The contest was held last weekend. Miss Universe Texas in the United States, to define who would be the representative of the North American state in the beauty pageant that would define the American representative in Miss Universe.
In that instance he participated Marissa Teijo, a 71-year-old woman who made history by becoming the oldest contestant to compete in Miss Texas USA in every year of the pageant.
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Candidate for Miss Universe Texas is 71 years old
This thanks to a new Miss Universe rule, which eliminated the age restrictions to compete in the beauty pageant. Since until 2023, The candidates had to be between 18 and 28 years old.
In conversation with NBC New, Marissa Teijo pointed out that he is looking for “inspire women to strive to be the best they can be physically and mentally, and to believe that there is beauty at any age. “All women have a new stage of opportunity, strength and beauty.”
The competition took place last Saturday, June 22, however, Marissa failed to become Miss Texassince Aarienna Ware, representative of Dallas, was the one who was crowned the winner.
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Longest women to participate in Miss Universe
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first case of a long-lived woman participating in the Miss Universe contest, since, at the beginning of the year, the lawyer and journalist Alejandra Rodríguez, 60 years old, represented Buenos Aires in Miss Universe Argentina.
However, the trans-Andean woman also failed to be crowned Miss Universe Argentina, but instead placed 15th in the competition, but she also marked a milestone by being the oldest woman participating in the competition in that country.
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Our country will also seek to send a candidate to the contest in North America, however, the grand final will take place next July 7 at the CEINA Cultural Center.
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