Dearest all,

As planned, I chatted with Sara Roxana Fedarova, the newly crowned Miss International (3rd runner-up) at the recent Miss Universe World 2005. Mek memula wanted to just email her the questions, as I figured out calling her, nah, that's it! Habis lah bill mek. Tau tau jer lah mek bile bergayut very derrr! So I smsed her and we ols berdua set the date nak jumpe kat YM (Yahoo Messenger) and there, mek terus buat interview itiew. Tau tau aje lah, Monday morning, mesti dia seboks kan u ols... So lets, ikuti interview mek dengan Miss Russia/ International 2005!!!

^{Miss Russia/ Miss International 2005 - Miss Sara Roxana Fedarova}

Nurlea Laurielle: U ols! Morning!!! Thanks for being on time! Ahaks!

Sara_MIntnl2005: Ok sahaj u ols. How are u lar?

Nurlea_Laurielle: Ok jugak, masih bernafaz... Ehehe. So u ols, lets start lah nah? Mek tau u ols pasti sebok, so I shall not waste much of your time. Nyeh, tell me, now that the pageant is over, you're happy?

Sara_MIntnl2005: You ols, I happy sesangats.. Firstly sebab memang dah lama dok menunggu for this pageant since lepas masuk bertanding dalam MU 2004/05 yg dinch dapat masuk Top 10 tu.. Ala2 nak balas dendamlah sebab tu we ols nak join this MUW 2005.. Lama jugak nak menunggu sebab asyik postpone ajer.. Secondly sbb the pageant is already over with me winning one of the Titles.. Tu yang Happy sesangats..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Cerits lah sikit u ols, what was it like being in that pageant, putting aside the fact you won 3rd runner lah...

Sara_MIntnl2005: Ala Lady, u ols pun tau kan. Since this is second time around that we ols participate in beauty pageant, it was like a Deja Vu.. The concept was almost the same as the MU but in a more relaxing manner.. Sbb kita dinch perlu pakai Traditional yg sarat marat itteww.... Instead, we ols kena pakai Casual Wear which I thot was less of a headache. Despite the fact that initially the first round should be sponsored a evening dress from Ika tapi diorang tukar to Casual Wear by contestants sendiri.. Last2 minute plak tu.. Tp we ols managed to get the casual from the lovely Shereen (sponsored yee).. For Casual we ols pakai simple aje.. ala2 memang casual betullah sbb takut lari konti.. Shereen memang dah pesan kalau casual nanti mesti ramai adik2 yang lari concept.. ala2 pakai cocktail dress lah, show dess lah etc.. Dia cakap nanti boleh kena tolak markah so we ols decided (dgn nasihat Shereen) untuk pakai jeans aje and rambut pun lepas.. Simple.. ala2 macam nak pi shopping kat Sg Wang ... Hehehe.. Pasal contestants plak, I can say a lot or A LOT of our circle of friends yg participate.. Tu yg best.. Yg ratu, yg first time and yg tak serik2 semua ada.. Hehe..

Nurlea_Laurielle: How was your preparations nyeh? Haiyoh mek pasti akan kena balik dengan soalan ini... ehehehe

