tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64720123822720150612024-03-14T02:17:13.488+08:00Tiara GirlsIt's all about beautyKumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-52662829750448563852009-08-04T21:27:00.002+08:002009-08-04T21:34:17.739+08:00Miss Peru World 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zzEMB9Xl8JE/Smxsq8SR0PI/AAAAAAAABVc/3R7BhkOhHJ4/s1600/Claudia_Carrasco_010.jpg" alt="[Claudia_Carrasco_010.jpg]" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Claudia María Carrasco Sarrio, Miss Cuzco 21 year-old, was crowned Miss World Peru 2009 during the beauty pageant held at the Circuito de Aguas Park in Lima.<br /><br />Claudia Carrasco was crowned by Miss World 2004, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia. She will represent Peru at the Miss World 2009 beauty contest at Johannesburg, South Africa next December.<br /><br />While crownd favorite Miss Pasco, Tatiana Simon was judged the 1st runner-up, and received the title Miss Tourism Queen Peru 2009. She will represent the country at Miss Tourism Queen 2009 in China next month.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Miss World Peru 2009 Completed Results</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /><br />* Miss World Peru 2009: Miss Cuzco, Claudia María Carrasco Sarrio<br />* The 1st Runner-up: Miss Pasco, Tatiana Simon (Miss Tourism Queen Peru 2009)<br />* The 2nd runner-up: Miss Lima, Jimena Rumini<br />* The 3rd runner-up: Miss Arequipa, Pieriangel Daniela Dodero<br />* The 4th runner-up: Miss La Libertad, Maria Lourdes Mantilla<br />* The 5th runner-up: Miss Tumbes, Diana Carolina Limo</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zzEMB9Xl8JE/Smxsg_FyO2I/AAAAAAAABVU/uS6j-0vALEE/s1600/Claudia_Carrasco_011.jpg" alt="[Claudia_Carrasco_011.jpg]" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3zCpa6WV2z4/SmwENab8AJI/AAAAAAAAIl4/BX75PYkv1_Q/s400/peru1.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH6Y6ZMIKiY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH6Y6ZMIKiY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-5481939516625243212009-08-04T07:20:00.002+08:002009-08-04T07:28:55.239+08:00Miss Singapore World 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://community.mocca.com/sites/all/files/userdata/126870/photos/20090802-014252-_DSC1423.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://community.mocca.com/sites/all/files/userdata/126870/photos/20090802-014253-_DSC1418.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">T WAS first-time lucky for Miss Singapore World 2009 winner Ris Low.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">‘I’m excited because I’ve never been to any of these countries and I’ll get to meet other contestants too,’</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">MISS RIS LOW, winner of Miss Singapore World 2009, who will be heading to London, Dubai and South Africa to take part in the global finals.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">‘It was my first time taking part in the finals of a beauty pageant so I didn’t think I would win,’ said the 19-year-old student.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Her victory last Friday was made sweeter because she had been nursing a cold in the week of the contest, with a fever peaking at below 39 deg C.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">‘I tried not to let it affect my performance,’ said the 1.72m-tall Miss Low.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">‘After it ended, I headed home to celebrate with my family over a short dinner,’ said the student at the Management Development Institute of Singapore, where she is taking hospitality, travel and tourism courses.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She will be heading to London, Dubai and South Africa in November to take part in the global finals.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">‘I’m excited because I’ve never been to any of these countries and I’ll get to meet other contestants too,’ she said.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As the month-long commitment is in the middle of her assessment period, she has arranged to take her exams before leaving.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As part of her preparations, she will be attending grooming classes. ‘I’ll also try to improve my speech and my walk,’ she added.</span></span></span></p><p></p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://community.mocca.com/sites/all/files/userdata/126870/photos/20090802-020104-_DSC9435.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://community.mocca.com/sites/all/files/userdata/126870/photos/20090802-014252-_DSC1424.jpg" /></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-50919188465115393762009-08-04T06:07:00.003+08:002009-08-04T07:13:00.994+08:00Miss Florida USA 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-07/48213874.jpg" alt="Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clemente, former Orlando Magic dancer and UCF graduate, is crowned by Miss Florida USA 2009 Anastagia Pierre (behind Clementi) during the Miss Florida Pageant USA 2010 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at the Bailey Hall of Broward College." /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-07/48213916.jpg" alt="Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi competing as Miss South Miami waves at the audience after being crowned during the Miss Florida Pageant USA 2010 on Saturday, July 19, 2009 at the Bailey Hall of Broward College. Clementi, 25, an Orlando Magic Dancer is moving back to the Kendall area this year from Orlando where she resided and completed a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at UCF." /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Megan Clementi, a beautiful young woman 25 year-old, who representing South Miami was crowned the 2010 Miss Florida USA during a live telecast seen by over 5 million viewers worldwide on July 20, 2009.<br /><br />Clementi, 5' 7" tall,is an Electrical Engineering graduate of the University of Central Florida and also an Orlando Magic dancer. She will be representing the state of Florida in the Miss USA 2010 Beauty Pageant in the next spring.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-07/48218166.jpg" alt="Orlando Magic Dancer and newly crowned Miss Florida USA Megan Clementi at RDV Sportsplex. Clementi beat out 51 contestants from the state of Florida to win the crown. She will now go on to compete in the Miss USA Pageant with the winner of that going on to compete for Miss Universe." /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Newly crowned Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About Megan Clementi</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; "><table style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Name:</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Megan Clementi<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Home Town:</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Orlando<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Age:</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">25 (at year 2009)<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Height:</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">5'7"<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Title(s):</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Miss Florida USA 2010<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Competition(s):</span></span></span></td><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">* Winner, Miss Florida USA 2010<br />* 3RU, Miss Florida USA 2009 <br />* Top 10, Miss Florida 2007 (Miss America Pageant)<br />* 1RU, Miss Florida 2006 (Miss America Pageant)<br />* Top 10, Miss Florida 2005 (Miss America Pageant)<br />* Miss USA 2010 (TBA)</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Florida USA 2010 Results</span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; ">* Miss Florida USA 2010: Megan Clementi representing South Miami</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; ">* 1st Runner-up: Amanda Zitzman representing Daytona Beach</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">* 2st Runner-up: Kendra Walker representing Gainesville</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: justify;">* 3st Runner-up: Greta Jimenez representing Carnival Miami</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* 4st Runner-up: Annilie Hastey representing Coral Gables</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Miss Photogenic: Amanda Zitzman of Daytona Beach</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Miss Photogenic” by television and newspaper photographers during the Miss Florida USA Press Day on Thursday, July 16 at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an event that was hosted by television host Louis Aguirre of WSVN Fox 7’s show Deco Drive, television hostess Kristin Beall and Miss Florida USA 2009 Anastagia Pierre, fifty-two contestants were judged in the categories of personality and interview, swimsuit and evening gown.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Miss Florida USA Pageant was sponsored by The City of Hollywood, the Hollywood Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, The Westin Diplomat Hotel and Spa, La Casa Hermosa, Broward Community College, PageantDiva.com, Photography by Bob Lasky, Federico Leone shoes, Bijoux Terner, Carroll’s Jewelers, FICA, Ritchie Swimwear, Built 2 Win, Don Baker Communications, Act True, Las Palmas Restaurant, IST, Bewelled by Susan Fixel and DJ Alexandre Marc of Spin Fantastic.</div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-07/48213938.jpg" alt="From left: The five top finalists of the Miss Florida USA 2010 Pageant Amanda Zitzman representing Daytona Beach, Megan Clementi representing South Miami, Greta Jimenez representing Carnival Miami, Annilie Hastey representing Coral Gables, and Kendra Waller representing Gainesville, wait for the announcements on the runner ups and the winner at the end of the pageant ceremony on Saturday at the Bailey Hall of Broward College. Clementi, an Orlando Magic dancer and recent UCF graduate, won the crown." /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">From left: The five top finalists of the Miss Florida USA 2010 Pageant Amanda Zitzman representing </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/volusia-county/daytona-beach-PLGEO100100415010000.topic" title="Daytona Beach" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100415010000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Daytona Beach</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, Megan Clementi representing </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/miami-dade-county/south-miami-PLGEO100100408230000.topic" title="South Miami" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100408230000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">South Miami</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, Greta Jimenez representing Carnival </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/miami-dade-county/miami-%28miami-dade-florida%29-PLGEO100100408120000.topic" title="Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100408120000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miami</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, Annilie Hastey representing </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/miami-dade-county/coral-gables-PLGEO100100408040000.topic" title="Coral Gables" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100408040000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Coral Gables</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, and Kendra Waller representing </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/alachua-county/gainesville-PLGEO100100401010000.topic" title="Gainesville" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100401010000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Gainesville</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, wait for the announcements on the runner ups and the winner at the end of the pageant ceremony on Saturday at the Bailey Hall of Broward College</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-07/48173461.jpg" alt="Megan Clementi, a former Orlando Magic dancer and UCF graduate is the winner of the Miss Florida USA 2010 pageant, held on Saturday, July 18, 2009. She was competing as Miss South Miami, a title she won alongside Miss Coral Gables USA 2010 Alexandra Montesino (left), Miss Kendall USA Rebeca Linnemon (second from right) and Miss Coral Gables Teen USA Karle Janigian (right)." /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Megan Clementi, a former </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/sports/basketball/orlando-magic-ORSPT000208.topic" title="Orlando Magic" target="_blank" id="ORSPT000208" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Orlando Magic</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> dancer and UCF graduate is the winner of the Miss Florida USA 2010 pageant, held on Saturday, July 18, 2009. She was competing as Miss </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/miami-dade-county/south-miami-PLGEO100100408230000.topic" title="South Miami" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100408230000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">South Miami</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a title she won alongside Miss </span></span></b></i></span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/miami-dade-county/coral-gables-PLGEO100100408040000.topic" title="Coral Gables" target="_blank" id="PLGEO100100408040000" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Coral Gables</span></span></b></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> USA 2010 Alexandra Montesino (left), Miss Kendall USA Rebeca Linnemon (second from right) and Miss Coral Gables Teen USA Karle Janigian (right).