By Dominador Agbayani
I searched on the web and reviewed ten websites that made a
prediction of who will be Miss Universe 2012, 40% pointed to
Miss Puerto Rico as the eventual winner. Thirty-percent predicted she will in
the Top 5. Ten percent however says she will not be a semi-finalist. But note that a big percentage predicted that
she will be in the Top 15. Because of many believers and looking at other
favorites that did not make it to the Top 15 such as Malaysia, Georgia,
Netherlands and Thailand, Miss Puerto Rico will now be labeled as the recipient
of the Ruth Ocumarez Award.
In Queentessence,
we have this gut feeling that it would Miss Croatia that will get the snub in
this years' event but when the results are out, all jaws dropped because the
quintessential favorite to win this years’ edition was not there. To give you a
review about this fabled Ruth Ocumarez Award, Ruth was Dominican Republic's representative
to the Miss Universe 2002. She was such a beauty that she was given the tag, “The
Ebony Goddess.” At the 2002 Miss Universe pageant,
held Puerto Rico, Ocumarez was predicted by many to be chosen as one of the
semifinalists. But she was not selected, causing many internet users and
bloggers to coin the term the Ruth Ocumarez Award to signify a pageant contestant who
seems guaranteed to be selected as a finalist, but does not make the list at
the end.
What could be the
reason why Miss Puerto Rico was not on the list?
How can she fail
in the swimsuit competition? She has a towering height of 6 feet, and a body
that everyone dies for. She has won competitions that showed her perfect body
figure. In the Battle of swimwear in Puerto Rico, she won over others because of her impressive body figure and her perfect catwalk. She is said to have the best
body in the competition. It is really therefore, baffling if she failed in this
aspect.
In the evening
gown category, she used a white gown that showcased her sweetness and
delicateness. She was a darling onstage.
If most of us
think that she was way up there during the preliminaries, did the judges saw
otherwise? There were rumors that circulated during the two week-activities of
the pageant that there are some candidates that were said to drop catty remarks
against other candidates. There were also rumors that some are playing “diva
attitudes” to the consternation of the organizers. Is Miss Puerto Rico among
them? Did she fell out of the graces of the organizers because of these? We
will never know but she is one candidate that should have been a great winner.
She should participate in other international pageants like Miss World, Miss
International or even Miss Earth. She is a beauty not to be wasted in the international arena.
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