Miss Worlds flock to cultural Mecca
WARSAW.- The contestants of the Miss World Pageant are flocking to Poland’s western city of Wroclaw, a cultural Mecca on the country’s Odra river.
The contestants, upon arriving in the historical city’s main town square in a sunny afternoon, were cheered by thousands of locals who took part in a exhibition of paintings specially commissioned for the event.
The Miss World contestants took part in an exhibit with drawings which were prepared mostly by children and every Miss added her own touch and signed the work. This performance sought to capture the key spirit of each represented country and transpose it to canvas.
Paola Torres Cohen, Miss Dominican Republic worked together with a polish Boy, who accurately portrayed Quisqueya’s essence as a Caribbean island whose perspectives include a still developing yet strong tourism-based economy.
Paola was right at home with the presentation, because she’s a Hotel Management student and says that she plans to work in her country’s tourism industry, creating new possibilities to improve it.
The Miss World 2006 Pageant’s finale will take place in Warsaw on September 30, and will be transmitted to almost 200 countries around the world.
by Martine Wesoly