THE FINAL RESULTS OF MISS UNIVERSE 2010 - MISS MEXICO IS THE MISS UNIVERSE 2010

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THE FINAL RESULTS OF MISS UNIVERSE 2010

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete Rosette is crowned as Miss Universe 2010 at the Mandaly Bay, Las Vegas, USA tonight. The 1st runner-up is Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps and the 2nd runner-up is Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell. The fourth and fifth places are Miss Ukraine, Anna Poslavskaya and M and Miss Philippines, Maria Venus Bayonito Raj respectively.

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MISS UNIVERSE 2010: Mexico - Jimena Navarrete Rosette

1ST RUNNER-UP: Jamaica - Yendi Phillipps

2ND RUNNER-UP: Australia - Jesinta Campbell

4TH PLACE: Ukraine - Anna Poslavskaya

5TH PLACE: Philippines - Maria Venus Bayonito Raj

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MISS CONGENIALITY AWARD: Australia - Jesinta Campbell

THE TOP 5

Mexico - Jimena Navarrete Rosette ( 8.913)

Jamaica - Yendi Phillipps (8.884)

Australia - Jesinta Campbell (8.841)

Ukraine - Anna Poslavskaya (8.743)

Philippines - Maria Venus Bayonito Raj (8.714)

Albania 8.693 Eliminated
Ireland 8.548 Eliminated
South Africa 8.420 Eliminated
Guatemala 8.286 Eliminated
Puerto Rico 7.971 Eliminated

THE TOP 10

Ireland - Rozanna Purcell

Albania - Angela Martini

Philippines - Maria Venus Bayonito Raj

Jamaica - Yendi Phillipps

Mexico - Jimena Navarrete Rosette

Ukraine - Anna Poslavskaya

Puerto Rico - Mariana Paola Vicente Morales

South Africa - Nicole Flint

Guatemala - Jessica Scheel

Australia - Jesinta Campbell

WHO WILL BE THE MISS UNIVERSE 2010?

by Henrique Fontes

Miss Universe 2010 will be crowned this Monday night, who do you thing she will be? Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete, is one of the favorites. 83 women compete for the coveted crown, which will be telecast live in the USA by NBC.

Whoever chooses Miss Universe (the judges, Donald Trump, the Universe itself) will certainly have a hard time this time. In a strong group with several standouts, there’s no consensus on who will walk away with the crown.

The second oldest and most traditional pageant on the globe, does not show the same glamour and enchantment of decades ago (girls selling lemonade wearing bikinis and high hills on the sidewalks of Las Vegas cannot be defined as “high class”, or “glamorous”…), but still, it remains the most exciting beauty dispute on the imaginary of thousands of pageant fans, especially in Latin American countries and in the Philippines.

It’s funny to visit the different “message boards” and see how the fans from different countries truly believe the candidates from their respective countries are the best, no questioning allowed! Nationalist feelings (or blindness) are common place in any kind of international competition, it’s true, but perhaps it becomes even more widespread when it comes to beauty pageants, after all, can an international competition be more of “anyone’s game” than a beauty contest??

Beauty can be found virtually everywhere!! Yes, there are countries with famous “beauty schools”, such as Venezuela (#1, no question asked), Colombia or Puerto Rico, but an island nation with a small population, like for instance Grenada, can send a marvellous candidate to Miss World or Miss Universe and walk away with the title (it actually happened in 1970, Miss Grenada was crowned Miss World that year!).

Trinidad & Tobago has two Misses Universes, Iceland won the Miss World title three times, Botswana beat the odds and was crowned Miss Universe 1999, and the current Miss World hails from tiny Gibraltar!!

With all that said, the obvious conclusion is that even though Miss Universe tends to favor its target market (Latin America), theoretically anything can happen on Monday night, and here is my take on what might happen, starting with the African candidates:

AFRICA

Two standouts come from Africa: South Africa and Ghana. Both have stunning faces and are included in most pageant observers’ lists of favorites. I see South Africa with an extra edge in the region, perhaps finishing in the top 10.

OCEANIA

Anything can happen with both Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand has its most competitive delegate in Miss Universe in ages, and Australia, although not a huge favorite, like last year’s Rachel Finn, did her homework in the Presentation Show and could take a spot in the top 15. If both make the cut, it will be well deserved. If they don’t, most people won’t even notice. You see what I mean?

ASIA

After an 11-year-long drought, the Philippines finally came up with a competitive candidate who can take it all. A shoo-in for the semi-finals, Miss Philippines has the most appropriated name for a Miss Universe: Venus! She’s been doing everything with perfection, and can conquer the so dreamed 3rd Miss Universe crown for her country (why not?).

Three other countries are competing strongly in Asia: Korea, who was a Miss World semi-finalist in 2009 and is looking even better now, Japan, another strong candidate from Ines Ligron’s school with a “Ryio’s vibe”, and surprising Thailand, who did so well in the Presentation Show and is suddenly in the game. Four Asian beauties among the semi-finalists? Why not? They all deserve to be up there.

In time: do not underestimate India – a true natural Indian beauty who certainly rocked in her personal interview with the judges.

EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

A country with little pageant tradition, especially in Miss Universe, Ireland has a front-runner this time around. The Angelina Jolie look-alike Irish stunner tops many lists of favorites and would certainly be a breath for fresh air for the Miss Universe pageant, in case she’s elected. Then there’s the pre-favorite rep from Russia, who possibly has the most perfect face in the competition, but doesn’t show much life on stage. France is incredibly beautiful, but was incredibly shy on stage as well (the problem most Europen beauties face, as a matter of fact…). Miss Ukraine did quite well in the preliminaries and shall be in the top 15.

Albania, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Kosovo (will the streak continue?), Czech and Slovak Republic (the Slovak beauty is a bombshell, but had the worst styling in the preliminaries), Denmark (a sentimental favorite), Greece (why such a horrible evening gown??), Switzerland, could get one or two spots, but won’t go further than the ‘top 10′.

For some reason I see potential in Israel, an unconventional beauty that I would love to see in the top 5 (yes, the top 5!). Who knows…

CARIBBEAN

The Caribbean has once again reserved some great surprises for the Universe: Trinidad & Tobago is one of the strongest contestants in this year’s pageant, and Jamaica, who’s actually no surprise (she did very well when competing in Miss World 2007), could also be fighting for the crown.

Haiti is believed to do well also, for many reasons.

The Bahamas, if competing at home last year, would’ve been a semi-finalist for sure! In Vegas it will be a difficult mission, but not an impossible one. Then there’s Puerto Rico, who forgot to fix her hair before the preliminaries (what was that??) last Thursday and did not look her best. The ‘sash-factor’ could still help her.

Miss Dominican Republic has a great catwalk and attitude, BUT, plastic surgeries scream on her, who looks older than she actually is.

THE AMERICAS

Lots of possibilities coming from “Miss Universe’s Universe” (if you know what I mean…).

Miss Mexico is my number one choice for the crown. Jimena’s face gets close to perfection, and so does her performance on stage. I loved this girl since the moment I saw her competing in Mexico, and have no doubt that she deserves to be the one picked on Monday night (and Lupita Jones, who has been doing an amazing job in her country, deserves it. It’s time for Mexico’s 2nd Miss Universe… – and remember, Lupita was also crowned in Vegas, long 19 years ago).

Then there’s Peru, overlooked by most until last Thursday. Alexander Gonzales has done it again, and this Peruvian stunner was prepared to fight for the crown. She is ready to reach the top 5, and then, only God knows what might happen.

Venezuela is once again being underrated but wishful non-Venezuelan pageant fans. Such fools! Osmel Souza knows what to do when preparing his girls, and Miss Venezuela shall go far in the competition again. Is Venezuela up for a third consecutive crown? For many, it would be “too much”, but anything is possible on Trumpland!

I love Miss USA. The spontaneous way she reacted when she won her national title showed that she is far from being the usual (and boring) “all-rehearsed-Miss USA-Barbie doll-type”. This girl is real, she rocks on stage (for a change!), and has a body to die for. Miss USA will do well on her own merits.

Miss Brazil really wants to win, and lots of Brazilian supporters flew to Vegas also believing in her dream. I’ve come across Debora a couple of months ago in a shopping mall in Porto Alegre, and can say she looks way better in person than she does on pictures or videos. Apart from all controversies surrounding her election in Minas Gerais and Brazil, Debora is a woman with personality who will fight for her ultimate goal until her very last whisper.

Colombia, a country which has been after a second Miss Universe victory for 52 years, has once again a real shot at winning. She’s done everything with perfection so far and will probably be in the top 5. Deservingly so.

After 2.5 decades, Uruguay could make the cut and have a semi-finalist again. Its representative did really well and got great reviews after the preliminaries. Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Ecuador could also pull a surprise. Canada is very tall and and has the experience, who knows…

Well, these are random thoughts from a random pageant fan. I wish all delegates the best of luck, and hope we will be able to enjoy a great show with fair results. That’s what really matters in the end. May the best girl win, regardless from where she’s from!

PRESENTATION SHOW SWIMSUITS

Date: 20 August 2010

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MISS UNIVERSE 2010 IN PRESENTATION SHOW LIVE

Watch the preliminary Miss Universe 2010 competition (Presentation Show) tonight, live from Las Vegas, at 7 PM, local time. CLICK HERE

Then, try to guess who the top 15 will be!

Enjoy the show!!

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Special thanks to the source of video:http://www.ustream.tv/missuniverse

MISS PHILIPPINES WINS CHICKEN WINGS EATING CONTEST
By admin, on August 16th, 2010

Venus Raj, Miss Philippines 2010, celebrates winning a chicken wing eating contest at Diablos Cantina in Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, August 15, 2010.

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MISS RUSSIA WAS VOTED AS GB'S FACE OF UNIVERSE 2010

Members of the exclusive pageant club “Pageant Café” voted and elected Irina Antoneko, 18, GB’s Face of the Universe 2010. It was a tough dispute with runner-ups from Mexico (2nd place), and Ireland (3rd place). It wasn’t decided until the very last ballot came in! In 4th place was Miss France, while Miss Czech Republic was 5th.

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Mexico (2nd place), and Ireland (3rd place). It wasn’t decided until the very last ballot came in!
In 4th place was Miss France, while Miss Czech Republic was 5th.