 Miss International winners: (from left) Miss Greece Despina Vlepaki, 1st runner-up; Miss Mexico Priscila Perales, Miss International; and Miss Belarus Yulia Sindzeyeva, 2nd runner-up. Mexico's Priscila Perales has won the Miss International Pageant in Japan, which to her is 'a dream come true', the beauty queen told EFE.
'I'm enjoying it a lot and I still can't believe it,' said the 24-year-old Mexican, who won Monday over 60 other beauties from around the world in the Miss International Pageant held in Tokyo and organised by the International Cultural Association of Japan.
Priscila Perales, the 2005 Miss Mexico and one of the 10 finalists in the 2006 Miss Universe contest, eventually won by Puerto Rico's Zuleyka Rivera, was overcome with joy Tuesday, both for all the prize will mean to her and for what it will mean for Mexico.
In her opinion, many Mexican beauty queens have shown they are among the world's best.
'It's a question of preparation and personal motivation to believe that we can do it, because the fact is we're pretty and we have the right attitude, personality and charisma to go far,' Perales said.
The Mexican beauty, a native of the northern city of Monterrey, knew she was among the favourites but admitted to EFE that in the end winning the crown came as a surprise.
'I came very prepared and gave my all to achieve this and I thought that I could do it, but in this kind of contest anything can happen - there were so many gorgeous girls but luckily I won,' Perales said.
The Mexican beauty was crowned Miss International following in the footsteps of Venezuela's Daniela Di Giacomo, winner of the 2006 edition, who also appeared at the 47th edition of the competition.
First runner-up this year was Despoina Vlepaki from Greece, and second runner-up was Miss Belarus Yuliya Sindzeyeva. /social.moldova.org
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