BUENOS AIRES.- A argentina 60 years old will seek to participate in the world competition of miss Universe which will take place in Mexico City in September of this year, after winning this week’s Miss Universe beauty contest. Buenos Aires.
“It was a very thoughtful decision, but thanks to the director of Miss Universe Buenos Aires… I decided to present myself at 60 years old,” Alejandra Rodríguez told the TN channel.
To compete in Miss Universe International, Rodríguez must be chosen among the winners from other provinces in the national Miss Universe Argentina pageant, which will take place on May 25 in Buenos Aires.
A lawyer and journalist, the now model lives and works in the city of La Plata, in the province of Buenos Aires, and is a first-timer in the regional contest that this year eliminated the maximum age limit for the first time.
“I had never applied… now this opportunity arose and I decided to do it because it seemed like a challenge, a very interesting proposal and well, I encouraged myself more and achieved victory,” said Rodríguez, who believes that the contest currently has another paradigm of beauty.
“Beauty is not only the physical, but it has to do with an attitude towards life that goes beyond the aesthetic, which is why I think that the contest comes to break those stereotypes, and that is what surely is.” making so much visible,” he said.
Beauty pageants in Argentina
In Argentina, beauty pageants have been involved in criticism from public opinion in recent years.
In 2023, the octogenarian Queen of the Harvest contest, in the province of Mendoza, had to be judicially intervened, since one of the provincial departments refused to participate, considering the contest anachronistic, retrograde and discriminatory.
The Miss Universe pageant, which has long been criticized for promoting outdated and stereotypical ideas of femininity, has been held since 1952.
The Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios won the last edition. She was the first Central American candidate to win the title, and the celebration of her victory sparked the largest mobilizations in Nicaragua since the 2018 street protests shook the government.
In January, the Thai media company JKN Global Group, owner of Miss Universe, announced the sale of 50% of its shares in the pageant to a company based in Mexico, Legacy Holding, for $16 million.
The Thai group had bought the contest, previously owned by Donald Trump, in October 2022 for $20 million.
FUENTE: AFP
