Latin countries take the Miss Universe pageant extremely serious. Their candidates are chosen way before the Miss Universe pageant and get months of intense training. As a result, they tend to be a bit more prepared than other candidates. As for the color of their skin, I’ve seen Latin women who have lighter skin than Scandinavians, so I don’t think it’s their “tanned skins” what makes them win. There’s a bit of everything in the Latin culture. I seriously respect the Latin culture for being racially and culturally open as we all should be.