Miss Megaverse 2019 Aliona Chitoroaga Interview
A conversation with Miss Megaverse 2019 Aliona Chitoroaga (from Moldova)
Contributed By: Saif Rahman Sozib for World Fashion Media News
1. If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be ?
I think we live in a wonderful world but unfortunately some of us are not grateful enough for what we have and take things for granted. It seems like we don't appreciate the life we have and don’t value people around us until we loose it. That's why, if I could make it possible, I would globally spread a huge ray of LOVE, because just loving all around us unconditionally would make us more compassionate and empathetic with the greatest gift we got, our incredible world.
I wish we would care more about our nature. That’s really heart-breaking to see the amounts of plastic destroying the oceans, and all the non biodegradable waste in the nature, without to be conserved and reused, all the unresponsive consumption of natural resources. If we loved our planet and ourselves more we would not make fires to burn the waste, which endanger people and the environment. The factories would work on the principal of producing as less smoke. And also we wouldn’t be the cause of climate changing.
If we were endowed with more love, there are wouldn’t be abandoned children in orphanages, and lonely sick elderly in nursing homes worldwide. There are wouldn’t be no hungry cats and dogs in the streets and hunting for fun wouldn’t exists in the world. With more love we wouldn’t have violence in families, violence in the world, slavery, wars and revenge , but would be just Peace, Happiness and Harmony.
2. What is your idea of happiness and success ?
My definition of happiness is ...
To appreciate the privilege of being alive, the simple fact that we woke up today, we had the chance to see any kind of weather, the ability to breathe, to feel the taste of our favourite meal, to hear the song of the birds or noise from the streets, and of course, to feel the warmth of our beloved ones when they hug us making us feeling safe and secure, cause Happiness is enjoying the little things in life.
Happiness is not just a positive or a pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy, but is a state of well-being of soul and mind together. Happiness is when, what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Albert Schweitzer said “ Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful ” and I totally agree with him, cause the peaks of success can bring you a spark of happiness but if you don't share it with the beloved ones, that doesn't really matter. And when you love what you do the success is guaranteed, because you are doing it with all your heart and it keeps you strong and motivated despite the obstacles.
The happiness is just inside of us, not anywhere else.
3. How do you plan to contribute to the society after won Miss Megaverse 2019 ?
The crown of Miss Megaverse 2019 will not change me as a person because I always try to be useful to the society. But definitely the title gave me more publicity and I got more opportunities to raise my voice for the things I stand for. Recently I had an interview at the national TV of Moldova and I took a chance to talk about my values and beliefs and to share my ideas about ecology, reducing plastic usage and to promote a healthy lifestyle. I would like to use my new status to make this world a better place and to continue my work with charity organizations.
4. What have you learned from this competition ?
From this competition I learned that to win you have to challenge your limits, because actually the only limits are the ones in our own minds!
This competition is not the regular beauty pageant where you have to smile nicely and just to perform good on the stage. No, this competition is for the girls with strong personalities with multiskills and multitalents who are performing at the highest level of self development.
I convinced myself one more time that I come in this world with a big mission and that I'm able to do it, the mission is to spread happiness and to empower the girls and women around me of being strong mentally and physically, very ambitious and confident, with a height placed goals, but after all not to forget to be feminine, empathetic, and very friendly.
I learned that if you really want to achieve your goals, and if you are ready to work hard for this, that's really possible to get it. But a very important thing is not to forget to behave with dignity and to be sincere and nice, and to stay a human because at the end of the day it only matters what kind of impression you left in people's hearts and lives after they met you and if you were able to build relationships.
5. Who is the most inspiring person in your life and how ?
My role model is same as for most of us, is my Mother, I'm a piece of her soul, and she always gives the best to me. As she dedicated all her life to help others she taught me that everything I'm doing, I should do with all my heart, and that I should treat people around me the same way I want to be threaten.
Every small thing which you are doing with kindness, will make a big difference in the world.
She never lost her femenity, kindness, elegance and determination through the years, my Mother is the best role model for me and my biggest inspiration.
6. What is the role of the internet or social networking sites on the youth ?
Internet had been such a resourceful thing for everybody including me.
Most of young people hardly remember the times when there was no internet .
Social media connects billions of devices, it's allowing us to communicate with each other across the globe, but unfortunately very often young people don't realize where to put the borders of difference between social media and real life. In fact, the overuse of internet and social media in teenager's life has been presented a huge risk to develop mental health problems such as loneliness, depression, anxiety and even a risk of suicide .
I'm adept of the idea, that social media and internet are very useful nowadays and can be an amazing platform to communicate and to express yourself but we shouldn’t forget it’s just a mirror of reality not the reality by itself. I’m personally trying to control the time I spend using social media’s not to skip the beauty of presence in a moment.
