Interview: Stephanie Tency, Miss Netherlands Universe 2013 (English Version)

Interview: Stephanie Tency, Miss Netherlands Universe 2013

Facts

      Date of birth: 12^th December 1990.

      Hobby/ies: kickboxing, yoga, sailing, wakeboarding.

     Favourite singer: I don’t have a specific favorite singer but I like ‘The Whitest Boy Alive’, it’s a band.

    Favourite song: I also don’t have a specific song that I like but I like to listen to The Lumineers - Ho Hey and Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - One Day. 

     Favourite colour: Peach

   Favourite dish: Indonesian and Tom Yum Goong soup, I really like spicy dishes.

     Person you most admire: I got so many people I admire because of what they do or what they achieved.  For example Cesar Millan, Cesar crossed the border into the US without a visa when he was 21 years old, he didn’t speak any English, and he didn’t know anyone in the USA. Now he is the most famous dog “whisperer” in the whole world. He is also committed to the Foundation ‘Last Chance for Animals’; this foundation for example tries to rescue dogs from dog mills in the US. Dog mills breed dogs in a very cruel way, the breeding dogs are their whole life stuck in a small cage and when they are “used up” they are killed brutally. I really admire people who start from scratch and become very successful and doing something good for the world.

   A goal/dream: Of course to be Miss Universe 2013 and help people in the world with the disease fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

  A quote: “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe."
Best Miss Universe in your opinion: I think it would be Olivia Culpo, because she can show the world that you don’t have to be tall to be a strong woman that convinces people when she’s speaking. She really presents herself in a good way and has a strong voice to convince everybody, I really admire her strength and confidence.

Questions

     Can you tell what do you do on your daily basis?

I’m studying and I have my own company called ‘My personal trend shopper’. I also work as a model in the Netherlands. And I’m an ambassador for several foundations in the Netherlands.

    Can you tell us about your own business? How do you balance your time between being Miss Netherlands and a business woman?

I’m a personal stylist and shopper. It takes a lot of time to be a business woman and at the same time being Miss Netherlands, but I’m really enjoying every minute of it, I really love to be busy and doing things all day.

     What is your preparation for the Miss Universe consisting of?

Your appearance is the first thing that people see, so I really want to be in a good shape for the Miss Universe competition. Next to that I get media training for television, so I can always be prepared for difficult questions. I think it’s really important that you need to be trained in that if you want to be Miss Universe, because everybody is watching you on the television and you have only one chance to do it right. And most important is to enjoy every minute of this wonderful experience. I think it is every girl’s dream to be a part of this competition and I am actually going to experience this. And now I’m Miss Netherlands for this year, I’m also really busy doing volunteering. I’m for example ambassador for foundation ‘Energy4all’ it’s a foundation for children with a metabolism disorder. Last year I raised 32170 euro for this foundation, it gives me such a good feeling doing something good for this world and to get wonderful responses from the parents who has children with this disorder. It gives a feeling like I won the lottery.

    Olivia Culpo recently won the Miss Universe title although she was not a woman from a high stature. Do you think woman like her can participate in beauty pageants or not?

YES! What I already explained above, it doesn’t matter how tall you are, the most important thing is how your personality is and how you express yourself to people. If you are really beautiful and tall but you don’t have a nice personality people won’t like you. I think that is the most important thing for being Miss Universe that people look up to you.

Photo thanks to Stephanie

Tency.

    Last year, Europe had the highest number of contestants as semi-finalists in Miss Universe. What does an European woman has that an American, Asian, African or Oceanian doesn't?

I think European girls are really down-to-earth and realistic and that is a really strong thing to have in this competition, don’t let yourself to get misled and always be yourself because it’s a hard world and your the only one who decides how to fill in your own life.

   A lot of people stereotype beauty pageant queens by former incidents, what would you do to prove them wrong?

I think the most important thing to show them you are smart and not afraid to show yourself on the stage when you’re giving a presentation. And another important thing is to put energy in several foundations, I think as a Miss you really need to be an ambassador of a foundation in your own country to show people that its not always glitter and glamour that you also are a role model for a lot of people and that people admire you by you doing something good for the world so people take you seriously.

    What do you think it could be your best advantage/feature that can make you stand out during the competition?

Personality and being wise. I really want to take care of everyone, so that could be my best advantage. It’s not a game for me, we all are there for the same reason and I definitely don’t envy anyone. Lots of people say I have the Victoria’s Secret look and that I’m the look-a-like of Doutzen Kroes. That’s such a big compliment!

  If you win the Miss Universe, what would you do so you could be remembered as the best title holder?

If I really want to do something I give 200% to make it work, I’m a really hard worker. Also because I have my own company, being an ambassador for several foundations, studying and next to that also being a model. I’m really busy all the time but I am doing my outmost best to make everybody and myself happy. I raised 32170 euros last year for foundation ‘Energy4all’, it was really hard work but it’s so wonderful to see all those happy faces. I will continue doing this, making people happy and doing something good for this world.

Photo thanks to

Stephanie Tency.

We want to thank Stephanie and the Miss Netherlands Organization by letting us do this wonderful interview and we wish her luck in the Miss Universe!!