Natalie Glebova competes in Amazing Race Asia

Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005 from Canada is joining the famous reality show Amazing Race Asia Season 3 which will premiere in September 11 on AXN. She will be representing Thailand where she won the Miss Universe title and worked after her reign. The 26 year-old Russian Canadian beauty was originally from Tuapse, Russia.

Natalie will be teamed-up by another beauty queen and her close friend Pailin Rungratanasunthorn which is a native of Thailand and was the first runner up in 2006 Miss Thailand Universe beauty contest and represented her country in Miss Earth beauty pageant in 2006.

The two beauty queen have met in the 2006 Miss Thailand Universe beauty pageant and become fast friends after that. Pailin was also one of Natalie's bridesmaids when she married Thailand's highest ranked tennis player, Paradorn Srichaphan, in November 2007.

Pailin describing herself on participating in Amazing Race Asia Season 3, "I am really competitive and I want to do something where I can put my energy in it." Natalie agrees, "We're both very competitive and cannot stand to lose. We love to travel, love to do adrenaline like things, love to experience new cultures and learn."

These beauties have started preparing for the trek around the world based on what the previous Amazing Race Asia seasons were like. Surprisingly, their strategy for winning is to be the underdog and "fly under the radar". "Let's hope that no one will take us too seriously so we won't be recognized as a threat until it's too late!"