Beauty Pageants

This weekend are being celebrated the two most famous beauty pageants in the world, "Miss Universe" and "Miss World".

There has always been a confusion between both contests in which people think that they are the same. But the truth is that they are very different. They celebrate different competitions and they have different objectives. Moreover, "Miss Universe" is American and "Miss World"  is English.
Generally, "Miss Universe" is better known than "Miss World", but both of them are really famous worldwide. However, they are not seen everywhere and they do not have the same followers everywhere.
For example, in America, especially in South America, this kind of contests are so followed. For them, beauty pageants are like football in Spain. They prepare and make aware girls since they are children to become beauty queens, and the preparation for these women has just one and clear objective: to win the crown. So, normally, they are always the winners. The latin countries with more crowns of "Mis Universe" are Venezuela with seven, Puerto Rico with five, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia with two respectively, and then other latin countries with one title are Perú, Dominican Republic, Panamá, Argentina, Chile...

On the other hand, here in Spain, these pageants are not seen or followed, because people do not believe on them. People think that they are ridiculous and male chauvinist. This is the main reason why there are no Spanish beauty queens, because organizations here do not have fame and sufficient strength. There is just one queen, Amparo Muñoz, who won the "Miss Universe" tittle in 1974. However, she refused to be manipulated by the organization and after six months of reign, she resigned the title.

Nevertheless, and 40 years after, Spain has won their second beauty crown in the history of beauty contests. Yesterday, December 19th, it was celebrated "Miss World" in the city of Sanya, China. There, 114 countries and autonomous territories from all over the world competed for the title. But finally, the crown was obtained by the Spanish Mireia Lalaguna, a 23 year old girl form Barcelona who is studying pharmacy at the University, and she also can speak two foreign languages and she plays the piano.
The winner spends her reign traveling around the world, including third world countries, representing the Miss World Organization in its several causes. The Miss World has an explicitly altruistic agenda and has more than 250 million pounds for several global works of charity.

It was an amazing achievement for Spain. Since three years ago, the Spanish organization of "Miss Universe" and "Miss World" is getting more strength and both pageants are winning more and more followers.
Now, we must have our eyes on Carla Barber, the "Miss" who is representing Spain in the "Miss Universe" pageant, which is celebrated tonight, December 20th, in Las Vegas, Nevada.