Juan Sebastian wrote:LMFAO girl competed for Miss Utah earlier this year - she's not from the U.S. Virgin Islands, I am surprised no one is talking about this yet
yellowyam1 wrote:Juan Sebastian wrote:LMFAO girl competed for Miss Utah earlier this year - she's not from the U.S. Virgin Islands, I am surprised no one is talking about this yet
lmao she is stunning
KateW wrote:Look at the pageant history of winner Andrea Piecuch and 1st RU Destani Huffman-Jefferson.
Andrea: Non-Finalist at Miss Texas USA 2012, Non-Finalist at Miss Florida USA 2018, Non-Finalist at Miss Virginia USA 2019, 3rd RU at Miss Utah USA 2019. Of note is that Andrea competed at Florida USA in December 2017, Virginia USA in November 2018, Utah USA in January 2019, and wins US Virgin Islands in August 2019. That's four moves in 20 months, with only two months between Virginia and Utah. She didn't even meet the new minimum three months when competing in Utah.
Destani: Non-Finalist at Miss North Carolina USA 2014, Top 13 at Miss Virginia USA 2016, 2nd RU at Miss District of Columbia USA 2018, 1st RU at Miss District of Columbia 2019. Miss District of Columbia USA 2019 was held in December 2018.
Andrea is claiming on Instagram that she moved many times due to her work as a flight attendant and sales representative: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Z08BQDwZ3/
Destani is claiming on Instagram that she has family ties to US Virgin Islands: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fEGzNnU64/
With Ireland, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands all having been won by Miss USA state contestants, we may be seeing more Miss USA state contestants showing up at Miss Universe national competitions.
sophocles wrote:The "US" in US Virgin Islands stands for "United States". The territory is formally known "Virgin Islands of the United States". It should not be surprising that Americans are also competing in this pageant. Contestants criss cross the continental U.S. (and even Puerto Rico) all the time to compete in state pageants. This should not be a big deal.
sophocles wrote:The "US" in US Virgin Islands stands for "United States". The territory is formally known "Virgin Islands of the United States". It should not be surprising that Americans are also competing in this pageant. Contestants criss cross the continental U.S. (and even Puerto Rico) all the time to compete in state pageants. This should not be a big deal.
Malcanthet wrote:I suppose each franchise holder have their own rules and regulations on how to qualify for their respective pageant. But as far as Miss Universe is concerned and as far as I know, unless they changed the rules, at the very least, a contestant have to have at minimum, a 6-month residency in the country she is representing. She need not necessarily be a citizen although again, some national pageants may have a citizen-only rule. So I guess Miss USVI just have this residency rule. This may also set a precedent that girls from other countries like Venezuela may country hop....and other nearby Caribbean territories like Turks & Caicos and the British Virgin Islands may lower their qualifications to the just minimal 6 month rule and try to attract more competitive girls from the US and other neighboring Latin American countries (like even Puerto Rico...if you can't win MUPR, hop over to British Virgin Islands where it's less competitive).
sophocles wrote:Malcanthet wrote:I suppose each franchise holder have their own rules and regulations on how to qualify for their respective pageant. But as far as Miss Universe is concerned and as far as I know, unless they changed the rules, at the very least, a contestant have to have at minimum, a 6-month residency in the country she is representing. She need not necessarily be a citizen although again, some national pageants may have a citizen-only rule. So I guess Miss USVI just have this residency rule. This may also set a precedent that girls from other countries like Venezuela may country hop....and other nearby Caribbean territories like Turks & Caicos and the British Virgin Islands may lower their qualifications to the just minimal 6 month rule and try to attract more competitive girls from the US and other neighboring Latin American countries (like even Puerto Rico...if you can't win MUPR, hop over to British Virgin Islands where it's less competitive).
...which is a useless endeavor. If you can't even win MUPR or Miss USA, what's your chance of winning Miss Universe by joining as Miss US Virgin Islands with no sash factor? I mean, why even bother? This gamble applies only to Miss World, where there are no rules on who gets picked as winner. But what's the value in winning Miss World? Nothing, right?
The Duchess wrote:sophocles wrote:Malcanthet wrote:I suppose each franchise holder have their own rules and regulations on how to qualify for their respective pageant. But as far as Miss Universe is concerned and as far as I know, unless they changed the rules, at the very least, a contestant have to have at minimum, a 6-month residency in the country she is representing. She need not necessarily be a citizen although again, some national pageants may have a citizen-only rule. So I guess Miss USVI just have this residency rule. This may also set a precedent that girls from other countries like Venezuela may country hop....and other nearby Caribbean territories like Turks & Caicos and the British Virgin Islands may lower their qualifications to the just minimal 6 month rule and try to attract more competitive girls from the US and other neighboring Latin American countries (like even Puerto Rico...if you can't win MUPR, hop over to British Virgin Islands where it's less competitive).
...which is a useless endeavor. If you can't even win MUPR or Miss USA, what's your chance of winning Miss Universe by joining as Miss US Virgin Islands with no sash factor? I mean, why even bother? This gamble applies only to Miss World, where there are no rules on who gets picked as winner. But what's the value in winning Miss World? Nothing, right?
The sash factor has gone down significantly since IMG took over, and to be honest Puerto Rico hasn't exactly had big sash factor in ages; it's actually not such a crazy endeavor. Sure you won't have huge sash factor but it could be easier to actually get to Miss Universe from USVI than the Miss USA circuit; she just had to approach the pageant director which was connected to one of the former state pageants you participated in and go against 10 girls. To get to Miss USA you have to win state pageants (they have usually atleast 20-30 candidates) and then the national crown against 50 other girls; so definitely it is easier to win USVI.
So sure, you won't have the sash factor BUT if your chances go up if you are really interesting as a candidate; maybe she felt she didn't need sash factor to do well in the Miss Universe.
So its not that useless of an endeavor, Curacao has ZERO sash factor yet Akisha was interesting enough on her own to take a spot in the Americas so hey she's not that crazy
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