Nahhhh that's it!!! Dosi seminggu dah berlalu since Miss World 2006 yang penuh bermakna itiew passed us by katanya. Tapi hagham, tak habis² lagik entry-of-the year inieh! Hahahaha tak pa tak pa - meh mek nak cuba habiskan... hiks!

THE DAY OF ALL DAYS SINCE CALENDER WAS INVENTED - hiks! Sambungan - Sambungan LAGI - Part 3 la kirenye ek?

24th November, 2006:
So ok, it was already somewhere 10nish kot waktu diaorang announcekan the top 10 semifinalists (Costa Rica, Bolivia, Thailand, India, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Philippines, Seychelles and Venezuela). So lepas tu, everyone anjak kebelakang sikit, forming 1 line, and getting ready utk the q/a round. The questions were prepared by the panel of juries katanya. Sorang judge prepared 2 questions. Mrasalah ado 5 judges, kan? Ha - tapi, sapa dapat soalan sapa, wallahua'lam time tu sebab all the semifinalists kena pilih dari sampul surat yang disediakan gitiew.


As kiteorang lined up, mek noticed, e eh? Mek LAST kat line tu? Contra dengan time IQP2006 - mek 1st. Tu yang mek cuak and membimbokan diri tu. This time around, I have ample time katanya nak gain my confidence, composure and be all relaxed and boleh think a lot - after hearing 9 contestants jawab Q/A before me. Thats the advantage part la kan. The disadvantagesnye piuler, mek last - mrasalah menahan lenguh berdiri lama sementara menunggu 9 contestants jawab soalans soalans. Mrasalah also mek will have NO PILIHAN as sampul surat question tu akan jadik tinggal satu jer, kan? What if soalan tu susah!? What if soalan tu me don't like? What if - AHHHHH! Enuff with what if katanya hati mek - just stay relax, and think "Malaysia Boleh!" Eh, silap, "VENEZUELA boleh!" Hahahah mati la mek!

9 contestants before mek jawab soalan² yang mek rase, pretty much ade yang susah, ade jugak yang ala ala lite² senang. Some of the questions, mek dosi practiced before, tapi geramnye depa yang dapat soalan tu, kan? Sepanjang session Q/A tu, mek kept comfortkan hati mek sendiri saying "LKY, KO DAH BERPRACTICED DAN DAH BERPREPARED BAGAI FOR MONTHS! Takkan ko nak biarkan peluang yang mendatang, for you to set things right compared to IQP2006 tu datang dan pergi cam tu jer? RELAX beb RELAAAAX!" And yes - you guessed it right. Mek dok sebok comfortkan diri mek sendiri sampai ade some of the questions mek dgr, ade yang some mek tak dgr - ade yang mek paid concentration of the answers given, ade yang mek, tak concentrate. Tapi soalan yang diaorang dapat tu, ade some yang mek rase, kalau MEK yang dapat, mek PENGSAN - contoh...

INDIA: Bukit Bintang - labeled as PATPONG of Malaysia. > Mrasalah kalau mek dapat soalan dia, my 1st respond would be "I'm sorry, what's PATPONG!?" Confirm! Confirm aku terpelanteng keluar dari top 10! HAHAHAHA and THAT is why mek rase India jawab SANGAT vast sebab mek tahu DIA tahu Patpong tu ape, dia tahu kemana arah tujuan jawapan dia - but I guess luck tak shine on her sangat malam tu.


SINGAPORE: If you become a real man, lelaki sejati, what would u do? > Mek feels² if I get this question, mek nak buat lawak by answering... "Jerking off?" Confirm dilabelkan sebagai LUCAH dan otak blue je, KAN!? Hahahahaha


SPAIN: What's BEAUTY!? > Soalan yang mek KEPINGIN sangat² nak dapat sebab mek dah berjuta kali prepared a right answer for that. Mek tak brapa ingat ape Spain jawab, tapi ade kaitan dengan Grandmother being beautiful too, inside, walaupun dosi kertu, kan? Kalau mek, mek jawab... "Beauty is skin deep and is a subjective matter - if not, why on earth would they say Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder? It simply refers to, one pair of eyes that sees beauty, might not be seen by the next few sets of eyes. Beauty doesn't only consist of the external beauty - it also combines the internal beauty which combines strength, energy, confidence and the ability to see that real beauty comes from within, and if one is smart enuff to know that he or she has self confidence in themselves, by all mean - they are already beautiful, inside and out." KAN!? Tapi ado mek dapat soalan tu? ALWAYS LAH! Mek rase nak hentak² kaki sebab ALWAYS tak dapat soalan yang mek nak! Muahahaha! I guess that's what u call as LUCK, kan?

