For the 5th time in the history of the pageant, the second in last 6 years – a stunner from Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Universe. Zuleyka Rivera Medoza, my personal favorite to win the title, is 18 years old, stands 5 feet 9 inches and hails from a small coastal town in Puerto Rico, [...]
After much dilly-dallying here are my predictions for the 2006 Miss Universe pageant. As we all probably know by now, Miss Universe organizers have decided on calling 20 semifinalists this year. This couldn’t have come at a better time since there are so many deserving women out of this batch of 86 – but having [...]
I just found out this morning that videos of the preliminary competition are now available on the Miss Universe Website. I highly recommend taking a look as this is a great opportunity for all of us to have a look see at what the competition will be like on Sunday. It also gave me a [...]
Click on the thumbnails to view the photos. Two days ago the all important preliminary competition took place in Los Angeles. The competition was a chance for the 85 delegates to compete in swimsuits, evening gowns and national costumes. Today as promised I will discuss the evening gown preliminary competition. Now, I’ve looked through every [...]
Before I go into my dissection of this year’s preliminaries I just felt the need to say some things about two of the usual suspects who almost always end up on our favorites list. Two girls who, by the reputation that precedes them, make other candidates uneasy. Two girls who, by their sashes alone, make [...]
Partial preliminary competition photos have been posted on the Miss Universe Press site as well as other places on the net including Yahoo and Getty Images. I haven’t had the chance to see all girls in swimsuit and evening gowns yet so I’m holding off from doing another favorites list till tomorrow. I’ve seen even [...]
Just one more week and a new Miss Universe will be crowned. The competition is getting hotter and hotter as the days go by, anything can happen at this point. Changes to the pageant have been announced, pageant website Global Beauties reports that this year will see 20 semifinalists instead of the usual 15 – [...]
Wrote this article for a writing class and wanted to share. It was a dark stormy night when Romi Garduce set off on the final leg of his journey. At 26,000 feet above sea level the air was so thin he had to rely on bottled oxygen to stay conscious. Panting for breath while walking [...]
WARNING: Kids don’t try this at home. I’ve been starving myself these last 2 weeks. Crazy? Well actually since eating isn’t allowed inside our newsroom I spend most busy days without much food. If I get lucky I can sneak in a short break for lunch at around 4pm before having dinner at home at [...]
