BOGOTA, Colombia — Carnival has come a few weeks early to the Caribbean city of Barranquilla where residents took to the streets on Monday to show their hometown pride after local beauty queen Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe.
Even President Juan Manuel Santos took time out during an official visit to France to congratulate Vega for her “historic” title Sunday night in Miami, where the 22-year-old business administration student beat out finalists from the U.S., Jamaica, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
“This demonstrates that in Colombia we have women who are intelligent, hard-working and perseverant in the face of obstacles,” …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