Sara_MIntnl2005: Hehehe :) Preparations dah dibuat since mula2 diberitahu oleh Kak Hanna masa bulan Nov 2004. Tp bukan apa pun.. just dari segi mentally je and nak buat baju kat maner, mekap, rambut n etc.. Since I've learnt a few valuable lessons from MU 2004, so kali ni I want to put on a different strategy.. First of all nak carik Mak Ayam, if you know what I mean. Diorang ckp kalau nak masuk miss2 ni kena ada MA so boleh ala2 guide and kenal2kan kat organiser, the public etc... So adalah sorang Ratu ni mem'volunteer'kan diri nak jadik MA.. Oklah.. Actually kitoang did go out a few times to actually boost up my enthusiasm and confidence utk masuk n also carik kain for dress.. Tup2 masa lepas Raya (if I'm not mistaken) dia sudah menghilangkan diri.. Habih semua dunia fonen gempar di atas kehilangan dia.. Masa time tu we ols rasa terkontang kanting sgt (ni guna ayat MA tu) Hehehe... Tp after a while dapat gak kontek dia and she did gave me a knock on the head to do this with passion and not sekadar melepaskan batuk di tangga.. Secondly, in terms of baju lepas a deep thot memang we ols dah tak nak buat baju sendiri sbb pikir2 sapalah yg akan recognise dress tu eventhough lawa giler.. so we ols decided utk pinjam from Shereen yg mmg ada reputation in having beautiful evening dresses and winning dresses some more.. Lagipun accessories pun dia akan provide sekali.. Tak payah pening2 nak carik.. As mentioned before, Casual pun amik from dia and since Evening we ols takde menampakkan kaki sgt we ols decided nak pakai skirt yg very d'singkat one.. Mana tahu boleh menang best leg kan.. Yg last but equally important was to prepare physically.. We ols diet ni guna Atkins formula which is eating low carb food.. Memang berkesan.. Sehari we ol try makan leas than 50 carbs per day.. Memang tak makan nasik for two months.. Very d' berkesan since I lost a lot of weight very quickly..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Haiyoh! Mek terasa sekejap. Sekejap jer lah ek? Ehehe. Now, compare this time around punye preps to MU2004?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Macam yg I bagitau u ols before this, I stratergize differently.. I wanna try things differently but in a more positive way lah.. Plus this time around I don't want to wast ea lot of money like I did during MU 2004.. So carik sponsor as many as possible..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Did you by any chances had any feeling to withdraw yourself from the contest? Mek suke soalan nih... ehehe

Sara_MIntnl2005: Mmmm... Adakah soalan ini mahu memakan diri sendiris?.. Hehehe.. Part masa yg MA tu menghilangkan diri, we ols rasa macam hilang arah kejap.. macam lost hopes lah sbb boleh dikatakan I depended a lot on her.. N then with the pageant being postponed and so on.. Masa tu rasa macam nak tarik diri lah.. Tapi pikir2 bila lagi kan nak masuk.. We ols pun dah tunggu lama and kawan2 semua masuk sekali so tu yang bersemangat balik nak masuk..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Siape yang paling banyak bagi galakan serta dorongan pada u ols? Kekasih hati ke? Ehehehe... u ols dinch jawab kekasih hati, nahhh that's it! Confirm merajuk dia u ols! Ehehe...

Sara_MIntnl2005: Of course lah L.. Any pageant yg ada nih kalau boleh dia suruh masuk semuanya.. Tp mana larat sbb we ols don't have the time in the world.. kekadang kena pi ofis during weekend or night time.. And yg pentingnye tak koser nak melayan drama2 masuk pageant nih.. Kalau sekali sekala takpe gak, layan jer.. Tp kalau dah chronic sgt tu, boring gak.. Apart from him, my fellow friends yang masuk and my closest friends.. Semua nasihatkan jgn tarik diri..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Who did u ols punye make up? Lain sangat muke u ols. Rambut mek dengar kekasih hati u ols buatkan, itu tak perlu nak sembunyi dari mek. Hehehehe...

Sara_MIntnl2005: Pasal mekap nih, actually memang dah janji dua bulan lagi before miss dgn sorang mekap artis Astro nih tapi last2 minit dia cancel plak.. Mekap artis pun pandai buat drama gak u ols.. memang fening kepala nak carik yg lain.. Test mekap dgn a few mekap artists two days before the pageant tp last2 decided mekap sendiri.. Tp last2 minit tu gak my lover, CD n the gang cadangkan amik Kak Hanna since dia dah tarik diri from organising the event.. Fortunately dia setuju tp mekap kat umah dialah.. So after rehearsel we ols bergegas pi umah dia to do the mekap. Rambut my hubby buatkan with the approval from Kak Hanna.

