Miss Universe 2014 comes to Miami ! Events leading up to Miss Universe....Part 3

January 11, 2015
PageantSmart attends City of Doral Nation's Parade


The Miss Universe festivities continued on Sunday with an all out Parade of Nations in the City of Doral. The 1 mile + parade route snaked around the city hall and business area of Doral.

Lots of passionate attendees waiving their flags from mostly the Caribbean, Central, North and South America : Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Panama were the most visible. The 88 delegates competing for the title of Miss Universe 2014 were atop approximately 8 to 10 floats interspersed with dance groups from across the America's. The afternoon was made even more fun by seeing PageantSmart friends like Sophie, Leeza, Isabel, Ashli, Lulu, Grant, Lisa, Gigi, Olivia, Marie, Debbie, Carlos, Laura, Kelly and many more.

It was especially fun to see Miss Guam, Brittany Bell, who I might say has a great pitching arm, as she hit me with a bullseye of a rose flower toss my way. Nia, Miss USA, as always was having a blast and all smiles as the host delegate. Venezuela had  by far the largest number of fans, which was no surprise as Doral is locally known in Miami as Doralzuela due to the large number of Venezuelans who now call it home.

After the parade concluded, and a little Florida liquid sunshine came through the afternoon sky, it was time for all the 88 delegates to introduce themselves on the Main Stage. While it took on average about 10 seconds for each delegate to introduce themselves, it became quite evident the contestants that were very comfortable in from of a large crowd of over thousands of people. Easily the crowd favorites by applause were Brazil, Colombia, USA, Venezuela and Spain.

Below are some pictures from that great afternoon.