Carnival Cruise Line President Presents Major Award

For the third consecutive 12 months, Carnival Cruise Line has bestowed its “Spirit of Carnival” award on a contestant within the Miss Universe competitors. This 12 months the dignity went to Viktoriia Apanasenko, Miss Universe Ukraine.

Ukraine Delegate Matches Carnival’s Values

Carnival Cruise Line added to the joy on the 71st annual Miss Universe Beauty Pageant on January 14 when the road’s “Spirit of Carnival” award was offered to Miss Universe Ukraine Viktoriia Apanasenko. The award is given to those that embody the corporate’s values of enjoyable, friendship, range and inclusion, says Carnival.

Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy mentioned, “Viktoriia Apanasenko has made it her mission to remind us that the war is ongoing and people across Ukraine are working to support their military, as well as their neighbors affected by the war – especially those displaced from their homes.”

Duffy added: “I’m impressed by Viktoriia’s strength and her kind and giving character which truly embodies the ‘Spirit of Carnival.’ And through this recognition, we are also letting the people of Ukraine and especially our Ukrainian crew members know that we continue to support and admire their spirit as well.”

Miss Ukraine is a Peace Ambassador of the UN Global Compact Ukraine. She has labored to offer meals and medical care to Ukrainian households for the reason that struggle in her homeland started practically a 12 months in the past. She holds a grasp’s diploma in social work and is concerned in stopping home violence.

Previous Contestants Won the Cruise Line Award

Carnival Cruise Line in 2021 and 2022 offered “Spirit of Carnival” awards to Miss Universe contestants. Last 12 months the award was given to Miss Universe Bahamas Chantel O’Brian, and in 2021 it went to Miss Universe Dominican Republic Kimberly Jiménez, who additionally served as godmother of Mardi Gras, Carnival’s first Excel-class ship that entered service in 2021.

Mardi Gras was christened by Jiménez in October 2021 at its homeport in Port Canaveral, Florida. The ship’s inaugural crusing following the naming ceremony referred to as at Amber Cove within the Dominican Republic, the godmother’s dwelling nation.

Mardi Gras accommodates 5,200 company and operates seven-day cruises to the Eastern and Western Caribbean. She is called for Carnival Cruise Line’s first ship, Mardi Gras, which launched in 1972. The new Mardi Gras has six themed zones and boasts the first curler coaster at sea.

The 2023 Miss Universe pageant was held in New Orleans and broadcast internationally. It was the second time in current weeks that Duffy had appeared at an iconic occasion earlier than a world viewers on behalf of Carnival Cruise Line.

She, together with Carnival’s newly named Chief Culinary Officer Emeril Lagasse, have been amongst a small group that flipped the change at midnight throughout New York’s New Year’s Eve Ball in Times Square. She and Lagasse used the high-profile alternative to ask viewers to “Choose Fun Together,” which is the theme of Carnival’s 2023 promoting marketing campaign.