Opening Remarks at the Miss Universe Welcome Event

Good Evening And Welcome Everyone! 

Before I begin I would like to call up the rest of the City of Doral Council:

·       Vice Mayor, Sandra Ruiz

·       Councilman, Pete Cabrera

·       Councilwoman, Ana Maria Rodriguez

We are very excited to share this amazing opportunity with all of you. Doral Welcomes the World tonight!

Thank you for joining us at the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Welcome Event here at our spectacular Downtown Doral Park!

As Roxanne stated, we are very excited to meet 88 of the most beautiful women in the world for the first time in our beautiful City of Doral!

I would like to thank Santa Barbara Airlines and PAWA Dominicana for being the Welcome Event’s presenting sponsors. (Big Round of applause) I would also like to thank TerraGroup and Aivicom for their sponsorship.

Nothing could be more fitting than to have the most beautiful and confident women in the world display their diversity in the fastest growing city in South Florida. We want to make sure you feel at home while you stay in Doral.

Each of you has a dream, to become the next Miss Universe and one of you will leave our city with the crown. The coronation will not only be a personal achievement, but it will be the international projection of your country.

Doral is described as the premier place to live, work, learn and play, our many assets provide for a superior quality of life in an urban center known for its commerce. Our city is home to thousands of immigrants from all throughout the Americas making it a prosperous and culturally diverse community.

Doral has come a very long way in a very short time and is attracting positive attention from Fortune 100 corporations, local businesses, young families and retirees. More and more people are choosing Doral every day - For all the right reasons!

We would like to recognize Badia Spices, Baptist Health South Florida, Shoma Group, Codina Partners, Lennar, MidTown Doral, and Artifice At Doral and to thank everyone for their support and contribution in continuing to develop Doral and give it the exposure that our city so deserves!

Congratulations Ms. Paula Shugart for your extraordinary work representing the Miss Universe Organization.  To Miss Universe Gabriela Isler, as a Venezuelan-American I’m very proud of you for your noble mission and for giving hope to Venezuelans about having a better future. Welcome!