She’s an ageless magnificence.
A 60-year-old Argentinian lawyer is popping heads and is one step nearer to creating historical past with hopes of changing into the oldest Miss Universe contestant.
Alejandra Rodriquez was topped Miss Universe Buenos Aires on Wednesday for the proper to characterize the province within the nationwide competitors in Might, in keeping with HOLA!
Ms Rodriquez believed she had lengthy aged out of the worldwide magnificence pageant, however her ideas modified when the foundations modified.
In its inception in 1952, Miss Universe contestants’ ages have been required to fall within the strict vary of 18 to twenty-eight years outdated and be single with no youngsters.
However the pageant dominated final yr that ladies between the ages of 18 and 73 have been allowed to compete no matter every other issue.
The rise within the higher age requirement was introduced final September and will likely be first applied for the 2024 competitors.
R’Bonney Gabriel is presently the oldest contestant to say the Miss Universe title, profitable the competitors at 28 years outdated in 2022.
The newly topped Miss Buenos Aires turned a journalist out of highschool earlier than finding out legislation and changing into a authorized advisor for a hospital, she instructed Argentinian tv community El Trece.
Ms Rodriquez, whose appears are nonetheless turning heads credit her way of life for her look, saying she retains to her eating regimen and stays energetic.
“The essential factor is to have a wholesome life, eat properly, do bodily exercise,” she instructed the outlet.
“Regular care, nothing too extraordinary and a little bit genetics.”
The 60-year-old says she sticks to her eating regimen, which consists of wholesome consuming.
“What I attempt to do is intermittent fasting, I believe that helps quite a bit,” she stated. “Then I attempt to eat natural meals, numerous fruit, numerous greens, and use good lotions.”
Ms Rodriquez says she works out 3 times every week, primarily strolling and a few jogging. “I’m not excessive.”
Ms Rodriquez’s win on the Miss Buenos Aires competitors got here from a pool of 35 contestants of assorted ages.
“We have been 35 members of all ages, from 18 to 73 years outdated was the oldest. There was no age class,” Ms Rodriguez stated.
The newly topped Miss Buenos Aires is completely satisfied to be competing and is proud to be one of many faces of the fashionable magnificence pageants.
Her eyes at the moment are set on the Miss Argentina pageant, which begins on Might 25 in Buenos Aires.
“I’m thrilled to be representing this new paradigm in magnificence pageants as a result of we’re inaugurating a brand new stage during which girls should not solely bodily magnificence however one other set of values. I’m the primary of this technology to begin with this,” Ms Rodriguez stated, in keeping with HOLA!
The Miss Universe pageant is scheduled for September 28, 2024.
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