Miss Costa Rica

Leonora Jimenez Monge

Leonora was born and brought up in Santa ana a town in Costa Rica, although a small country it is rich in natural beauty, tradition, culture and is renowned for the warmth of its people. On completing elementary high school, she was in the national top 20 in her college entrance exam, her dream is to become a nutritionist. Besides studying, she has been modelling since 15, and has worked as a park ranger in the maquel antonio national park. Hobbies include: reading, aerobics, dancing salsa, merengue, pop and jazz, she also enjoys extreme sports and was the national karate champion in 1995. Leonora loves animals, she has seven dogs, a squirrel, a monkey, some doves and a toucan. Her personal motto would be “six times I fell down, seven times I got up”.

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Faithful to myself.

Do you have a special or unusual talent? (what is it?)
I do have an unusual talent, I can catch snakes with my bare hands, my brother who is a biologist taught me how to do it. Also I’ve practised karate kempo for seven years now.

Where would you most like to visit in the world and why?
Right this moment the place I would most like to visit is sanya, china, not only because i’ve done some research about the place and fallen in love with beauty but also because is where i’m going to do my absolute best to fulfil a life time dream, it is where i’m going to experience one of the greatest moments of my life.

What is the best thing about your country?
The best thing about costa rica is the full awareness that we as a country value the nature, and the importance of keeping the balance between social, industrial development and nature care.

What is your favourite…..
Film: 'Brave Heart'
Music: 'Old Rock'
Singer/band: Pink Floyd
Book: 'Don Quijote de la Manche'

If you were granted one wish, what would it be?
I would wish for people all over the world to be more tolerant, I think most of the problems and disagreements that the world is experiencing start from the lack of tolerance that many people have, if all of us as a society would have a little more of this virtue, we would fight and argue less and love and understand each other much more. If you were stuck on a desert island with one other person (famous or not whom would you choose?
I would want to be stuck on a island with nelson mandela, because no matter how long it would take us to get out of the place, each single day would be valuable in terms of the knowledge and growing that as a person I could be in contact with by having such a complete and wonderful human being.

What is your message to all the other miss world contestants?
As representative figures of all your countries I expect you all can’t wait to know a little bit more about the place you’re from and yourselves. I hope this journey we are about to start make us all a symbol of a united world, a world that’s beautiful because of its different contrasts

You’re judging the final five contestants, which question would you ask the finalists?
From your point of view what’s the biggest problem the world is experiencing and why?

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