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Daria Varlamova - That One Time I Was Crowned Miss Universe Australia
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What does it take to win Miss Universe Australia after being sent home on day one? We sat down with Daria Varlamova, Miss Universe Australia 2021, who moved from Russia to Perth at eight without a word of English and was cut from her first casting at 19.
Daria takes us through four tries across Miss World Australia and Miss Universe Australia, the plastic eBay tiara she wore to feel worthy of the crown, and being crowned over Zoom from her living room in a Melbourne lockdown. We get into the pressure on the children of immigrants, living with anxiety, how she handles trolls who say she isn't Australian enough, and the letter she wrote that made her a Special Olympics Australia ambassador.
Her answer to rejection fits in three words: rejection is redirection.
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From Russia to Perth at age eightWhy she's addicted to achievementWhy she struggles to talk about winsCrowned Miss Universe Australia on ZoomWhy mental health became her causeWhy the crown didn't bring happinessHow she handles the hatersBe like water, move in silenceWhose criticism should you listen to?Sent home from her first castingFour tries before winning the crownDisability work and Special OlympicsRejection is redirectionWhy she wore a plastic eBay tiaraBuilding a school in KenyaThe cost of losing anonymityThe book that changed her life
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