Natalie Glebova

Natalie Glebova, (born November 11, 1981 in Tuapse, Russia) won the 2005 Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31 (Bangkok time). She works as a model and received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing at Ryerson University. She also has worked as a motivational speaker for grade school and high school students.

Year in the life of Miss Universe

Glebova was supposed to travel to Indonesia to crown Miss Indonesia Universe 2006 in late July, but because of Canada's travel ban to the Southeast Asian country, Glebova was officially replaced with Puerto Rico's Cynthia Olavarria, the First Runner-Up of Miss Universe 2005. Since the Miss Indoneisa pageant's revival in 2000, this was the first time in which Miss Universe was unable to attend the coronation.

Related Topics:
Indonesia - 2000

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Within the year, Glebova is expected to visit her home country of Canada, South Africa, Swaziland, Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago, India, China, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Japan, and Europe, including her birth country of Russia.

Related Topics:
Canada - South Africa - Swaziland - Malaysia - Trinidad & Tobago - India - China - Puerto Rico - Colombia - Japan - Europe - Russia

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During Glebova's official "homecoming" to her hometown of Toronto, the Miss Universe was formally offered an apology by the city's mayor David Miller after the titleholder was barred from attending the "Tastes of Thailand" festival while wearing her sash and tiara nor being introduced as a beauty titleholder. A 1990 bylaw, which prevents sexual stereotyping of either men or women in public events, was strictly enforced by city bureaucrats and largely criticized by Miller and Miss Universe organization president Paula Shugart. Shugart called the episode an "insult" to not only Glebova, but to the Thai government who named her an "honorary tourism ambassador". According to Shugart, this was the first time in Miss Universe's history that a titleholder was uninvited from a public event. Yahoo! News (The same bylaw was once invoked to bar Barenaked Ladies from a public concert at Nathan Phillips Square.)

Related Topics:
Toronto - David Miller - 1990 - Bureaucrats - Barenaked Ladies - Nathan Phillips Square

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Since coming home in mid-July, Glebova has felt a generally apathetic attitude and reaction towards her homecoming. Although she admitted pageants aren't hugely popular in Canada's culture, she called a few negative press comments a bit disheartening.

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As part of her year-long reign as Miss Universe, she currently resides in New York City in a riverside apartment provided by the Miss Universe Organization and assumes the role of HIV/AIDS awareness advocate. She has already attended the G9 Summit in New York City on August 11, 2005, the summit ended on August 15, as the summit reflects on ending Poverty in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, to end gang activity, and to end drug cartels in Colombia.

Related Topics:
Reign - Miss Universe - HIV/AIDS - G9 - New York City - August 11 - 2005 - August 15 - Poverty - Middle East - Africa - Southeast Asia - Latin America - Gang activity - Drug cartels - Colombia

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