| MISS UNIVERSE 2007 IN MEXICO CITY | | | | until last minute, but she had poor speech in the finals. |
| | | | Miss Venezuela, Maritza Sayalero won the title. |
| Miss Universe’s my favorite Telecast. It’s really | | | | 1981: New York City. Under the leadership of Osmel |
| exciting. I always want my favorite "Miss" to win. | | | | Sousa, President of Miss Venezuela Organization, |
| When they win, I am really happy. But when my | | | | Venezuela’s Irene Saez was crowned Miss |
| favorite lose…Every year, I have a favorite delegate. | | | | Universe. The final ranking:1-Venezuela, 2-Canada, |
| Last year was Miss Japan, Kurara Chibana. From my | | | | 3-Sweden, 4-Brazil, 5-Belgium. After the Miss Universe, |
| point of view, I think that Miss Japan 2006 is a perfect | | | | Miss Brazil, Adriana Alves de Oliveira had worked as |
| beauty… In 1978 was my countrywoman: In my | | | | professional model in Paris...In 1984 she was London, |
| opinion, I think that Miss Peru, Olga Roxana Zumaran | | | | the United Kingdom, where she was the first favorite |
| Burga, has one of the best bodies in the Miss Universe | | | | by international journalism and houses of best. With at |
| History...she was a big favorite in Acapulco, Mexico... I | | | | 1.81m, she had a perfect body and European |
| think that Olga was eliminated this contest because | | | | profile...But she only came between 7 semifinalists. She |
| she did not speak English...In this year I was a children...I | | | | is the best delegate from Brazil since Magdalena |
| was a fan of Miss Peru… | | | | Sbairini, other big favorite in Miss World 1977... |
| In 1985, my favorite was Miss Zaire, currently the | | | | 1982: Lima ,Peru. The favorites were: 1-Miss Chile, |
| Democratic Republic of Congo.... Miss Zaire ,Kayonga | | | | 2-Miss South Africa, 3-Miss Brazil, 4-Miss Finland |
| "Benita" Mureka Tete...Miss Africa and great favorite in | | | | 5-Miss Canada 6-Miss Austria 7-Greece 8-Miss Wales |
| Miss World 1985... ...her exotic beauty was very special. | | | | 9-Miss Italy 10-Miss Australia...Weren’t favorites: |
| Some people think that I am passionate about Miss | | | | Guam, USA, Uruguay, Germany, Peru, Venezuela, |
| Universe…It’s true...My mother is guilty of that. She | | | | England and Miss Sweden. Miss South Africa, Odett |
| has a great admiration for Gladys Zender, Miss | | | | Octavia Scrooby, (18 years old, 173m, blue eyes and |
| Universe 1957. | | | | 54 k) was born in Skeerpoort. She had been a |
| I remember that my country was elected host the | | | | professional model in Johannesburg, a city in SA. Her |
| Miss Universe on January 1982. For me, was a | | | | hobbies are drawing and painting. Her dream was to |
| surprised to read in the newspapers that Lima, | | | | become an international supermodel. She did not win |
| Peru’s capital, hosted the Miss Universe. I felt very | | | | because her country was the birthplace of |
| happy...My country made a great contest...were times | | | | Apartheid…However, Miss Canada won the title. |
| against the terrorism by Shining Path… One of my | | | | Karen Baldwin was a student at university in |
| favorites was Miss Brazil.. spectacular Cecyle Pinto | | | | Canada.Her dream was to become a businesswoman. |
| Marques da Sylva (1,80m-18 years old and brown | | | | Her hobbies were water sports and playing tennis, |
| eyes) was born in Belem do Para, Amazonas | | | | squash and racquetball. Like Gladys Zender, one of the |
| (Amazonian jungle. She studied medicine. Glamorous | | | | judges, Karen was a sportswoman. "My idol is the |
| Miss Amazonas said that her idol is the Supreme | | | | Mother Theresa of Calcutta", said in an interview with |
| Pontieff John Paul II. | | | | Mario Vargas Llosa (judge).In the International judge, |
| The Miss Universe Pageant originated in the 1950s in | | | | Karen had had the support of Rod Duguay, her |
| Long Beach, California. Certainly, Miss Universe has | | | | countrymen and a famous hockey player... |
