Juliana Barrientos se prepara para representar a Bolivia en “Miss Universo 2024”
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00:00What is Bolivia to you?
00:03For me, it is a very important, very big and very grateful role for being the representative of my country.
00:12I carry with me my biodiversity, I carry a country that is rich in flora, fauna,
00:18a country that has a wonderful highland, even a Yuni Salar, an Amazon, jungles,
00:24a country that has a unique gastronomy, but the most beautiful thing about Bolivia is its people.
00:29So here I am, as a representative of Bolivians, having this honor,
00:35and really going for the crown of Miss Universe.
00:38Right now I am here in Miami, I had a two-week preparation, a physical preparation,
00:44to get to the United States, as I would like to be able to represent my country.
00:50I am also taking class in Pasarela, and inside I have not stopped studying everything that is the subject of
00:55technical projections, everything that is oratory, to know more about the topics that are out there in the world,
01:02to adapt to everything, and also aware of my social project, I have been working a lot.
01:08I have always focused on being myself, and when I won my departmental certificate,
01:15I have always been a person who liked to be with people, to connect a lot,
01:20and I did things that you may not normally see very often,
01:25I would go out with community waves to celebrate with people, and eat with them.
01:30I remember that when I won my departmental certificate, my dad told me,
01:34well, let's celebrate with the family at a restaurant, because you just won.
01:38And I said, dad, look, I want that instead of that money that we are going to use for a few dinners,
01:46let's make a story, and let's go out to celebrate with all the people.
01:49So, really for me, it allows me to hug all the people,
01:54and I really made a very big team that we are going to call Miss Universe,
01:59because I have the support of my whole country, which is the most important thing for me.
02:03I have had the support of my family, the support of all the people close to me,
02:08who have been day by day accompanying me in all situations,
02:14and also my agency, my organization, with which we have been working a lot.
02:19And also, I say, my divine support, which is God,
02:23that I am the person who has always thanked Him for all the opportunities He gives me,
02:30and today I feel that all the strength that I have, and sometimes there are good days, bad days,
02:36He is the one who is there, getting up.
02:38So, I am also grateful to God for this structure that I have today.
02:42Mexico is a country that I really love.
02:46I travel a lot to Mexico.
02:48I have been traveling a lot, in fact, I am also a volunteer, I have a family there,
02:54and it is a country that embraced me a lot in different stages of my life.
02:59I love to know a lot about its culture, and the fact that I am in Mexico makes me feel like at home.
03:05So, the moment I found out that Miss Universe was going to be in Mexico, I said,
03:08it can't be, for me it's like competing at home.
03:11I feel very happy.
03:13I have many friends, my boyfriend is from there, so I am grateful for that.
03:18I invite all my friends from People en Español to accompany me,
03:22to accompany me in this great dream called Miss Universe.
03:26Here, Miss Bolivia, who really dreams of going very far,
03:30dreams that the name Bolivia is high,
03:32so I invite everyone to come to the contest, follow us, and support all the candidates.
03:38Miss Universe