The rest of the contestants mek dinch ingat - tapi yang mek ingat, THAILAND, PHILIPPINES (the underdog contestant) - gave a very high standard answers to their questions! Mek pengsan!


Mai time mek pulak, as I was walking towards the MC, mek dok risau crowd akan jerit "LAMBANG KEMELAYSIAAN". Mujur tak der, and all were like, tepuk pun idak, caruts jerit pon idak - semua cam diam dan tepuk LITE² sajork. IF ade yang jerit tu, mark my words - CONFIRM, level composure and confidence mek MERUDUM jatuh ok! Thank GOD!

So waktu MC baca soalan tu, usual lah, muka CUAK dok ada la kan. Ade dalam camera sapadia tatau - nampak muka mek cuak waktu MC tgh bukakkan sampul surat soalan tu, and AS dia baca soalan tu kat mek, mek dah mula pandang ke crowd and felt, "NAHHHH! THAT'S IT!". Kenape?! Why!? WHY!? Hehehehe That's it nye sebab - I've JUSTTTTTT practiced that q with VOLKS THE NIGHT before - kat bilik hotel! It was definitely my luck! TAPI, mek dinch jawab like mek practiced tu. Mek actually citer tah pa per waktu practiced tu, but THANKS to Volks yang ade gave his way of answering that q, terus mek dapat idea SPONTAN dan terus mek dapat idea on HOW to jawab soalan tu in a way org tak expected mek to jawab... WHAT WAS THE QUESTION!? Heheh opps! Lupo nak cakap pulak ek...

"Out of the many countries in the world, which country is your dream-country to visit and why?" <- Mek tak ingat bebetul soalan tu, but it was soooooooooooooooomething like that la kirenye. Like, dalam banyak² negara, negara mana yang mek impi mimpikan utk pergi and kenapasal? Ha - lebih kurang ley...

So mek jawablah ginik... AGAIN, mungkin berbeza dari the actual jawapan I gave, tapi, it's like, sooooooooooooooooomething like this la ek...

"Thank you for the question. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and to all the judges. Out of the many countries in the world, the one country that I dreamed of going to, would definitely be, my ROOMMATE's country, INDIA (Waktu tu mek dah paling kebelakang dan tunjukkan tangan mek ke arah Ginger, Miss India. And ade yang cakap, "MOTIF, feeling² macam Miss World/ Miss Universe betul? Berroomate bagai? Propah sangat² adek², kan?" Hahaha - newsflash - hello? Ginger memang BETOL roommate mek kat hotel Federal itiew - ko kenapa?! HAHAHAH But of course I can't blame these ppl sebab maybe diaorang tak tahu pun mek share room ngan Miss India, kan? Ok so now u know nah? HEHEHEHEHE dinch propah tau! HAHAHAHA) Look at her ladies and gentlemen (Thank Ginger, yang mengajarkan mek concept reverse psychology itiew - like, asking ppl and judges to look at Miss India, walhal, its actually, LOOK ME! Hahaha tapi yer yer, I know - sorry, mek gunakan G utk buat reverse psychology... sorry G! Hiks! Tapi she was certainly happy mek ikut ajaran dia, kan gal!?), she's not only beautiful, but smart, intelligent, and I would like to see more of these ppl in her country, and share and learn more from them. And ladies and gentlemen, who wouldn't wanna visit the beautiful love-story country; haven't you heard of the Taj Mahal? Thank you!" and waktu tu confidence level mek went up a bit as the crowd went roaring and cheering for me, compared to org ketawa sambil tepok during IQP2006, kan?

And the last part of the answer tu, the love-story country, and about Taj Mahal tu, it was Volks's idea. Thanks Volks! So see ppl, it's good to do q/a practice with friends yang boleh share ideas and what not - boleh dipraktikkan. Tak der maknenye "Over lahhh" practice² Q/A nih. I mean, if it wasn't for the practice, and ajaran tips from friends, that instant moment, walaupun soalan senang, you could go - BLANK!