Nurlea_Laurielle: U ols... lets go back in time, back to MU2004. U ols tahu kan yang u ols were like the talk of the pageant. After intro round and evening wear parade, everyone expected u ols to be in top 10, but u didn't make it. How did you feel about getting into 10 MUW05?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Masa time MU2004 tu mmg ramai yg ckp we ols patut masuk Top10 including Ayang sendiri tp kalau dah bukan rezeki nak buat camner.. Sbb ramai gak yg cakap u ols can improve a lot.. Lagipun first time masuk time tuh so kasik can lah kan.. Getting in the Top 10 MUW really made me happy at the time since I tak letak any expectation utk masuk Top10 sbb ramai saingan.. Masa tu just verangan nak menang 1 or 2 subsidary titles tp lepas diornag announce all the subsidary titles we ols memang rasa takde can langsung dapat Top10.. Tp bile Russia disebut melonjak2 hati nih..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Nyeh - lets talk about concept. What do you think of the q/a session? Adekah method itiew sunggoh berkesan if nak compared to the standard q/a session, like any other pageants?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Ada pros & cons nye lah u ols.. The pros being the finalists actually have time to prepare and think about the answer before actually answering the questions. I've been to a few pageants before and banyak gak adik2 yg tak menjawab soalan sgt so rather than having them said benda2 yg merapu tu (maybe sbb nervous) better lah bagi masa diroang prepare dulu.. The cons plak, it doesn't actually assess the finalists in terms of their spontaneity and naturalness in answering the questions...

Nurlea_Laurielle: What was your q - and what was your answer. Nyeh - yer, mek dah tahu sbb mek dah baca kat blog CD, tapi tak per lah, saje jer... ehehehe

Sara_MIntnl2005: Always laaa u ols... ehehehe. The question was about if being given another pair of eyes, where would you have placed it and why? I answered shortly which is to have it at the back of my head in order to look back the experince and the ups and downs that have made me who i am today..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Puas hati tak dengan jawapan begitiew? If you not- u ols nak jawab cam mana?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Puas Hati gak ler.. Tapi I could've answered better in terms of the formatting, which is to include the opening remarks, body and conclusion like what Miss Ginger did.. I thot her answer was awesome..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Some commented that u ols punye answer was good but there was no... 'kick' on the way you read your answer. Ape komen u ols?

Sara_MIntnl2005: I kind of agree with that.. Maybe I did it to show the audience that I was actually reading the text from my answer, cause some of the finalists looked like they didn't read it from what they've written, if you know what I mean.. I did it that way to show the sincerity in the way of answering it..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Personally, what do you think of the other 9 candidates, overall?

Sara_MIntnl2005: It's quite surprising that everyone was able to answer the questions brilliantly.. I think because of the format of answering it.. I personally think Miss Zimbabwe's answer is the best.. Memang semua finalists layak2 belaka with their own personal style.. Tapi yang penting semuanya tinggi2.. Personally, I think Miss Indonesia should be in the Top 10 finalists.. Dia memang woman sejati malam ittewww..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Kan? Mek also terkezut dia dinch dapat top 10. Mek sentap sikit she could have easily masuk top ten. Tak per lah. Bukan rezeki dia. Anyways, if given a chance, who would u select to be MU for that night?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Me, Period!! Hehehe..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Haiyoh!! Confident katanye... mek suke, mek suke itiew konfidensi! Ehehe

Sara_MIntnl2005: No lah u ols. Seriously I think it would still be Miss Mauritius, Didi, she's also one of our group of friends and she nailed it.. She's got the looks and brains too.. Tp the rest of the Top 6 including me pun gave her the best competition that we could..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Apekah u ols punye personal view on Miss Mauritius? From casual to evening to her being in top 10 and to her answer during the q/a and to finally being crowned as MU2005...

Sara_MIntnl2005: Aiyohh.. perlu ke komen lagi.. I love everything about her.. Her Casual mmg tak lari Konti and we ols memang verangan nak pakai gedebas mcm tu.. Her evening was also very enchanting.. Mekap also very d'woman, light but yet astonishing.. Her answer was even great and creative.. She was also famous with the audience that night.. Anything about her is fabulous.. The statement also goes to the rest of the Top 6..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Very transparent ahhh u.... ehehe. Would this encourage u to enter more pageants, or will u stop for awhile?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Definitely I need a break from all this.. Kalau tak, patah pinggang (or memang dah patah).. I need to stop my diet for a while to enjoy eating KFClah, Pisang Goreng, and most importantly my beloved La Manila Cheese Cakes.. Kalau dah boring baru get back to my homemade Grilled Chicken with Pesto Sauce and my Salads.. I'm thinking of entering Miss Supermodel organised by Farah Begum.. saje nak cuba2 a different concept plak..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Nyeh - honestly, U ols rase dalam banyak2 perkara, apekah yang selalu kite, adik2 nih AKAN lalui when it comes to competing in a pageant, be it before or during the contest?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Hmmm... DRAMA..

