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The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:53 am
by The Duchess
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THE DUCHESS’ FIRST HOT PICKS
Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL 2017





Well here we are again to start head on now that the major pageant season is upon us, with Big 5 plus the two most important after those. That’s 7 FULL pageants that I will have to follow and make lists and investigations on hundreds of girls, with their graphics included. NOW I am no writer nor graphic designer so you will have to bear with me on these following months to come, but might as well. But regardless, let us all come together to see discuss 7 new editions of the pageant we love and those who even hate to see who becomes our new litter of Queens.


ALSO I AM SICK FOR THE PAST 7 DAYS SO BEAR WITH THE MEDICINE INDUCED BLABBERING!


Now this year I will be reviewing the following pageants following basically the same set of qualities but with certain adaptations to their specific pageant. This will help me have a report card for which I will use those numbers to determine my winners and semifinalists, with a final score in the end:




Now not all of these lists are going to be following the same format of graphics in the beginning because I will be trying to see which format I like best for the report cards and follow with the chosen one until the end. You are welcome to vote for whichever you feel like you like best and which ones you will rather not have or are difficult to read. Also the comment section is open for you to comment on your own list YET not for you to throw dirt to some other girl nor country. That only speaks badly of you not of the candidate, nor does it accomplish whatever petty thing you are trying to accomplish.



Now that we have that clear we shall begin with our list. Now for my first hot picks on this particular pageant I won’t be putting the report card digitally because I lack the information I want but also because besides my Top 5, none of these really interest me as much as the big 5 or even Intercontinental (let’s be real, I watch it entirely just for Katarina… that’s all I gotta see). So we will begin with simple top picks with comments on their face and I will give an assessment on each and we shall start there. So for now, enjoy.



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NETHERLANDS (Kelly Van Der Dungen): Now this is the first winner I have picked from the pageants, and one look at the pictures of Kelly and you can see why. Even in her professional pictures you can see an amount of personality that sometimes is lacking from European queens, and it reminds me of her compatriot Zoey Ivory and how charming she is. I find her face to be very much in line with the faces of past Miss Grands, none of them have a face along the likes of Natalie and Oxana but that have sort of this simple yet elegant beauty to them. Last year my winners while I was watching the live telecast were Nicole Cordoves or Madison Anderson (never really made up my mind) yet when Ariska walked out with the crown I sort of got it. She fit the Miss Gwand mold for the queen that have been in her place, but I actually think Kelly fits that even more. So I am very excited to see how this girl will eventually evolve during her reign and until October but I am certain she will be very successful.



PHILIPPINES (Elizabeth Clenci): Okay so I find it a little sad that I am way more excited to see the Philippines in this year’s Intercontinental and Grand than the Big 5. I am not saying Rachel or the rest are unworthy but Elizabeth and Katarina have become kind of my ladies when it comes to this years. Elizabeth has the facial beauty to match Nicole and if she can put her performance there too, while having the communications skills and more I would not be surprised to see her take the crown. Now I don’t know this girl yet good enough to say if she is an upgrade or a downgrade from Nicole, which for me was an excellent pinoy queen. She probably has the best face of the competition as of right now and I wouldn’t mind her winning it all. The things that they have to prepare her for are mainly good stage presence and question rounds because after that fiasco of a final question last year I don’t trust them to ask appropriate pageant questions.



UNITED STATES (Taylor Kessler): This is actually one of my favorite queens in this year’s Team USA, I find her very attractive and with a lot of sex appeal. She is an absolute upgrade from last year’s representative and could make a lot of waves in Miss Gwand coming October. Even though she is not my favorite delegate of the bunch, just doesn’t give me the “OMG” feeling but we have to give credit where its do. Now I am just hoping the caliber of candidates improves over the months but as of now this is a girl that is very comfortable in the top 5. Now I will like to see her in action because I wasn’t able to see the final pageant, her catwalk and communications skills which are most important still. I do think this girl may need a bit of softening in her face for I see she is a tad square on the jaw so a bit of makeup can do wonders for this girl’s hard jaw.



CZECH REPUBLIC (Nikola Uhlirova): Now this is a girl that has a very Miss Gwand beauty like the other euro girls that have been part of the Top 5 in past years. She even looks like a more harmonious version of Claire Parker, Miss Gwand 2015, which could do well for her in the international stage. From this girl, unfortunally I don’t know as much as I would like to in order to see her closer to the crown but from what I’ve seen she is one of the best girls of the competition. Could she become the first European girl to win the Grand crown? Only time will tell if this girl will be prepared enough to become part of the winner’s cycle in this pageant. But for now I think the best thing about this girl is her facial beauty, along with what seems like a very decent catwalk which for me has to be improved so she doesn’t fall into the usual Euro curse of great girls with underwhelming performances.