7. What is the biggest mistake you have ever made in your life? What have you done to overcome it?
I truly believe that is in the human nature to do mistakes and I’m not an exception.
I used to do the same mistake constantly and I feel it’s important to share my experience because it can help someone. I didn't take my life seriously, I wasted my time for worthless things and I didn’t pay enough attention to beloved ones and didn’t give them as much love as I could.
But now the things have been changed and I transformed my mistakes to strength and grew up psychologically. I have changed my priorities and now I live in harmony with myself.
I learned to appreciate all I have, to say sorry, to love myself first, and to forgive myself because mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.
8. How can you differentiate Moldovan fashion, compare to rest of the other world?
Moldovan fashion is very different. Their masterpieces are always in demand, it’s very creative and interesting mix of national traditional floral folk embroidery and modern style.
For instance, the sleeves of any jackets can be easily unstrapped. They always have a unique cut, bright colours and interesting fabrics.
Moldovan designers are ruining all the stereotypes with their incredible style.
Moldovan women are always fashionable and stylish. By looking at them you recognizing total must have in the wardrobe.
9. There is a group of people who does not support the concept of beauty contests. What will you tell them?
I completely understand the reasons but I’m sure that they would change their mind if they knew that some contests present a modern definition of beauty and values women’s rights and giving a platform to let the young people grow, they would change their mind. Miss Megaverse as a good example of a contest which doesn’t objectives the beauty but promoting the ideas of women’s empowerment and humanity.
10. Are you involved in any Charity work organization, if yes then how it contributes social & economical change?
I believe that helping others in need is the best gift to humanity. We are here to bring happiness and to help less fortunate people.
Usually I don't like to talk loud about my acts of charity , because I do it from my heart , and there is no place for praise. But I believe that some people can learn from my experience and we can do more important good things when we are united.
I work with a various of non profit organizations in my country and I help people who need it the most. I'm a member of “Adopt an elder” and I took the responsibility to donate monthly to help poor, lonely and abandoned old people. It’s a serious issue in my country because old people are forgotten and live in poverty.
Also I'm a volunteer at Red Cross Moldova, and I've been participating in education of community about providing the first aid. Also I’m a part of educational program for children about the sex trafficking prevention and STD.
I’m aiming to involve more people to the projects I do because I believe that even small acts of kindness can change the world and every contribution counts and makes a difference.
I think we live in a wonderful world but unfortunately some of us are not grateful enough for what we have and take things for granted. It seems like we don't appreciate the life we have and don’t value people around us until we loose it. That's why, if I could make it possible, I would globally spread a huge ray of LOVE, because just loving all around us unconditionally would make us more compassionate and empathetic with the greatest gift we got, our incredible world.
I wish we would care more about our nature. That’s really heart-breaking to see the amounts of plastic destroying the oceans, and all the non biodegradable waste in the nature, without to be conserved and reused, all the unresponsive consumption of natural resources. If we loved our planet and ourselves more we would not make fires to burn the waste, which endanger people and the environment. The factories would work on the principal of producing as less smoke. And also we wouldn’t be the cause of climate changing.
If we were endowed with more love, there are wouldn’t be abandoned children in orphanages, and lonely sick elderly in nursing homes worldwide. There are wouldn’t be no hungry cats and dogs in the streets and hunting for fun wouldn’t exists in the world. With more love we wouldn’t have violence in families, violence in the world, slavery, wars and revenge , but would be just Peace, Happiness and Harmony.
2. What is your idea of happiness and success ?
My definition of happiness is ...
To appreciate the privilege of being alive, the simple fact that we woke up today, we had the chance to see any kind of weather, the ability to breathe, to feel the taste of our favourite meal, to hear the song of the birds or noise from the streets, and of course, to feel the warmth of our beloved ones when they hug us making us feeling safe and secure, cause Happiness is enjoying the little things in life.
Happiness is not just a positive or a pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy, but is a state of well-being of soul and mind together. Happiness is when, what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Albert Schweitzer said “ Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful ” and I totally agree with him, cause the peaks of success can bring you a spark of happiness but if you don't share it with the beloved ones, that doesn't really matter. And when you love what you do the success is guaranteed, because you are doing it with all your heart and it keeps you strong and motivated despite the obstacles.
The happiness is just inside of us, not anywhere else.
3. How do you plan to contribute to the society after won Miss Megaverse 2019 ?
The crown of Miss Megaverse 2019 will not change me as a person because I always try to be useful to the society. But definitely the title gave me more publicity and I got more opportunities to raise my voice for the things I stand for. Recently I had an interview at the national TV of Moldova and I took a chance to talk about my values and beliefs and to share my ideas about ecology, reducing plastic usage and to promote a healthy lifestyle. I would like to use my new status to make this world a better place and to continue my work with charity organizations.
