Who is Sara Varas, the promise of Ecuadorian modeling, chosen by Ecuavisa?

This Wednesday, 29.3. Sarah bars became the first winner of the segment In contact, Supermodel 2023the project he leads Virginia lemons for the channel ecuavisa whose aim was to find the best modeling talent through a public call at the national level. “I’m looking for a woman with attitude, beauty is subjective”, she said, adding that those participants who take risks by doing things even if they don’t know already have theirs.

so he did Sarahrepresentative of the south of Guayaquil, who won the title after three months in the competition Supermodel 2023 and the following prizes: $1,000 in cash, professional photo shoot, complete photo posing course for models, smile design, contract with a modeling agency from Denise Klein and a year of hairdressing with José vargas.

“My electrocuted body, full of emotions on the surface,” is how the participant describes her victory. This 21-year-old did not always dream of modeling for international and fashion catwalks. “As a child I wanted to be a flight attendant, but at the age of 8 I had an accident that completely changed my life. From an open girl, I became self-conscious, full of insecurity,” she admits.

So her mother tried to introduce her to different activities in order to restore her self-confidence and self-esteem. “I’m researching this new thing there Sarah but I hid for fear of what people would say, for fear of being criticized because of the scar, and that eventually made me stronger,” she shares.

Sara Varas is the new supermodel of 2023 in a segment promoted by Virginia Limongi and ‘In Contact’

Her father, brothers and two close friends accompanied her to the grand finale: “Seeing you there, the people who worked with me on this dream, who got up early and helped me with transportation, was a great pleasure.” His mother didn’t come because of nerves: “I didn’t even make lunch, but when I got home, she hugged me… it was a great moment.”

The path to the top was not easy: “I evolved in a surprising way. I have grown as a woman, I have matured a lot. In these three months, I learned that you don’t always have to be liked by others. I learned to love myself first and then to accept other people’s criticism and I can say that today Sara Varas She is a stronger, more resilient woman.”

It was a moment during reality where she almost gave up: “I had a very strong loss in my family. My cousin passed away, so during that time I wanted to throw in the towel. Losing my cousin hurt me a lot because we were almost sisters… I wanted to give it up reality but my mother, my main pillar, told me ‘daughter, you have to continue, your cousin wants you to continue with this dream’ and I stuck to those words”.

Sarah I did not expect to win, or at least I knew that the competition was close: “We all had the same opportunities. I clapped and hugged my colleagues because they really showed off, they looked beautiful. I always said ‘if I see another woman who achieves something that I wanted to achieve, I will applaud her and hug her from the bottom of my heart’ because as women we have to support each other, we don’t have to stumble.

WITH isis the moon and Thai Closed, with whom she reached the finals, created a sincere friendship: “When I signed up for the competition, she said ‘I’m going with 10 more friends, 10 more sisters who will be by my side when I need them'”. Describes the last days in the reality as a very tolerable and flexible dynamic, where they became friends with other models outside of competition.

With this achievement, Sarah He hopes that doors will open for him in other countries as well: “I will always be proud to represent my country internationally, and even more so in something that I love, that I am passionate about and that does not feel like work”.

She considers herself very nationalistic, in the sense that she would like her modeling to take off on a national level. “I am studying National Tourist Guide at ITB, at some point I would like to combine my two careers to continue to strengthen not only the designers of my country, but also the touristic and exotic places of Ecuador.” (AND)