Chapter 33 Family

• The queen wore a beautiful royal blue satin gown. It was nothing traditional or ordinary. She was always well dressed. It was said that she had all her exclusive clothes made by a famous designer from Pais del Mar. Did I think it was cute? Yup. Did I agree with luxury and ostentation? Not. Probably what she spent on that outfit could feed several families in Zone K.
• She gave a short speech, communicating that the choice was meticulously made, that no girl was privileged, etc. I could never believe anything she said and I always believed that the words she was saying did not come from a previously made speech but spoken by herself at that moment. Yet she was good at what she did and convincing.
• After showing the photos and interviews from the dinner offered to the participants and their companions, which took almost an hour of her time, she got to the point: that 10 finalists had emerged from there.