| been compared to Olympic Games. I think that Miss | | | | 1984: Miami, Florida. Miss South Africa, Leticia Snyman, |
| Universe begin in Ancient Greece…More than 1,000 | | | | was a big favorite, but she did not win Miss Universe. |
| years… I remember that sports and beauty were | | | | After 1984,Miss Universe company did not accept |
| important for the Ancient Greeks. Certainly, Cyprus | | | | South Africa contestants until 1995,when Namibia was |
| Island was the sanctuary of Aphrodite, the Goddess | | | | host the Miss Universe. |
| of Beauty and Love | | | | 1985: Miami, Florida. The final ranking: |
| For the fourth time, Mexico will host the 56th the Miss | | | | 1-PR,2-Spain,3-Zaire,4-Venezuela,5-Uruguay. Miss Zaire, |
| Universe Pageant. The final will be at the National | | | | Benita Mureka, was the first black African finalist in |
| Auditorium in Mexico City, on May 28th.Mexico is one | | | | Miss Universe. Miss Zaire has her own style, very |
| of the most wonderful places on Earth…There are | | | | beautiful. Miss Puerto Rico, a girl very common, was |
| very nice beaches: Cancun, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, | | | | elected Miss Universe…very strange result. |
| La Paz, Puerto Escondido, and Acapulco. For example, | | | | 1986: Panama City. Miss Venezuela, Barbara Palacios |
| Cozumel Island is a tropical paradise…The Mexican | | | | Teyde. Venezuela has had many judges in the Miss |
| Jungle is the real fascination…paradisiac landscapes. | | | | Universe since 1984: Certainly, Carolina Herrera (1984 |
| Furthermore, Mexico has one of the oldest histories in | | | | and 1997), Irene Saez (1983 and 1995), Maria Consuelo |
| the world. Like Peru, France and Thailand, Mexico is | | | | Alonso (1993 and 1998), Lupita Ferrer (1986), Barbara |
| the home of International gastronomy…Mexico is very | | | | Palacios Teyde (1988) and Jose Luis Rodriguez (1991. |
| famous for its food…tacos, empanadas, moles, and | | | | Different from Venezuela, Jamaica has not had an |
| enchiladas…Finally, the people are very warm and | | | | judge in MU history...as Bolivia, Paraguay, Portugal, |
| friendly. From my perspective, I think that Mexico is the | | | | Austria, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Namibia, Curacao, |
| perfect place for Miss Universe…Welcome to | | | | Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, |
| MEXICO! | | | | Ireland... |
| FROM 1952 TO 2007: | | | | 1987: Singapore City. Miss Chile, Cecilia Bolocco was |
| 1952: Long Beach, California. Miss Finland was the first | | | | crowned Miss Universe Pageant. She had a |
| Miss Universe… | | | | sensational interview with judges. Miss Colombia, |
| 1955: Long Beach, California. Miss Sweden was | | | | Patricia Lopez, did not qualify for the semifinals. After |
| crowned Miss Universe. Miss El Salvador, Maribel | | | | of won Miss South America-Universe and Miss |
| Arrietta, was the big favorite. Miss El Salvador was | | | | Photogenic, Patricia Lopez became the big favorite to |
| compared to Marilyn Monroe by American journalists. | | | | win the Miss Universe, but she did not speak English |
| 1957: Long Beach (California). Miss Peru, Gladys | | | | very well. Good bye Colombia… |
| Zender Urbina was elected Miss Universe. She is the | | | | 1989: Cancun, Mexico. Andrea Stelzer was Miss South |
| first Latin woman to win the Miss Universe. | | | | Africa 1985 but when she arrived at Miami Airport |
| 1959: Long Beach, California. Miss Italy, Maria Grazia | | | | Immigration did not accept her entrance to Miami. |
| Buccella, was the big favourite, but she did not make | | | | Reasons: Radical protests by American Anti-Apartheid |
| the semifinals. Next day, Italian newspapers criticized | | | | activists. After...like many South African, she became |
| Akiko Kojima...New Miss Universe from Japan.... | | | | German citizen. In 1989 she won the Miss Germany |
