Jeg er så takknemlig for å kunne si at jeg nå er finalist i Miss Norway 2018!

Jeg er så glad for at jeg har valgt å ha det fokuset jeg har hatt hele veien, og stolt over hvor langt jeg har klart å kommet med hjertesaken min til nå. Jeg kjenner meg virkelig klar til å fortsette på samme vei og gjøre mitt beste.

Når man står på for noe som har en sterk personlig betydning tror og håper jeg at det skinner gjennom på alle mulige måter. Motivasjonen er stor og jeg gleder meg til tiden fremover! 

Tusen takk for all støtte! 

God kveld alle sammen :)

HVA SKJEDDE EGENTLIG NÅ NETTOPP???

For ikke så lenge siden så ble det lagt ut en liste over hvem som skal konkurrere i Miss Norway 2018 og jeg var en av de ni. Det er helt sykt!!!!! Hadde aldri trodd at jeg skulle nå så langt men det gjorde jeg. Det handler bare om å stole på seg selv!

Videre nå framover så blir det en del øving i høyhæler og det blir snart SMS-avstemming der publikum kan påvirke hvem som vinner Miss Norway. Som deltaker skal jeg også delta på beauty-camp i Oslo en lørdag i juni. Jeg skal også snart kjøpe finalekjolen som jeg skal bruke til konkurransen.

Jeg vil takke alle vennene mine og familien min som har støttet og heiet på meg hele veien, det har vært helt fantastisk!

Jeg vil også gratulerer de andre deltakerne med finaleplass <3
Jeg er kjempeglad nå!

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- Sandra Afriyie Tito

Vi er svært stolte av å kunne presentere hele 9 dyktige finalister i årets Miss Norway. Konkurransen startet allerede i august i fjor, og har hatt flere nye og krevende steg i konkurransen enn tidligere år.  

Finalen i Miss Norway vil avholdes i slutten av juli 2018. Med finaleplass i Miss Norway kan alle finalister takke støtteapparat, fans, oppdragsgivere og media for all støtte og hjelp.

Veien videre

Alle finalister vil delta på beauty-camp i Oslo en lørdag i juni. Der blir det blant annet øving til finaleshowet i koreografi på høye tynne hæler. Tiden fram til finalen går selvsagt med til å skaffe eventyrlige kjoler og show-antrekk. Følg med på forberedelsene i blogger på missnorway.org og i sosiale medier.

Billetter til finalen legges ut for salg straks sted er klart.  Finalen planlegges å være 28. juli med forbehold om endring.

Publikum kan påvirke hvem som vinner Miss Norway med SMS-avstemning. Hver SMS-stemme blir regnet inn i den endelige poengsummen med aktiviteter i konkurransen og dommerpoeng.

Finalister i Miss Norway 2018

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Bildet er kreditert Miss Universe Organization 

Nå er det endelig påskeferie og finaleuttaket er timer unna, likevel så er terping på hva jeg har lært så langt det som er mest på hjernen. Dagen før jeg reiste til Kenya (4.Mars) så hadde vi catwalk kurs med coachen vår for konkurransen Klara Szalai. Jeg er så enormt glad for at jeg prioriterte å delta i kurset siden det var en stor nød for det i retrospekt. Det ble mye one-on-one kursing med Klara og Kaja Kojan med mye konstruktiv tilbakemelding på hva som må jobbes med, hva å være oppmerksom på på scenen, og tips og triks for hvordan å håndtere ulike situasjoner skulle det oppstå under catwalken. Det er veldig mye å fokusere på og derfor så må en god del (om ikke alt) av ferien prioriteres til å få til catwalken så bra som mulig. Nå er det fullt kjør med trening, terping og catwalk. Dette blir spennende for nå er det bare full fart fremover. God Påske!

The city that never sleeps – also my other home. I feel most of the people in my hometown known me for being the New York girl, at it has become my home. I feel like I know this city better than anywhere else, yet there is so much more for me to see. And as cliché as it may seem, a part of my heart will always belong in New York.

