There are 175 candidates for four winning places.
This Saturday, March 9, a new edition of
Top Model International
will be held at Sporting de Monte-Carlo.
Adriana Karembeu
and
Ricky Whittle
, actor seen in
NCIS
and
American Gods
on Amazon Prime Video, will present this evening.
Three days before the event, the duo was invited on the “Buzz TV” set to talk about it.
“
Twenty-three nationalities are represented
,” underlines the former presenter of “Extraordinary Powers of the Human Body” on France 2. “
This competition will change their lives
,” she adds.
To discover
TV program this evening: our selection of the day
Among the members of the jury, the model Baptiste Giabiconi and the singer Shy'm will be present on Saturday.
Selection criteria ?
“
It all depends on the performance, the parade, the charisma and the telegeny
,” summarizes Adriana Karembeu.
You have to know how to convey emotions.
There are cold beauties who touch no one.
I am always more admiring of women or men who dazzle others
,” explains the woman who was discovered by a casting director in the streets of Prague when she was 23 years old.
“
I agree, you can have pretty attributes but that’s not enough
,” adds Ricky Whittle.
“There are so many different beauties.
Anyone can be sexy if you have courage and confidence.
They will all be beautiful this weekend.
What will matter is what they have inside,”
he continues.
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If Ricky Whittle can do up to 4 hours of sport per day to train before a shoot, Adriana Karembeu limits herself to five or six sessions per week.
“
After a certain age, we have to
,” confides the actress who celebrated her 52nd birthday on September 17.
It's complicated for a woman who was once pretty to manage the passage of time
, she believes.
What is important is to take responsibility, it avoids a lot of anxiety and worries.
It’s a blessing to grow old and there’s nothing we can do about it
,” she further attests.
Motherhood also helps her feel young.
“
Afterwards, I don’t recommend having a child at a certain age
,” says the mother of Nina, 5 years old.
I gave birth at 46 and it was a miracle.
Because it's too late, nature is like that.
This is why I advise women to do it first.
»
“I almost died, it was a nightmare”
Adriana Karembeu on her experience on “Dancing with the Stars”
During the Top Model International final on Saturday, Adriana Karembeu and Ricky Whittle may perform an introductory two-person dance.
Which will bring back memories to Adriana Karembeu who participated in the very first French season of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2011 on TF1.
“
How much I suffered!”
she remembers
.
I almost died because it was so complicated.
I didn't know how to dance, it was a nightmare, I prefer dancing in nightclubs
,” explains the woman who still finished fourth in the competition.
“
Just because I was very kind
,” she puts things into perspective with humor today.