Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned 2008 Miss Universe held earlier today, July 14 (Philippine time), in Nha Trang, Vietnam. She dethroned last year's winner Riyo Mori of Japan.
Miss Venezuela defeated other 79 contestants to bring home this year's crown. The 22-year-old beauty was once kidnapped in her homeland and says the experience taught her to remain calm under pressure. She is the fifth Venezuelan to win Miss Universe.
Three other Latina beauties made it in the Top 5: Taliana Vargas of Colombia, 1st runner-up; Marianne Cruz Gonzales of Dominican Republic, 2nd runner-up; and Elisa Najera of Mexico, 4th runner-up. The other finalist was Vera Krasova of Russia, 3rd runner-up. The other contestants who made it in the Top 15 are from Kosovo, Spain, USA, Italy, Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa, Japan, and Vietnam.
Miss El Salvador and Miss Thailand were awarded Miss Congeniality and Best National Costume respectively.
Our bet, Jennifer Barrientos unfortunately was eliminated earlier than expected. I've read some of the readers' comments in PEP and I've noticed that they were blaming TV Patrol's crew. They think that everytime TV Patrol is within the vicinity of the pageant, something goes wrong, like a curse. It's Just like what happened last year when the crew of TV Patrol went to Mexico.
By the way, the pageant was hosted by TV host Jerry Springer and Spice Girl Melanie Brown.
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