Natalia Glebova

Natalie Glebova (Tuapse, Russia, November 11, 1981), born Natalya Vladimirovna Glebova (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Гле́бова listen)) is a Russian-Canadian model, writer, and former beauty queen who won Miss Universe Canada 2005 and later that same year Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand.

Biography

She was born in Tuapse, Russia, the only child of Anna, a Russian high school teacher, and Vladimir, a radio communications specialist for the shipping industry. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional music school at age 12. She has also won several regional rhythmic gymnastics championships. She immigrated to Toronto, Canada, along with her parents at the age of 13.

Before competing in Miss Universe, Glebova worked as a model and received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing from Ryerson University in Toronto. She has also worked as a motivational speaker for elementary and high school students.

She married Thai tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan. The couple, who met at the 2006 Thailand Open, became engaged in April 2007 and married on November 29, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. They separated in early 2011.

In 2008 she participated in The Amazing Race Asia 3 and was a partner of Pailin Rungratanasunthorn. They represented Thailand and placed eighth.

In December 2012, it was announced that Glebova would compete on the television reality show Dancing with the Stars of Thailand. The first episode was broadcast on Channel 7 (Thailand) on January 8, 2013.

Natalie is married to Dean Kelly Jr., Mister Panama 2001, and on April 9, 2016 gave birth to their daughter Maya.

Beauty pageants

In 2004, Glebova participated in the Miss Canada pageant. She got the third runner-up spot. The winner of that edition, Venessa Fisher, did not appear in the semifinals of Miss Universe 2004. Glebova competed again in January 2005, she won the title and the right to participate in Miss Universe 2005.

Glebova competed in Miss Universe 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2005, on the final night of the event. She competed in ball gown and swimsuit, and advanced to the top 5 to participate in the final round of interviews. The final round of interviews consisted solely of delegates from the Americas; delegates considered favorites and with greater strength, among them: Cynthia Olavarria from Puerto Rico, Laura Elizondo from Mexico, Renata Soñe from the Dominican Republic, and Mónica Spear from Venezuela. At the event's conclusion, Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by her predecessor Jennifer Hawkins, an Australian. Glebova's title was her second for Canada: London's Karen Dianne Baldwin had won Miss Universe in 1982. Glebova and Baldwin graduated from the same high school, London Central Secondary School.

Reign as Miss Universe

Glebova at an event in August 2005.

On Glebova's return to her hometown of Toronto, she was greeted by the mayor's secretary, Gloria Lindsey, who presented her with a gift bag containing a hat, T-shirt, and Toronto key ring Unlimited. Natalie declared that she had felt offended by the reception. She was later denied the right to participate as Miss Universe, displaying the attributes of her award, such as the sash and the crown, at the "Tastes of Thailand" festival that takes place in the city., in compliance with an Ontario law that outlaws the use of sexual stereotypes, both male and female. Mayor David Miller was criticized by the president of the Miss Universe Organization Paula Shugart, who called the ban an insult, not only to Glebova, but also to the Thai government, which had named Natalia "ambassador". tourism fee". David Miller tried to apologize to Natalia Glebova, stating that it was not necessary to change the law although he admitted that it had been applied excessively rigorously.

As part of her reigning year as Miss Universe, Natalie lived in an apartment in the Trump Place building in New York City.

had the opportunity to attend entertainment events such as VIP parties in New York and throughout the United States. She also did several photo shoots for the photographer Fadil Berisha.

She traveled to Africa in July to attend an AIDS education tour with the Global Health Council. ^{[citation needed ]} .At the end of March 2006, Natalie visited Russia for the first time since she left her in childhood. She participated in a campaign to alert about HIV AIDS in Moscow and attended a fashion event in Russia. She made numerous trips to Thailand where she commemorated the anniversary of the tsunami.

She also attended the national beauty pageants of countries like Ukraine in mid-October, she was in Miss Puerto Rico in November, Miss Dominican Republic in December, Miss Czech Republic in February, Thailand and Nicaragua in March, Miss Brazil in April. She crowned Alice Panikian as her successor in the Miss Universe Canada pageant on the night of March 21, 2006. Alice placed 6th at Miss Universe 2006.

Glebova was supposed to travel to Indonesia to crown Miss Universe Indonesia 2006 at the end of July, but due to a trip she took to Canada, she was officially replaced by Miss Universe 2005 first runner-up from Puerto Rico, Cynthia Olavarria.

On July 23, 2006, Natalia crowned Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza of Puerto Rico as her successor. Glebova held the record for remaining in the reign with 1 year, 1 month and 22 days until it was snatched from her by the Angolan Leila Lopes, who had reigned for 1 year, 3 months and 1 week when she crowned her successor Olivia Culpo as Miss Universe 2012.

Predecessor: Jennifer Hawkins Australia

Miss Universe 2005

Successor: Zuleyka Rivera Puerto RicoPuerto Rico