Fabién de la Concepción is one step away from the final and perhaps she could be the winner of ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’ . For many it would be a great surprise, because the Cuban is the only one who has no academic preparation in the media and has never stepped on one , something she confessed from day one, and her Audacity conquered the judges and the public.
A week after defining his future in the media, Fabién opens his heart exclusively with us, he says he dreams with taking the crown to Cuba , but nevertheless, it takes much more than that of the reality of Univision Sundays, and sends a message to all those women who do not have been encouraged, until now, to participate: “Talent influences but does not determine” .
– You are the mystery of This competition, you arrived more by intuition than by preparation and you are in the semifinal.
Fabién de la Concepción: Likewise, the truth is I did not expect it. As I myself have been commenting from the beginning: I have zero experience in everything in the media, even in social networks, I have never in my life done a live , I have not I was a person who made stories, they did not even have followers for work, time, as I am alone with my boyfriend, because it was very difficult for me to maintain that contact on social networks that today are important if you want to dedicate yourself to that. The truth I am very impressed, I did not imagine that I would go so far , but I am sure that all those people who have led me to This semi-fine l, because unquestionably it is thanks to them that I am here today.
– What was the engine to decide to be to ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’, no matter that you did not know anything about this medium?
Fabién de la Concepción: I am going to tell you something that I have always carried with me, in the comfort zone you do not grow, and that is what happened to me. I have been a dental assistant since I came to the United States, that will be 7 years now, and it became so easy for me, so fast to dedicate myself to that, with my eyes closed, that I said: “I don’t want to be here all my life , I want to do something different, I know that I can give more out there, I know that if a door opens up for me in this environment, I know that I am going to do it very well ”… I’m not going to say I am the best because it would sound a little selfish, but I do know that I am going to do it very well. Obviously, with a lot of preparation and with a lot of dedication, and I think that was the foot that led me to make this decision …
In Cuba this program is very famous, we all see them, to the extent of our possibilities , because there it is a bit difficult. An aunt that I have there in Cuba, who 2 days before making the decision to come to the United States told me: “As soon as you arrive you have to do the casting of the ‘Latin Beauty’, you have the bearing , and well, they are going to give you the preparation and that will open many doors for you ”… When you arrive here the panorama is completely different, because when you are in your country and want to come for this one imagines many things that when one arrives here they are not. One has to face work, which had never worked in Cuba, because to pay a little more attention to more important things in life than pursuing a dream , and I It was time to put it aside for a moment, and in this year of the pandemic I said, “you know what, I’m going to risk it, I have nothing to lose on the contrary, a lot to gain ”… And I have won a lot, a lot, a lot.
– What did you learn?
Fabién de la Concepción: From the first gala I seemed a toad sitting in that chair . I commented to the cameramen that you have that relationship from the beginning, and he told me that your diction, how to sit down, how to stand up … That day I saw those galas, when I saw that first galas and when I I saw the Fabién from now and I said, “wow”, I already feel different, I stop and I express myself differently , I am still the same, my concepts are the same, but I have definitely had a great change and evolution thanks to ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’.
– What do you think when you have girls in the semifinal who are prepared, who have studied, some have been through the media, and you have great talent but you haven’t sculpted it yet?
Fabién de la Concepción: For me it is something impressive that I have come so far with all these girls, but precisely I came to represent that we do not necessarily have to have a preparation, that we do not have to be afraid because the dem As well as those who have participated in beauty contests or have this academic preparation or have worked on television or have read a promter or have contacts , people who can obviously help you in this medium, it is not necessary, needless. I think the most important thing, and what has brought me here is to never stop being me, to always represent where I come from, what I want and where I want to go .
That has been what has kept me strong, for me it has been very very very difficult, but I think staying strong and not letting those fears, and not allowing comparing oneself or being overshadowed by those things is very important , and I want to maintain that until the end … I want to tell all those girls out there who are like me, who come to this country alone, that they leave their family behind, that is not necessary, that is not needed, I have come so far and I have impressive girls with a talent next to me, all those factors influence but do not determine , what What determines are the desire, the desires and always being you and that is why I am here.
– When you get out of here people will recognize you, and everything that comes out of your mouth can touch people, how do you live that responsibility?
Fabién de la Concepción: It is a very big responsibility and I have not fully assimilated it , we even have the chaperone in the mansion that she gave me she says: “You don’t understand, but she was already famous … You don’t understand, you have to wake up.” I’m awake, but I think it will be hard for me to assimilate it when I go out there , from having the phone and seeing all those things, to the reaction of the people.
– In a few days someone will take the crown, and that person could be you. With or without crown, what’s next for you?
Fabién de la Concepción: We all want the crown, since we were 46 so far we are 6 … From here I take things much more important than the crown, that’s something I’ve always said, and that is key . Here I have met extraordinary people, people worthy of admiration, and I think that is something much more beautiful than a title or a crown.
Obviously we all want to work in the middle and that’s the goal, but we’re here and it’s time to win , which is what I tell the other girls, and at 6 we are winners, the 10 we are winners, and the one who takes the crown happy. If it’s me, congratulations, I would be proud to wear that crown to my people in Cuba , who are going through so much right now, and I am representing them, and I think In these times of so much sadness, I am that little ray of light that perhaps they lack in so much calamity and so many ugly situations that we are going through there. I have my family there obviously and that comes to me a lot, but winning the crown or not I don’t think it defines my dream, my dream will define everything that I strive for and everything that I continue to grow as a person , as a profession l, to reach a very important place in this medium.
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