</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CcrJotXoIw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CcrJotXoIw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FF6666;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-53186403414281725462009-08-02T22:55:00.002+08:002009-08-02T23:02:51.445+08:00Miss Teen USA 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/detail.gallery_photo1249146980Stormi.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Teen USA 2008 Stevi Perry was on hand to crown the Miss Teen USA 2009 Stormi Henley.</span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 10px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Paradise Island, Bahamas – July 31, 2009 – Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009 at the beautiful Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas on July 31, 2009. The 18-year old winner is from Crossville, TN. For the first time ever, the Miss Teen USA pageant was streamed online to a worldwide audience at www.missteenusa.com. <br /><br />Miss USA 2008®, Crystle Stewart, and Seth Goldman of NBC’s “Entertainment Buzz” emceed this year’s pageant. Canadian singer/songwriter, Leah Renee, performed her new song, “Insanity” from her debut CD, Storybook and hit band Honor Society performed songs “Over You” and “See You in the Dark” off their debut album, Fashionably Late. <br /><br />This year’s distinguished panel of judges included: John Shea, Commercial Agent, Frontier<br />Booking, Inc.; Mark Turner, Commercial Agent, Abrams Artists; Duane Gazi, Director of Scoutingand Development, Trump Model Management; Heather Kerzner, Kerzner International, Inc.; Rhona Graff, Vice President/Assistant to the President, Trump Organization; Gillian Sheldon Heckendorf, Managing Editor, Momlogic.com; Eric McLendon, Actor and Realtor, The Corcoran Group and Eva Chen, Beauty and Health Editor, Teen Vogue.<br /><br />Throughout the event, the contestants competed in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview. Stevi Perry, Miss Teen USA 2008, crowned her successor at the conclusion of the two-hour Miss Teen USA pageant.<br /> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Final Results: <br /><br />First Runner-Up: Brooke Fletcher, Miss Georgia Teen USA, who will assume the duties of <br />Miss Teen USA 2009 if for some reason she cannot fulfill her responsibilities.<br /><br />Second Runner-Up: Chelsea Gilligan , Miss California Teen USA<br /><br />Third Runner-Up: Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland Teen USA<br /> <br />Fourth Runner-Up: Brittany Guidry, Miss Louisiana Teen USA<br /><br />Top Five: </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Brittany Guidry, Miss Louisiana Teen USA <br />Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland Teen USA<br />Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA <br />Chelsea Gilligan , Miss California Teen USA <br />Brooke Fletcher, Miss Georgia Teen USA<br /><br />Top Fifteen: Allison Kusenberger, Miss Arkansas Teen USA <br />Chelsea Gilligan , Miss California Teen USA <br />Brooke Fletcher, Miss Georgia Teen USA <br />Jefra Bland, Miss Kentucky Teen USA <br />Brittany Guidry, Miss Louisiana Teen USA <br />Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland Teen USA <br />Kristen Danyal, Miss Michigan Teen USA <br />Sierra Drimak, Miss Missouri Teen USA <br />Ileri Tunrarebi, Miss Nevada Teen USA <br />Kelsey Stevens, Miss Ohio Teen USA <br />Talia Turco, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA <br />Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA <br />Tasha Smedley, Miss Utah Teen USA <br />Sadie Porter, Miss Washington Teen USA<br />Amy David, Miss Wyoming Teen USA <br /><br />Miss Photogenic Teen USA™ Award: Allyson Hovda, Miss Iowa Teen USA. The general public voted at missteenusa.com for the delegate who exemplifies beauty through the lens of a camera.<br /><br />Miss Congeniality Teen USA™ Award: Ashley Sagisi Moser, Miss Hawaii Teen USA. The award reflects the respect and admiration of the delegate’s peers, who voted for her as the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational participant. <br /> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(93, 93, 93); font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The MISS TEEN USA® 2009 prize package includes: custom diamond tiara and jewelry created by Diamond Nexus Labs; a two-year scholarship from the New York Film Academy worth more than $100,000 dollars to its acting or film-making programs; eveningwear gowns designed by Sherri Hill; a cosmetic package by LOVER Cosmetics; an assortment of DXG USA Luxe Collection video cameras, year-long supply of Farouk Systems products, makers of CHI, the original Ceramic Technology tools; a six-day/ five-night vacation for two, at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas; membership to Gravity Fitness and pampering at John Barrett Salon; fashion portfolio by leading fashion photographer Fadil Berisha; consultations with nutritionist and creator of The F-Factor Diet™ Tanya Zuckerbrot; dermatology and skincare services by Dr. Cheryl Thellman-Karcher; consultations with personal stylist Billie Causieestko and access to an event wardrobe from leading fashion designers; access to a New York City apartment for the year of her reign including living expenses and professional representation by the Miss Universe Organization to further her personal and professional goals.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(93, 93, 93); font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 18px; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/detail.gallery_photo1249147453TUSA09_1761[1].jpg" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Stormi proudly shows off her new sash as she embarks on a whirlwind year.</span></b></i></span></span></div></span><br /><p></p></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-13283958666532783742009-07-29T07:49:00.001+08:002009-07-29T07:51:36.357+08:00Miss Uruguay Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Uruguay, Cinthia D'Ottone's evening gowns and national costume for Miss Universe 2009 on Bahamas.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HZ3tuGu2J24&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HZ3tuGu2J24&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-82070712487186839002009-07-29T07:39:00.002+08:002009-07-29T07:42:41.545+08:00Miss Belgium Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Belgium 2009, Zeynep Sever showcases her evening gown and national costume for Miss Universe 2009 in Bahamas.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9_e97s7LmkA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9_e97s7LmkA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://www.missnews.com.br/images/noticias/0715belgium2.jpg" alt="Image" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://www.missnews.com.br/images/noticias/0715belgium1.jpg" alt="Image" /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-74533142854034107682009-07-29T07:24:00.002+08:002009-07-29T07:28:34.197+08:00Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Evening gowns and national costume which will be used by Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos for Miss Universe 2009 in Bahamas.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VoVBH1-TIN4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VoVBH1-TIN4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SmRSMS-D50I/AAAAAAAAAaM/iY5DFupRXko/s400/Puerto+Rico+Costume.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SmRSK93M5AI/AAAAAAAAAaE/P-v5jRXagUg/s400/Miss+Puerto+Rico+Costume.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SmRSNfXyJ9I/AAAAAAAAAaU/dBxzyN7GxRs/s400/Puerto+Rico+NAt+Costume.jpg" /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-60595838696880817562009-07-29T07:21:00.001+08:002009-07-29T07:23:31.686+08:00Miss South Africa Earth 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss South Africa, Tatum Keshwar's evening gowns and national costume for Miss Universe 2009 in Bahamas.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SmRSTq4pkiI/AAAAAAAAAas/aLX5T8eZvoA/s400/South+Africa+NAtional+costume.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-62195495187727862202009-07-29T07:14:00.002+08:002009-07-29T07:17:24.156+08:00Miss Czech Republic Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Czech Republic, Iveta Lutovska's evening gown and national costume for Miss Universe 2009 in Bahamas.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BPGuJXpxbw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BPGuJXpxbw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr7puTsZpI/AAAAAAAAAks/PirAqr2NV24/s400/Czeck+Republic+long+gown.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr7qrDtWFI/AAAAAAAAAk0/7U3e-taSpbQ/s400/Czeck+Republic+national+costume.jpg" /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-17379030872294001702009-07-29T07:03:00.004+08:002009-07-29T07:14:03.458+08:00Miss Indonesia Universe 2009 - National Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; ">Miss Indonesia Universe 2009 - Zivanna Letisha Siregar showcase her blue long gown and national costume for Miss Universe 2009 in Bahamas.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3C0zmPHFqxc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3C0zmPHFqxc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr5r0ARC6I/AAAAAAAAAkE/7AgWAQbVzSc/s400/Indonesia+Evening+gown.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miss Indonesia Universe 2009 Official Evening Gown</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr5u1eBseI/AAAAAAAAAkM/Bd4nkfLtrDw/s400/Indonesia+national+costume.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">National Costume : The "Srikandi" or Woman Warrior</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-32224916928661710942009-07-29T06:49:00.007+08:002009-07-29T07:46:34.937+08:00Miss Australia Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr3UX9pGaI/AAAAAAAAAjk/LadrTlj51zc/s400/Australia+evening+gown.jpg" /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch showcases the 'Cappellazzo Couture' outfit at the official unveiling of the Australian national costume and wardrobe for Miss Universe at Park Hyatt Hotel on July 24, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Smr3WUWF2-I/AAAAAAAAAjs/DcZsxbwJcDI/s400/Australia+national+costume.