When I boarded the plan 4,5 years ago, to spend half a year in New York I wasn’t expecting that I would stay. This sounds very dramatic but it is the truth. I stayed. With a backpack full of dreams and no  barely no idea of what to expect, 20 year old me fell in love with the city, the people, the culture. It is nothing like New York. I guess my parents biggest fear was me getting a boyfriend and not ever wanted to come home, and that happened too for a while.  I guess you could never ever predict the future.

New York for me has given me so much and changed me a lot as a person, and it is important for me to reflect on this and to share this, because there are so many things during this period that made me end up where I am today with what I do.  And I do not think a person who haven’t lived here will quite understand it either. You must experience it, but I will try to explain it as well.

I was 20 years old when I came to New York, coming from Norway quite naive and young you are forced to adapt into an independent lifestyle quite quick. There are no parents to go home to in the weekend, no one to pick up furniture’s at IKEA or drive you to the hospital if you are sick, nobody to fix the apt if it is leaking – you fix it yourself or with your friends, in New York, friends are becoming your family. Mostly because everybody often come from different places. I think this is something of the most beautiful thing about New York, the connection of different people, and how everybody is living next to each other so peaceful and are becoming so close. I know that some of my friends I have met In New York would be my friends forever.

New York might be a hard city to live in, the rent is insanely high, the weather is bi polar and the people you might thought were friends are not. However, the memories and experiences and the opportunities you get weight so much more than that. I do not think New York is a place everybody should live, because after 4 years I realized you need to be quite thick skinned and you learn about sides of you which you never though you had, for better and for worse.  But in New York everybody finds there voice or place.  One of the reasons why I also loved it is because of the opportunities it gets with work and studying is amazing and the networking you can do.

I have met the most beautiful people in New York, and we have share the most amazing experiences together.  And I feel my life in New York has been just like the moments you see in the movies. I had so many fairytale moments and thinking back at it now makes me so happy. We have been Ice Skating at Rockefeller center in front of the Christmas tree, watched sunset on top of roof tops, went to have dinner at 5 am in the morning, dancing salsa all night in the apartments, went on vacations to see the whole US, studying the whole night to make the due for a test, kissing in the rain and attending New York Fashion week. I have so many stories and memories that mean more to me in than everything I owe. I think when I talk about New York to my friends and family I get stars in my eyes.  I will show you some memories for me the past years! This is only a small part of it all.

Thank you for all the memories, and for many more to come!

Xoxo

R

The city that never sleeps – also my other home. I feel most of the people in my hometown known me for being the New York girl, at it has become my home. I feel like I know this city better than anywhere else, yet there is so much more for me to see. And as cliché as it may seem, a part of my heart will always belong in New York.

When I boarded the plan 4,5 years ago, to spend half a year in New York I wasn’t expecting that I would stay. This sounds very dramatic but it is the truth. I stayed. With a backpack full of dreams and no  barely no idea of what to expect, 20 year old me fell in love with the city, the people, the culture. It is nothing like New York. I guess my parents biggest fear was me getting a boyfriend and not ever wanted to come home, and that happened too for a while.  I guess you could never ever predict the future.

New York for me has given me so much and changed me a lot as a person, and it is important for me to reflect on this and to share this, because there are so many things during this period that made me end up where I am today with what I do.  And I do not think a person who haven’t lived here will quite understand it either. You must experience it, but I will try to explain it as well.

I was 20 years old when I came to New York, coming from Norway quite naive and young you are forced to adapt into an independent lifestyle quite quick. There are no parents to go home to in the weekend, no one to pick up furniture’s at IKEA or drive you to the hospital if you are sick, nobody to fix the apt if it is leaking – you fix it yourself or with your friends, in New York, friends are becoming your family. Mostly because everybody often come from different places. I think this is something of the most beautiful thing about New York, the connection of different people, and how everybody is living next to each other so peaceful and are becoming so close. I know that some of my friends I have met In New York would be my friends forever.