Tapi still, as much as confidence mek dosi naik, mek STILL ade my own pilihan for the final 3 sebab mek dah dgr jawapan² contestants² lain, still, mek rase, ade yang lebih vast jawapannye. Tapi tatau la judges agree ngan mek ke idak time tu, wallahua'lam. Mek stayed calm and still fikirkan the worse - mek WON'T make it into the top 3. Mek pikir, mek dah buat yang terbaik during Q/A and mek dah capai matlamat ke 2 mek. 1st, mek nak have fun. 2nd, mek nak tebus maruah kebodohan mek jawab during IQP2006 and I did good this time around. Mek berpuas hati, dan soal dapat ke idak ke final 3 - mek dah REDHA! Mek tak kisah! Janji mek dah puas hati.

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My personal pick for the final 3 would be THAILAND, INDIA and either SPAIN or PHILIPPINES. Tapi tatau la judges punye keputusan lagu mana pulak dah, kan? And waktu dah turun stage tu, mek ingat mek jumpa Imah Lenggok, YANG TAK KENAI AKU katanya, tak prasan, bole? Hanjeng sangat! Suara mek nih hang nak lempaq kat mana tatau!? HAHAHAHAHA waktu mek jumpa Imah tu, mek sendiri cakap, mek rasa mek won't be up there for the final 3, namun, mek gumbira dos! And the way Imah tgk mek, mek tau dia carut dalam hati la tu! Hahaha - KAN betul!? Cuba baca entry dia! Hanjeng sangat dia ckp mek kuarkan statement 'adek²' sangat, kan!? HAHAHAHA babiks! 

Tak sempat nak borak lelama dengan Imah, MC dah calling² naik stage for the final 3 results! HAIYOH! Cepat sekals! Pantas sunggoh ketua juri kira markah - cekap! Dibantu oleh auditor also, mrasalah pantas, kan? Mek sujuds! And so, mek pon, terkontang kanting lari nih pi ke backstage and joined the group of 9 beautiful, semifinalists, yang arah tujuan dalam pageant nih bakal berubah nasib sebaik sajork MC umumkan sapa top 3. Sayang mek berdiri jauh dari G. Mek feels² nak pegang² tangan dia lagi cam IQP hari tu. Sentiap!

And so - bla bla bla bla bla MC cakap apa mek dah tak dgr - tapi yang mek tau, mek sebok cakap apa tah ngan Bonnie Miss Philippines waktu tu, when all I heard was "NEGARA YANG MEMBEKALKAN KAIN BERGUNI² - VENEZUELA!!!!!!!" Mek macam, OWH MY GOD! OWH MY GOD! OWH MY GOOD LORD!!!! Tangan terus di letakkan ke dada, dan mek terus jalan, bukan menuju ke depan, but menuju ke Miss India, as mek peluk dia so erat and dia tak putus² genggam peluk mek erat too as though she knew how surprised and excited I was to be announced 1st to be in the Final 3. She then said to me... "Go girl... go!". At that moment, I wish I could pull her together with me into the final 3. But my hopes waktu tu, she WILL eventually make it into the final top 3. So mek went to the front of the stage - all I could see is the white, spotlight - crowd waving and cheering - and one or two of the judges were giving me that 'look' already as they clapped their hands. Honestly, I don't care if I win or not - I was SO SO extremely happy to be up there in the final 3! Honestly. Percaya cakap mek - menang or kalah dah tak penting time tu. Mek made it into the final 3, I made the crowd happy, I didn't disappoint my friends yang came all the way from Kedah, and I had the support of my cousins yang datang with their partners - my god! Tak perlu menang ok time tu, I felt I was in a world of my own! THANK YOU!



And then, they announced SPAIN and PHILIPPINES into the final 3 - and waktu tu, happiness mek went crashing down as INDIA, my roommate, my close and best friend, my kawan secarut, mencarut, who gave me the support, strength and energy to go that far malam tu, yang went through a lot, with and without me, DIDN'T make it into the top 3. She was clapping and smiling for me, tapi dalam hati - NO, she didn't carut. I KNOW she was extremely happy for me, and I'm very touched. Tapi, like she once said dalam her blog about me - I know she showed no signs of sentap, upset or nak menangis DQ or what not. But deep down, lets face it. Dia pun manusia. Dia ada expectations sendiri yang dipendam dalam hati - and given that chance dalam top 10, she was happy. But honestly, dalam hati dia, jauh dalam lubuk hati dia, kita tahu apa dia rasa? Diberi peluang and to have it hilang in split seconds, dah tak dapat continue the fight in the final 3, I KNOW how she feels - and I KNOW it sebab I've been there. But she, like me, in IQP - didn't show off perasaan hampa dan kecewa dia dan she was VERY supportive of me malam tu waktu I was called into the top 3. She was still smiling, and cheerful and what not - but like many times aku cakap kat ko G, aku bukan la bengap tak leh detect apa yang ko tgh rasa. You said so yourself, among your friends, KBs and what not - aku jer yang SELALU dapat detect what you're feeling and going through, and you can NEVER lie to me sebab aku selalu leh detect. And I DID malam tu. Tapi, tah la... G, sabar la gal. Your luck tak shine on you malam tu... and I understand... dan SEBAB tu, mek terus said to myself - I GOTTA do this right. Not just for the sake of my friends and myself, tapi bagi G yang banyak sokong, bagi dorongan kat aku. Aku tannak kena peligan dengan dia for doing silly things during top 3!

