Showing posts with label Miss Universe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miss Universe. Show all posts

Puteri Indonesia 2009 : Qory Sandioriva


Name Qory Sandioriva skyrocketed because participation in the electoral arena Puteri Indonesia 2009. Beautiful girl who was born in Jakarta, August 17, 1991 represents the region of Aceh.

Daugther of Jatmika Dicky Ustama and Hj. Fariyawati successfully won a crown Puteri Indonesia 2009 during the year ahead. For her success on Puteri Indonesia 2009 , Qori would represent Indonesia at Miss Universe next year (2010).

Qory currently registered as a student in University of Indonesia majoring in French Literature. Before being in this arena Puteri Indonesia, he had starred in several television movie and soap opera.

Prior achievement as Miss Indonesia 2009, Qory also achievement in the field of sound and martial appeal, the Champion 1 Vocal & Band Al-Azhar Indonesia and 1 Fighting Champion Pencak Silat.

Qory Sandioriva, Puteri Indonesia 2009


Pada malam penganugerahan Puteri Indonesia di Teater Tanah Airku Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta Timur, Jumat (9/10), Qori Sandioriva, finalis dari Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam terpilih sebagai Puteri Indonesia 2009. Qori berhasil menyisihkan 37 finalis lainnya yang berasal dari 33 provinsi. Atas keberhasilannya, Qori berhak mewakili Indonesia pada ajang Miss Universe tahun depan.

Pada babak tiga besar, Qori mengalahkan finalis asal Sumatra Barat, Zukhriatul Hafizah, yang menjadi runner up I dan Isti Ayu Pratiwi, finalis asal Maluku Utara yang menjadi runner up II. Sedangkan Tien Virginia Arisol, finalis asal Papua Barat berhasil meraih dua gelar sekaligus, yaitu Puteri Favorit dan Puteri Persahabatan.

Malam penganugerahan Puteri Indonesia juga dihadiri Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandes. Rencananya, Stefania akan melelang baju yang dibubuhi tandatangannya untuk disumbangkan bagi korban gempa di Padang, Sumatera Barat.

Zuleyka Rivera


Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate.

Zuleyka Rivera represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant which was televised live internationally from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006. After competing in swimsuit, evening gown and interview, she was crowned Miss Universe by outgoing titleholder Natalie Glebova of Canada.

Later that evening, Rivera fainted briefly during a press appearance. The incident was reportedly attributed to heat exhaustion (from the stage lights) coupled with the weight of the heavy, chained dress she was wearing. However this caused controversy as many believed her fainting was due to malnutrition.

Rivera was the fifth Puerto Rican to win the title, which makes the island, along with Venezuela (2008) the second most successful entity in the pageant (behind the United States). Prior to Rivera's win, Puerto Rico had been tied with Venezuela, with each having won the pageant four times. Rivera was the third consecutive delegate from Puerto Rico to make the top five at Miss Universe, after Alba Reyes placed second runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 and Cynthia Olavarría was first runner-up at Miss Universe 2005.

Rivera's win came only five years after Denise Quiñones, the most recent winner from Puerto Rico, won the crown. As Miss Universe, Rivera represented the Miss Universe Organization, both in the United States and internationally. She was based in New York City, where she shared an apartment with Tara Conner, Miss USA and Katie Blair, Miss Teen USA 2006.

At the Miss Universe 2007 pageant she passed her crown to Riyo Mori of Japan in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007 before a predicted audience of 1 billion viewers.

Natalie Glebova


Natalie Glebova, (born November 11, 1981) is a Russian Canadian beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 2005.

Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She is a classical pianist and also has won various regional gymnastic championships. Prior to competing at Miss Universe, Glebova worked as a model and received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has also worked as a motivational speaker for grade school and high school students.

Glebova currently resides in Thailand and is married to Paradorn Srichaphan. The couple, who met during the 2006 Thailand Open, became engaged in April 2007 and were married on November 29, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2008, Glebova joined The Amazing Race Asia 3 and she partnered with Pailin Rungratanasunthorn. They represented Thailand and came in 8th place.