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch showcases the 'Sunset over the Opera House' outfit by Ruth Tarvydas at the official unveiling of the Australian national costume and wardrobe for Miss Universe at Park Hyatt Hotel on July 24, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Ruth Tarvydas designed the 'Sunset over the Opera House' national costume, which Finch will wear at the pageant final in the Bahamas in August.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MPMOhT31O44&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MPMOhT31O44&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pb2qvAOXj34&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pb2qvAOXj34&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></span></span></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-33440297633272630432009-07-29T06:30:00.002+08:002009-07-29T06:38:54.106+08:00Miss Thailand Universe 2009 - Long Gown and National Costume Presentation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Thailand Universe 2009 - Chutima Durongdej in Show off of Evening Gowns & National Costume for Miss Universe 2009 in The Bahamas.</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wWn5jTML5wM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wWn5jTML5wM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sm99idMQ1wI/AAAAAAAABZ8/AxLXuCYyrX0/s400/2131112182_5fc3dd358b_o.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sm99wu5APHI/AAAAAAAABaE/-Y7HeTA1XGY/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sm994nfa4QI/AAAAAAAABaM/Bs6ROysGhcU/s400/article-1201375-05C87CAB000005DC-495_468x350.jpg" /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-34262729452628198492009-07-26T03:30:00.004+08:002009-07-26T04:05:13.801+08:00Miss Brazil World 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smtd-5Zyw-I/AAAAAAAABZE/KlgLjCD2jOs/s1600-h/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smtd-5Zyw-I/AAAAAAAABZE/KlgLjCD2jOs/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362483116456985570" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The winner of Miss World Brazil 2009 (Miss Mundo Brasil) is from Roraima. Twenty-two year-old Luciana de Souza Silvia Reis who stands 1.70 meters was surprised when her name was called. She will represent Brazil at the Miss World 2009 pageant in December in London and Johannesburg, South Africa.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Luciana is the sister of Miss World Brazil 1998 who went on to become a semi-finalist at the Miss World pageant on the same year in Seychelles.</span></span></span></div><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The pageant which was participated by 39 candidates was concluded last 4 July 2009 in Angra dos Reis</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First Runner-up is Barraquer Livia Barbosa of Espiritu Santo and Second Runner-up is Livia Nepomuceno da Silva of Distrito Federal.</span></span></span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There were 16 semi-finalists and 6 of these were winners of fast track events. They are Miss Parana, Miss Beauty with a Purpose; Miss Bahia, most voted by internet users; Miss Ilha do Campeche, Miss Sports; Pernambuco, Miss Talent; Rio de Janeiro, Miss Beach Beauty and Miss Sergipe, Best Model Brazil.</span></span></span></span></div><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The other 10 semi-finalists who were not winners of any fast track events are Misses Acre, Espiritu Santo, Ilhalbela, Distrito Federal, Rio Grande de Norte, Mato Grosso, Paraiba, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais and Roraima.</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From 16 semi-finalists, they were trimmed down to only 6 finalists. They were Misses Sergipe, Roraima, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Pernambuco and Acre.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtebGUzl3I/AAAAAAAABZM/foHrZBn05H0/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right, Livia Nepomuceno (Distrito Federal), Luciana Silvia Reis (Roraima)<br />and Lívia Barraque Barbosa (Espírito Santo)</span></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtfUIQeisI/AAAAAAAABZc/XHpvzB_5Iuo/s400/miss_spain_2009_04.jpg" /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right : </span></span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Daliane Menezes (Rio Grande do Norte ), Isabel Correia (Sergipe) - BEACH MODEL BRASIL 2009 and Karine Osório (Acre)</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smtgd8W1f5I/AAAAAAAABZk/4ULKpyfojmU/s400/Caricrature_img143.jpg" /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right : </span></span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jocasta Costa (São Paulo), Mariana Notarangelo (Rio de Janeiro) - BEACH BEAUTY BRASIL 2009 and Livia Nepomuceno (Distrito Federal)</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smthq8crRDI/AAAAAAAABZs/6NDRkUofOyU/s400/Carolyn+Yapp+Miss+Jamaica+Universe+2009.jpg" /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right : Isabel Correia(Sergipe), Karine Barros(Pernambuco) - MISS TALENT BRASIL 2009 and Larissa Alves Berte (Mato Grosso)</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtkCd_z3fI/AAAAAAAABZ0/-45Vt9_k3pw/s400/Miss+World+Serbia.jpg" /></span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right : </span></span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Raquel Peddoni (Fernando de Noronha), Anelise Laulau (Campeche) - MISS SPORTWOMAN BRASIL 2009 and Elisa Hoeppers (Ilha de Santa Catarina)</span></span></b></i></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-61522407218898448922009-07-26T02:58:00.002+08:002009-07-26T03:15:39.948+08:00The New Miss Curaçao Universe 2009<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">THE NEW MISS CURACAO UNIVERSE is </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Angenie Simon</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, a 23-year-old accounting student and financial assistant from Willemstad who has been assigned as her country's representative to Miss Universe 2009 after the original titleholder</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ashanta Macauly</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> gave up her crown due to physical and health problems. Simon is the current Miss Caribe Hibiscus. She competed in Miss Curacao 2009 pageant (for Miss World) and placed second.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtWXOYbn-I/AAAAAAAABYk/5dg17R50g4w/s400/2131112182_5fc3dd358b_o.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtX7pmXnrI/AAAAAAAABYs/ya1iF_hqynw/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i>The new </i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Miss Curaçao Universe 2009, </i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><b><i>Angenie Simon</i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtZYIsPlwI/AAAAAAAABY0/oW5pfjOeEFE/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i>Angenie Simon also the current Miss Caribe Hibiscus</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-81201569775494256132009-07-26T01:28:00.003+08:002009-07-26T01:37:12.746+08:00Miss Honduras Universe 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtBCCIR_PI/AAAAAAAABXk/S7uohr95M2A/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtBCCIR_PI/AAAAAAAABXk/S7uohr95M2A/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362451284501855474" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As we know Honduras might skip the Miss Universe 2009 pageant due to the current political situation in this Central American country. But instead of holding a national pageant, the organizer handpicked their candidate. Belgica Suarez was lucky to be chosen.</span></span></span></div><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For getting the title of Miss Honduras Universe 2009, 23 year-old Belgica will be going to Bahamas to compete for the 58th edition of the pageant.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Belgica said in an interview that "at this moment of crisis in Honduras, it is her responsibility to be an ambassador of culture and awareness of the positive aspects of her country."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The 5'11" tall beauty queen was last year's First Runner-up at the Miss Honduras Universe.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The scheduled Miss Honduras Universe 2009 on July 25th was cancelled.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtBzW6hlMI/AAAAAAAABXs/Ntwyu4_tfNM/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtClQJNzcI/AAAAAAAABX0/nOwwd-0QNwA/s400/2131112182_5fc3dd358b_o.jpg" /></span></div></span></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-60904749942174243442009-07-25T22:01:00.003+08:002009-07-26T02:38:27.827+08:00Miss World Puerto Rico<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmtQ01B111I/AAAAAAAABYc/inyfvIRhnOU/s400/1.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsQMTRfN6I/AAAAAAAABXM/LNGUVgD546U/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The new Miss Puerto Rico World for 2009 or Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2009 is Bayamon's Jennifer Colon Alvarado who is a student of architecture and the same time a professional model. She will be contesting the Miss World 2009 crown in Johannesburg, South Africa and in London on December 12.<br /></span></span></span><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />The pageant was televised lived from Tapia Theater in Old San Juan with the participation of 24 contestants.<br /><br />Twenty-one-year-old Jennifer is also the First Runner-up at the 2009 Miss Puerto Rico Universe which was won by Mayra Matos.<br /><br />The first runner-up was Yara Lasanta from Barranquitas and Melissa Serrano from Vega Baja was second runner-up. Isabela's Amanda Diaz and Juncos' Libni Garcia finished fourth and fifth, respectively.<br /><br />Prior to the competition, several fast-track events were held to select the best contestant in sports, modeling, swimsuit, talent and charity.<br /><br />The fast-track winners were Rebecca Fernandez, Culebra (Sports); Jennifer Colon, Bayamon (Model); Yara Lasanta, Barranquitas (Swimsuit); Mariselle Morales, Guaynabo (Talent); and Jennifer Ortiz, Orocovis (Charity).<br /><br />In case you didn't know, the title of Miss Puerto Rico Universe was offered to the 1.75 meters tall Jennifer by Magali Febles, the franchise owner of the pageant, when she allegedly had a problem with Mayra's contract.<br /><br />Jennifer is said to have declined the offer.<br /><br />Jennifer is now being hyped as one of the front-runners for the Miss World crown along with Mexico's Karla Beltran and Philippines' Marie Ann Umali.<br /><br /></span></span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Complete Results</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsU9HhVcVI/AAAAAAAABXU/OOrf9Px1UsE/s400/1.jpg" /></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2009: Bayamon, Jennifer Colon Alvarado<br />1st Runner-Up: Barranquitas, Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago<br />2nd Runner-Up: Vega Baja, Melissa Serrano Flores<br />3rd Runner-Up: Isabela, Amanda Diaz Torres<br />4th Runner-Up: Juncos, Libni Garcia Pabellon<br /><br /></span></span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Semi-finalists</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Caguas, Glorimar Serrano Rodriguez<br />Camuy, Carla Harrison Canals<br />Culebra, Rebecca Fernandez Perez<br />Guaynabo, Mariselle Morales Cordero<br />Humacao, Maria Angelica Hernandez Garcia<br />Orocovis, Jennifer Ortiz Melendez<br />Ponce, Azarel Nadal Torres<br /><br /></span></span></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Special Awards</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Photogenic: Juncos, Libni Garcia Pabellon<br />Congeniality: Camuy, Carla Harrison Canals<br />Face: Juncos, Libni Garcia Pabellon<br />Hair: Rio Grande, Karen Robles Hernandez</span></span></span><br /></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-34481796960574130092009-07-25T21:17:00.002+08:002009-07-25T21:24:40.596+08:00Miss World Australia 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsGpU3rWoI/AAAAAAAABW8/Vci3yqI4Idk/s1600-h/2131112182_5fc3dd358b_o.