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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?
Pageant: August 2010 Archives
...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!
Earlier this week, Mexico's Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe 2010. The lovely 22-year-old, who was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, wowed audiences with her poise, grace, and, of course, her beautiful Sherri Hill gown! Congrats, Ximena! Check out her Sherri Hill design, below:
"The expectation in holding the crown was that she maintain the image she had when she won it," a spokeswoman for the pageant said.
O'Neil, on the other hand, maintains that the organizer told her that she wouldn't go far, in life, because of the teen's alleged attitude (as well as, presumably, her hair color). "Well you better decide, miss," O'Neil said she was told. "Hand over your crown with an attitude like that. I'm sure someone will step into your place with manners."
It's one thing to take away a pageant-winner's crown if she's done something particularly scandalous, or, say, Carrie Prejean-esque. But dying her hair brown? That seems oppressive in a particularly offensive way. What do you guys think? Should a teenage girl -- beauty queen or no -- be discriminated against for going brunette?
