Our friend Arnulfo
Distor wrote the Queentessence article of who did best during the preliminary
competition. We compiled the choices of our correspondents and we came out who
was at the frontlines based on how of our many correspondents thought so. So we
have posted who we think shone the brightest that day. Now the staff of
Queentessence sat down and reviewed the girl’s performances and we are posting
our predictions for this December 19, 2012. Note that what we are posting are
the rankings of the candidates based on our evaluation. We feel that those in
our discussion board are capable of winning the crown. But in our honest
opinion, those listed in our Top 9, are candidates of prime importance and we
believe the new Miss Universe will come from that list.
A new Top 16 is
beginning to emerge. A review of the preliminary presentation showed 25
candidates competing for the Top slot of 15. Of course, we have to contend who
is candidate that will have the most internet votes. We are not ably able to
predict this because everyone was surprised to see Portugal with the highest
internet votes when nationalities like Thailand, Vietnam and Puerto who vote
rabidly were edged out Portugal. But we will venture on one candidate based on
gut feel. On the other hand, if this will still be implemented, 6 candidates
will be chosen by the production side that are amply called Trump “cards” or
girls. We are therefore choosing 9 candidates, then possibly predict 6 Trump
girls and of course predict the Miss Internet candidate.
Our prediction for the
Top 9 girls is:
1. Netherlands
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She is an epitome of grace and elegance
during the preliminaries. She glided like a gazelle onstage. She has the body.
She has the looks and she would fit the role of Miss Universe to T. This would
be no wonder as she had already records to prove this. She was Miss Tourism
International in 2010 and a Miss World 2012 semifinalist. She showed the
confidence of someone who had been on the stage. The time is ripe for her to
become Miss Universe 2012
2. Brazil
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Many fault this girl to look older than
her age. But when she walked the stage during her gown preliminary, she was
already number 1 in my list. The glides, the walk, the turns and the gown that
suited her very well is not enough to put her in the frontline. When she came
out for the swimsuit competition, Brazil solidified her claim to a semifinalist
position. She has the body. She has the curves and she walks the walk.
3. South Africa
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She is performing perfectly as to what
pageant pundits expect her to. She amazingly good in the evening gown and when
she made her turn and stopped and looked at the audience with her playful eyes,
she was heavenly. She was a Goddess that descended in Las Vegas. Her swimsuit
performance is near perfect and she is so close in performance with Netherlands
and Brazil.
4. Venezuela
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Many pageant followers were quite turned
off with the overzealousness that Venezuela showed during the preliminaries.
But one must accept the fact that she is above par than the other contestants.
She is not one of those run of the mill candidates. She shouts elegance. She
screams perfection.
5. Philippines
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The candidate that surprised many. She
had undergone many taunts concerning her victory in her national pageant. But
when people saw her performed in the many activities of Miss Universe and in
the preliminaries, she proved to doubting Thomases that she is worth her
national title. Her much-talked about “cobra” walk (whatever that means) was
appreciated because she was confident. She was splendid and she simply great in
the evening gown competition despite a not so beautiful gown. She however,
mesmerized everybody when she sashayed onstage during the swimsuit segment. She
gave Miss Brazil the run for her money during that segment.
6. Puerto Rico
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This lady is someone you love or hate.
Many pick on her nose which is disconcerting during her presentation. But this
girl kills you with her smile. When she smiles, she is heavenly. You forget the
nose that other people note of her. She is fascinating. She has vavaboom body.
She is simply great. Add her height to her other qualities, she gives out an
air of muted sophistication. She is simply great.
7. Paraguay
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How can we miss on Miss Paraguay on our
previous choices? Well, as our second look, she was one of those that caught
our eyes. She is resplendent. She is amazing and she is stunning in the evening
gown preliminaries. When she came out in the swimwear segment, she was already a
front runner so to speak.
8. Ecuador
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She was Top on our list just after the
preliminaries. But with careful review of the candidates’ performances she was
edged out by other candidates. But for us here in Queentessence’ what matters
is that she is a sure one in the Top 16. Ecuadorian pageant fans are giving so
much hope that their representative in Miss Universe will give a good fight
after their victories in Miss International and Miss Earth the following year.
They do have basis of course. Carolina Aguirre strutted in the preliminaries
with verve and vigor. She was full of vitality and life. She was magnificent.
9. Australia
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In a booking betting site, Miss
Australia is 14 to 1 odds in becoming Miss Universe. There are other candidates
in the list but the betting agency says that of three others, Miss Australia
has the best chances of being crowned Miss Universe 2012.
Possible
Trump Candidates
They say that Mr. Trump
chooses 6 candidates to complete the Top 15 and that 1 comes from internet
voting to complete the Top 16. We will give reasons why the following
candidates will be the Trump choices.
