FOREIGN MEDIA ROCKS

Whilst South Africa's success at the Miss Atlantico Internacional pageant has been ignored by the local media, our triumphant international beauty, Michelle Gildenhuys, has become a household name in all countries that support pageantry, courtesy of the international media. And her victory is going to receive ongoing international media coverage if the letter from the organization in Uruguay is anything to go by.

I received this e-mail from the Director of the Miss Atlantico Internacional Organization, Senor Heber Barrios. I have used Google translate, so it isn't idiomatically perfect:

"In the distance I send you warm greetings and convey my sincere congratulations on the success of Michelle. Meaning you also want to express my gratitude for having sent a young woman of extraordinary conditions, which transcend the merely aesthetic, having rapidly integrated to the group beyond the limitations that the language presented. In the course of the next few weeks will move forward in our communication related to activities that Michelle will, having already identified two activities, one is to Alicante (Spain) where a jury and a special guest at the event Beauty King and Queen of Spain (www . reinabelleza.com) and a similar stake in Villahermosa (Mexico) in the event Miss International Tabasco (www.sritatabasco.com). Also over the next few days, I am making you get some press in our country. Regards Heber Barrios"