My three favorites of them all were… well, of course, as already mentioned, Miss North Ireland. But Miss Iceland and Miss Belgium really made an impression as well.
 Miss North Ireland |
 Miss Iceland |
 Miss Belgium |
And, also, a picture of Catherine Milligan performing in the talent contest, winning it with a “haunting interpretation of the traditional Irish song ‘She Moves Through The Fair’”.
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Pathetic, I know. But I actually ended up watching Miss World 2006 on TV today.
I have a channel package on the digital cable called Eight Favorites, where you get to pick and choose eight different channels you want to subscribe to, beyond the national channels available to every household. These include CNN, CNBC, Discovery and lots of other channels. I usually go with those, and one or two other channels like Rai Uno or something. Just for variety.
This month I selected Star Channel, a channel I though might be reasonably interesting but which I haven’t watched hardly five minutes of. But as I flipped the channels today I noticed the Miss World contest was on, and… well… yeah, I watched it.
Not that I care too much about the women. Half of them can hardly speak English, and they’re just a little bit too… I don’t know. Not my type. But I tell myself that I really like to see the cultures and nations and see how different we are, and yet similar. And, then of course, there’s a few of the girls that get my attention.
Like, Miss North Ireland for instance.
Her name is Catherine Jean Milligan, from Newtownards, Ballyskeagh, near Belfast. Apparently she’s studying to become a vet, which is the only minor flaw in her otherwise dashing appearance. :)
She ended up winning the talent show with a moving song from her native North Ireland, but, unfortunately didn’t win the big one. Miss Milligan, I was rooting for you! :)
For more video, click here. (This clip includes the afore-mentioned miss.)