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsGpU3rWoI/AAAAAAAABW8/Vci3yqI4Idk/s400/2131112182_5fc3dd358b_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362387088361347714" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ophie Lavers, a 24-year-old woman from </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra" class="extiw" title="w:Canberra" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Canberra</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, has been crowned </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Australia" class="extiw" title="w:Miss Australia" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss World Australia</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" class="extiw" title="w:Sydney" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sydney</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. She defeated nineteen other finalists to take the prize and will represent </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Australia</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> at the </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World" class="extiw" title="w:Miss World" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss World</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> event in </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">South Africa</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The entrants were judged based on several categories including best talent, healthy body image, sports and fitness and beauty with a purpose. An aspiring actress, she is completing an acting course and hopes to build a career in film and television. She is also a qualified fitness instructor and has worked as a </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Cross,_New_South_Wales" class="extiw" title="w:Kings Cross, New South Wales" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kings Cross</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> waitress.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She has been described in the media as having an "amazing figure" and it has been rumoured that she has used this for modelling work. However, Lavers has said that her body has only been modelled for a good cause: "Some do think that, but I have only ever modelled for charity."</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She also doubts much will change for her, at least in the near future. "I'll still get up and probably have peanut butter on toast for breakfast but after that I'm not sure what's happening. I guess I won't be going to work tomorrow."</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She explained that all the girls who entered were dedicated to making a difference. "I just think it's like having little angels out there through the country helping in all different areas whether it's with children, or blind people, or the homeless." Lavers also complained that non-stop smiling for the event has left here mouth sore. "I'm not used to smiling for hours on end."</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lavers is now set to head to </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg" class="extiw" title="w:Johannesburg" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Johannesburg</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> for the December 12 global competition. "I've got to get a month of outfits ready and get a talent and another speech and everything. Oh goodness."</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsHHQjbnTI/AAAAAAAABXE/zhZuTCFqaLM/s400/1.jpg" /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><b><i>Sophie Levers (C) with Katie Richardson, Miss World Australia 2009 (R)</i></b></span></p></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-53959819807494481192009-07-25T20:59:00.005+08:002009-08-04T08:04:52.581+08:00Miss Earth United States 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XdrB8Je9DnQ/SnVq9ljzcyI/AAAAAAAACxg/myFTn4sLcpk/s400/amy_front.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2578/62081033299246126827446.jpg" alt="Image" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NEVADA: Newly crowned Miss Earth United Stated 2009. Amy Diaz, 24 year-old Miss Rhode Island, was crowned Miss Earth United States during the prestigious beauty pageant held at Primm Valley Resort and Conference Center in Nevada.<br /><br />Her elemental court include Miss Air Danielle Bounds from Missouri, Miss Water Anastagia Pierre from Florida and Miss Fire Dani Reeves from Iowa.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmsCdJ0D5AI/AAAAAAAABWs/kYaUexHyF-I/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amy Diaz (R) with Karla Henry, Miss Earth 2008 (C) and Jamillette Gaxiola, Miss Earth Cuba 2009 (L)</span></i></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Reigning Miss Earth 2008, Karla Henry was a special guest in the pageant. Amy will be as the Environmental Ambassadress of the United States and will prepare to compete in MISS EARTH 2009 on November in the Philippines.<br /><br />Amy Diaz is a veteran of beauty pageants.<br />1. Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. The 3rd runner-up in Miss Florida USA 2007.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Miss Rhode Island 2008 and Top 15 Semi-Finals in Miss USA 2008 beauty contest.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2389029249_4e1e9c40be.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amy Diaz Miss Rhode Island USA 2008</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XdrB8Je9DnQ/SnVqspMxG7I/AAAAAAAACxY/fzR4nMGS108/s400/titleholders2.jpg" /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2009 Miss Earth United States titleholders:<br /></span></b></i></span><br />Amy Diaz -Rhode Island - Miss Earth United States<br />Danielle Bounds - Mid-America - United States Miss Air<br />Anatasgia Pierre - Florida Sunshine - United States Miss Water<br />Dani Reeves - Central U.S. - United States Miss Fire<br /></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#800080;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>2009 Teen Earth United States titleholders:</b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FF6666;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FF6666;"><b><i><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kFa5qDt4dtQ/SmoqENZJtfI/AAAAAAAAAa0/pfbAXfx0COY/s1600/53291189212214136134326.jpg" alt="[53291189212214136134326.jpg]" /></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#800080;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br />Jolie-Noelle Schamber- Florida-Teen Earth United States<br />Logan Bidack - Oklahoma - United States Teen Air<br />Aubrey Carr - SW Florida - United States Teen Water<br />Songee Barker - Arizona - United States Teen Fire</span></span></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">* </span></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-44487638654534874262009-07-23T14:35:00.002+08:002009-07-23T14:54:55.187+08:00Miss Paraguay 2009<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgHWz-WL7I/AAAAAAAABWE/PILEIQ7XPw8/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgHWz-WL7I/AAAAAAAABWE/PILEIQ7XPw8/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361543444874801074" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">ASUNCION, </span></span><a href="http://misscontest.blogspot.com/2009/07/mareike-baumgarten-miss-universo.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Mareike Baumgarten</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"> was crowned Miss Universe Paraguay 2009 during the gala beauty pageant contest held on 10th July in Asuncion, the capital and largest city of Paraguay.<br /><br />Newly Miss Universe Paraguay </span></span><a href="http://misscontest.blogspot.com/2009/07/mareike-baumgarten-miss-universo.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Mareike Baumgarten</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"> will compete at Miss Universe 2009 beauty pageant contest in the Bahamas.<br /><br />Crownd favorite, </span></span><a href="http://misscontest.blogspot.com/2009/07/tamara-sosa-miss-universo-paraguay-2009.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Tamara Sosa</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"> was judged Miss World Paraguay, who will compete at Miss World 2009 beauty pageant contest in South Africa, London and Dubai.<br /><br />While </span></span><a href="http://misscontest.blogspot.com/2009/07/romina-bogado-miss-universo-paraguay.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Romina Bogado</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"> as Miss International Paraguay, who will compete at Miss International 2009 in Japan and Macau.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgIBAb-3yI/AAAAAAAABWM/ewWuPE6g1ZQ/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mareike Baumgarten - Miss Universe Paraguay 2009</span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgIb-q_IWI/AAAAAAAABWU/XCAUWx6uMmo/s400/article-1201375-05C87CAB000005DC-495_468x350.jpg" /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Tamara Sosa - Miss World Paraguay 2009</span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgIz26ODVI/AAAAAAAABWc/1mYO07cSb94/s400/Caricrature_img143.jpg" /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Romina Bogado - Miss International Paraguay 2009</span></b></i></span></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-34089558757461161902009-07-23T14:16:00.003+08:002009-07-23T14:29:16.159+08:00Miss US International 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgAd512haI/AAAAAAAABVk/wG7AOAny2-k/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgAd512haI/AAAAAAAABVk/wG7AOAny2-k/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361535870127474082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Filipino-American</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> daughter of a couple from </span></span></span><a href="http://www.mindanaoan.com/category/cagayan-de-oro-city" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cagayan de Oro City</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> and </span></span></span><a href="http://www.mindanaoan.com/category/northern-mindanao" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Balingasag, Misamis Oriental</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> has been crowned the new </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss United States International 2009</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Aileen Jan “A.J.” Valdehueza Yap</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, 20, won the title of </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss US-International 2009</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> during the pageant held July 7-10, 2009 at the Stafford Conference Centre in Houston, Texas. Aileen Jan Yap will represent the US in the </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">49th Miss International pageant</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> to be held at the Venetian Macao Resort in Macau, China on November 7, 2009.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A.J. is the daughter of </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dr. Romeo “Boy” Sy Yap</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> of Cagayan de Oro City and </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Virgincita “Geget” Bautista Valdehueza Yap</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental. She is the younger of two siblings and has an older brother, Nathan.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“We are just so fortunate that the Lord granted us this wonderful gift,” proud Dad Boy Yap said in an email interview from Texas.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“ Saba kaayo ang auditorium, kay daghan kaayo sa among barkada ang nitambong. I was one proud father to see our daughter being crowned. For the family it is a very “crowning moment”.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Constantino Jaraula have extended their warm greetings and congratulations.