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Miss Mexico: Jimena Navarette
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Miss Universe 2010 was held yesterday in Las Vegas and a 22 year old Mexican Woman bring home the crown. Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara replaced Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela
Runners Up:
4th Runner Up: Miss Philippines- Venus Rajh
3rd Runner : Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell
2nd Runner Up : Miss Ukraine, Anna Poslavska
1st runner Up : Miss Jamaica -Yendi Phillipps
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Miss Universe 2010 Winners
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SOURCE : The Philippine Star
Miss Mexico wins Universe crown; RP's Venus is 4th runner-up
LAS VEGAS - A 22-year-old Mexican woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night while a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of her country. Donning a flowing red gown, Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara told the audience it's important to teach kids family values. She was the first to answer an interview question and the last of 83 contestants standing in the headline-grabbing pageant on the Las Vegas strip. The earthquake struck 290 kilometers from the town of Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco, according to the US Geological Survey. In its preliminary report, the monitoring service said the quake had a strength of 6.4, but it revised the figure downwards later. It struck at 9:11 p.m. Jalisco time (0211 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said in its revised report. No tsunami warning was issued, and Aaron Gutierrez of Mexico's National Seismological Service said the quake was not likely to cause any damage. In Legazpi City, family members, relatives, close friends, and fellow Bicolanos said Ma. Venus Raj could have bagged the Miss Universe crown had she decided to tell the judges that the stripping by the Binibining Pilipinas Charities International (BPCI) of her crown was the worst she had experienced in life. Raj's eldest sister Lilibeth said her youngest sibling opted to down play the issue so as not to put the BPCI in a bad light. "Venus is always willing to sacrifice her personal interest if to do otherwise will hurt others," she told The STAR in Filipino. "Venus really promised not to mention that dethronement issue again. "She told us many times that she wanted to bury the experience to oblivion." Lilibeth said Venus could have given a better answer if another question was asked by the judge. "We are really very jubilant that Venus made it to the final five," she said. "Imagine, she bested her 78 rival candidates." Jessa Jarilla, fourth year journalism student of Bicol University College of Arts and Letters, where Raj graduated cum laude, said her "Ate Venus" has brought so much pride to the BU when she was named fourth runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant. "We supported her from the very start in her quest for the Miss Universe crown," she said. "We are so proud when she was included in the final five. For us that is too much achievement already that a Bicolano can give to her country." Some Bicolanos said the pageant judge had given Venus the wrong 'ugly' question. "Had the judge given Venus any question but that one, she could have won the Miss Universe crown," according to supporters of Venus. The Associated Press reported that the Miss Universe pageant was without any major gaffes, except for Venus's answer when asked what her biggest mistake in life was and how she fixed it. "In my 22 years of existence, I can say there is nothing major," the AP quoted Venus as saying. Navarrete's one-strap dress flowed behind her like a sheet as she walked during the evening gown competition. Earlier, she smiled in a violet bikini as she confidently strutted across the stage. Asked by Olympic gold-medal figure skater Evan Lysacek how she felt about unsupervised Internet use, Navarrete said the Internet is important but parents need to be careful and watch over their kids. "I do believe that Internet is an indispensable, necessary tool for the present time," she said through an interpreter. "We must be sure to teach them the values that we learned as a family." First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell.
Mexico's 2nd Miss U
Navarrete, who's been modeling since she was 15, is Mexico's second Miss Universe. Lupita Jones of Mexico won the title in 1991. Navarrete replaces Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela. Navarrete's win thwarted Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson from giving the South American country a third consecutive victory. Neither Gibson nor Miss USA Rima Fakih made the top 15 finalists. Navarrete was immediately congratulated on Twitter by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife, Margarita Zavala. "Congratulations to Jimena Navarrete for her deserved victory as Miss Universe," Calderon said. "This will serve Mexico, (and) our image as a country." With fans in some 190 countries watching on television and keeping tabs on social networks, Navarrete and her competitors introduced themselves while wearing over-the-top national costumes. They then danced in silver and black dresses for the show's opening number before the top 15 finalists were announced. The final 15 walked in swimsuits while Cirque du Soleil musicians played Elvis Presley songs including "Viva Las Vegas." The last 10 impressed in their gowns while John Legend and the roots played a soulful medley including "Save Room." By the end of the show, seven of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter had to do with the pageant, its contestants, its judges or owner Donald Trump. The mogul co-owns the pageant with TV network NBC. Before the pageant, Raj was rated among the top contestants in an online poll on the pageant's website. Navarrete won a package of prizes including an undisclosed salary, a luxury New York apartment with living expenses, a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy with housing after her reign, plus jewelry, clothes and shoes fit for a beauty champion. Campbell won the Miss Congeniality Universe award. Miss Thailand Fonthip Watcharatrakul won Miss Photogenic Universe and a second award for having the best national costume. Fakih, a 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant from Dearborn, Michigan, spurred celebrations among Arab-Americans when she won Miss USA. Pageant records aren't detailed enough to show whether Fakih is the first Arab-American, Muslim or immigrant to win Miss USA. Miss USA has not been named Miss Universe since Brook Lee won the title in 1997. -AP, Cet Dematera
