New Miss Worldwide Government Director Stephen Diaz (middle) with reigning queen Andrea Rubio (left) and 2018 queen Mariem Velazco/STEPHEN DIAZ X PHOTO
The Miss Worldwide magnificence pageant has a brand new Government Director, and he’s Stephen Diaz, the Japan-based Filipino pageant officer who was beforehand the chief of workers and head director of the worldwide tilt’s organizer, Worldwide Cultural Affiliation (ICA).
In a web based interview with INQUIRER.internet, Diaz stated that along with his new function, “I’ll have extra decision-making rights when it comes to approving sponsors, negotiating for attainable internet hosting of the pageant outdoors Japan, and so forth.”
He additionally shared: “Bear in mind when I discovered the brand new crown sponsor in Vietnam? It was an excessive amount of of a problem [because] I wanted the approval of this, and that. However with my new place, I can determine [already] on behalf of Miss Worldwide for so long as I correctly talk the specifics to Akemi [Shimomura, Miss Paris Group owner and CEO].”
Diaz stated Shimomura initially provided him to turn into “President,” however he declined. “That title carries heavier accountability, and it sounds too business-oriented for me. Akemi gave me one night time to consider the proper title for me,” he shared.
The second he awoke the subsequent day, he advised Shimomura his most popular title. “Though my place is mainly the identical because the one vacated by Paula Shugart when she resigned from [Miss Universe Organization]. However Miss Worldwide is a non-stock, non-profit group below the auspices of ICA, so we have now totally different instructions on find out how to run our pageant,” Diaz defined.
He stated the provide got here as a result of Shimomura needed to give attention to her rising magnificence and wellness college that opened final 12 months. And citing the Miss Worldwide pageant’s development below his supervision and restricted function, regardless of a two-year absence, she didn’t must look any additional.
“I feel she noticed in me the sincerity, love and fervour for [Miss International] and the model itself. I’m keen to combat tooth and nail for [Miss International],” Diaz declared.
He acknowledged how daunting the duty earlier than him is, however he trusts your entire Miss Paris Group will present him with all the assistance to have the opportunity ship an even bigger and higher Miss Worldwide pageant “with out shedding our essence,” Diaz stated.
He additionally stated he’s conscious of a number of sectors who look down on pageants, or “need to destroy pageantry usually.” And due to this, he has made it his mission “to protect the very essence of pageantry, and make individuals see and admire the issues that we do proper in [Miss International].”
Diaz added: “We give great alternatives for younger ladies who be part of Miss Worldwide, with out essentially jeopardizing their psychological well being. And likewise, within the close to future, I would like different international locations to host our pageant and expertise what Miss Worldwide is admittedly all about.”
In his capability then as ICA head director, Diaz has traveled to totally different international locations with then-reigning Miss Worldwide Jasmin Selberg from Germany, and present queen Andrea Rubio from Venezuela.
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He’s scheduled to return to the Philippines a 12 months after accompanying Selberg in Manila to hitch Rubio who’s a particular visitor on the Grand Coronation Evening of the sixtieth Binibining Pilipinas pageant on the Sensible Araneta Coliseum on the Araneta Metropolis in Quezon Metropolis on July 7.