New York might be a hard city to live in, the rent is insanely high, the weather is bi polar and the people you might thought were friends are not. However, the memories and experiences and the opportunities you get weight so much more than that. I do not think New York is a place everybody should live, because after 4 years I realized you need to be quite thick skinned and you learn about sides of you which you never though you had, for better and for worse.  But in New York everybody finds there voice or place.  One of the reasons why I also loved it is because of the opportunities it gets with work and studying is amazing and the networking you can do.

I have met the most beautiful people in New York, and we have share the most amazing experiences together.  And I feel my life in New York has been just like the moments you see in the movies. I had so many fairytale moments and thinking back at it now makes me so happy. We have been Ice Skating at Rockefeller center in front of the Christmas tree, watched sunset on top of roof tops, went to have dinner at 5 am in the morning, dancing salsa all night in the apartments, went on vacations to see the whole US, studying the whole night to make the due for a test, kissing in the rain and attending New York Fashion week. I have so many stories and memories that mean more to me in than everything I owe. I think when I talk about New York to my friends and family I get stars in my eyes.  I will show you some memories for me the past years:

I know I have people following me who doesn't understand Norwegian - so I thought I would do a post on here in English as well. It's something so important as well, and I think you should read it no matter what language you speak. I want to talk about self-love. About loving yourself. Loving yourself when you're all alone. Loving yourself without makeup. Loving yourself because you're unique and you're you.

We all have insecurities, and when having the type of anxiety I used to have - it was more centered around other people. It is so frustrating being inside your head - and having confidence and self-love, but the second you get out in situations where you feel unsafe, all of that disappears. It used to take a second and I felt like I was robbed of everything I had when I was by myself. 

So what happened? How did I push myself enough to have the same feelings about myself no matter who I'm surrounded by? How did I go from being the quiet one who only wanted to be invisible, to someone who loves herself and respect herself? 

By being surrounded by my mom growing up I learned to love myself from an early age. I knew my worth and I knew I always had the right to my own opinions. I learned that my voice and dreams was just as important as anyone elses. This could unfortunately never have "saved" me from my anxiety disorder. I had to go through it, but I always had what my mom taught me in the back of my mind.

When I managed to fight the anxiety I was struggling with, and realised what I actually could do - everything changed. I took my confidence outside of home, I started speaking up and I wanted people to hear me. I'm always thinking - you only have this one life, why would you ever waste it by worrying about what other people would say or mean or think about you?! Every single one of us is going to be gone one day, and how will they opinions about you matter then, or ever? Why should it stop you from doing or saying what you want? You need to live your life to the fullest, and it always starts with loving yourself - before anything.

I know there's so many struggling with this every day - so I wanted to write down some things you might find helpful <3

* Write down the things you like about yourself. You can even ask your closest what they appreciate and love about you. 

* Always remember you only have this one life to share your opinions, stand up for yourself and make a change.

* If someone doesn't like you? Know that they have their own problems and there's always a reason for something - they are probably struggling with themselves and it really is sad how that's the only way they can make themselves feel better. Know it's not worth any of your attention. Focus on you and your life. They are the ones wasting time. 

* You are UNIQUE and no one is like you! 

* Find a hobby. Maybe you're wondering how this will help with self-love? If you spend day by day looking at people and what they are doing with their lives - you won't feel good about yourself. Pursue something! Do something for yourself, and get good at it - or even just improve. You are capable of so many great things. Do it for yourself and no one else. 

* STOP COMPARING YOURSELF! I know people do this every single day. Why do you want to look like someone else?! You are so special. There's so many inspiring people out there and I get inspired every day, but I would never wanna be them. The world already has one of him or her - I wanna be me because no one else has that. You should own it - it's so amazing. 

Be good, do good - and love yourself.