Re: ♔ ROAD TO MISS UNIVERSE 2023 - PM and Final Night Coverage ♔

**bonner** Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:49 pm

Sadly Chile is fading.

**bonner** Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:55 pm

**bonner** Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:00 pm

**WassoMaki** Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:27 pm

bonner wrote:Face card - there's a chance we may see Bahrain in the semifinalist.

She has been in my predicted semifinalists lists after I watched her Voice For Change video! The girl has an amazing oratory that leaves nobody indifferent, and facially she also has what it takes to make it, although she is not styled well in some of her shots. If they take care of this and if she performs well in the preliminaries, she will definitly be her country's first semifinalist.

I personally like Belgium. She look like a 90s pop star (Mandy Moore?)

I like her a lot too, she has a great face and her bangs make her a standout. I also like that she's soft spoken, but I'm afraid this usually does not register well with those female judges.

**WassoMaki** Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:35 pm

By the way @bonner, thanks a lot for your great work reposting pictures of all the delegates! Albania was flying under my radar before but has been increasingly impressing me and will likely enter my predicted list. Argentina is radiant and has a Miss Colombia quality about her. Belgium, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile and Costa Rica are all looking good. Colombia seems to be keeping a low profile for now, but will probably peak later on. I'm looking forward to seeing the remaining pictures!

**WassoMaki** Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:07 pm

ariesgirl wrote: I see a lot of stunning girls this year...its definitely a hard one to pick an outright winner so interview and prelims will definitely be playing a hugely important role. However I do want to see a year in which girls that are actually worthy go through and not left clapping and other countries just going through based on sash factor like previous years...I want a more equitable competition where all girls are given a real chance based on their own true merit...we will see.

Definitely, there are a lot of contenders. The sash factor was weakened last year since the SEA countries everyone was expecting to place again were all excluded, but it will never completely go away because some countries with strong sashes (Colombia, Puerto Rico, South Africa, etc.) consistently send strong delegates, while others have large fanbases that the MUO loves to pander to, so sash factor will likely still account for about half the semifinalist spots. My main problem, seeing how things have been going in the last 2 years, is those WTF placements nobody sees coming and who make everyone go like "you must be kidding me!" I'm hoping there won't be such wasted spots this time, and all the remaining spots being fought for will actually go to worthy girls with weak sashes, and there are plenty this year to choose from: Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Slovakia, T&T and Zimbabwe.

**WassoMaki** Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:13 pm

WassoMaki wrote:
ariesgirl wrote: I see a lot of stunning girls this year...its definitely a hard one to pick an outright winner so interview and prelims will definitely be playing a hugely important role. However I do want to see a year in which girls that are actually worthy go through and not left clapping and other countries just going through based on sash factor like previous years...I want a more equitable competition where all girls are given a real chance based on their own true merit...we will see.
Definitely, there are a lot of contenders. The sash factor was weakened last year since the SEA countries everyone was expecting to place again were all excluded, but it will never completely go away because some countries with strong sashes (Colombia, Puerto Rico, South Africa, etc.) consistently send strong delegates, while others have large fanbases that the MUO loves to pander to, so sash factor will likely still account for about half the semifinalist spots. My main problem, seeing how things have been going in the last 2 years, is those WTF placements nobody sees coming and who make everyone go like "you must be kidding me!" I'm hoping there won't be such wasted spots this time, and all the remaining spots being fought for will actually go to worthy girls with weak sashes, and there are plenty this year to choose from: Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, T&T, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.

**bonner** Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:57 pm

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**Wojtek** Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:12 am

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**Likok** Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:44 am

bonner wrote:
Likok wrote:
bonner wrote:Face card - there's a chance we may see Bahrain in the semifinalist.

Do they have photos like this for all the girls?

Maybe? they do not have a specific album, trying to find it manually