Samantha Batallanos, representative of Peru in the Miss Grand International 2021, won the award for the best national typical costume thanks to a garment made by designer Beto Pinedo. The beauty queen indicated on her Instagram account that she takes the bright black and yellow colors of the typical bird of the tropical forest areas in Tumbes.
“There is a legend in Loreto that says that the paucar was a gossipy boy who dressed in black and yellow, and that a fairy in punishment of his defect transformed them into this bird, hence the color of his plumage. They say that the child has not yet made amends and that is why when the paucar is heard singing it is that it announces the arrival of a boat, letters, telegrams, visits or good news, “added Batallanos.
The beauty queen described the choice of her outfit through her Instagram account. Photo: Instagram / @samanthabatallanosoficia
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Best National Costume Winners
The 26-year-old model and journalist is one of the three winners of the statuette. The other contestants are Lishalliny Kanaran, from Malaysia and Marcia Menezes, from Angola.
It is worth mentioning that although Samantha is not in the top 20 of the pageant, her show did not go unnoticed. So far, the countries that are located in this ranking are Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, India, Colombia, Burma, Netherlands, Nigeria, Germany, Indonesia, Spain, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Angola and South Africa.
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Samantha Batallanos, Peruvian pride
Since she was 15 years old, the Peruvian beauty has participated in beauty contests, such as Miss Peru Universe 2012 and Miss Peru Universe 2017. In addition, she represented our country in Miss Landscape International 2018, a space in which she ended up being the second runner-up.
She was crowned Miss Grand Peru 2020. However, she was dismissed when she was in full preparation, but months later she returned to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2021.
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