Miss World what does it mean?
A sit down with Stephanie Omogun who tells us all! ⇓
Founders
The Miss World Organisation was founded on the 29th of July in 1951 by the late Eric Morley.
Julia Morley is the current president of the Miss World organisation and Brand. It was the first pageant ever and right after followed by Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. It is a first tier beauty pageant.
The main slogan of the pageant is:
Beauty with a Purpose!
Which simply means that you should not only be beautiful but you should also be involved in society, stand strong for a cause and have a beautiful mind as well.
What should you be involved with as a pageant contender?
This is usually a good cause or any other humanitarian act or cause.
Stephanie Omogun Finalist of the Miss World Netherlands pageant posing at the Royal Delft Factory
Miss World Netherlands supports The Phillippines!
Miss World Nederland supports the the AETA tribe in the Philippines. These AETA tribe people keep getting pushed into a corner. This is because they live in the Jungle. The major corporations keep cutting jungle trees to build sky scrapers and companies.
Which leaves little to no room to the AETA tribe who still wish to live in the bush.
Besides the harsh discrimination (mostly color-ism) that they face they now also have to deal with corporations.
The corporation keep disturbing their natural habitat too! Which is inhumane and unfair.
Miss World Netherlands will stand strong for them and strive to change their situation.
The indigenous people in the Phillippines. The original tribe and one of the first tribes to inhabit the land.
All Miss World winners around the world will compete in China which will host about 120 misses from around the globe in the as they call it ‘little piece of Hawai in China’ the city: SANYA.
Stephanie in her all-white outfit after catwalk lessons
Stephanie is currently competing in the competition with 16 other contenders.
“The finale will be at Koning Events at Isolatorweg 29 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
It will be hosted in a Royal and beautiful hall.
Important guests and prominent people from the pageant world will be joining us at the GRAND FINALE ON JUNE 10TH! So you should all get tickets and be there!” Stephanie says.
Last week I payed the ticket of a refugee that was stranded.
Stephanie at De Wittenburg Castle – Dress from www.dasonia.com
The license holder of this awesome competition is: Katia Maes. She is originally from Belgium but she currently resides in Holland.
She sent a lot of girls to international pageants during her career. To big international pageants such as Miss Tourism International, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supernational and now also to Miss World.
Left: Rachelle Reijnders – Miss World Nederland 2016 | right: Katia Maes PhotoCredit: Hans Lachman
Katia Maes is currently the president of ‘Miss Word Nederland’ the most prominent pageant in the Netherlands which is quite an accomplishment. This year is her third year organizing this pageant.
Stephanie by Sacha van Manen
Stephanie: “How I am and contribute to the competition is to stay close to myself. Many contenders do charity for others or visit an elderly home etc.
But if you finish the competition or if you end up not winning the title would you still visit the elderly home on a weekly basis?”
Like I said I decided to stay close to myself and would love to uplift upcoming talents.
I write about them on Melanin Wonder of course which I am the owner of together with the co-founder of melaninwonder.com Janet Dara.
Janet and Stephanie founders of Melanin Wonder
What have you personally done in this competition so far?
Last week I payed the ticket of a refugee that was stranded. He could not go anywhere and only had a chip card but no money for transport.
I really felt compelled to help him. He told me that they had deported him out of the country.
It was like I saw him at just the right moment and I was also in a very good mood. As if it was meant to be actually amazing. You couldn’t make this up.
Dutch Trains, NS an abbreviation of Nederlandse Spoorwegen meaning Dutch Railway
I put 20 euros on his OV chipcard out of free will. It was way out of my comfortzone but I just felt like doing it at the moment.
Also do I make video blogs (VLOGS) about the Miss World Journey to show who we are. It is not only about the Grand Finale but also about the journey every week.
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We are all different, we all have our different personalities. We all have our seperate lives while we compete for the Crown!
So people can follow what we actually do besides taking Pictures, LOL.
Miss World Netherlands gives back to the country
If you put it in the bigger picture. This pageant also contributes to the social conversations we have in this country.
You clearly see that women from different backgrounds get a long with each other. Multicultural and getting along does actually exist.
Stephanie at a Ti-CHi workshop by Tai Chi Sifu Patrick Wolters.
Why compete?
You get a platform and you get the chance to tell your story and tell people why you decided to wear the sash. It gives you a voice, a platform and most of all. People will actually listen to what you have to say. It sounds a bit weird but it actually does give you a BIGGER voice.
Miss World Finalist 2018 Stephanie – Dress by www.dasonia.com
I will have a much bigger impact on the world and in the Netherlands. Also will the media and many others give you a platform to do much more for your fellow people. I love helping people to get where they want to be. Literally and Figuratively! Just like America, The Netherlands has become one big melting pot of culture, religions and heritages. look at Amsterdam and many other big cities.
source: www.missworldnederland.nl
All these different people calling themselves a Dutchman and go to school. They all contribute to the welfare of the Netherlands as a WHOLE. I am one of them actually. The world must see that I too am a reflection of how a Dutch person could look like in 2018.
Stephanie at De Wittenburg Castle | Dress by www.dasonia.com
My favorite song at the moment is: All For you by Janet Jackson