UKRAINE (Snizhana Tanchuk): Now this is my favorite European girl from this pageant as of today, I love the look of this girl. Those piercing blue eyes covered by what it’s called the “Blackest Brown” shade of color which makes for such a great combo. Now this is a girl that I wish I could see walking because my fear is that she will become my next Turkey Universe and my heart can’t bear another disappointment like that. Only time will let me know if I am wrong about this girl but I got to say I enjoy her a lot in this pre pageant pictures.







INDIA (Anukriti Gussain): I actually like this girl better than the rest of Team India with that very beautiful yet subtle face that demands to look at her. I wish I knew far more from her to be able to make a proper review of her and cement her placement in my future lists coming September. I am confident that as of right now she can become the first placement for India in the Miss Gwand pageant which is exciting coming from a nation of such beautiful women. Now I want her to be styled with a beautiful gown and practice her speaking skills because this is a pageant that benefits from well-spoken girls.








VENEZUELA (Tulia Aleman): Now this is my least favorite girl from Team Venezuela because I still have high hopes for Keysi if Osmel would just stop touching her but that’s for another list. Not because she is a bad candidate but she just doesn’t have the facial beauty of International VNZL and not quite the flavor of Keysi. Do not get me wrong her catwalk has improved and with a more natural look she also improves physically, but as of now I don’t see her with the Top 5 placements YET. Now let’s not count her out just yet because with the right styling she could become a force to reckon with come October, like any other Venezuela queen. Her beautiful mix of green eyes with caramel skin and brown hair makes her look very harmonious to me which if she knows how to work with properly, it will be a strong weapon. On her Miss Venezuela performance, you can see that she needs a bit of work on her catwalk and practice on how to move around a stage to avoid trips and other such things.



ECUADOR (Maria Jose Villacis): This girl gives me some Monica Spears vibes when I see some of her candid pictures given she has a rather odd facial beauty. I think this girl is a very good candidate for what seems to be a very solid Team Ecuador, so I’m glad this girl won even if I ignored her (I did, and I’m sorry). I believe with the right styling and training we could see Ecuador perform well in this particular pageant and create some momentum for Daniela Cepeda for the following months. But only time will tell with girls like this so this is the main girl I’m keeping an eye on.




MEXICO (Yoana Gutierrez): I got to say Mexico is coming STRONG this year and I am so excited about it because I love to see a country want it. I find this woman beautiful and she knows how to work with her body and face making her huge competition for the rest of the Latinas. She looks a little reminiscent of Lupita Jones in certain angles, and she gives me a lot of confident vibes which is important in this pageant. If this girl comes with a good fluidity of the English language and some bomb catwalk she could easily advance way further on this list so I am very excited of this team in 2017 because it promises to be top of the crop.




VIETNAM (Nguyen Tran Huyen My): Looks to me like a very elegant lady and probably one of my favorite Asian candidates this year, her face is a subtle beauty that could do her very well in the upcoming pageant. I wish I knew more about her to further position her and lock her in my lists but as of now this is as far as I can take care. I do think she has a very nice body and some of these pictures suggest that she has quite the knowledge of her body enough to pose and look well in them. As long as they train her with good communication skills and good catwalk skills also she could become a good contender for the Asian team this year. But only time can tell us how far she can come become this list unfortunally does not have enough info for me to go on in the contest.








PUERTO RICO (Brenda Azaria Jimenez): Okay a couple weeks have passed since the official announcement of her appointment was given and I have accepted it. The reality is that despite whatever feeling I may have towards this year’s Team PR we are here to talk about the individual candidates. Now Brenda for me performed well in the preliminaries at the Miss Universe, I even had her in my Top 9 because she was a good walker in that portion. But I have seen her walking in the other events at the Philippines and she was even better in my opinion, so I do see some potential. The good thing she has going for her is that she is looking a lot better than she looked with Desiree, specially her teeth so I am interested to see how she will look in the following months. She will have to practice her catwalk, English, communication skills and overall persona because if she performs like that swimsuit fashion show months ago she could maybe shut me up. So for now, I wait.





THAILAND (Pam Premika Pamela): This was the winner of the Miss Gwand Thailand and for a year in which Thailand is extremely strong in both Universe and Earth and I am not surprised with this winner. I do have to say though that sometimes her face reads to me a bit too masculine in certain pictures and that could hurt her chances when the final approaches. They need to learn how to style her in order to avoid this, using good contour and lighter makeup in certain areas and perhaps that could help her more manlier features. She will need to perform extremely well to set the momentum for her other pageant sister because this could be a very promising year for this country so we shall see how she ends up doing.





COMPLETETING THE TOP 15: CANADA, INDONESIA AND LAOS






See you very soon! Thanks for reading!

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:59 am
by PokpokLicious Thai
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Thanks for sharing. Love your insights.