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In the final tally, Ms. Wyoming Keri Shar was chosen fourth runner up; Ms. California Kristy Davis, third runner up; Ms. Michigan Shawna Vale, second runner up and Ms. Florida Lees Darayanne Garcia, first runner up.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgBU9wHW1I/AAAAAAAABVs/ex3DB7UJzyU/s400/article-1201375-05C87CAB000005DC-495_468x350.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss US International 2009 Aileen Jan Yap and her court</span></i></b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“I thank God for what she is and what she has become,” Geget Yap said in an online interview from Texas. “It is truly a gift to have a beautiful daughter both in appearance and in character. I told her to wear the crown with dignity and pride yet with a humble heart.”</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A.J. is a junior at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas majoring in biology. Her father Boy is a psychiatrist and Mom Geget is a nurse by profession and Director and Owner of Virginia’s Lakeview Personal Care Home in Texas, USA.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A.J. was selected by National Pageant Director Britt Harrison and other pageant directors from other states of MISS US INTERNATIONAL as Miss Texas US International 2009.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgCW6HgxaI/AAAAAAAABV0/RNC33-UGdG8/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Texas International 2009 Aileen Jan Yap<br />is crowned Miss US International 2009</span></i></b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She graduated as the Most Outstanding Student at the Sacred Heart School in Conroe, Texas and went on to graduate Summa cum Laude at Willis High School.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Boy, Geget and A.J. recently took a month-long vacation in Cagayan de Oro and Region X (Northern Mindanao) and was presented to the employees of the City Hall during the traditional flag-raising ceremony held every Monday.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“I loved CDO, everything was very close and I enjoyed spending time with my family there,” A.J. said. “I loved the malls the most in CDO and the least, was the traffic and rain.”</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">During her stay she went river rafting in the Cagayan river, visited the Chocolate Hills and Hinagdanan Cave in Bohol, Camiguin, Duka Bay Resort in Medina, Misamis Oriental, and petted a tiger at the Mantianak Zoo and Nature Park in Sugbongcogon.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She also admits developing an addiction to halo-halo which she says she could eat every day, besides the traditional Pinoy breakfast foods like Tapsilog and garlic fried rice. However, she has her reservations about balut.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">She admits her parents being both in the medical profession were influential in her decision to pursue a career in pediatrics.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“I’ve always wanted to be a doctor, seeing how my parents can help someone else’s life and also seeing how rewarding it is to be able to help someone in need,” she said. “I want to specialize in pediatrics because I love kids, being the second youngest cousin, I have a lot of nieces and nephews and being around them help me decide how much I really enjoy being around children.”</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss International</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> is the fourth largest beauty pageant in the world. Around 70 contestants from all over the globe are expected to join the 49th edition of the pageant at the </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Venetian Macau Resort </span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">on November 7, 2009. </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Alejandra Andreu </span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of Spain will crown her successor at the end of the event</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Also called a Festival of Beauty or the Olympics of Beauty, contestants are expected to serve as “Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty”, demonstrating tenderness, benevolence, friendship, beauty, intelligence, ability to take action, and, most importantly, a great international sensibility.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The ultimate goal of the Miss International beauty pageant is to promote world peace, goodwill, and understanding.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmgCxaACCqI/AAAAAAAABV8/lESWHd7P-NY/s400/Caricrature_img143.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The newly crowned Miss United States International 2009 Aileen Jan Yap with her dad Dr. Romeo “Boy” Sy Yap of Cagayan de Oro City and Mom Virginia “Geget” Bautista Valdehueza-Yap of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental</span></span></b></span></p></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-18830416467661088202009-07-23T13:50:00.003+08:002009-07-23T14:02:46.838+08:00Miss Spain 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smf8KJ5AIII/AAAAAAAABVU/bi11iGerajw/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smf8KJ5AIII/AAAAAAAABVU/bi11iGerajw/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361531132791758978" /></a><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">CANCUN, Mexico – Estibaliz Pereira Rabade was crowned Miss Spain 2009 on the weekend at the gala held for the first time in the Mexican Caribbean resort city of Cancun.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The 22-year-old brunette with brown eyes and standing 1.81 meters (5 ft. 11 in.) was selected from among 52 contestants for the title of most beautiful woman in Spain.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The panel of judges charged with choosing the new Miss Spain was headed by journalist Javier de Montini and made up of officials from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, sponsors of the event and former beauty queens from the Latin American country.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Among the members of the panel were Miss Granada, Carmen Laura Garcia Fernandez, as the First Lady of Honor, and Miss Jaen, Alejandra Echevarria Pedrajas, as Second Lady of Honor.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Besides her physical beauty, her personality and “clear and direct” way of expressing herself were key elements in the judges’ decision to choose Pereira, the head of the panel told Efe.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pereira, a native of the northwestern city of La Coruña, enjoyed from the first the admiration of her fellow contestants who, in interviews with Efe last Wednesday during the visit they made to the Isla Mujeres enclave, said that she was one of the favorites.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The young woman stood out over the other candidates from the start of the gala contest, which took place in the city’s convention center and had a marked Mexican flavor.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Smf8ekyVKhI/AAAAAAAABVc/nwCaSMIhjOw/s400/Miss+World+Serbia.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Spain 2009 Estibaliz Pereira, center, <br />poses with runner ups Carmen Laura Garcia, left, <br />and Alejandra Echevarria, right, <br />during the Miss Spain 2009 competition in <br />Cancun, Mexico, Sunday, July 19, 2009.</span></i></b><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The 52 aspirants paraded in bathing suits and evening dresses across the stage, which was decorated with reproductions of ancient Maya structures.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The music for the affair was provided by Spanish singer, Pastora Soler, who sang two numbers from her latest album, “Bendita locura,” and by Cuban duo BNK, as well as by a group of Mayaesque dancers, who presented spectacular choreographed works based on ancestral rites.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The gala was headed by television host Sandra Barneda and by Mister Spain 2007, Luis Muñoz, and other familiar faces were also involved, such as Spanish actors Santiago Urrialde and Dani Muriel.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mexico also contributed a note of glamour with the participation of soap opera stars Kate del Castillo and Aaron Diaz, along with Venezuelan actress Catherine Fulop.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmVNziCoUhI/AAAAAAAABUE/3jtwjWBS4CE/s400/800px-Miss_Universe_2009_logo.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(179, 179, 179); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Spain 2008 Patricia Rodriguez, center, crowns Miss Spain 2009 Estibaliz Pereira, right, from Coruna, in the celebration of Miss Spain 2009 in Cancun, Mexico, Sunday, July 19, 2009.</span></i></b><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:#B3B3B3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-78004145555929789672009-07-22T19:38:00.004+08:002009-07-22T20:28:17.317+08:00Miss England 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmcESEDrHPI/AAAAAAAABU0/pWZtLDaZxjw/s1600-h/Rachel_Christie_002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmcESEDrHPI/AAAAAAAABU0/pWZtLDaZxjw/s400/Rachel_Christie_002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361258589781171442" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">History was made in London.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Great Britain crowned 20-year-old </span></span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rachel Christie </span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as Miss England during the country's annual pageant at London's Metropole Hilton Hotel </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Competing as Miss London City, Christie edged out her rivals to claim the title and will now compete for the Miss World crown in Johannesburg in December.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">But competition is nothing new for this London-born beauty.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Christie specializes in the heptathlon and the 400 meters and is hoping to join the ranks of the 2012 London Olympic Games.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Her uncle is British Olympic gold medalist </span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Linford Christie</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, who stands as the most decorated British athlete. He is also regarded as the second fastest European in history and even has a stadium in West London named in his honor.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"My ambition in life is to compete and win gold in the 2012 Olympics," Christie told reporters. "I would also love to do well in Miss England. I want to be successful in whatever I choose to do in life."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmcAzrS8frI/AAAAAAAABUc/ny0NzwaX-W0/s400/article-1201375-05C87CAB000005DC-495_468x350.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><i>Rachel Christie (C) poses with Katrina Hodge (R) and Viki Bailey (L)</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Katrina Hodge</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, a 21-year-old soldier decorated for her bravery in Iraq, came in second in the Miss England grand final, which was decided after a public vote.</span></span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">According to the pageant's Web site, "the girls are talented, healthy and well-educated and are all vying for the privilege of representing England at the Miss World contest in South Africa later in the year."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"And before you ask...there are no size zeros in this bunch either! All the girls take an avid interest in sport and dance, so healthy eating plays a major part in their lives ... you won't find them pushing a side salad round the plate," pageant spokesperson</span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dee Carpenter </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">said. