The 69th Miss Universe is hours away from crowing its new queen, Miss Universe 2020 as the organization is all set to host the coronation night on May 16th 2021 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Over seventy contestants from all around the world have been preparing and fighting for the coveted crown for over a few weeks.

The organization has been keeping up with their social presence for the pageant followers especially through exclusively created video series and providing the fans with all the behind the scene fun and frolic. A very impactful series has been the ‘Up-Front’ series on the organization’s official YouTube channel where few delegates sit down for a real conversation about some of the most important issues of the time.

In a recent video posted to the series where delegates from Haiti, Finland, Belize and Great Britain were seen discussing their experiences around gender based violence and sexual harassments and how they overcame these scares to become their powerful selves.

Zozibini Tunzi, the reigning Miss Universe was also present at the discussion as a pillar to all the strong divas sharing their incredible personal experiences in front of the world and inspiring people in every nook and corner of the world.

Miss Universe Finland 2020 Viivi Altonen shared how she has been working with the United Nations for almost a year and her SheCan campaign which is about empowering women to be brave. She believes that no matter what you experienced in your life, it does not define you. She also shared her personal story behind the campaign that motivates her which what she has been working around for the past year.

Viivi was sexually assaulted when she was 19-years-old and it was a really traumatizing experience which she suffered from for a long time and fought against it all alone for a long time. “At some point I just realized that I don’t want this thing to affect me, I don’t want it to control the way I live my life,” she added.

Iris Salguero Miss Universe Belize 2020 was also one of the queens to come forward and share about her physically abusive relationship at a young age of 17. She expressed how it took her to a dark place and pageantry took her out of it because they provide with a platform for strong women like these to tell their stories and what they went through imparting them a power to believe in themselves.

Miss Universe Haiti 2020 Eden Berandoive also opened up about her story for the first time being a survivor of being harassed by her teacher at a naive age of 15. Her story made us realize how if a person who supposed to impart education can do something so horrifying to us, then anybody can. She also shared how later in life she was also harassed by a policeman. It just proves how people like them have no specific look and most often it’s the people we are around who turn out to be the monsters in our lives.

Eden came through two of the worst situations in her life which her took her down, but she climbed back up like a hero and now she sees her life as a mission to inspire all the people and especially young girls to know that whatever be the situation, believing in yourself can get you through.

Jeantte Akua Miss Universe Great Britain 2020 put it all very well how nothing emboldens perpetrators than a legal system that willfully ignores these heinous crimes against women. “We often think perpetrators are this forgein entities whereas I found they are very much ingrained in our everyday lives.”

The reigning queen, Zozibini Tunzi Miss Universe 2019 has always been an advocate of continues to highlight issues involving the plight of women worldwide. In raising more awareness about the surge of gender-based violence, Tunzi called on world leaders and governments to take a stand against femicide and “not protect abusers”.

A passionate activist, Tunzi has been calling for change and laying the foundation for girls and young women to try to break gender stereotypes just how the other four queens did as strong and brave entities.

The Miss Universe organization is all about empowering and uplifting womanhood and these queens truly stand up the their titles. The competition will see them put their best foot forwards for one last time in less than 24 hours. Zozibini Tunzi Miss Universe 2019 will crown her successor at the end of the finale.