Nurlea_Laurielle: AHAH!!! Mek dah agak! Ehehehe. Details u ols?

Sara_MIntnl2005: You ols, seriously, banyak betul drama before and during the pageant.. From mekap artis, baju, MA and kawan2.. hehehe... Tp there's no life without drama.. It's just a THING in life that made us who we are today.. Tp to me kalau ada DRAMA2 mcm ni I'm not easily freaked out.. I've got my hubby whose always on my side and remind me of just playing along with it or just go with the flow without taking it seriously...

Nurlea_Laurielle: U ols. Mek tak pedulik! Mek nak banyakkan soalan nih. Hehehe. Now, soalan seterusnye dari mek. How did you feel when they annouced, "3rd Runner-up, and Miss International UW 2005, is MISS RUSSIA!!!"

Sara_MIntnl2005: To be frank I wasn't expected it at all.. Masa lepas jawab soalan tu I thot my jawapan was biasa2 aje compared to the rest.. Anway kat belakang stage I was sitting next to Miss Ginger and we were holding hands tightly.. I told her that she definitely had a chance to win one of the Titles.. Masa Kak Ina announce Russia, I was like who? Me? this can't be it.. Our supporters kat bawah pun macam kena Histeria.. Then bila Miss Earth belongs to Miss Greece I knew it Ginger mesti dapat Miss World and I was very happy for her too.. Our supporters went hysterical again.. this time more..

Nurlea_Laurielle:Very der "A Moment Like This" ke you ols?

Sara_MIntnl2005: Ala ala laaaa... ehehe

Nurlea_Laurielle:Were there any pinch in your brains askin' u to "Cry u ols, cry! Make it real!" during the time ko disebut as 3rd runner-up tu nyeh? Ehehehehe...

Sara_MIntnl2005: Not on the stage.. I'll cry on stage defintely kalau dapat MU.. Tp I did cry masa kat bawah after looking at my friends and supporters satisfied-faces and of course my hubby's.. Tp nangis bergenang jelah.. takdelah sampai hembus2 hingus ke.. I was soooooo happy..

Nurlea_Laurielle: Ok lah u ols. FINALLY, eheheh... mesti u ols gumbira kan dah final question? Ehehehe - Any last msgs to anyone reading this interview-soon-to-be posted at my blog?

Sara_MIntnl2005: To everyone out there, Thank you for all the love, support and thoughts that have been given to me before, during and after the pageant. I really appreciate it.. And to all the bloggers especially Laurielle's, keep supporting and make this place second to your heart coz it gives you all the information you need on everything especially on this adik2 thingy.. That's it.. Ok U ols.. kena pi buat keje nih plaks.. thx for reserving some of your precious time to chit chat with me.. Do Sidarja (Goodbye in Russia).. MMuuuaaahhhsss...

Nurlea_Laurielle: Nyeh mek suke kau nyeh - sempat promosikan mek punye blog itiew! Very der!!! :) Thanks again u ols kerana sudi layan mek yang kertu dan expired nih. So since dah kertu dan expired nih, mek hanye leh aktif dlm net jer la u ols. Eeheheh - thanks again nah? Congrats again, also! U ols, the crown and the title is yours to keep - be proud of it ok! Daaaa

<sup>Shortly selepas diumumkan keputusan - Miss G (Miss World) disebalah kanan Miss Russia (Miss Sara aka Miss International) sambil berdiri disebalah Miss India yang telah memenangi Miss Globe (5th Runner-up). Terduduk tersimpul senyum nan manis itiew adalah Miss Universe 2005


Miss Sara bersama Miss Korea, Miss G (Miss World aka 1st Runner-up) dan Miss Indonesia - friends forever :)</sup>