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Though it boasted an entry list that "looks like a veritable roll call of stunning young women from all backgrounds and ethnicity, representing a truly multicultural England," detractors tried to mire the event. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Outside of the pageant, protesters held banners bearing signs that read "every woman is a queen" and "beauty is not skin deep." London's Daily Mail newspaper reported that last night's protest echoed similar demonstrations held last year when the Miss University London competition was branded "misogynist" by some student groups. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"This is absolutely fantastic," London-based media personality, singer and fashion designer </span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mica Paris</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> told </span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The BV Newswire </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">about the news. "Thank God; this sends a message to the media in Britain that black is beautiful too."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And the folks over at Pride magazine, U.K'.s leading periodical targeting black woman, share the same sentiments.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"It's incredible to see such a strong, ambitious and inspirational black woman winning the Miss England crown," the monthly magazine's fashion and beauty editor</span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Shevelle Rhule</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> added. "She is a great role model to young teens and proves that beauty comes in all forms and that includes black.</span></span></span>"</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmcB5tincyI/AAAAAAAABUk/fUTkQMEtCEQ/s400/Rachel-Christie2.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Miss England 2008 and was one of the judges, Laura Coleman during this glitzy evening handed over her crown to Rachel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmcE_daBeZI/AAAAAAAABVE/Aoz-COWH9zQ/s400/miss_spain_2009_04.jpg" /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i>Rachel Christie (Miss England 2009) with Kseniya Sukhnova(Miss World 2008)</i></b></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-71899646491430234762009-07-21T11:42:00.002+08:002009-07-21T11:51:52.107+08:00Miss Jamaica Universe 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmU6xfvFISI/AAAAAAAABTU/VHiO_UOT1KM/s1600-h/Carolyn+Yapp+Miss+Jamaica+Universe+2009.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 359px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/SmU6xfvFISI/AAAAAAAABTU/VHiO_UOT1KM/s400/Carolyn+Yapp+Miss+Jamaica+Universe+2009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360755553461412130" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><div align="justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Carolyn Yapp</span></b>, a stunning 25 year old Interior Designer was crowned <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Miss Jamaica Universe 2009</span></b> to loud cheers and prolonged applause from the small audience in attendance at The Refuge at Villa Ronai. The coronation was a private affair, attended by the family and friends of the contestants, as well as producers and organizers from Pulse, licensees for the Jamaica preliminary to Miss Universe. Judges were well known fashion and beauty personalities Barry Moncrieffe, former principal dancer of the NDTC and fashion designer; Gilou Bauer, Curator of the Mutual Life Gallery and Lois Lake-Sherwood, artist, business executive and diplomat. The winner was the universal choice of all the judges.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">First runner-up was Fallon Harris a 21 year old student at the University of the West Indies and fashion model. Third runner-up was budding model, singer and designer, 19 year old Krystina Black. Pulse made a special appeal to Jamaicans to come forward to compete for the title, despite giving up the license earlier this year, as the Miss Universe Organization prevailed on the Jamaican company to conduct a contest and produce a Miss Universe entrant from Jamaica. This year is considered especially important for Caribbeans, as the event will be held at Atlantis in the Bahamas, next door to Jamaica. This might be a year in which Jamaica has its best chance, given the event’s presence in the region and the potential of the stunningly beautiful Miss Yapp.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">At the start of the week, Pulse Investments announced that they were on the hunt for Jamaica’s most fabulous woman to represent the country at Miss Universe, the largest and most impressive Beauty Pageant in the world. As Miss Jamaica Universe, Carolyn copped the crown and title and will get the opportunity to represent Miss Jamaica at Miss Universe before a worldwide audience of close to one billion persons. Wearing gowns by Uzuri International, the contestants paraded before the judges and live audience. They also appeared in bikinis for the swimsuit competition. Visibly elated following her win Carolyn says she is ready to represent Jamaica at the upcoming Miss Universe finals in Bahamas, </span></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“It has always been a dream of mine to be an ambassador for my country and this is my chance! I know the competition will be tough but I’m ready to do my country proud and bring the title home.”</span></span></span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Although never having won the title, Jamaica has had significant success at Miss Universe pageants, claiming four top-10 finishes - Sandra Foster, Nicole Haughton, Christine Straw and Kimberley Mais. Several other beauties, including Sanya Hughes, Rachel Stuart, Trudy Ferguson, Justine Willoughby, Bridgette Rhoden and Zahra Redwood, the first Rastafarian beauty queen to appear in a major international pageant, have also raised Jamaica's profile at the international pageant.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Jamaica Universe 2009 is the daughter of Jean and Hartley Yapp and is originally from Montego Bay. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies in and did post graduate studies in Interior Design in Florida. She is currently residing in Kingston Jamaica. She will begin immediate preparations for Miss Universe, the finals of which will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas on August 23, 2009. Now in its 58th year, the glamorous event, features some of the world's most beautiful women from 85 countries, with each contestant competing for the right to call herself the most beautiful woman in the world.</span></span></span></span></div></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-13280301118811635182009-07-04T16:14:00.006+08:002009-07-04T16:31:32.745+08:00Miss Universe Singapore "Scandal" - Rachael Kum's Racy Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8RcCFgLtI/AAAAAAAABQ8/stkFkCWFGZM/s1600-h/sin.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8RcCFgLtI/AAAAAAAABQ8/stkFkCWFGZM/s400/sin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354517655260770002" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rachel Kum, Singapore's representative to the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in Bahamas is in hot water again, for the nth time, for having another racy picture circulating in the net.</span></span></span></div><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rachel is definitely one of the most attacked candidates to the Miss Universe along with Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo and Miss Vietnam Vo Hoang Yen. Poor three lovely beauties who have been into public scrutiny just because of their dreams of representing their countries to an international pageant like the Miss Universe.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mostly Singaporean fans, as I have seen on different forums and discussions, are really very vocal about their sentiments on the beauty queen. They say that Rachael should not have won because of her questionable integrity.</span></span></span><span id="fullpost" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br />Well, this is only a statement I have read from the forums and not my own judgment. I believe that comments from other fans can't fully support the claim that Rachael is not a good role model.<br /><br />But there are some "racy" pictures of Rachael showing her naughty moments that "might" support the sentiments of the fans. These are actually sent to us and when we checked Rachael Kum's blog, these said pictures are actually posted in her pages.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Well, the photo is taken from a party and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>there's nothing wrong being involved in this idea of fun but as a beauty queen, we really have to be very careful</b></span></span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br />I leave the judgment to our readers - that's you.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8SQga6AiI/AAAAAAAABRM/s27a7sQ2ggk/s400/01.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8SlQ3W_DI/AAAAAAAABRU/izNobaiemlw/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8Svx1kHjI/AAAAAAAABRc/uOIoWqNP0XE/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8S8njPWiI/AAAAAAAABRk/yktcVrVDSA0/s400/1.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8TKWI9ydI/AAAAAAAABRs/5xL8JUJsIxg/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472012382272015061.post-1522525191665281722009-07-04T05:30:00.004+08:002009-07-04T16:03:32.764+08:00Miss Universe 2009 : Asian Beauties<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b>Miss Universe China 2009 - Jiang Yao Wang</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk701yP4peI/AAAAAAAABOc/lA6exd5EBi8/s400/01.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss Universe China 2009 is Jing Yao Wang, 19 years old, 1.78 m-tall. She won the title earlier this Saturday, in Beijing, and will now get ready to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant, which will take place in the Bahamas.<br /></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk72rtcWYJI/AAAAAAAABOk/DF3tY6Gy_2I/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk73OYpEMYI/AAAAAAAABOs/aeHlJqOA4dM/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk737TtnAtI/AAAAAAAABO0/1nAjAY0MEyg/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk74RDMHnXI/AAAAAAAABO8/GTFZGk9o6Xk/s400/1.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b>Miss Universe India 2009 - Ekta Choudhary</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk77mngJkRI/AAAAAAAABPE/-Tq09wgO_Do/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "><div class="postContent" style="font-weight: normal; padding-right: 10px; text-align: justify; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Miss India Universe Ekta Choudhary is nearly set to take part in the Miss Universe pageant. Fashion diva Ritu Kumar, who is designing Choudhary’s outfits, says she is a perfect combination of Indian beauty and international style.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span id="more-13584"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“Every contestant is different and so is Ekta. She is tall, beautiful and confident enough to bring the (Miss Universe) crown back and make us proud,” Kumar told IANS.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Standing at 5 feet 9 inches, Choudhary sports short hair and has got five tattoos but Kumar says that it goes very well with her look.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“In Indian attire, she looks like a royal princess of the (nineteen) sixties. She has a perfect mix of Indian beauty and international style and I don’t have any problem with her short hair,” Kumar maintained. Most earlier Indian contestants had long hair and a more conventional look.