“Take a look at these pictures,” university rector Todor Radev told some instructors in the staff room. Displayed on the computer screen that he indicated were the photos of several young women. “Now, which of them do you think is the most beautiful?” At first they thought it was a dating site, or perhaps some kind of joke. Emil pointed to the second photo. “Daaattttt! Wrong,” Radev said. “You should have picked her,” explained Valyo pointing to the fifth picture, that of Maria Radeva.
Unlike the Miss America and Miss Universe pageants, not many people have heard of the Image Model Search contest, including those in Las Vegas, Nevada, the location of the venue. In Bulgaria virtually no one has. That was until October 27 2007, when the newspaper, Dobrouzhinska Tribuna featured an article about how Dobrich-born Maria Radeva had made it to the semi-finals.
In its third year, the Image Model Search contest differs from its more highly acclaimed counterparts in several ways, most notably its size, scope and premise. Another is that the organisers had opened the selection process in the run up to the finals to anyone who had access to a computer and internet.
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Unlike the Miss America and Miss Universe pageants, not many people have heard of the Image Model Search contest, including those in Las Vegas, Nevada, the location of the venue. In Bulgaria virtually no one has. That was until October 27 2007, when the newspaper, Dobrouzhinska Tribuna featured an article about how Dobrich-born Maria Radeva had made it to the semi-finals.
In its third year, the Image Model Search contest differs from its more highly acclaimed counterparts in several ways, most notably its size, scope and premise. Another is that the organisers had opened the selection process in the run up to the finals to anyone who had access to a computer and internet.
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