MERMAID MEETS DONALD DUCK. Johanna Raunio. Finland (1974). "I was a child and she was a child, in this kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived, whom you may know by the name of Johanna Raunio" (Annabel Lee, Poe). Starred in a movie as a mermaid...
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