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Subject: I DO AGREE! THEY'VE BEEN DOIN THE RIGHT THING THIS TIME!!! KUDOS TO MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION! I DO HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR LONG...AND I DO HOPE YOU'LL BRING BACK THE SCORING BOARD BEING FLASHED ONSCREEN FOR US PAGEANT FANS FOT US TO SEE HOW EVERY DELEGATE FARE IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES!

Author: NATTY

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:32:05 05/17/07 Thu In reply to: Prodigy 's message, "I personally like the Personality Interviews to be conducted first before the Swimsuit and Evening Gown Preliminary Competitions! Why? For the judges to catch a glimpse or have an Idea of how the Candidates present herself in the Interview and see how Truthful & Smart she is in her Answers! In the Interview Portion, the Judges can see who's Real & who's Fake! The Interview portion could give the delegate a Judge a Lasting Impression !!! The Girl with Winsome Personality & BRILLIANT MIND should Win!" on 17:45:19 05/17/07 Thu >> >>****************************************************** >* >>****** >> >>May 18, 2007 Friday >> >>In eleven days a new Miss Universe will be crowned >>from a bevy of 77 global lovelies at the National >>Auditorium in Mexico City. >> >>This year some interesting changes , call it >>Historical if you may are shaping up for the fifty six >>year old international pageant. >> >>For one, 2006 Miss Universe Puerto Rico's Zuleyka >>Rivera only reigned for 10 months - the shortest reign >>ever for a Miss Universe. >> >>Also while there were 86 delegates who competed at >>last year's Miss Universe in Los Angeles, only 77 are >>vying for the crown this year. Pageant fans have noted >>that the delegate attendace at Miss Universe have >>droppped in the last few years. >> >>Trinidad and Tobago, regarded as one of the pageant >>supoerpower having produced two Miss Universe queens, >>is not competing this year - the first time in 16 >>years for this tiny Carribean nation. Citing a lack of >>financial support from corporate and government >>sponsors, the national director decided to cancel this >>year's Miss Trinidad and Tobago tilt. >> >>Other countries noticeably absent this year include : >>the Cayman Islands, Chile, Ethiopia, Ghana, Great >>Britain,Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Namibia, >>Netherlands, northern Marianas, Sri Lanka, St. Martin, >>St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden and Turkey >>among others. >> >>On the other hand two new countries are competing this >>year. A representative from the African nation of >>Tanzania is molding up to be an early favorite. Then >>the former Yugoslavian state of Montenegro - fresh >>from Serbia independence in 2006 is also represented >>for the first time in the pageant this year. >> >>Who's back? >> >> Countries like Italy, Honduras, Barbados , Belize >>and Curacao are back this year after an absence of a >>few years. >> >>Other changes this year is an interesting shift on the >>personality interviews from the last part of the >>preliminary judging to that becoming the first part of >>the top 15 selection process. This year, personality >>interviews have been moved up days before the 767 >>delegates strut their stuff in evening gown and >>swimsuit. >> >>Additional observations: >> >>Other countries are starting to regard the Miss >>Universe pageant as second rate to its British rival >>Miss World. Countries like India and Israel now send >>their national winners to Miss World and their first >>runner ups to Miss Universe. >> >>While the Phlippines' BPCI Organization, franchise >>holders for Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss >>International still say that each of the three >>national titles are of equal recognition and prestige, >>most Philippine pageant fans observe that in the last >>few years, the last winner to be announced has been >>the Philippine rep to Miss World leading many to >>beleive that BPCI also now regards Miss world as more >>prestigious than Miss Universe. >> >>****************************************************** >* >>***** [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]