Brooke: Latinas rule Miss Universe contest
Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler (L) reacts as she receives her crown during the 2013 Miss Universe competition in Moscow on November 9, 2013. Gabriela Isler, a 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony. Judges including rock star Steven Tyler from Aerosmith picked the winner from a total of 86 contestants at the show, watched by several billion viewers around the world. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV
OK, I did not interview Miss Venezuela.
I did not think the Miss Universe jury in Moscow would really fall for the latest plastic product of Venezuela’s beauty queen assembly lines.
Last week, at a press availability for the Misses, I could not fail to miss Miss Venezuela, Maria Gabriela Isler. Her blinding white teeth made me want to put on dark glasses. Her princess gait made the other Misses look like peasants. Earlier, at a night club “night out with the contestants,” I noticed she had a skillful way of elbowing her way to the front of the cameras.