In 2004, Glebova attempted to win the Miss Universe Canada pageant where she placed as 3rd runner-up. The eventual winner, Venessa Fisher, failed to place in the Miss Universe 2004 finals. Glebova competed again in January 2005, and won the title.

Glebova competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2005, where she became the fourth Canadian in ten years to make the initial cut of semi-finalists. She competed in the evening gown and swimsuit competitions, advancing to the top five where she competed in the final interview round. The final interview round was a tough selection; the strongest delegates who managed the Top 5 were Cynthia Olavarria of Puerto Rico, Laura Elizondo of Mexico, Renata Sone of Dominican Republic, and Monica Spear of Venezuela, who were all considered to be pageant powerhouses. At the conclusion of the pageant, Glebova survived the Latin onslaught and was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia. Glebova's win was Canada's second: Karen Dianne Baldwin of London, Ontario had won in 1982. Glebova and Baldwin graduated from the same high school, London Central Secondary School.

Oxana Fedorova


Oxana Fedorova (Oksana Fyodorova, Оксана Фёдорова in Russian) (born December 17, 1977) is a Russian Miss Universe winner (dethroned), police officer (rank of major), television hostess, actress, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Fedorova is a Russian woman who became the first Miss Russia to win the Miss Universe contest. She began in the entertainment business as a model and became Miss St. Petersburg in 1999 and Miss Russia in 2001, but declined to go to the Miss Universe 2001 pageant (where her runner-up Oxana Kalandyrets was a semifinalist).

Oxana Fedorova was born in Pskov, Russia, where she lived until she was 18. Fedorova is an only child, and she was brought up by her mother and maternal grandparents. According to Fedorova, her grandparents were very demanding of her.

Fedorova's parents divorced when she was three years old. She did not hear from her father since then. In 2005 Oxana tried to find her father, but discovered he had died.

Her father was a nuclear physicist, and her mother worked as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital (she is retired). In school, Fedorova played volleyball and her team won a championship in an urban tournament in 1995. At the police academy, Fedorova played the saxophone as a member of the brass band.

After graduating from the police academy with a red diploma, Fedorova worked as an inspector in the Pskov militia for six months. Following her time with the force, Fedorova moved to St. Petersburg to study at the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) University, where she worked as an investigator at the Pulkovo Transport Police whilst studying. Fedorova also began to work as a model and started to participate in beauty pageants. She was named Miss St. Petersburg 1999, Miss Kalokagathia 1999, Miss Fitness, Miss Fortune, and Miss Russia 2001. Fedorova graduated from the MVD University with a gold medal in 2000. After that, Fedorova entered a post graduate course at the same university. While Oxana wrote her dissertation on "Regulation of Private Detective and Security Activity in the Russian Federation," she taught Civil Law to younger students. Fedorova's biggest fan base was among police colleagues.

Puteri Indonesia, Rating Tertinggi Miss Universe 2009


Zivanna Letisha Siregar Miss UniversePuteri Indonesia 2008 Zivanna Letisha Siregar difavoritkan menang di ajang Miss Universe 2009. Berdasarkan hasil voting hingga 23 Juli 2009 di situs resmi Miss Universe, Zizi, sapaan akrabnya, berada di posisi pertama sebagai puteri yang diunggulkan memakai mahkota Miss Universe. Dalam polling Zizi, bersaing ketat dengan Miss Vietnam, Hoang Yen Vo.

Miss Universe 2009 akan digelar di Bahama, 23 Agustus 2009. Zizi akan berangkat ke pulau yang berpenduduk sekitar 330 ribu orang itu pada 2 Agustus 2009.

Sama seperti para pendahulunya, Zizi pun berharap bisa menang di ajang Miss Universe 2009. Ia meminta dukungan pada seluruh masyarakat Indonesia agar dirinya bisa menjadi orang pertama yang memakai mahkota Miss Universe.