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It's Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete and former Miss Universe Lupita Jones, in People Espanol's 50 Most Beautiful People issue this month!
And guess what they're wearing?
Breathtaking Sherri Hill dresses!
Don't these two beautiful ladies look stunning?
Go pick up a copy of the issue today!
Felicidades, ladies!
Now that she's a bona fide international beauty queen, Ximena Navarrete -- aka the newly-crowned Miss Universe 2010 -- gets to do her round-the-world publicity tour, wherein she makes appearances everywhere from state fairs to late night talk shows, and touts her new position and the causes she plans to take up as a result. This week, her responsibilities included making a Top Ten List-delivering appearance on CBS's Late Night With David Letterman -- and we think she did a pretty stand-up job.
What do you think? Are you a Navarrete fan?
...Speaking of Miss Universe: Ximena Navarrete wasn't the only contestant to don Sherri Hill on the night of the competition; all of the contestants wore versions of her original bandage dress design in the semifinalist lineup -- and Miss Ireland, Miss Albania and Miss Ukraine all wore Sherri Hill in the evening gown portion of the night.
Check out some additional images of the gowns here!
Here's a sample of what she ate on one particular Saturday:
"I had three hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. I only ate the egg whites, plus some strawberries and blueberries.
For lunch, I had a spinach salad with vinaigrette at home. I marinated some salmon in olive oil, pepper, and lemon, and just put that in the pan and cooked it.
I had a whey protein shake from a corner shop by my gym, and later I met my sister for dinner at Chom Chom. We had sushi, but I had the rolls with no rice. I got salmon, and a crab roll with no avocado. I had some cranberry juice. I got hungry later that night, so I had pineapples and strawberries for a snack."
To me, this seems healthy, but pretty sparse. And yet, I appreciate that she was honest about why she ate what she did, and how she feels about food. It's rare to hear women speaking so candidly about their eating habits. What do you think?
Malika Menard, from Normandy, France was crowned Miss France 2010 this past weekend. The 22-year-old is a law student, it turns out!
Congratulations to Miss Menard. She will now enter the running for Miss Universe 2010. Let the games begin.
Miss Venezuela 2007, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 at the pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008. The Venezuelan beauty queen was born on June 1, 1986 in Caracus, Venezuela. Early in her life, at the age of 15, Mendoza became independent and lived in many different countries without her parents and without the knowledge of the languages in those countries. She said her greatest accomplishment is that she succeeded in working with different cultures and learning from them. Mendoza is a model and signed with Elite Model Management in 2001, in Nice, France. She also works with companies such as Max Mara and Costume Nacional where she has modeled in nine different countries for Versace, Robert Cavalli and other fashion designers. She speaks 3 languages: Spanish, English and Italian.
Mendoza is the fifth Venezuelan to win the Miss Universe title and is the first winner from the country since Alicia Muchado won in 1996. She was crowned with a tiara worth $120,000. Her prize package includes a year contract promoting Miss Universe, world travel and a New York City luxury apartment. She will also receive a $100,000 stipend for a two-year course at the New York Film Academy and be given free access to famous fashion houses and beauty parlors. Mendoza will spend the year traveling the world to lecture on humanitarian issues and to promote education regarding HIV/AIDS.
Zana Krasniqi finished in the top ten at the 2008 Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam. Zana stood out in her custom Sherri Hill pageant dress.
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Lifelong ballet dancer, Riyo Mori from a village near Mount Fuji won Miss Universe 2007. Mori wore a striking black gown with colored lapels for the final. "My mind went blank," she said of the winning moment. |
| Former Miss USA 2004 and model Shandi Finnessey has swept the entertainment industry by storm, for a beauty queen. She was born on June 9, 1978 in Florissant, Missouri. In addition to winning beauty pageants, Finnessey has also written a children's book called The Furrtails. The book's aim is to help children appreciate their individuality and understand peers who have disabilities. She earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Lindenwood University in 1999. Finnessey's first pageant competition was in the Miss Missouri USA 2000 pageant. She finished first runner-up and competed the following year to win second runner-up. She also competed in the Miss Oktoberfest pageant and was again a runner-up. Then in 2002, she won the Miss St. Louis Metro local title in the Miss Missouri system and went on th win the Miss Missouri title. This allowed her to compete as Miss Missouri in the 2003 Miss America pageant, but she did not place. On her third attempt, Finnessey finally won the Miss Missouri USA pageant. She went on to become the first woman from Missouri to win the Miss USA title in 2004. She later placed as first runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant. During her reigns as Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA, Finnessey was involved in many charitable organizations such as the AIDS Foundation, Special Olympics in St. Louis Missouri and the Variety Club Telethon. She also continued to co-host many pageants such as the Miss USA 2005 and Miss Universe 2006 pageants. Since the end of her reign at Miss USA, Finnessey has appeared on several television shows as a co-host including GSN, NBC's reality show The Apprentice, CMT and Dancing with the Stars. |
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