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kumar has been looking after the wardrobe of the contestants representing India in international beauty pageants like Miss Universe and Miss World since 1994. The first time she dressed Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai for the pageants, they came back winning the Miss Universe and Miss World crowns respectively.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">India has not won this title since 2000 when model-turned-actress Lara Dutta won the crown.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The renowned designer says that almost every dress, including western wear, will have an Indian touch.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“Just by looking at the outfits, people should feel that it is from India. I can assure you that it would be exotic but not at all gypsy,” she said.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“At the pageant the national costume has always been appreciated and has managed to remain in top position because of our rich traditional culture and fine craftsmanship.”</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Before filling the bags with Indian and western wear, Kumar ensures that she knows the contestant well so that she can design according to her personality, likes and comfort.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Choudhary will carry approximately 40 dresses for the month-long pageant at the Bahamas where the finale is scheduled for Aug 23. She will be one of 75 contestants from different parts of the globe.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“Western clothes would be minimal and the colour palette has all hues from India starting from burgundy, bottle green and pastel shades. When people think about India, they think about colours. So, there would be a riot of colours,” Kumar pointed out.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kumar has advised all the Miss Indias to stick to sari in rehearsals or whenever possible because it would make them stand out from the crowd.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">“I give this tip to everyone but only a few follow it because not everyone is comfortable in a sari. I remember Aishwarya wearing saris during rehearsals and she stood out from other contestants because they were all wearing western outfits,” she said.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk79FKmQEkI/AAAAAAAABPM/Wr6hu6NYYA4/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk79SoZWXTI/AAAAAAAABPU/0PZm-ZBkopg/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk79oeAOJUI/AAAAAAAABPc/QzvSgsnn2RM/s400/1.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk79x5_NcVI/AAAAAAAABPk/b303Ysciheo/s400/01.jpg" /></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Miss Universe Indonesia 2009 - Zivanna Letsha Siregar</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6CC-mEuiI/AAAAAAAABJc/WN7KlquFsOY/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Zivanna Letisha Siregar was the winner of Puteri Indonesia (Miss Indonesia Universe) 2008 from Jakarta. Zivanna Siregar will represent Indonesia at the </span></span></span><a href="http://misscontest.blogspot.com/2008/08/miss-universe-2009.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe 2009</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Born</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: Jakarta, 16 February 1989</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Education : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Faculty of Economic Sciences Department of Economics, University of Indonesia (UI)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hobbies : Reading, gym, singing, Browsing the Internet, Watch movies, Playing Piano, Traveling</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Achievements : Representative of Indonesia to host the visit of Egyptian university students, 2007</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Champion Elite Model Look 2006</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Participants Elite Model Look the Asia Pacific in Shanghai in 2006</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Duta SMA se-Indonesia in international discussions on Singpura, 2005</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6N8WQa1tI/AAAAAAAABKU/fJB-PewToBE/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Puteri Indonesia 2007, Putri Raemawasti (L), New Crowning Puteri Indonesia 2008, Zivana Letisha Sregar (C) and Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza (R)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6PSC0lXEI/AAAAAAAABKk/UqbPuFeCLAU/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6P9knF6zI/AAAAAAAABKs/R66N0WHL2q0/s400/Zivanna_Siregar_002.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6QWnhj3-I/AAAAAAAABK0/QctRagCFEYw/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6QnaOMPbI/AAAAAAAABK8/BmyZHHkrsz0/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b>Miss Universe Japan 2009 - Emiri Miyasaka</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8CHvXdV2I/AAAAAAAABPs/PbnWBqR_ASA/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Emiri Miyasaka</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(</span></span><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">宮坂 絵美里</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miyasaka Emiri</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, a Japanese model, born on June 16, 1984, is a native of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tokyo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, Japan. She will compete in the upcoming </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_2009" title="Miss Universe 2009" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe 2009</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> pagaent on August 23, 2009 held in Nassau, Bahamas. Miyasaka is fluent in English having spent ten months in California attending school. She placed 2nd runner-up at Miss International Japan 2008.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miyasaka beat more than 3,000 applicants for this year’s title of Miss Japan. The judging panel included Miss Universe Japan national director Ines Ligron, singer Shizuka Kudo, Lotte Marines baseball manager Bobby Valentine, Miss Universe 2006 runner-up </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurara_Chibana" title="Kurara Chibana" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kurara Chibana</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, TV personality Girolama Panzetta, and DJ & TV host Chris Peppler. Miyasaka received a lot of attention after her win especially after being invited to the Prime Minister's office which is an honor reserved to </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Important_Person" title="Very Important Person" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">very important people</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> only.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8DvtlhtVI/AAAAAAAABP0/lDM_qiMpf-4/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8D99uGyhI/AAAAAAAABP8/wwsei5LW3ow/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8EJ6A6fsI/AAAAAAAABQE/xlzkyePHDvo/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8ET9RYzWI/AAAAAAAABQM/2YDOI2ZZW6Y/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe Korea 2009 - Seon Na-Ri</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8G6dosDrI/AAAAAAAABQU/sQCP0MQwj7k/s400/01.png" /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Seon Na-ri</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hangul</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: 선나리, born </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" title="1985" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1985</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">), also known as </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ree Na</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> in the Western media, is the winner of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Korea" title="Miss Korea" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Korea</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> 2008. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="IL_SPAN" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Na</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Re stands 5′6″ and weighs 51kg. She is studying at Yonsei University, prestigious and highly selective major research university in Seoul, Major in statistics. In terms of music, she is an expert in playing violin. Aside from music, </span></span><span class="IL_SPAN" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Na</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> also dreams of becoming a well known writer someday. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">She will represent</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Korea</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> in the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_2009" title="Miss Universe 2009" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2009 Miss Universe pageant</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, which will be held in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" title="Nassau, Bahamas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nassau</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas" title="Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bahamas</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> on 23 August 2009, where the reigning </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayana_Mendoza" title="Dayana Mendoza" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dayana Mendoza</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> from </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Venezuela</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, will crown her successor.</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8I9Ly0MvI/AAAAAAAABQc/ovA2U0_QsNI/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8KWgg5qtI/AAAAAAAABQk/AbfnzFC70c4/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8LEoAfVyI/AAAAAAAABQs/6KxYO029I4g/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk8L3DrhtkI/AAAAAAAABQ0/4DCDsTC-5FI/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Miss Malaysia Universe 2009 - JoannaBelle Ng Li Vun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6RPgx63YI/AAAAAAAABLE/bz0hMsTe0Mg/s400/01.jpg" /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JoannaBelle Ng, 21, from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah is a full-time model.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After winning Sabah’s Top Model Search, JoannaBelle has since appeared in numerous fashion shows, print advertisements and television commercials. She was one of Seventeen magazine’s Cover Girl Search finalists in September 2005, and named as one of FHM magazine’s Girl Next Door Top 10.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230); font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Her distinct Chinese-Indian looks also saw her emerging as 1st runner up in the 2008 Miss Cheong Sam Malaysia competition.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6ThepDhZI/AAAAAAAABLM/4hMqdykUaAA/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6TtFlRMAI/AAAAAAAABLU/4tYkFASOQY4/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6T94bA_7I/AAAAAAAABLc/T5D9oGLcCAE/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6UN3M7FWI/AAAAAAAABLk/HaiA3UQRyJY/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6Uq0xkKdI/AAAAAAAABLs/GIIAFgWh8Rc/s400/uy.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe Philippines 2009 - Pamela Bianca Manalo</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6X9P7x0NI/AAAAAAAABL0/Vfxt2VP5iB0/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Philippine Airlines Domestic Flight Attendant Pamela Bianca Manalo recalls a comment from a passenger during one of her flights: "What are you doing here? You should be in a beauty contest."