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Date Posted: 09:59:04 09/14/05 Wed
Natalie gets kiss to the city
By JACK BOLAND, TORONTO SUN
Miss Universe Natalie Glebova and Mayor David Miller share a warm moment last night at the Holiday Inn on King St. (Veronica Henri, SUN)
It was a universal blunder when Toronto's own Miss Universe was given the bum's rush from Nathan Phillips Square in July.
But Mayor David Miller kissed and made up for it and more last night when he bussed the statuesque Miss Universe, Natalie Glebova, 23, a former Ryerson University student.
The mayor and Glebova shared a few intimate moments last night, exchanging gifts at a private booth at the Canadian Bar and Grill at the Holiday Inn on King St. W. before she was whisked off to the red carpet gala for the premiere of Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies at Roy Thomson Hall.
"I thought he was such a wonderful man, very understanding, very approachable and very friendly," said Glebova, dazzling in a deep purple empire-style dress created by New York designer Genes and silver strappy heels by Steve Madden.
SWAPPING GIFTS
"We exchanged some bracelets. I gave him one from my AIDS foundation and he gave me one from Princess Margaret hospital," said the Russian-born beauty, who now calls Toronto home.
Miller was making right a faux pas from mid-July when Glebova tried to take part in the Tastes of Thailand festival at Nathan Phillips Square.
She was asked to leave the premises because of a 1990 bylaw that banned tiaras and titles from the festivities.
TRADING JOKES
The two exchanged parting jokes, with Glebova telling Miller she was thinking of making him a rhinestone encrusted sash with the word "Mayor" on it to replace his mayoral chains.
"Mine isn't as elegant as yours," Miller said.
After the meeting, Miller said Glebova was "very smart, charming, intelligent."
"She works very hard on something, that I strongly believe in, which is to prevent the spread of AIDS," Miller said. "I gave her a red bracelet from Princess Margaret hospital. My mother died of cancer and was treated there. So Miss Universe gave me her cause's bracelet which is much nicer," Miller said. "But mine is close to my heart."
Glebova will be in town until Sunday before travelling back to New York City and then jetting off to Thailand and Malaysia.
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