So what happened during top 3? Each of the final 3 akan diajukan one same question, and all 3 finalists kena jawab secara bertulis! Memula tulis jawapan, and then, with the MC sebagai saksi nih, kite kena baca balik ape yang kite tulis tu. So since MC dok ada sebelah dan perhatikan kite, contestants dinch bols menipu! Like, tulis lain, bacanye lain. ADDINCH! Tak leh! Mo ah moooo ahhh!!!! Hiks!

The question was actually, again, like I pernah practiced with G, Volks and some other friends (see, its good when we practice a lot - tgk² keluar soalan tu. TAPI practice time, bercakap - BUKAN BERTULIS CAM INIEY! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!) Hahahah mati la...

"Apakah kualiti yang anda ada utk memenangi Miss World pada malam ini" like, whats that one quality that u have that would make u the new Miss World la kirenye - sooomething like that lah kan...

Mrasalah sesudah jer MC baca soalan tu, mek dok kire nak jawab jer dah sebab mek tak pasti brapa lama diaorang kasik utk jawap soalan itiew. Alih², mek pegang pensil tu nak tulis jer... MC cakap "A a a a!!! Jgn jawab/ mula menulis lagi..." AIYOH! Mek melu! Mek pusing tgk Spain and Philippines, they were like, masih dok berdiri elok jer... motif mek kelam kabut!? Pastu mek nampak judges, ade sorang tu macam, menulis something. Mek mula dah nak speku - ADAKAH dia nak tolak marks sebab mek nak jawab sebelum masa bermula? Hey... mek pegang pensil itiew sajork! Tak sempat menulis lagik ok. Hiks! Mek dosi cuak! And mula dah nak hilang idea nak jawab apa. DAMNIT! Cemana nih! And at that moment, mek nengok G - giving me that smile and buat sign lingo cam, RELAX, and U CAN DO IT cam tu. So terus again, mek ingat apa dia selalu dok citer kat mek, bile dia up on stage - NOTHING EXISTS. YOU, YOU and YOU. Kan? So mrasalah ME ME ME and ME, HERE HERE HERE and HERE only, ek? Hiks! Mek dah tak pedulik dah ape yang nak berlaku, dan as soon as MC cakap, anda boleh mula menjawab, se - ka - rang! TERUS nih mek menulis bagai nak rak - Siap Joe KK jerit "Venezuela jgn tulis 8000 words macam kat blog pulak!" hahahah that gave me a brief moment to smile and relaxed a bit. Eh, wait, dia cakap tu BEFORE mek start menjawab. Sort of like, kasik aku relaxed a bit. Tapi once mek dah start menulis/ menjawab, mek dah tak dgr apa apa dah, mek dah tak pedulik apa apa dah - yang mek tahu, mek nak habiskan points mek nih...

Tulis pi tulis mai - haiyoyoyoh!!! APA YANG MEK TULIS NIH!? No, I mean, bukan I had no points - for goodness sake mek ade points for this one - cuma, mek TAK GHERTI BACA apa yang mek tulis. Sebab tu kalau ade sape² prasan, mek was the 1st contestant yang STOPPED writing, sebab mek sebok cuba baca balik slowly dalam hati - apa iniey!? And FINALLY waktu MC cakap times up, mek managed to regain my confidence, sebab mek dah figured out apa ke bende yang mek tulis tu. Sebenarnye mek nak tergelak time tu tapi, biasa lah - sat gi org kata mek sewel lak tgk kertas sendiri and gelak. HAHAHAHAHA...Mek nak tergelak bukannye ape noq - punye la KALUT nak tulis, sampai tatau tulis apa... bole?

