At 34, Tatiana Silva is leading the career of her dreams. Figure of the small screen thanks to her role of presenter but also of actress, the pretty brunette blossoms fully. To get to this stage, she has come a long way, including beauty contests. In 2004, she was even elected Miss Belgium, at just 19 years old. This title in his pocket, the ex of Stromae subsequently tried to win the crown of Miss World 2005 and Miss Universe 2006, where she made the show in a very sexy leopard bikini. Unfortunately, Tatiana Silva never reached the Top 15 for these competitions.
Never mind, becoming Miss Belgium allowed her to achieve great things at a time of her life not so easy to manage. “It was a wonderful year because I traveled, I was invited to receptions, a princess life. And at midnight, the coach was transformed and in the morning you had to pay your bills, rent etc … It was a special year for me“, she recalled during the podcast TV women for Leisure TV.
Tatiana Silva, however, does not keep only fond memories of her past as a beauty queen, confident that she had to cope the inappropriate actions of men who were targeting it. “The flirting, the advances, these are things that I have known but it was so part of the normal … I did not come out traumatized“, she assured. The pretty brunette still remembers a particular episode. One day, a man was a little too insistent.”He put his hand on the lower back, at the level of the buttocks. I had to put his hand up higher and I was uncomfortable because his wife was on the other side“, she reported.
And to continue: “‘You are beautiful, I would love to have dinner with you.. So I said ‘for your wife, that’s not very nice sir.’ It’s that moment when you almost have to apologize for being there, so as not to make madam uncomfortable since the words of the gentleman are completely out of place. We juggle with that. It’s a balancing act“.