2007 | MISS UNIVERSE | RIYO MORI

So beautiful

Bà này đc cái dễ thương chứ xét về sắc thì xứng đáng là HHHV xấu nhất

cá tính xứng đáng là Hoa hậu đội Mikimoto đẹp nhất

lucifer_1_9_9_2 đã viết:Bà này đc cái dễ thương chứ xét về sắc thì xứng đáng là HHHV xấu nhất

j mà xấu nhất con khắm? thế bà MU 69 với 73 với 98 xếp thứ mấy =]]

Ryo của tui

QUINTE BALLET SCHOOL: Former student, Miss Universe returns to ballet school
Dancing across the universe





Riyo Mori, left, who held the Miss Universe title in 2007, stop by the Quinte Ballet School of Canada in Belleville, Ont. Monday, April 7, 2014 to teach a workshop for the current professional students. - Megan Mattice, For The Intelligencer

Eventually, everyone ends up back at their old pirouetting grounds.

Riyo Mori, who held the Miss Universe title in 2007, stopped by the Quinte Ballet School of Canada Monday to teach a workshop for the current professional students.

Mori attended QBSC from 2004 to 2006 and, as one of four international students at the time, split her focus into three parts: academic school, ballet school and a dance teacher course.

“Being an international student, you need to fully understand your purpose [at the school],” said Mori. “Coming from that far away, you have to work for your goals. You have to work hard.”

The workshop, both ballet and jazz focused, was meant to help students hone their skills and give them a taste of what Mori has been up to for the past eight years.

“I want to show the students that everything they are doing right now matters,” said Mori. “I want them to know that their work will pay off.”

After her time at the school, Mori successfully completed the 2007 Rockettes Summer Intensive program in New York, and was on her way to becoming a Rockette, when an opportunity she couldn't pass down came knocking.

“I really wanted to be a Rockette,” said Mori. “But, after much consideration, I decided New York will always be there.”

Representing her home country of Japan, Mori competed in her first beauty pageant and took the title of Miss Universe 2007.

To say Mori was shocked, is an understatement.

“It really proved to me that you can do anything,” said Mori. “As long as you're willing to work for it.”

Determination is only one piece of the pie that makes up the core of who Mori is. She often compares herself to a Samurai soul.

“In Japan, it is admirable when a women is patient and humble,” said Mori. “My culture translates into everything I do.”

And, when you combine everything that keeps Mori busy nowadays, it's a lot.

Currently a model and brand advisor for Lexus, Mori is also the artistic director at a dance school owned by herself and her mother in Shizuoka, Japan.

I.R.M. Academy was founded in 2008, when Mori moved back to Japan, and is under the direction of her mother, Ikuko Mori.

“She was my first dance teacher,” said Mori. “She had me dancing jazz at age four.”

When she isn't busy being 'boss-lady' or traveling the globe working on multiple projects, Mori said you can find her driving around in her car, provided by Lexus, listening to tunes on the radio.

“People tend to take the simple things for granted,” said Mori. “You have to stay true and take some time for yourself.”

Future ventures for the QBSC and Centennial Secondary School graduate include a potential dance theatre expansion.

“When you're passionate in what you do, like my students, you need a place to call home,” said Mori. “I want to create that sanctuary for them.”