New owner of Miss Universe willing to accept Cuba in beauty contest

After an absence of 55 years, Cuba could be back in the most important beauty pageant in the world, after the new owner ofmiss Universe, Anne Jakrajutatip, will be very positive about the possibility of receiving her back in the contest.

The revelation came during an interview with Cuban-Canadian content creator and founder of the "Extraordinary Talks" podcast, Luis Portelles, who told Jakrajutatip about Cuba's absence in the event's competition since 1967 and asked her if she would be willing to welcome you to the Caribbean country once again.

“Of course,” said Anne Jakrajutatip, who expressed her astonishment at the fact that Cuba has not participated in the competition for so many years, when other countries such as Russia or China do, so it should not be different.

“We never stop a woman's dream of becoming the best version of herself, despite political turmoil, conflicts of interest or whatever we do not agree on between countries,” said Jakrajutatip, giving rise to that message of diversity and inclusion that has prevailed since she became the owner of Miss Universe.

Jakrajutatip acquired the event last year for $20 million, along with Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.

The Thai businesswoman shared during the interview her desire to visit Cuba at some point and expressed her admiration for the rich culture and beauty of the island.

Portelles, is a native of Holguín but has lived in Montreal for several years and will soonwill represent Canada at Mister Supranational 2023. The influencer promised Anne that if she ever went to Cuba he would be her guide and assured her that she would be able to see incredible women.

In recent years, Cuba's participation in international beauty pageants has grown, but its representatives almost always live outside their native country.

Competitions likeMiss Earth, Miss International, heInternational Coffee Reign, Queen of the World andUniversal Woman They had a Cuban presence in their last editions.

The boys have not been left behind either, last year, the MatanzasJuan Carlos Ariosa was the winner of the Mister Global 2022 male beauty pageant, andLuis Daniel Galvez won Mister Supranational 2022.

Also for the first time in its history Mister International 2022 had a Cuban representative,Rubert Manuel Arias.