The neighborhood of Las Salinas has been able to celebrate its Miss, Mr. and Queen of the Festivities election gala. After the disagreements that occurred with the Department of Festivities of the Arrecife City Council, the event finally took place on December 29 at the Tiagua Social and Cultural Center.
"The past, the present and the future", the name given to the show, featured the participation of eight candidates and two candidates and their fantasy, as the director, Carlos Alonso, has explained to La Voz, has been based on "the pain that the pandemic caused us", represented through the musical film The Great Showman.
Yureima Delgado won the title of Miss Las Salinas -in addition to others such as "Popularity", "Sympathy" and "Catwalk"-, while her partner Kevin Ramos obtained the title of Mr. -and was also the winner of the categories of "Popularity", "Photogenicity" and "Body"-. For her part, Athenea García was named Queen of the Festivities, a mention that she accompanied with that of "Best legs".
For their part, Lucía Martín and Samuel Robles were selected Miss and Mr. Central Zone.
The gala was hosted by the artist Fran Vega and featured performances by Drag Xoul, -winner of the Drag Gala of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 2013- and Drag Eros.
Other awards
The jury, composed of Arima Alonso -Miss Central Zone 2017-, the businessman Fernando Doreste, Valentina Gallego -Miss Las Salinas 2013-, the singer Ana Pilar Suárez, Paula Ojeda and the designer José Carmona, also determined other awards.
In the first place, the court of honor of Miss Las Salinas, made up of Guadalupe Pérez as first lady and Solangel García, second.
For her part, the first lady of honor of the Queen of the Festivities was Xiomara Cabrera; the second, Ylenia Betancort -also selected Miss Elegance- and the third, Nayara Velázquez.
Finally, Lucía Martín combined her title of Miss with "Best body", "Photogenicity" and "Best attitude", and Samuel Robles also won the honors of "Catwalk", "Elegance", "Best face" and "Best legs".
From Las Salinas to Miss World
The jury member Ana Pilar Suárez also selected, among the eight aspirants, the person in charge of representing the neighborhood in the Miss World Las Palmas contest.
The chosen one was Lucía Martín -Miss Central Zone-, whose candidacy has already been made official on the event's social networks.
1,834 days of waiting
The director of the gala has pointed out that the last one that was held was on December 21, 2019, so both he and the inhabitants of the neighborhood have had to wait "1,834 days to be able to hold it again".
For this reason, Alonso, in addition to recognizing the support of the neighbors, family members, team members and participants "who were totally involved", wanted to express his gratitude to the Tiagua Social and Cultural Center, which opened its doors to him "when everyone had closed them to us", he indicates, in reference to the controversy with the capital city council.
