Ten Beauty Capitals of the World

It is very apparent that Venezuela already achieved the number one position as the utmost Beauty Capital of the World. The next thing it has to accomplish is to be on the “Hall of Fame.” To be on the Hall of Fame, it has to be number one on all the Big Four ranking which means to say that it has to bump Brazil in its number one position at Miss Earth. And it has to bump USA in its number one position at Miss Universe.  To bump Brazil at the number one position, Venezuela has to produce three Miss Air for three consecutive years but that is granting Brazil will not win Miss Earth again. It is very obvious that Brazil has always been sending beautiful girls yearly at Miss Earth and if not for the “bring your own translator policy” of Miss Earth, the possibility of Brazil earning another crown is not impossible. Nevertheless, the sure thing for Venezuela to do to takeover Brazil’s place at number one position is to earn another crown.

Osmel Sousa has a difficult job to do if it wants Venezuela to be on the Hall of Fame of Beauty. Once Venezuela entered the Hall of Fame, it will be “very” difficult for any other country in the world to defeat that record. The magic number to be at the Hall of Fame is “4.”

 

Defeating USA at the number one position for Miss Universe is the most difficult thing that Venezuela has to accomplish. Even if it earns its eight crown and tied with USA, it will still be at number two position considering the number of runners up and semi–finalist that USA has already produced at Miss Universe. To be sure at the number one position, it has to earn two consecutive crown the way it did in 2008 and 2009.

Venezuela has three years the maximum in order to accomplish that. It is because, at Miss International, it is almost neck to neck with Philippines. If Philippines will produce two consecutive Miss International (which will be the first record of the pageant), it will automatically be number one at Miss International ranking. In order to sustain that position, Venezuela has to produce one more Miss International so that Philippines will remain at the number two position. Miss International is the “moodiest” if not a “spoiler” pageant of the Big Four. It is very unpredictable as to what it likes with the candidate it is selecting. Remember Miss Universe batch 1993, Dayanarra Torres competed at Miss International 1992 and ended up as semi–finalist. Dayanarra’s second runner up was Milka Chulina of Venezuela who then competed at the 1994 Miss International but ended up as semi–finalist only as well. Three year interval yet producing same result.

At Miss World, it is under threat from United Kingdom, with six first runner up and five winners, once UK produced its sixth Miss World, Venezuela will slip to number two at Miss World thereby losing its chance once more to be at the Hall of Fame though it will still keep its number one position.

From 1951 to present, there are only seven years by which Venezuela didn’t place in any of the Big Four pageant as applicable: 2004, 1983, 1982, 1977, 1974, 1965 and 1963. I wonder if Osmel Sousa is sick during those years that he fail to train the girls.

For USA, it is underperforming at Miss Earth, however, should it win just one crown, it will jump from number 14 to 5 and its total score will then jump at 11 which is just three notches away from to be on the number one position.

At Miss International, it has to earn two more crowns in order to displace Philippines at the number two position. At Miss World, it has to produce three more Winners in order to displace Venezuela in the number one position.

The greatest impact of USA at the Big Four ranking is its performance at Miss Earth. It is the easiest to accomplish considering the English skills of its candidates thus it should be able to produce one Miss Earth but Miss Earth is a Brazilian arena. Even Venezuela & Philippines will have a hard time defeating the Brazilians in this competition.

On the third spot is the Philippines, the third country to win the Big Four. It is underperforming at Miss World at rank 19. Just like USA, should Philippines produce one more Miss World, it will jump from rank 19 to rank 10 which is 9 notches up. It will displace Argentina on the tenth position at Miss World. Should it happen, Philippine total score will then become 21 with possibility of becoming the second Beauty Capital of the World.

At Miss Universe, it has to produce one more crown. Should it happen, it will then displace Brazil at the number five position at Miss Universe ranking.

At Miss International, even if Philippines earn its sixth crown, it will still be second to Venezuela because of Venezuela’s five first runner up record at that pageant.

Brazil, the first country to earn the Big Four crown is the fourth beauty capital of the world with one point difference from India. It is performing well at Miss Earth but not at Miss International. Brazil has to produce one more Miss International to jump to number 8 which is seven notches up to displace United Kingdom at the eight spot.

Brazil’s biggest task is to be able to produce one more Miss World so that it will jump from number 26 to 14.

India is still set to have one Miss International title to enter the Big Four. It performed well at this pageant when it started in 1960 when Iona Pinto was 1^st Runner Up to Stella Marquez. The highest performance of India at Miss International is in 2003 when Shonali Nograni won as 1^st Runner Up to Venezuela’s Goizeder Azua. The significance of Miss International to India is that it will enter the Big Four and second it will displace Brazil at the 4^th position as Beauty Capital of the World. Should India win a Miss International crown, it will jump from number 30 to number 15 where it will displaced Brazil on the 15^th spot. India already won the Miss Earth crown in 2010 when Nicole Faria won the title.

Four countries is set to enter the Big Four by winning the Miss Earth crown: USA, Finland, Puerto Rico and Australia. India has no competitor at Miss International. It just need to perform well at that pageant to please the moody Japanese.

I created this table so that a country will know where they are and where they are going. I created a tag for “Consistent Finalist” because the Runners Up of the pageant serves as a “tie–breaker” in the ranking system thus it is important to recognize the spectacular performance done by a country. To be a Finalist for a year is already an accomplishment but to sustain that accomplishment for at least three years in a row is an achievement.

All of these are plain statistics, in the end, the winner would still has a choice whether her victory would be the start of a wonderful career or just a momentous event. Evidently, there are those who didn’t win in the pageant who ended up as more successful than the winner. Click on the page “The Successful Candidate” to garner inspiration.