I can't believe I'm interested in following the journey of these girls as well at this Grand Imitation event. :-D

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:14 pm
by cica-maca
No Serbia? I must say that she is better than some of girls in hot picks, plus she is very well prepared, she has awesome body and catwalk.

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:46 am
by The Duchess
cica-maca wrote:No Serbia? I must say that she is better than some of girls in hot picks, plus she is very well prepared, she has awesome body and catwalk.


Well does she have an official thread I could check out, maybe she will be good for the next list

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:11 am
by Busyboy
I have always liked Thai representatives to their own pageant but not this year. She is too masculine for me. If I may have my way, I will also strike Venezuela out of the list. Philippines may deserve a top five placement but not that high in my books.

Also, I like Brenda... Hehehe... I think she should be at least part of the top five if not the winner. India too.

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:49 am
by The Duchess
Busyboy wrote:I have always liked Thai representatives to their own pageant but not this year. She is too masculine for me. If I may have my way, I will also strike Venezuela out of the list. Philippines may deserve a top five placement but not that high in my books.

Also, I like Brenda... Hehehe... I think she should be at least part of the top five if not the winner. India too.


I noticed Asia in general is very pro Brenda in many places actually

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:25 am
by Busyboy
The Duchess wrote:
Busyboy wrote:I have always liked Thai representatives to their own pageant but not this year. She is too masculine for me. If I may have my way, I will also strike Venezuela out of the list. Philippines may deserve a top five placement but not that high in my books.

Also, I like Brenda... Hehehe... I think she should be at least part of the top five if not the winner. India too.


I noticed Asia in general is very pro Brenda in many places actually


Well, I don't know... Maybe a coincidence? Or maybe, you have read my comment about Brenda in some other thread? I for one prefers women with softer feature that's why I prefer her over Khristi Lee or even Zuleyka and Monic...

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:25 am
by Toma
Miss Gwand International is getting better and better, im excited

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:30 pm
by scoolstuff123
Loved your choices..

But Anukriti, if places, won't be India's first placement. Vartika Singh won us the 2nd Runner up at MGI 2015.

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:06 pm
by sharronstoned
Um, why would Brenda go for a SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE to this wanna-be major event after she's already been to Miss Universe??? :-O

At least Gabriela Berrios stuck to a Big 5 pageant when she herself downgraded to Miss International...

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:01 pm
by DEVIKA
Netherland =c3

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Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 4:27 pm
by UniversoMundoTierra
sharronstoned wrote:Um, why would Brenda go for a SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE to this wanna-be major event after she's already been to Miss Universe??? :-O

At least Gabriela Berrios stuck to a Big 5 pageant when she herself downgraded to Miss International...


And Gabriela clapped in Ms International too.. So chances will be Brenda will clap on this prestegiois pageant.

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 5:11 pm
by The Duchess
UniversoMundoTierra wrote:
sharronstoned wrote:Um, why would Brenda go for a SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE to this wanna-be major event after she's already been to Miss Universe??? :-O

At least Gabriela Berrios stuck to a Big 5 pageant when she herself downgraded to Miss International...


And Gabriela clapped in Ms International too.. So chances will be Brenda will clap on this prestegiois pageant.


She clapped in both because for the life of me I can't find anything good about her. But atleast Brenda has some good Qualities and for me she was sent to the wrong pageant last year.

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:38 pm
by UniversoMundoTierra
The Duchess wrote:
UniversoMundoTierra wrote:
sharronstoned wrote:Um, why would Brenda go for a SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE to this wanna-be major event after she's already been to Miss Universe??? :-O

At least Gabriela Berrios stuck to a Big 5 pageant when she herself downgraded to Miss International...


And Gabriela clapped in Ms International too.. So chances will be Brenda will clap on this prestegiois pageant.


She clapped in both because for the life of me I can't find anything good about her. But atleast Brenda has some good Qualities and for me she was sent to the wrong pageant last year.


But which pageant should she be sent ?

Re: The Duchess Miss Gwand INTERNATIONAL FIRST HOT PICKS <3

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:01 pm
by The Duchess
UniversoMundoTierra wrote:
The Duchess wrote:
UniversoMundoTierra wrote:
sharronstoned wrote:Um, why would Brenda go for a SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE to this wanna-be major event after she's already been to Miss Universe??? :-O

At least Gabriela Berrios stuck to a Big 5 pageant when she herself downgraded to Miss International...


And Gabriela clapped in Ms International too.. So chances will be Brenda will clap on this prestegiois pageant.


She clapped in both because for the life of me I can't find anything good about her. But atleast Brenda has some good Qualities and for me she was sent to the wrong pageant last year.


But which pageant should she be sent ?


I think Intercontinental or Grand was a good choice, way better than Miss Universe BUT I would have hoped for a candidate the Caliber of Madison Anderson to participate this year that's all. Brenda looks better than last year tho, I do have to admit that