| 1961: Long Beach, California. Marlene Schmidt became | | | | title. She went to Cancun and was semifinalist at the |
| the first German woman to win the Miss Universe title. | | | | Miss Universe... |
| 1962: Miss Haiti, Evelyn Miot, was the first black woman | | | | 1990: Venezuela was the dominant force in Miss |
| to be a semifinalist at Miss Universe… | | | | Universe Pageant in the 1990s. |
| 1964: Long Beach, California. Corina Tsopie was the | | | | 1993: Mexico City. Maria Consuelo Alonso, international |
| first person from Greece to win the Pageant. | | | | judge, did not support Miss Venezuela, Milka Chulina, at |
| 1968: Miami Beach, Florida.Martha Vasconcelos | | | | the Miss Universe. In Caracas, there was many critics |
| became the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe | | | | towards Maria Consuelo…She was born in Cuba. |
| title. | | | | 1994: Manila, Philippines. The ranking final: 1-Miss India, |
| 1969: Miami Beach, Florida. Miss Philippines, Gloria Diaz, | | | | 2-Miss Colombia, 3-Miss Venezuela. Many people think |
| became the third Miss universe from the Asia. | | | | that Colombia never winner Miss Universe… because |
| 1975: San Salvador (El Salvador).The winner was | | | | the narcotrafic. Colombia have had spectacular girls |
| Anne Pohtamo, Miss Finland. She looks like Grace | | | | like Aura Maria Mojica and Paloma Turbay Ayala... |
| Kelly, who was an American actress and Princess of | | | | 1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. Miss Venezuela, Alicia |
| Monaco (a small country in Europe).During her reign, | | | | Machado, won the Miss Universe Pageant. She is |
| she went to the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Dominican | | | | always controversial and charismatic… |
| Republic and other countries in the Third World...She | | | | 1999: Trinidad Tobago. Miss Botswana, Mpule |
| was crowned in El Salvador, the birthplace of Maribel | | | | Kwelagobe, became Miss Universe. Since 1999, she is |
| Arrieta, one of the most beautiful delegates in the | | | | an Anti-AIDS activist in the Third World. |
| chronology of MU.... Jackeline Gammarra, Miss Bolivia, | | | | 2000: Nicosia, Cyprus, the birthplace of |
| was big favorite in San Salvador. Ironically, she had | | | | Aphrodite…Miss India, Lara Dutta was crowned Miss |
| been eliminated in the semifinals of Miss Universe. She | | | | Universe. Miss France, Sonia Rolland, who speaks |
| is one of the best South American delegates in the | | | | French, English and Spanish, was another bi-racial |
| history of Miss Universe... | | | | beauty. She has a Rwandan mother and a French |
| 1978: Acapulco, Mexico. Miss South Africa won the | | | | father. Sonia was a child who lived at the time of the |
| title. The favorites were : 1-El Salvador, 2-Peru, 3-USA, | | | | Rwandan War. |
| 4-SAfrica, 5-Israel, 6-Sweden, 7-Wales, 8-Costa Rica. | | | | 2006: Los Angeles, California. Miss Puerto Rico, |
| Miss Costa Rica, Maribel Fernandez (actress in the | | | | Zuleyka Rivera, was crowned Miss Universe |
| 1980s and 1990s), was eliminated. The great surprise | | | | Pageant… Did you know that... Puerto Rico has had |
| was Miss Chile… very intelligent (she spoke English, | | | | several judges in the Miss Universe History: Mapy |
| French and German)… Miss Peru, Olga Roxana | | | | Cortes (actress/1972), Marisol Malaret (former MU: |
| Zumaran Burga, has been the only Peruvian favorite in | | | | 1977 and 2002),Deborah Carthy-Deu (ex-MU: 1987 and |
| the Miss Universe History...but she did not speak English | | | | 2003), Dayanara Torres (2001),Marc Anthony |
| as Miss Colombia and Miss Spain. Another eliminated | | | | (2001)and Maria Celeste Arraras (journalist/2003 and |
| was Miss El Salvador, Iris Yvette Mazorra, one of the | | | | 2006)...but Chile only has had two judges: Cecilia |
| best Latin American delegates in MU. | | | | Bolocco (1996) and Christian de la Fuente (20001)…. |
| 1979: Perth (Australia). Miss Brazil was a big favorite | | | | |