First the clothes designed by Liliana were shown. Albina had known what she would do when she saw her take the silk to embroider the dragon and phoenix pattern.
To the sound of music, the model appeared.
Made of black silk, the dress was well cut. It was not flashy but luxurious. The gold embroidery was shining, where the dragon and phoenix was very delicate. And the style was more distinguished than the general.
Looking at the model, Albina frowned without saying anything.
Next, it was Linda’s design.
She knew her sister would tailor this style, Linda didn’t do the same, though it was her specialty.
It was a long neckline gown and it was fitted, which completely emphasized the model’s figure. With porcelain patterns, it had a very Chinese style.
Excited, Liliana and Linda looked at each other. They thought the winner should be one of them, so they paid no attention to Albina’s design.
But Yolanda cared a lot. Staring at the stage, she wanted to see what else Albina could do with her destroyed clothes.
Ancient music played.
As the model came, little by little the full appearance of the clothes was shown through the lights. And everyone was silent.
It was a long skirt with a Chinese neckline. From top to bottom, the color was changing from white to blue. With the lights, the skirt looked like a shining lake under the sun when the model moved.
At first, the top of the skirt was all white, where Albina painted mountains and waterfall after dyeing. In addition, there was a boat with the fisherman in the space of the skirt. When the model passed by, the cloak floated as if it was a breeze.
It was really impressive.
Claire stared at it and exclaimed.
Biting their lips, Liliana and Linda became annoyed. They were shocked that Albina would reform that outfit like that in such a short time.
It looked like they would lose.
Yolanda felt a lot of resentment.
-How is it possible? I’ve done so much, why can she still change the unfavorable situation? It can’t be!
Suddenly, something occurred to her.
At Raul Aguila’s birthday banquet, Albina seemed to have said that Rafael Atenas had taught her to paint.
Yolanda was stunned. She should not use ink to destroy Albina’s clothes.
The ink didn’t ruin it, but improved it. Shit!
Without a doubt, Albina finally won first place.
-If you had used something like the designs in the previous turns, you could win. However, to take advantage, you chose dragon, phoenix and porcelain to emphasize the Chinese style.
Claire gave Liliana and Linda a pitiful look.
-It is true that these elements have a lot to do with China, which was also the stereotype of China for foreigners.
What Claire wanted was not these common elements but authentic Chinese style.
Liliana and Linda lowered their heads in embarrassment. They believed that since Claire was a foreigner, she would like these popular Chinese elements. So, they adopted dragon, phoenix and porcelain to win her preference.
And they were wrong.
-Congratulations, Miss Albina. I have seen your works in all three contests. They are shows and they inspire me,” Claire looked at Albina and hugged her enthusiastically.
Albina was stunned by Claire’s movement.
After the awards ceremony, there was unexpectedly a commotion next to the stage.
An employee was brought on stage.
Albina found that he was the one who threw ink on her work.
Seeing him, Claire frowned. And the security guards rushed to eject him.
-I have to say something,” this employee shouted.
Claire motioned for him to be released.
The employee went to the center of the stage and grabbed the microphone.
Worried, Yolanda had risen from her chair and looked at the stage horribly.
“What do you want to do, what did you come on stage for, what the hell do you want?”
The employee was trembling because he had not seen such a scene,
-It wasn’t an accident, I did it with intent. Someone had told me to do it.
Hearing this, everyone began to argue.
Yolanda sat down in disappointment.
“Gee!”
-Who ordered you? -Claire asked her with a piercing look.
Claire had been very angry about the plagiarism in the second contest. And now she was angrier because the accident in the finals was not carelessness but intrigue. She hated people who set up intrigues.
-The one from the Carballal Group, Yolanda,” the employee said.
Yolanda became paler.
All the lights gathered on her. Each brand manager had her own seat and Yolanda’s was at the front. When the lights fell on her, almost everyone looked at her.
Very uneasy, Yolanda rushed to cover her face with her hands. But it was too late and her face was visible on the big screen.
Albina despised her. Yolanda herself had never thought that her subordinate would reveal her conspiracy in public.
Liliana and Linda also felt very bad. Being representatives of the Carballal Group, Yolanda would also affect them. And now they would no longer have a good reputation because of her.
They needed to distance themselves from her. Therefore, they were surprised.
Claire just turned around and asked them:
-Does this have anything to do with you?
-No. We are not official employees of the Carballal Group. In the final, we were focused on the competition without having time for other things. Yolanda does it on her own behalf,” they both shook their heads.
Claire examined them suspiciously and finally stopped looking at them.
Liliana and Linda were relieved. When they raised their heads, they saw Albina’s wry look at them and lowered their heads again without daring to say anything.
Yolanda not only lost to a novice, but also destroyed her accumulated good reputation. Sitting in the chair, she no longer knew what to do.
Comments were heard from the audience satirizing her.
-Why is Yolanda doing this disgusting thing?
-She must be crazy for wanting to win. She has destroyed someone else’s work, how cruel she is!
-Maybe she already knows that her designers can’t win, that’s why she set this trap.
-What a disgusting person! I will never buy Yoli’s clothes.
-I won’t buy them either. The clothes I’m wearing today are Yoli’s clothes. If there weren’t so many people here, I would have taken them off by now. How disgusting!
-Many of my friends always buy Yoli’s clothes too. I’ll tell them what happened today when I get home.
The comments made Yolanda feel more puzzled. These were only comments from the people around her, there were also many people present and outside the contest who were informed of what Yolanda had done. If they all boycotted Yoli, the consequence would be unimaginable.