Miss International USA 2020 Maritsa Platis Beams with Hellenic Pride on TNH Facebook Interview
(WorldNews Greece)

When TNH co-Editor and Publisher Eraklis Diamataris introduced Maritsa Platis during the latest TNH Discussions on Facebook Live via Zoom, he summed up what the newly crowned Miss International USA 2020 represented for Greek-Americans: youth, community, culture, and initiative. His first question was the one that comes to many people’s minds: “what made you want to get involved in pageantry to begin with?” and Platis answered that she always liked getting involved in worthwhile activities, but that “pageantry can bring the best abilities out of you.” Platis began competing at 13. “I was shy, I wasn’t sure of it, but once I got on stage I felt like I...