</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The statesque 5'10" Mass Communications grafuate from Assumption College took the passenger quip as compliment while doing her chores 25, 000 feet in the air.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For 22 year old Bianca, getting accepted and finishing third from the top of her class as a PAL flight attendant was one prayer answered, although she still nurtured a childhood dream of becoming a beauty queen like her eldest sister, Katherine Manalo-Hernandez, who reight as Bb. Pilipinas World in 2002.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bianca said, "I owe to my sister my response to that crucial question during the pageant. I remember her telling me how men should treat women just after she broke up with her ex-boyfriend."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(At the pageant's Q&A segment, judge Richard Gomez asked:"In the future, if you get to have a son, what would you teach him about women?" Bianca answered:"In the future, if I would have a son, what I would tell him about women is that he should respect them like he respects his mother, because every woman can be a mother and if you show that respect to every woman, they you know how to respect yourself as well.")</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The third of four all-girl siblings, Bianca eagerly followed her dream even if it mean t ging against the wishes of her mother, Mrs. Norman Manalo, who at the start did not approve her joining this year's Bb. Pilipinas search.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I dreaded the thought of re-living the pressure of the pageant when my eldest Katherine, was chosen Bb. Pilipinas World seven year ago." said Norma."So I got angry when Bianca said over the phone that she joined the pageant."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anger turned into pleasant surprise when Norma learned her daughter did not abandon her job as a PAL flight attendant and that she had been picked as one of the final 24 candidates.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bianca said,"After graduating from Assumption in 2007, I really aimed to be flight attendant which is what my mother wanted for me. Before I got accepted into PAL in April 2008, I had a brief stint as a TV newscaster."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The four-month training at the PAL Learning Center proved very useful for Bianca when she decided to join the contest, and had filed the necessary leave of absence.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Many lessons I learned during our cabin crew training - like how to exude grace under pressure, how to be confident, how to develop good interpersonal relationships and how to maximize my talents - were very useful at the pageant," said Bianca.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When Bianca leaves for the Bahamas in August to represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant, she will be bringing her rosary, although she will certainly have to leave behind Tiaram her four-year-old pet miniature poodle.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Besides being crowned BB. PIlipinas-Universe, Bianca was also named Miss Philippne Airlines, Best in Swimsuit, Ms. Natasha, and Ms. Manila Bulletin </span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6Y335UeaI/AAAAAAAABL8/BvN4n7-YBP8/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6ZFKbWvgI/AAAAAAAABME/erqiOESLp64/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6ZVsE_ryI/AAAAAAAABMM/e4d43LjHv48/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6Z66W3IAI/AAAAAAAABMc/NQ4_EESxGog/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pamela Bianca Manalo in her PAL's Flight Attendant Uniform</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe Singapore 2009 - Rachel Kum</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">\</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6cdsrvKDI/AAAAAAAABMk/7NPIBdCz14o/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Twenty-four-year old manager Rachel Kum is Singapore’s representative to the Miss Universe contest according to the </span></span><a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_374887.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Straits Times</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SHE was mired in some controversy at this year’s Miss Singapore Universe. But Rachel Kum, 24, managed to skirt the heat to become the latest winner of the local beauty pageant held at Shangri-La Hotel’s Island Ballroom on Saturday night. She was recently accused by certain sources of allegedly skipping the preliminary audition rounds and compulsory activities, The New Paper on Sunday reported. Besides enviable good looks, the 1.7m manager in the medical industry also bagged two subsidiary awards – The Most Body Beautiful and Miss Personality. Rachel, who was a former New Face finalist won $5,000 in cash, a trophy and products and services from the sponsors. She will represent Singapore at Miss Universe 2009, which will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas on Aug 23.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6et1J3N5I/AAAAAAAABMs/z4j6fxB7Bxs/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6e7yKYAUI/AAAAAAAABM0/MHm0rwGnmT0/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6fLmtwgfI/AAAAAAAABM8/ePum_uBkgB0/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6fYdKT_RI/AAAAAAAABNE/7rVOtIEpMAM/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe Thailand 2009 - </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chutima Durongdej</span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6j_SlA_3I/AAAAAAAABNM/WHAlaIYFPjA/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span></b></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><b><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chutima Chantelle Durongdej (nicknamed Kai Mook (Thai: ไข่มุก) (born 6 December 1985 in Bangkok, Thailand) is </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/miss-thailand/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with miss thailand" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Thailand</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Universe 2009.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Durongdej primarily educated from King’s College, Taunton GCSE and Millfield School in the United Kingdom. After that she received Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition from Nottingham University in 2007. In year later, She received a master degree in Business Management from University of </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/london/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with london" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">London</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(City University).</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">During her studies in the United Kingdom, Chutima participated in Miss </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/london/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with london" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">London</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and Miss Wimbledon</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/pageants/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with pageants" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pageants</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, where she received the 2nd runner-up and 1st runner-up respectively. She was also chosen into the top 20 of Britain’s </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/next-top-model/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with next top model" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Next Top Model</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, in 2006.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On March 28, 2009, Durongdej competed in the 10th</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/miss-thailand/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with miss thailand" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Thailand</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/universe-pageant/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with universe pageant" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Universe pageant</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> held in Bangkok where she won and was crowned by reigning </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/miss-thailand/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with miss thailand" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Thailand</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Universe 2008 Gavintra Photijak.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In this August, Chutima will represent Thailand at the </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/miss-universe/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Miss Universe" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> 2009 pageant at </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/nassau/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with nassau" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nassau</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-queens.org/tag/bahamas/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Bahamas" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bahamas</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6lTNJY3ZI/AAAAAAAABNU/YkmEfk71Sps/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6leFcLPgI/AAAAAAAABNc/rANGUMsCG_8/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6lt-zc6KI/AAAAAAAABNk/NvpmErjyheY/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6l3r3QhjI/AAAAAAAABNs/kaBIUQzV0Vo/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miss Universe Vietnam 2009 - </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vo Hoang Yen</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6qVC9xtFI/AAAAAAAABN0/HGcUymwWSL4/s400/_RET1686copy.jpg" /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Standing 179 centimeters tall and measuring 90-62-92 (cm), the 21-year-old model Vo Hoang Yen with a milky complexion and Western features will have two months to get fine-tuned before showing up at Paradise Island on August 1.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"><p style="text-align: left; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hoang Yen said she has been preparing for the pageant since the day she received an invitation to attend Miss Universe 2009 from Hoan Vu Joint Stock Company, the unit directly in charge of selecting the Vietnamese contestants</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yen added she is now taking courses on English to improve international communication skills, knowledge of culture and tourism as well as doing a training program at John Robert Powers modeling agency.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When asked if Yen intends to “retouch” herself as many former contestants won the pageant thanks to cosmetic surgery, this young Vietnamese lady said she would like to retain what she has and bring to the world the true Vietnamese beauty. Oh well, it is as normal as 90% Hollywood celebrity do, just hope the world will enjoy the Vietnamese beauty.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; "> </div><p></p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6sXD8xPpI/AAAAAAAABN8/4VeThjZ6_PA/s400/01.jpg" /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6tXtyXJ7I/AAAAAAAABOE/27cxfsEpPhE/s400/1.jpg" /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6uiZJjT7I/AAAAAAAABOM/O71zyQPuink/s400/01-00001.jpg" /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;color:#E6E6E6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o65hzq4ESBI/Sk6vXNauFKI/AAAAAAAABOU/lSD4sJjIFWY/s400/01-0001.jpg" /></span></span></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230); font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"></span></b></span></div>Kumang Sarawakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901330493088417055noreply@blogger.com0