Showing posts with label Rolene Strauss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolene Strauss. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2014

2015 will see the end of bikini clad contestants in Miss World pageant


#nomorebikinis 2014 Miss World pageant was the last we would see of bikini clad beauties of the world because it has been decided that this swimsuit segment of the pageant would not be there from 2015 onwards. That is the decision of the organizers.
Chris Wilmer, the national director of Miss World America/Miss United States organization, has asserted that the organization has decided to take itself out of the swimsuit world because it this is not just a beauty contest, but is one of "beauty with a purpose". Therefore, the purpose of a swimsuit becomes meaningless.
The Chairwoman of the Organization Julia Morley has announced that Miss World will no longer feature a swimsuit round in their competition. Chris Wilmer has informed that Miss World was more of an ambassador, not a beauty queen and it was more about the outreach and what a woman could do with a title like Miss World.
Rolene Strauss of South Africa was crowned the 64th Miss World winner in London on 14th December, 2014 as it marked the final event featuring contestants wearing bikinis.
Once this decision is implemented, it would mean that the Miss World competition would be going against the grain because the swimsuit competition is believed to be one of the most popular portions of a beauty pageant. People love to get an eyeful of beautiful women showing off their enviable figures in tiny two-pieces. This would be the first time in 63 years that Miss World will no longer feature a swimsuit round in their competition.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Test tube baby of South Africa is Miss World 2014


#MissWorld2014 Rolene Strauss, Miss South Africa, a test-tube baby, has been named Miss World 2014. She had been given odds of 2/1 to win and Miss India, Koyal Rana, with odds of 7/1 from bookies.
Rolene Strauss is the daughter of a doctor and nurse and has been modeling professionally for the past several years – she is, at present, a fourth-year medical student at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.
She is a test-tube baby – after her parents had struggled to conceive for five years, she was born thanks to in-vitro fertilization. This sort of fertility treatments have been on the rise in recent years. In April, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology has released a report in which it is revealed that in 2012, the largest ever number of such procedures, more than 165,000, were performed on women in the United States. As a result, more than 61,000 babies we born – this is more than 1.5% of all births.
Anyway, in this year’s Miss World contest there were 125 contestants vying for the iconic title from countries including India, Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Guyana, Philippines, Bolivia, South Africa and Netherlands. Miss England was unfortunate to miss out on winning Miss World 2014 in London – the contest is in its 64th year and Britain had hosted the first such competition.
Cambridge University medical student Carina Tyrrell, 24, was tipped as second favourite to win the title but narrowly missed out at the last minute to Miss South Africa.
Miss Tyrrell reached the semi-final of the 64th beauty pageant and was one of five contestants who could have scooped the coveted prize.
The top three places in the beauty pageant were announced in reverse order with Miss USA finishing in third and Miss Hungary being named runner-up.