4. What have you learned from this competition ?
From this competition I learned that to win you have to challenge your limits, because actually the only limits are the ones in our own minds!
This competition is not the regular beauty pageant where you have to smile nicely and just to perform good on the stage. No, this competition is for the girls with strong personalities with multiskills and multitalents who are performing at the highest level of self development.
I convinced myself one more time that I come in this world with a big mission and that I'm able to do it, the mission is to spread happiness and to empower the girls and women around me of being strong mentally and physically, very ambitious and confident, with a height placed goals, but after all not to forget to be feminine, empathetic, and very friendly.
I learned that if you really want to achieve your goals, and if you are ready to work hard for this, that's really possible to get it. But a very important thing is not to forget to behave with dignity and to be sincere and nice, and to stay a human because at the end of the day it only matters what kind of impression you left in people's hearts and lives after they met you and if you were able to build relationships.
5. Who is the most inspiring person in your life and how ?
My role model is same as for most of us, is my Mother, I'm a piece of her soul, and she always gives the best to me. As she dedicated all her life to help others she taught me that everything I'm doing, I should do with all my heart, and that I should treat people around me the same way I want to be threaten.
Every small thing which you are doing with kindness, will make a big difference in the world.
She never lost her femenity, kindness, elegance and determination through the years, my Mother is the best role model for me and my biggest inspiration.
6. What is the role of the internet or social networking sites on the youth ?
Internet had been such a resourceful thing for everybody including me.
Most of young people hardly remember the times when there was no internet .
Social media connects billions of devices, it's allowing us to communicate with each other across the globe, but unfortunately very often young people don't realize where to put the borders of difference between social media and real life. In fact, the overuse of internet and social media in teenager's life has been presented a huge risk to develop mental health problems such as loneliness, depression, anxiety and even a risk of suicide .
I'm adept of the idea, that social media and internet are very useful nowadays and can be an amazing platform to communicate and to express yourself but we shouldn’t forget it’s just a mirror of reality not the reality by itself. I’m personally trying to control the time I spend using social media’s not to skip the beauty of presence in a moment.
7. What is the biggest mistake you have ever made in your life? What have you done to overcome it?
I truly believe that is in the human nature to do mistakes and I’m not an exception.
I used to do the same mistake constantly and I feel it’s important to share my experience because it can help someone. I didn't take my life seriously, I wasted my time for worthless things and I didn’t pay enough attention to beloved ones and didn’t give them as much love as I could.
But now the things have been changed and I transformed my mistakes to strength and grew up psychologically. I have changed my priorities and now I live in harmony with myself.
I learned to appreciate all I have, to say sorry, to love myself first, and to forgive myself because mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.
8. How can you differentiate Moldovan fashion, compare to rest of the other world?
Moldovan fashion is very different. Their masterpieces are always in demand, it’s very creative and interesting mix of national traditional floral folk embroidery and modern style.
For instance, the sleeves of any jackets can be easily unstrapped. They always have a unique cut, bright colours and interesting fabrics.
Moldovan designers are ruining all the stereotypes with their incredible style.
Moldovan women are always fashionable and stylish. By looking at them you recognizing total must have in the wardrobe.
9. There is a group of people who does not support the concept of beauty contests. What will you tell them?
I completely understand the reasons but I’m sure that they would change their mind if they knew that some contests present a modern definition of beauty and values women’s rights and giving a platform to let the young people grow, they would change their mind. Miss Megaverse as a good example of a contest which doesn’t objectives the beauty but promoting the ideas of women’s empowerment and humanity.
10. Are you involved in any Charity work organization, if yes then how it contributes social & economical change?
I believe that helping others in need is the best gift to humanity. We are here to bring happiness and to help less fortunate people.
Usually I don't like to talk loud about my acts of charity , because I do it from my heart , and there is no place for praise. But I believe that some people can learn from my experience and we can do more important good things when we are united.
I work with a various of non profit organizations in my country and I help people who need it the most. I'm a member of “Adopt an elder” and I took the responsibility to donate monthly to help poor, lonely and abandoned old people. It’s a serious issue in my country because old people are forgotten and live in poverty.
Also I'm a volunteer at Red Cross Moldova, and I've been participating in education of community about providing the first aid. Also I’m a part of educational program for children about the sex trafficking prevention and STD.
I’m aiming to involve more people to the projects I do because I believe that even small acts of kindness can change the world and every contribution counts and makes a difference.