But roughly, my answer was... "The one quality that I have that would make me tonight's winner, is the compassion for the underprivileged people, to let the world hear them, help them and... that is the one quality that would definitely make me tonight's new Miss World..." something like that la. SPAIN gave a very good answer mek rase compared to mine, I think la waktu tu. But the real surprise was Philippines - jawapan panjang berjela, points dia something about being WARM. Clust! The new Miss World is WARM katanya. Habis kami nih COLD la? HAHAHAHA Tapi apa apa pon mek rase, SPAIN and PHILIPPINES gave good answers. Mek? Well - lets just say, mek berpuas hati dengan my own answer - but I think if it was a verbal final q/a round, I would do better kot. I think. Hehehehehe...


And then, pose pose catwalk² bagai, and turun balik stage ikut tangga depan, lalu depan judges - and then, standby kat backstage. Kejap jer - tak lama pun. Tapi sempat la bergambar ngan Ginger jap. Bole? HEHEHEHE - and then Kak Vee tolong² touch up bagai, and then, JENGJEJENG! ZA MOMENTZ OF TRUTZ!!! Mati la mek!

As Philippines went up, mek nampak Spain masih ditouch up mak hayamnye, si Kak Azie itiew. Dan since diaorang dah suruh mek naik stage - mek pon naik lah sebelum Spain. Walhal kalau nak ikutkan urutan panggilan masuk ke top 3, patutnye, mek paling kanan, Spain tengah and Philippines dok kiri sekali. Ini idak - it was like, MEK dah dok centre. And diapit Philippines on my right, and Spain on my left. As we were holding hands, as the ratu jemputan, Kak Mimi if I'm not mistaken, parade, catwalk melalui crowd, naik ke pentas, dengan crown Miss World 1990something I tak dgr sangat, nak crownkan the new Miss World 2006 - otak mek berjalan dan terpikir something. THIS was like in 2003 - Miss Universe Transgender... I was in the middle, Pasha Miss Argentina was on my right - Sasha Miss India was on my left. And, THE MINUTE the MC sebut Miss SPAIN as 2nd Runner-up, mek dah terkejut, sebab mek cakap dalam hati - mek dapat nombor 3 pun TAK PER!!! Its ok! Mek terima! Alih² Satine Miss Spain got 2nd Runner-up. Tinggalnya Bonnie Miss Philippines, and mek Miss Venezuela - mek teringat pasal Miss Universe 2003 tu again. Tak tahu kenape, although mek cakap, now, mek dapat 1st Runner-up and Bonnie menang pun tak per, somehow, mek tak mo menipu, a pinch of me macam, perlu ke jadik cam Miss Universe 2003 tu, Sasha menang and me, Miss Mexico won 1st Runner-up? Kan? Like, can I like, win? Nak jugak menang nih - TAPI, kalau tak menang, mek tak kisah u ols! Its not like mek nak jump off the stage and lari nangis² bagai pon - mek dah made it that far pun macam, THANK GOD!

And then, as if my wish was answered that very instant - nak mrasa sangat, kan? Nak sangat duduk tgh, again, kan!? Ha - hamek! Bonnie was at that moment announced as the 1st Runner-up, and leaving me, Miss Venezuela, as the new Miss World 2006! Aiyoh! I could just SCREAM! I can hear the crowd did! I can see G clapping in joy! I could see my make up artist, Kak Vee, and Abang Volks - smiling and clapping in relief, and I was like, OWH MY GOD! SERIOUS!?!?!?!? Is this happening, again!? LIKE, OWH MY GOD! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I did it! I did it!

And waktu tu, it was like, seriously, I cannot believe it I won. I was like, no shit!? HAIYOH! Bahagian depan stage dah dipenuhi dengan crowd,with cameras and what not - spotlight, camera flash, the heat - the excitement! OWH MY GOD! As I walked forward towards the centre stage - I was like NEARLY, NEARLY yer, cried! This is it! I actually won! This is definitely, something, very surprising! I didn't expect this ok! Like I said, the 1st two main purpose of entering the pageant, dah mek kecapi. The 3rd nih, kalau menang apa apa - its a bonus. Winning Miss Body Beautiful was certainly a bonus - THIS ONE!? It's one hell of a bonus that I could never, didn't expect, AT ALL!



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I will be back with the final part - PART 4 - MALAM nih. Nantikan yer... :D (Motif? Asalnya patut 2 parts entry sajork, alih² now, 4 parts!? WELL - ini salah satu lagi contoh. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COMING IN THE FUTURE. And winning Miss World, was DEFINITELY something I didn't see coming for me... )

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