From June 6 - June 23, I was lucky enough to go to South Africa for the World Cup. One Miss World girl from each of the countries which had qualified was to be sent over as a representative.
It was great to be there without it being a competition... I had so much fun with the girls! My roommate was Miss England and she was absolutely crazy. We had the best time together; I spent the whole time laughing. We have kept in touch and will stay friends. I will definitely go and visit her!
My "group" of close friends consisted of, Miss Japan, Miss England, Miss Netherlands, Miss New Zealand and the current Miss World, Miss Gibraltar. That was the best thing about the trip, spending time with the girls. I cried when I left them. We had grown so close.
While there I went to the Australia versus Ghana game, Brazil versus Cote de Voire and USA versus Slovenia.
We also went to a home called the "Tebogo home for handicapped children". It was so sad to see these children who had been abandoned, with physical and mental disabilities without the proper care they deserved.
I took some beautiful photos while I was over there, and I'm devasted as I left my camera on the plane on the way home and after contacting lost property about 10 times it still hasn't appeared. So I have no photos to show! I could almost cry!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Miss QLD
On Sunday, 30 May, Pauline, Joanne Melbourne and I met at Sydney airport bright and early (actually it was still dark) to catch a flight to Brisbane.
It was then time for a break. The girls could have a rest and have some lunch. Family and friends were allowed to attend the afternoon session of the judging at 2pm. Everyone entered, took their seats, and it was time to get on with it.
Good luck to Melanie and Leah at the Miss World Australia Final!!!
John (Waterhouse) picked us up from the airport and we drove to the Broncos Leagues Club where Miss World QLD was to be held that day.
The QLD finalists and judges began arriving at the venue, including... Erin Stanfield!!! The Miss World Australia Runner up from last year! I hadn't seen her since the final last year and it was sooooo good to catch up. She had just gotten back from a trip to America and had done lots of shopping (especially at Victoria Secret! hehe)
The judging began with interviews, similar to most of the other states.
Then it was time for fitness. Here are the girls giving it all they've got and then smiling once it's all over...
It was then time for a break. The girls could have a rest and have some lunch. Family and friends were allowed to attend the afternoon session of the judging at 2pm. Everyone entered, took their seats, and it was time to get on with it.
The girls did the swimwear/healthy body image parade, and then went backstage to get ready for their talents. We had some amazing talents; tap dancing, life-saving demonstration, whip cracking, jazz dancing. The variety was great!
Then came the awards and da da da dah... the crowning. Our runner up is Leah Freney. Here I am with her...
And here is Erin with our Miss World QLD 2010... Melanie Dawson.
Good luck to Melanie and Leah at the Miss World Australia Final!!!Here we all are after the judging...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Miss World ACT
The Miss ACT 2010 Finalists
Claudia with her mum and sister, Gabrielle
Cheyanne, Claudia and me!
We have nearly collected all our
finalists for Miss World Australia 2010, and I can tell you, they are a very high quality bunch. It's going to be very difficult for our judges to pick a winner. I'm glad I'm not judging and I can just relax and help the girls out!
Miss ACT was held on Sunday 16 May at the Canberra Southern Cross Club. The girls arrived at 8:30am, nicely presented and ready for the judging and show. I was not a judge, I simply helped with the running of the event. After the morning judging, the girls went to have lunch and then rehearsals for the show.
Then we all went to get ready backstage for the show. Everyone was so excited. The audience would be having dinner and watching the show, so we wanted to make sure the evening went well.
Then came the moment of truth... "The Miss World ACT Runner Up is... Cheyanne O'Callaghan" and everyone cheered. And finally... "Miss World ACT 2010 is... Claudia Vannithone!"
Everyone cheered and yelled and clapped and hugged (especially all the Claudia fans in the audience). She was a very well-deserved winner. Both Cheyanne and Claudia will be going through to the Miss World Australia final and I wish them all the best.
Miss South Australia
Pauline and I left Sydney Airport bright and early on Saturday morning to travel to Adelaide. I'd never been to Adelaide before, so it was nice to visit somewhere new. We met Rian, the director of Miss Victoria and now also Miss South Australia, at the Adelaide airport and there was a car waiting for us to take us to the hotel.
The hotel was beautiful. It was new, spacious and beside the beach (always a plus in my book!). We had lunch and talked through the judging schedule and the show and made sure we were all on the same page. Then it was 3pm and we went to watch the Miss SA entrants rehearse the evening's show. One of my cousins, Emily, lives in Adelaide, so I had asked Pauline if I could catch up with her and she said this was fine. I left rehearsal and sat out in the sun and had a cup of tea with Em. It was nice to have a little break and enjoy some time with my cousin. Then it was back to work. I said goodbye to Em, and it was time for the judging. We held the interviews first, and the girls were all lovely and so excited to be there. We then judged healthy body image and talent.
After this, we left the girls to get ready, and we went to have dinner and talk through who would win awards and who would be runner up and Miss South Australia.
Pauline, Rian and I went up to our room to get dressed and once we were ready we made our way down to the function room. There were a lot of people there already; it was nice that there was a big crowd there to support the girls. The evening kicked off, and went smoothly, although the crowd tended to get a little rowdy at times.
Our Miss World South Australia Runner up is... Lucinda Nicholas and our Runner up is Yasmine Lindvelt. Congratulations to both of these girls. We will be seeing them at our national final in August!
I'm still waiting on photos from this event. They will be here soon, I promise!
The hotel was beautiful. It was new, spacious and beside the beach (always a plus in my book!). We had lunch and talked through the judging schedule and the show and made sure we were all on the same page. Then it was 3pm and we went to watch the Miss SA entrants rehearse the evening's show. One of my cousins, Emily, lives in Adelaide, so I had asked Pauline if I could catch up with her and she said this was fine. I left rehearsal and sat out in the sun and had a cup of tea with Em. It was nice to have a little break and enjoy some time with my cousin. Then it was back to work. I said goodbye to Em, and it was time for the judging. We held the interviews first, and the girls were all lovely and so excited to be there. We then judged healthy body image and talent.
After this, we left the girls to get ready, and we went to have dinner and talk through who would win awards and who would be runner up and Miss South Australia.
Pauline, Rian and I went up to our room to get dressed and once we were ready we made our way down to the function room. There were a lot of people there already; it was nice that there was a big crowd there to support the girls. The evening kicked off, and went smoothly, although the crowd tended to get a little rowdy at times.
Our Miss World South Australia Runner up is... Lucinda Nicholas and our Runner up is Yasmine Lindvelt. Congratulations to both of these girls. We will be seeing them at our national final in August!
I'm still waiting on photos from this event. They will be here soon, I promise!
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