Miss Spain

Natalia Zabala Arroyo

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
Because of my personality, I always need to be learning new things, but if I had to choose, I would point to four. One of my passions is to travel. I love going to new places and take the most from every culture. The experience I am going to take with me from Miss Universe will be amazing because I have met wonderful women from many different countries. The second one is going to the cinema; even though I do not have much spare time, I go every time I can. I love getting into the movie and enjoy it when it enriches me. The third one is walking on the beach, especially in the winter when there is no one there and you can hear the sound of the sea, which I find very relaxing; it is a good time to think and dream about my future. And, the fourth, and final one, is that I need to spend hours speaking with my sister Patricia because she is a very important person to me and her support has always been unconditional.

What is your career ambition?
Before being elected Miss Spain, my goal for September was to study for my master's degree in different facets of business and international law. However, the opportunity that my country has given me of representing Spain in an international level sets a new objective in my career. I am so proud of being part of a contest where they seek not only a beautiful woman, but one qualified to assume the responsibilities that are inherent with the title of Miss Universe, i.e., doing the social and cultural acts she does.

Describe where you were raised and what your childhood was like.
I was born in San Sebastian. Built around a beautiful bay, it is a city of 180,000 inhabitants that is elegant, modern and pleasing to the eye and that enjoys a high quality of life. Its climate is characterized by minimum thermal cycling with mild winters and cool summers. There is an extensive gastronomy culture. My childhood was very happy. I was very extroverted and I spent a lot of time making new friends. Every weekend I used to go for walks with my sister and my parents because we loved seeing new places.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I took part in the Miss Spain contest because it was something that I had wanted since I was little. My mother took part in a similar contest when she was young and she won the second runner up title. When my sister and I were little we used to play with the sash, look through her pictures and imagine that we were there. It was something we did as kids, but when we got older we decided to follow in her footsteps. My sister did not win the local contests, but I lived the experience so closely that I wanted to be part of it, too. I wanted to feel it and I knew that if I did not try it, I would have regretted it my whole life.

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