2006-08-01 08:23:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Hi..
"Miss Universe 2006"
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18-year-old "Miss Puerto Rico"," Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza"
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1st runner-up: Miss Japan
2nd runner-up: Miss Switzerland
3rd runner-up: Miss Paraguay
4th runner-up: Miss USA
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By the way: this is the fifth time a "Miss Puerto Rico".. has won Miss Universe... Only the USA has more titles with seven...
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Last year, "Miss Puerto Rico", was the first runner-up, and second runner-up the year before... Sounds like Puerto Rico is the land of beauty....
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"Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza".. was born on October 3, 1987, in: Barrio Parcelas Vázquez in Salinas...
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Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza an 18-year-old aspiring actress from Puerto Rico, who hopes to someday star in US and Latin American films, has been crowned as Miss Universe 2006. This is the fifth time the crown has gone to a woman from the US island territory in the Caribbean.. Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza of Puerto Rico shared a nervous emotional hug with first runner-up, Kurara Chibana of Japan moments before the winner was announced, then clasped her hands to her mouth in amazement as she heard her name called. She beamed as the crown was placed on her head.
“The truth is, I still do not believe it,” the 18-year-old student and model said after she was crowned...
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“I always had faith and confidence in myself, but I never knew I was going to win,” Rivera, speaking in Spanish from the stage, said in her first remarks as Miss Universe... The winner, who is from coastal town of Salinas, said she would continue the pageant’s mission of promoting awareness and education about AIDS and HIV...
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“I want to tell those people there’s always problems in life, but there’s always possibilities to improve things,” she said......
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In her pageant biography, Rivera explained what made her different from the other contestants.
“Physically, I have been told by modeling agencies and friends that I represent the consummate Latino look,” she said. “Everything in my face expresses our heritage, our music and the wonderful mixes of races that we are.” Rivera is the first winner from Puerto Rico since Denise Quinones in 2001, and the fifth overall in the pageant’s 55-year history...
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Miss Universe 2006 was chosen by an international judging panel which included NBC’s Las Vegas actor James Lesure of “Las Vegas”; “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry; actress Bridgette Wilson Sampras; Sean Yazbeck, newest winner of “The Apprentice”; former Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith; anchor Maria Celeste Arraras of Telemundo’s “Al Rojo Vivo”; Claudia Jordan, briefcase model on “Deal or No Deal”; fashion photographer Patrick McMullan, and 2003 Miss Universe Amelia Vega....
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Throughout the two-hour event, the delegates competed in three categories; swimsuit, evening gown and interview. During these competitions the “Top Five” finalists were selected before the crowning. Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005, crowned her successor at the conclusion of the two-hour primetime telecast, before an estimated worldwide viewing audience of more than 600 hundred million in over 180 countries...
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Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell and actor/singer Carlos Ponce (7th Heaven), hosted the live telecast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Commentary was provided by Carson Kressley of Bravo’s Queer Eye along with Miss USA 2004, Shandi Finnessey throughout the live telecast"..
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Summary :
Los Angeles, July 24: Forty minutes into her reign as Miss Universe, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a post-pageant news conference ..and was rushed offstage Sunday night. .
Pageant officials immediately said the lithe 5-foot-9 18-year-old was all right and had fainted...
She`s OK. She`s fine," pageant representative Lark Anton told mediapersons... "She got dizzy. It`s very hot up here... Her dress is tight... as you could see it was beaded and heavy. "She passed out."..
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My regards!;)
2006-08-01 13:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico
2006-08-01 15:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mizz Know It All 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico
2006-08-01 15:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico
2006-08-01 15:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico
2006-08-01 15:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lumas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rock.
2006-08-01 15:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by Juror #8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA ( territory of Puerto Rico)
2006-08-01 15:26:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe she was from Puerto Rico, and the runner-up was from Japan
2006-08-01 15:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by Sydney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico...and I thought she was kinda funny looking. Definitely not the best looking one there.
2006-08-01 15:26:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico...but I think Japan was prettier and should've won.
2006-08-01 15:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by pornstarwannabe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