PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name : Maria Milagros VELIZ
Age : 23
Height : 178
Languages : Spanish, English, French & Italian
BIOGRAPHY:
Maria is in her final year of university studying International Business. Hobbies include judo and salsa dancing. She has a white boxer dog named Bandido and a rabbit named Moustache. Her favourite food is seafood. Her motto is “How you do things is more important than what you do”.
| INTERVIEW | ||
| Tell us about your job/studies | ||
| I am in the last year of a BA in international business at the European Business School London. My studies at this university are a dream that I am making real thanks to a scholarship I obtained writing an essay about inequalities. EBS is for me a second family since their treatment to students is unique. I also see then as my parent paying half of my studies and with my effort working on my spare time I help paying the other half working as a sport trainer. | ||
| How are you preparing for Miss World in South Africa? | ||
| Aside from the train I receive from The Miss Venezuela Organization I have worked for a year with the Cisneros foundation with the child orthopaedic hospital as a volunteer in a social program to work with children and youth in different areas. I want to bring to South Africa the courage and the love for live of the children I have worked with have thought me | ||
| What's your daily routine? | ||
| I wake up at 6:00am every morning to have time to cook myself some breakfast and prepare my rucksack for the day, before I go to the gym- if I have an early morning activity I will then go to the gym at 8:00pm. I have make up classes at 10:00 am until midday. I have a pause of approx. 30 min for lunch. Then, depending of the day I have a class of photo pose, cat walk, speech, theatre... at the end of the day I prepare something to eat while I watch some movie or cartoons and I spend some time at the phone with my family. I usually go to sleep at 11:00pm. I try to visit any member of a family on Weekends especially on Saturdays if I am not at home doing some cleaning or reading. On Sundays I love when I go to the beach. | ||
| How do you feel about travelling to South Africa? | ||
| I am looking forward to do it. I love travelling but I do it most of the time with a rucksack and alone, now I am going to be with more than 150 people I feel like at Christmas at home when we all get together to enjoy the celebration. | ||
| Which elements of Miss World are you most looking forward to? | ||
| To meet people from a different culture that had worked so hard to achieve equality in their country. -The visit to the safari to see the South Africa’s fauna -The team sport games since I love those types of activities; they remind me when as a child I used play with my cousins | ||
| Do you have a message to the other Miss World contestants? | ||
| That although we are going to be in a competition, in the future, what we are going to remember from this competition are the friends we were able to make. | ||
| What do you think are you qualities that youwill bring to the competition? | ||
| Since I have done different types of works, I adapt very well to different situations. I bring my love for live and my wiliness to learn from everyone I meet. | ||
| What individual talents will seperate you from the other contestants? | ||
| I do not feel in the position to comment about the other contestants. All I can say about myself is that as a former athlete I am very familiar with discipline, hard work and healthy competition | ||
| What would it mean to you to do well at Miss World? | ||
| To demonstrate to the world that me as well as many other women from different countries and cultures are able to share our hopes and beliefs and that a more united world is more important than our physical beauty. | ||
| What is your favourite landmark? | ||
| The park of Canaima is located in the Bolivar state in Venezuela. It is a place where one feels blessed by God thanks to the splendid nature and it interesting culture. | ||
| What is the one thing you cannot live without? | ||
| The love of my family | ||
| Who do you most admire? | ||
| Anyone who is able to be successful in his career without putting aside the family | ||
| Who has inspired you most in your life? | ||
| I try to draw my inspiration from people I meet in everyday live. If you look closely everyone is a hero in their own way. | ||
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