Model and social entrepreneur
New “Miss Germany” grew up in a favela
02/20/2022 02:54 am
The time of the meat inspection is over: Although the applicants in the “Miss Germany” election still make “bella figura” on the catwalk, the jury is more interested in the missions of the candidates than in dream dimensions. The winner is a woman who focuses on trend topics and grew up in a favela.
She grew up in a Brazilian favela called “Schusslinie” and taught street children there how to read and write: Today Domitila Barros is committed to sustainability, environmental protection and social justice – and because of this commitment she is the new “Miss Germany”. The 37-year-old Berliner by choice, who has a master’s degree in politics and social sciences, prevailed once morest ten competitors on Saturday evening.
“We all live on Mother Earth. And she needs us a lot at the moment,” said Barros on the stage at Europa-Park in Rust, Baden. She wants to make her topics “cooler, maybe even a little sexier”. She mainly uses social media for this. “The people I want to reach don’t read all the newspaper articles – but they scroll,” said Barros, who describes herself as a social entrepreneur, actress, model and “social media greenfluencer”.
After the freestyle, the newly crowned woman fell to her knees on stage. The other candidates rushed to her and helped her back on her feet. “Miss Germany” changed the concept a few years ago: Instead of bikini appearances in front of male-dominated juries, it is now regarding the “missions” of the applicants. The motto is “wear a sash if you move it” – the sash still exists. Changing outfits and walking up and down the catwalk have also remained from the old days.
After her election, the winner first got on her knees.
(Foto: imago images/Gartner)
Juror, TV presenter and “Miss Germany” companion Laura Wontorra attested that the change was clearly completed. For example, several black women made it among the finalists, one of whom is active in the Black Lives Matter movement and a second was the first trans woman to make it to the beauty pageant final. According to her own experience, another candidate wanted to give victims of child sexual abuse a voice. Another called on women in particular to take care of their finances themselves.
The title contenders presented their concerns more or less monothematically in three rounds. The jury of celebrities and the audience then voted on the winner during an online broadcast lasting several hours via the live streaming video portal. Juror Uwe Ochsenknecht paid homage to women in general. The 66-year-old actor said he was present at four births. “By then you will know who the stronger sex really is.”
The 2021/22 season offered another elementary innovation: the federal states no longer sent their respective “miss” into the race for the federal title. Instead, it started with a Germany-wide Top 160. In addition to well-known film and television faces such as Frauke Ludowig and Hards Krüger Jr., the jury also included the wrestler Aline Rotter-Focken.
