Confidence is so sexy...

I am just taking a breather from my studies. (I do not even know if I studied that well. I have not retained anything that I studied actually.)

Anyway, while taking my rest, the Miss Universe pageant just popped into my mind. I do not even know why. And then, I remembered Ms. USA, Chrystle Stewart. I think she is very beautiful. She might not look the same as the others in the Top10, but that what makes her different - she looks different. She pops out among the Top10.

So, she had this misfortune during the Evening Gown portion of the pageant. Uhm, I think she stepped on the trail of her bejeweled gown and she slipped, her behind first to the floor. But she was able to regain herself, and she stood proudly , continued her walk and even clapped for herself. What a very nice recovery. It is not that easy for sure to recover from a very unexpected fall especially when the whole world is watching it, and especially if you are in a pageant. Why, people expect you to be graceful and poised even if you are in very high stilettos all day. Plus the pressure of representing your country. C'mon! That is hard.

Anyway, back to Ms. USA. Unfortunately, she did not make it to the Top5. But still, I find her very stunning.

I found a video of the Evening Gown portion in YouTube. And please, if you are going to watch the video, at least watch the video in entirety, not only Ms. Chrystle Stewart's part of the video.



So, falling down just does not happen during pageants. It also happens in, my ever oh-so favorite, fashion shows.

Yes, fashion shows.

It happens a lot in fashion shows.

Do you see the high heels the contestants in pageants wear?

Those are nothing with what models wear. Models wear 5-inch stilettos, sometimes very high platforms, plus long, heavy gowns on slippery runways with very fast music to walk to.

Just the same, models are expected to be graceful and poised on the runways, but sometimes, trips and falls are just inevitable.

Nobody wanted to fall like that anyway.

So, I also found a video of models falling down the runway,

but please, let us not laugh after watching the video.

What they are doing is not at all easy. They are human beings, too. They are allowed to make mistakes. And that is a part of their job.

Plus, I really salute them, both pageant contenders and models. Coz right after their fall, they still stand with their head held up high and proud of themselves.

And that confidence of theirs is just so sexy. Would you not agree?

And if ever we fall like them, maybe not in pageants or fashion shows, just any possible falls we might experience, let us remember that it also happens to other people, too, not just us. And just think of the graceful and proud recoveries of Ms. USA and of the models mentioned above, or other people you know who had the same fall before.

If they can recover, well, so can we.

Signing off

xoxo