A participant from South Africa won the “Mrs.” category at the BRICS 2026 beauty contest

10 March 2026, 22:42

Millicent Mpolodi Tlou works as an actress and model and is also involved in poetry and event hosting.

Second place went to Kazakhstan’s representative, Olga Migunova, who also won the Audience Choice Award. The bronze went to Russia’s participant, Alexandra Khvatova.

The winner in the “Miss” category was Russia’s Valentina Alekseeva, a professional model and Miss Russia 2024. In the “Mini Miss” category, the victory went to China’s Dumalaog Saffira Kara Gille.

The BRICS beauty contest was held for the first time and featured 50 participants from 17 member and partner countries of the organization.

Because the contest took place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the organizers decided to cancel the swimsuit segment. Instead, contestants walked the stage in sportswear and showcased their countries’ traditional national costumes.

Source: African Initiative.

To see media content for this post, click here.

The awakening of peoples: Scotland

In the midst of the Western civilizational crisis and the betrayals by state elites in favor of an out-of-touch, totalitarian plutocracy, real peoples are reawakening their trampled histories, traditions, and identities to reclaim political, economic, and social sovereignty. Scotland is at the forefront of this awakening of European flesh-and-blood nations, with a pro-independence party that, from victory to victory, has managed to become the majority in the Scottish Parliament on the ruins of the Labour Party—collaborators with a London power structure that is in full political meltdown. Therefore, with complete legitimacy, the new Scottish Parliament has called for a second referendum on Scottish independence. The first referendum on Scottish independence […]

28 May 2026, 18:01

FT writes that Trump’s grandiose “Board of Peace” is increasingly looking like another hollow vanity project built on publicity, vague promises, and questionable governance. Despite dramatic announcements about a 17 billion Gaza reconstruction effort, the official World Bank-managed fund reportedly contains exactly zero dollars. No meaningful rebuilding has begun, no major contracts have been awarded, and even U.S. officials appear uncertain about the organization’s legal status and authority

Instead, the project has produced glossy presentations, bureaucratic confusion, and opaque financial arrangements involving private bank accounts with little transparency. Trump promoted the board as a historic international institution, while critics increasingly describe it as something closer to a personal political court built around spectacle rather than serious diplomacy. Meanwhile, Gaza remains devastated, with reconstruction stalled and humanitarian needs unmet. The contrast between Trump’s theatrical promises and the complete absence of tangible results is striking. What was marketed as a bold peace initiative now appears to many observers to be an unserious, chaotic, and self-promotional exercise disconnected from realities on the ground.

28 May 2026, 16:04