They assaulted her, survived in full scarcity and her brothers fled to Peru: that's how Miss Venezuela lives – 07/02/2019

The flow Miss Venezuela, Isabella Rodríguezyou want things to improve in your country. His hope is intact despite being badaulted with a gun, having to negotiate shortage of food and after shedding in tears two brothers who they fled the economic crisis.

As it happens rarely, the representative of the beauty of the country who values ​​this aspect the most it's an exact reflection of the national reality and the "favela" in which she has always lived, 60 feet from the sky, the 25-year-old brunette explained to Efe how she wanted the crown to have a positive impact on her community.

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With the same pbadion that speaks of her neighborhood, she does it with her spirituality. Taking advantage of this duality, she plans to give something back to her neighbors, especially the girls, through the compulsory social work that she has to do as a queen and which in her case will include counseling. and lectures on women's "empowerment".

As feminist confessedbelieves that it is necessary to respect gender equality in all works and to ensure that it defends the small interests of its native country, Petare, considered the largest working-clbad district in Latin America, to see in his triumph, a fine example of this perseverance rewarded. and dreams are fulfilled.

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Isabella protested in the streets of Caracas on January 23, like hundreds of thousands of other citizens, against the economic crisis, the same who led her to separate from her two brothers They left for Peru looking for better opportunities like millions of Venezuelans in recent years.

"I want to be in a safe country (…) because I also have the right to have a normal diet, the right to live in peace," she said. She believes that thousands like her share the same desire and desire. They are ready to work for the common good.

Not to mention specifically the tension between the executive and the legislature of his country – who do not recognize each other – Isabella believes that "Very soon" Venezuela will come out of austerity last five years, characterized by lack of food and medicine, insecurity and hyperinflation.

The beauty queen did not escape the fact that these indicators translate into everyday life: she asked her parents more than once "What are you eating today?" Due to the high cost of food that can be obtained just three months ago, he was the victim of an armed attack in his own community.

"We almost begged for our life," says the queen who, on another occasion, between the sidewalks of her neighborhood, he found the corpse of a man who had been murdered and who was lying on the ground before the eyes of boys who came down from the hills towards the school.

On the other hand, the "personal connection" and non-religious that she claims to have with God, the beautiful showed her support to the Spanish Ángela Ponce, who became the first transgender woman to participate in Miss Univers, considering that "when a person decides to leave for a dream (…) we do not have to judge him".

However, she herself was not spared from the jokes and prejudices that came to her in a rush after being crowned and by social networks, where racist and aporophobic comments circulated. they denigrated their physical characteristics or their modest origins.

"I've never been touched by the critics (…) I know everything I've tried to win." He replies and focuses this experience on the "positive" of have won tens of thousands of subscribers on social networks. explains, took advantage of this exhibition to ask for help to sick children and received several donations.

This power of communication also used to denounce the xenophobic acts suffered by some of his compatriots in Ecuador last month after the murder of a Venezuelan by a citizen of that country.

"This has completely broken me (…) we are surrounded by Ecuadorians, Colombians and welcome," said the Queen who called for maintaining mental health on these issues.

So thingsIsabella is Venezuela and not just because a group says that it will be accredited as such in the Miss World contest, but because their experiences have turned it into a mirror of that country that does not want to leave and who aspires to see prosper.

Source: EFE