Miss Universe 2022 is criticized

1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 Shandi Finnessey posted a video disparaging the scoring method of Miss Universe 2022. She said that the closed interview section that accounts for 50% of the score is unreasonable.

Miss Universe 2022 contest ended with the victory belonging to American beauty – R’Bonney Gabriel. This is also the first year the contest was held by the new owner, a Thai transgender billionaire – Anne Jakrajutatip.

Since being transferred, the Miss Universe contest has made many changes. Criteria for judging and selecting Miss is also said to have many important innovations.

Former Miss America 2004 Shandi Finnessey.

Accordingly, the closed interview part is highly valued in this year’s contest, accounting for 50% of the points to decide whether a candidate can enter the top or not.

However, this change did not please the former Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey. She is also the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 contest. On her personal page, Shandi Finnessey posted a video to express her views on how to score Miss Universe 2022.

“Miss Universe has changed the way it is scored. This year the closed interview section accounted for 50% of the score. My thinking is that I hate it,” Shandi Finnessey frankly shared.

Shandi Finnessey also believes that the fact that a candidate does not speak English and has to rely on an interpreter will affect their score in the closed interview.

“Sometimes the candidate gives a much better answer, but the translator summarizes it into a different content,” Shandi Finnessey shared from the perspective of a former judge.

According to Shandi, the fact that the closed interview section accounted for 50% of the score made her feel nervous and disagree because many different languages ​​were used in this part of the test. “Each contestant has only 4 minutes at each judge’s table. That is not enough time to decide 50% of the score,” she said.

Shandi’s shares currently receive mixed reactions from the audience. However, many viewers expressed their agreement. They believe that the fact that the closed interview section accounts for 50% of the score is not really objective, depriving many potential candidates of opportunities.

Shandi Finnessey was born in 1978, 1.8 m tall with a sexy, hot body. She was crowned Miss USA 2004 and then represented the country to attend Miss Universe 2004.

At the contest that year, Shandi was evaluated as a potential contestant from the very beginning. In the end, the beauty stopped at 1st runner-up and Miss Australia belonged to the representative of Australia – Jennifer Hawkins.

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