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Date Posted: 02:10:45 05/25/02 Sat
Author: JPP at Miss Universe 2002
Subject: JPP at Miss Universe 2002

May 25, 2002 - The presentation show was a great success tonight. Lasting over 3 1/2 hours, it was a fantastic night all around which saw a few frontrunners crumble, and some unspoken beauties work their way towards the top. The show started later than planned (probably acceptable since it is not being televised live this year, rather by tape delay on Monday night), but Scott Grossman and his assistant choreographer, Marco de la Cruz, have done a fantastic job. It looks sensational - I think you'll all be pleased come Wednesday!

The press was out in full force... Milly Caguliano (sp) from Primera Hora was out among the front-row gala crowd before the show. Many ticketholders were able to move down towards the front, as the colisseum had only sold about 60% of the seats for the prelims, and most of the $225 seats were empty in the left side of the arena. (The finals, however, are sold out.)

Pageant fans and friends were swarming the colisseum several hours before the show. Panama, Aruba and Colombia had family passing out glossy photo cards featuring their contestants. Colombia also had a swarm of people in beautiful t-shirts, all with huge flags. Mexico, Venezuela and Dominican Republic had the loudest out-of-town contingents. Julio Rodriguez of Belleza Venezolana says I won the Best National Costume prize with my huge Canadian flag down my back, stickers on my cheeks and Lana Buchberger's Miss Universe sash around my neck. Hey, if you have do something, why not go all out? :)

So, queridos amigos, after scoring all the contestants, this is JUST my top 15 in each competition. This, of course, doesn't take interview into consideration. In order from first to fifteenth, they are:
SWIMSUIT - Curacao 9.70, South Africa 9.70, Germany 9.69, Puerto Rico 9.68, Dominican Republic 9.65, Cayman Islands 9.61, Russia 9.61, China 9.60, Jamaica 9.60, Mexico 9.60, Turkey 9.60, Venezuela 9.59, USA 9.58, Canada 9.56, France 9.56.
RIGHT behind them: Estonia, Greece, Honduras, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Switzerland.

EVENING GOWN - Russia 9.80 (despite a teenage-ish gown, she looked absolutely flawless), Venezuela 9.80, Korea 9.78, South Africa 9.78, China 9.77, Puerto Rico 9.76, Curacao 9.75, Canada 9.73, Peru 9.73, Turkey 9.73, Germany 9.71, India 9.71, Colombia/Dominican Republic/Honduras/Israel/Jamaica/Panama/USA 9.70.
RIGHT behind them: Ecuador, Estonia, France, Greece, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Switzerland.

My top twelve, based on the prelims:

1. South Africa - 9.740
2. Curacao - 9.725
3. Puerto Rico - 9.720
4. Russia - 9.705
5. Germany - 9.700
6. Venezuela - 9.695
7. China - 9.685
8. Dominican Republic
9. Turkey - 9.665
10. Jamaica - 9.650
11. Canada - 9.645
12. USA - 9.640

Only Albania, Hungary, Ireland and Israel wore one-piece swimsuits. Egypt, Guatemala and Yugoslavia opted for tankinis while the remaining sixty-nine delegates wore two-piece swimsuits.

The biggest applause-getters from the audience were (in alphabetical order): Aruba, Canada, Dominican Republic, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Venezuela. This was based on not just how many people they had in the audience (or how loud a small group may be), but rather how the public as a whole reacted to the delegate's presentation. That's pretty fair, don't you think?

General comments:

Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands and Nicaragua all tripped on the same problem area on stage during evening gowns, but all recovered nicely.

There were a lot of metallic gowns this year - most worn by frontrunners, including Venezuela and Jamaica. Very few girls in black, but surprisingly few in white.

Deceptions: Several contestants have very thick thighs and visible cellulite. Greece is beautiful but lacks some spark in her on-stage presentation. Spain and Honduras are both gorgeous but both hardly ever smile (especially Honduras). Czech Republic is so beautiful but her hair was a mess for the evening gown, and she lost some points for lack of poise when she just did her little pose and walked away visibly slouching.

That's it for now. More soon from San Juan. Have a great night!

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