Miss Colombia sleeps with her eyes open, for example. And not just because she’s ALWAYS WATCHING her fellow beauty queens.
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Yikes?
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And then her grandma cooks a sauce with them.
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In other oddball collectors: Miss Haiti. If we all wish it hard enough, maybe she will reenact this amazing viral video during the talent portion of the Miss Universe competition.
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And maybe Miss Netherlands will sing the classic ol’ Mary Poppins song too.
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Gurl, please.
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In other words, Tomii once put together a set of IKEA shelves.
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Obvious pageant contestant is obvious; well-trained too.
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Because, she says, “she would feel guilty in case it gets better [later in the book],” and she didn’t know about it. (Like in Fifty Shades, when it takes 100+ pages to get to the sex, for example.) What a kind soul … and world peace.
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Fridges, pageant contestants — what do they both have in common? They’re sneaky bitches, and they’ll mess with your food if you give them the chance.
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Don’t worry, she was training to be a vet. Things get wild here in Great Britain occasionally, but not, like,savage.
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OK, for the sake of full context, Miss Tanzania’s bio reads: “[Nale] can start a fire … from dry sticks and leaves.”
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When asked what her favorite day/date is, any pageant queen who doesn’t choose April 25 is doing it wrong.
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And while this is not the sort of fun fact that young pageant hopefuls, or indeed anyone, should aspire to, Miss Ukraine apparently still hits her target every time.
P.S. A bonus Miss Ukraine fun fact: She “can hold hot objects for a really long time.”
The 2014 Miss Universe pageant airs on NBC on Sunday night at 8/7 p.m. CST. Get excited.
(via Cosmopolitan)