10.Croatia
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Miss Croatia is a choice of most pageant
aficionados because of her beautiful face. She was said to be exemplary in her
evening gown presentation but lacking so much pizzazz in her swimsuit
presentation. In a review of the preliminary presentation, I do not think that
she did a very good performance in the evening gown round. There were others
that did better than her. Add to this, she gave a lackluster interview in the
series of questions given to her uploaded in the Miss Universe website. I
believe that if she gets into the Top 16, it is because Mr. Trump and the
production people like her or the people around Miss Universe feel that they
would need to give the enjoyment of the people who are going to watch by
including her in the Top 16. Well, will she repeat a Miss Angola phenomenon
this year? Let us watch and see this 19th of December if she lives
up to the promise.
11.Czech Republic
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Miss Czech Republic is one of those that
tied for the 16th spot during our tabulations during our review from
the Preliminary competition. If she makes it over Miss Croatia and Guyana, then
she should be really really lucky. Well, with Miss Czech Republic’s qualities,
she can be both a Trump candidate and a shoo-in candidate. Why do I say so? She
is shoo-in candidate because she is within the reach of those in Top 9. But she
can be a Trump candidate in the event that she does not qualify among the Top 9
as there are so many formidable candidates ahead of her.
12.Mexico
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Miss Mexico is a very charming lady but
was eclipsed with the more formidable candidates in the catwalk department. She
seemed so disinterested. Thus her presence in the Top 16 would make you suspect
that she belongs to the Trump group of candidates.
13.Georgia
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Miss Georgia is one candidate that I
would be happy to get into the Top 16. She is flawless in the runway and she
exceedingly performed her best during the evening gown and swimsuit
competition. But because of the fact that there were around 18 candidates that
we thought did better than her in the preliminaries, it would be a surprise
that she made it equally good to the Top 16. Then the conclusion therefore is
that she is a Trump candidate.
14.Colombia
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Colombia is one of my favorite
candidates. She ranked 10th in our official ranking but because of
the Trump candidates’ phenomenon, she will be lumped with the other candidates
in this grouping. She is hands down an excellent candidate that should be
included in the formidable Top 16.
15.USA
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Need we say more? I think Miss USA’s
number one quality is her beautiful face. She is charismatic and that she can
own you. But this is a contest with qualifying points to make it to the Top 16
and I think she failed in the evening gown segment and that there were other
much beautiful girls that were ahead of her in the swimsuit presentation.
Candidate from Internet
Votes
16.Thailand
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Miss Thailand ranks 25th in
our listing. But we’ve got the feeling that she will top the voting to be
included in the Top 16 choices. She would be competing with Miss Vietnam.
Note however that based
on Queentessence choices without regards for the Trump choices should have been
the following:
Colombia,
Cayman Islands, Aruba, Mexico, Japan and Guyana. We feel that for all intents and reasons, USA will be in by
virtue of the following: Host and Sash Factor.
But in our listing it should be Georgia who will come in and USA will be
shut out of the Top 16. But since this pageant is done in US soil, she will be
amply accorded the courtesy of being in the Top 16.
It is not a surprise for
us that Miss Cayman Islands was
noted by a lot of pageant pundits. She is very charming and she has a very
sweet demeanor. She is a delight in the runway. With her saccharine smile she
can smile her way up to the Top of the ranking. If this happens, it will be the
first time that Cayman Islands made a dent into the semifinalist list of the Miss
Universe Beauty Pageant. We hope she does pretty well and that she will also be
in the list of Mr. Trump.
Aruba
is another surprising delight. She is tall. She has a very sexy body and she
undoubtedly nailed her performances in the evening gown and swimsuit segment.
She is truly amazing.
Miss Japan is one of our personal
favorites. She has an enigmatic
presence. I don’t know why others don’t just feel her. She has this uncanny
connection with me so that so, I believe she will make a difference among the
candidates. If she makes it to the Top 16, then my gut feel is right. If not,
then I was still right not putting her among the possible Trump takers.
Of course, Miss Guyana should be in based on our list.
This lady is really a class of her own. She stumbled but stood up and did
continue the walking it’s as if nothing happened. She is a real professional
for that matter. Sympathy or non-sympathy, she should be in. If she is in, then
we shall be thankful and see how she performed to the hilt come pageant night.
We have this lingering
feeling that favorites' Croatia and Czech Republic will not be called to the Top
16. Croatia might get the famous Ruth Ocumarez tag as she is the favorite of
almost everyone. But reviewing the presentation once more, there were other
candidates that really showed remarkable performance and upstaged the beautiful
faced Croatia. Despite an acceptable gown presentation, her swimsuit round was
really wanting. It is now highly doubtful if she will be in or out. There were
discussions on how past candidates were chosen and that some of those choices
were hinged on face value alone. Even the current Miss Universe, who would have
thought that she is going to win the crown? She had shown all the fumbles while
co-hosting during the preliminary competition. Although during the lull where
the stage was being dried by dripping water from up, she was interviewed by her
co-host and in her halting English, she showed wisdom in her answers. So what
am I trying to say, the Miss Universe Crown is still open to everyone and just
like the judges, we will have our own choices and as of the moment this is our
Prediction for the Top 16. Favorite Miss Czech Republic may not be able to
qualify for the Top 16 because of her horrendous body figure. Her bone asymmetry
is really disturbing.
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