Miss Universe Bahrain Manar Nadeem Deyani wants to break stereotypes on global stage

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Manar Nadeem Deyani has a few firsts to her name. She was the first Bahraini woman to represent her country at the Miss Universe pageant held in Israel on December 13 and she might even be one of the shortest woman to have be picked for the global beauty contest.  Read the full story here:   See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km

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00:00The experience was amazing, every bit of it.

00:08When I got announced, I felt so overwhelmed and I felt like, oh my God, it's happening.

00:14But at the end of the day, when me thinking about it, it's just like I'm not only representing

00:19me as a person, I'm representing a whole country.

00:21So I felt like it's heavy, like there's responsibilities and I have to present my country in the best

00:27way possible.

00:29In getting to that, I got an appointment actually before me going, weeks before that.

00:33So we had to do everything really quickly and I want to thank my team, Eugene PR and

00:38my national director for helping me to do all of that.

00:41Also for the fashion designer who did my dress within three days, which is amazing.

00:46However, I want to thank my beautiful hairdresser, hairstylist, Maggie Simon, for giving me the

00:53best hair possible, as you can see.

00:56One of the causes that's really close to my heart besides helping the environment is

01:03mental health.

01:04I think mental health is really important and it has to be normalized, it's a discussion,

01:09we have to normalize it.

01:10And it's okay if you feel like you're going through something and you need help, there's

01:15no shame in that.

01:16You can go and ask for help.

01:20I want to thank the Miss Universe organization, the president and vice president, Paula and

01:25Jonathan, because I thought me going there, they will give me options or they will force

01:30me to wear something or anything of that sort.

01:33But when I was there, they actually offered me the birkini without even telling me, are

01:38you okay with wearing that?

01:40No, they already open and they know about my culture and respected that.

01:43So that's really amazing.

01:45And however, not only with the birkini, they had me also two options of me to wear something

01:51like a scarf on top of it or a skirt.

01:54So they are really considerate and thoughtful.

01:59Hernaz is like my, one of the dearest people I met there, actually.

02:03I was so shy.

02:04I was looking forward to like meet her when I got to go there and see her in person.

02:09I was so shy to approach her.

02:11And then we had this interaction where she was talking to me, welcoming me because I

02:15was the last to attend there.

02:17And then after that, we just like, it just happened.

02:19We just bonded.

02:20And like, whenever we have breaks, like most of the times when we are like in rehearsals,

02:25like we sit together and sometimes I just go and accompany her to get her coffee.

02:30She's really sweet heart.

02:31And I feel like not only her in general, everyone I met in Miss Universe, like we all created

02:37a sisterhood.

02:38Like I got to learn a lot about them.

02:43So my favorite makeup tips is like always treat your face as a canvas.

02:47Take care of your skin.

02:49Skin care routine is so much important than what we think.

02:53We have to have like specific steps for instance, like avoid using makeup wipes because the

03:00makeup wipes, when you wipe off your makeup, it's really harsh on your skin.

03:03It can damage the cells.

03:05However, when you apply your makeup routine, make sure first like to use like towels or

03:10anything or even a t-shirt when you like wash your face and cleanse it and to tap it.

03:16Do not use like any harsh material on your face, just, you know, tap on your face and

03:22then you can use a toner.

03:23I always use toner.

03:24Toner is so important after cleansing.

03:29So I have to have my sanitizer.

03:32I have to have, because like COVID, we have to be careful.

03:35I have to have a lipstick.

03:36I usually don't go to go with lipstick as much as like lip tint.

03:41I have to have my blusher and I have to have my eyebrow product and also like I have to

03:47have like my mask and my wallet and yeah.

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