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Article about Maritza Sayalero, Miss Universe 1979
When I won, there were 2 months left for Miss Universe,
there were many weeks of preparation, to learn secrets of beauty,
to open doors asking help, to borrow cloth … I come from a
family with out many money, a common family, an average family.
I remember two ladies Maruja Beracasa and Antonieta Scanonne, who
loaned me cloth for the contest. Ms. Beracasa lent me a large fox
shelter, a shelter that brought me luck and went through out the
planet.
I won the Miss Universe Contest, it was wonderful, a dream came true, it is unforgettable, my prizes were a shelter, a car, travels, cloth for 1 year, make up, I had to right of try an audition for a movie, but I rejected it, but I tried in a model agency by John Casablanca, I was interviewed by him twice, and we decided that when I finish my duties as Miss Universe, I would move to New York for about 3 moths and I would try something in model field, if I had not met my husband, I would have done it probably. When I said goodbye Mr. Casablanca, I said him that he has probably lost the next top model of the 80’s, but I had others plans. I won $20,000 US in cash, and I gave it half to my parents. I still love beauty pageants, in home they know
I never miss it, I go to my bedroom and I watch it and enjoy it
with love and passion, crossing finger for Venezuelan candidate
who is always a front runner and my husband who always watch with
me the pageant he says “oh no, Miss Venezuela again made it!!!”,
sometimes he jokes and says “I figure out the pageant is arranged,
they pay something, because Miss Venezuela always make the cut”.
Taken from Estampas Magazine Collaboration of Franco Saponaro (Venezuela)
This anecdote is from the month: APRIL 2006 |
I
arrived at Miss Venezuela Pageant because of Osmel Sousa; one Sunday
my parents and I were in a restaurant, Osmel went to us and said
“this girl has potential for beauty pageants, good sizes,
she is tall and beautiful…” time went away and after
1 year he saw us again, I was 17 years old and that time he putted
in me the seed of curiosity. I talked about it with my father because
he rejected the invitation, I don’t know what he was thinking
about?... but I had my mother’s support, so she and I tried
to convince my father. She was my best partner from beginning until
the day when I was crowned; she was always along with me. I used
to go with my mother everywhere I was a girl of home, a student,
I think that helped me people love me. I was a quiet contender,
no problematic, followed by press. The only one problem was Chepa
Candela, she tried to make a fun of my father…. But those
were trivialities; I really didn’t have a bad experience.
That
year the Miss Universe Pageant was held in Perth, Australia, it
was winter, when a got there after a very tired trip, I focused
to do my best. In one of the photo shoot sessions with photographer
and international press I was wearing a tiny black bathing suit,
I held my hair back, I wore earrings and bracelets, I wore my shelter
because I was very cold, then I went out of my room and I went to
swimming pool wearing my shelter where the press were, when I got
there I stood on stone and I said in Spanish “hey, Are you
ready guys?, because I am very cold, ok?”, they got ready
and I took my shelter off, I think they never imagined that I was
wearing just bathing suit under the shelter, I don’t know
what were they waiting for?, they took me a lot of pictures, it
was a madness!!, I just heard camera’s flashes and clicks,
I was alone, it was my 5 minutes of fame!”
