Marvin Buncayo

I’ve experienced eight hours working wearing my heels. It’s not easy at all because I’m wearing seven-inch heels. In the morning, [we do] some exercises, you know? When I start a lesson, I start it with exercises, not only walking and walking. Sometimes I started from six in the morning – early morning – because there are girls, obviously they want to be [in] the first lot because obviously if they have something to do in the afternoon. But they always work with one hour only for one-on-one training. And then after, actually not thirty-minutes break because before I finished the first girls, I already have my next girls waiting, you know?
Even though they are competing [at] the same competition, [I don’t show] them what poses the first girl is doing. I always tell them to keep it secret, because that’s their specialty, you know? On the final night, I want them to be surprised [at] what they’re doing, because as I told you I never give the same poses to a girl. I always give them different poses to become their signature poses, we call that. Because obviously if they were all the same, how will this girl stand out?
The competition abroad is totally different [to] the competition in the nationals in Malta because obviously abroad you’re competing [with] 80 girls [from] 80 countries. And all of them are wow! You know? It’s a game. You have to know how to play the game as well. That’s why, when I’m doing the training in Malta, [I already explain] to them how to compete abroad. Let’s say [there are] 25 girls. You never know who will win. So you have to open their mind [about] what the competition abroad [is like]. I think that’s my advantage because [I open] their minds, their selves to become like… So they’re not going to expect, alright abroad is relaxed, I just have to do this, but it’s not. Our preparation in Malta is just like [an] appetizer. It is, yes! It’s a huge, huge competition. Imagine you will face Venezuela, Columbia, you know those countries that are always names [at] beauty pageants.
But anyway, I love doing it even though sometimes I feel very tired. Obviously, at the end of the day [you’re going to be] tired wearing the heels, you know, talking non-stop, walking non-stop, because as a coach, I’m not just sitting and watching them walk, I also walk with them.