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Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was this morning crowned the 2008 Miss Universe at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.Morning? Yes, morning - in order to enable American viewers to see it live in the evening. What to do, they call the shots. It's their show. A a result of the timing, most Malaysians missed the live telecast, if any. I don't think any of our free-to-air TV stations or the pay-TV Astro broadcasted it. Never saw any advertisement or promotion prior to today, did you? Hopefully tonite got.
Ms. Mendoza is 22 years old and her career ambition is to become an Interior Designer, according to the Miss Universe official web site. Don't waste your time visiting this site because you will have to pay to view most of the photos. The above was all I could get without paying. Dayana also enjoys photography and is interested in advertising.
Dayana, who beat 79 other contestants, was crowned by Miss Universe 2007, Riyo Mori.
The site didn't say who were the runners-up. Trying other sources Will keep you posted, hopefully.
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I blogged last year that the difference between Miss World & Universe pageants are:
Miss World: the final is the world’s largest live annual TV event (2 billion in 200 countries), >100 delegates annually. The original, started 1951.
Miss Universe: most popular in the US, approx 80 delegates. Started 1952.
Someone was overheard saying that the Miss Universe pageant is of higher standard because it’s open to the whole universe (i.e. 3 legged green aliens can take part), not just planet Earth.
ref:
http://worldrec.info/2007/12/22/the-first-asian-to-win-either-miss-world-miss-universe-is-not-from-india
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