"I was not given a microphone": Ukrainians on "Miss Universe" were not allowed to tell about the war

Victoria Apanasenko shared her impressions of communicating with foreign journalists 28-year-old Ukrainian model and "Miss Ukraine Universe-2022" Victoria Apanasenko shared that she was forbidden to mention the war. The representative of Ukraine spoke about communicating with foreign journalists and impressions after such experience. In an interview for Kp. ua, Victoria Apanasenko said that many foreign journalists were interested in the situation in Ukraine.

She says, "Some journalists even asked if the war was over. I was amazing. I told the stories of specific people, showed photos from the Kiev region, from those places where I was personally. They asked about my road, because it is a unique story for the competition. They were amazed that I was traveling for three days, partly under fire, one with heavy suitcases, "Victoria shared. The model noted that there were no negatives from other participants and organizers.

However, according to her, the phrase was never heard at the competition that Russia was leading a full -scale war against Ukraine. "The phrase that Russia attacked Ukraine was never performed on the competition stage. I had a half -hour interview, but only a small piece of my volunteering was taken. In addition, I was presented with one of four special awards - Spirit of Carnival Award - . Other girls were invited to the stage for awarding the award during the finals and I was not.

I was recorded with me a day before the finals. I thought it was a test video at all, and then shown in the broadcast. But the microphone was not given "," - said Apanasenko. In addition, the representative of Ukraine wanted to tell from the stage about the tragedy in the Dnieper, because it happened just on the day of the finals. "But I thought I would be invited to the scene to give the award, and I will be able to say something from the stage. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.