Which one fell? I didn't see it from the very beginning, it wasn't miss USA was it?

On a side note, I totally think USA shouldn't have been in the top 20/25 or how ever many. I don't think she's very pretty.

It was Miss USA. I think Miss USA always gets in just cuz everybody is afraid of us and don't want to make us mad.

At least we didn't get booed this year. :rolleyes:

This isn't the Miss Universe pageant, its the miss Anorexia pageant.

Venezuela, Australia & Italy----waaaay too thin, almost unhealthy looking.
Colombia--wierd shaped body, really thin legs and a wide midsection
South Africa & Mexico--they look really thin mainly because their hips are wider.
Spain--she looks like she's the "biggest" of them all, and she's still super thin.
Vietnam--looks like she has a little girl body (with barely bigger boobs)

The others are thin, but not in a unhealthy or wierd-looking way.

4th Runner Up: Mexico
3rd Runner Up: Russia
2nd Runner Up: Dominican Republic
1st Runner Up: Colombia
Miss Universe 2008: Venezuela

I think Venezuela has won more titles of Miss Universe than any other country.

Those are your predictions right? I just saw the USA fall, so that means some of you all are waaaay ahead.

oops...probably should have put those in white to not spoil it for others!

seriously? Awwww shat. I guess I should have known based on her scores, but dang, she looks like a man--that isn't very attractive!

ETA: Spain should have been chosen over Russia, she had higher points during the bathing suit & the evening gown.

ETA2: Venezuela won w/ that craptastic answer? Really?

I'm glad Colombia got to be 1st runner up. I think she definitely deserved it. Her dress was weird, but she knew what to do with it. (My bf who is Colo. was surprised to hear this b/c usually they don't go that far).

My only complaint is that I'm tired of no brown (I mean brown as in brown) skin girls making the top. I swear, we should just stop sending our girls there. It's just not worth the expense, they rarely ever make it and it's sad for me to watch. :( On a happier note-I'd love to have Miss South Africa's lower half, can you say wow?! :D

Oh-and Miss Venezuela needs to lay off the dang eyeliner-her eyes looked so weird, I wish Miss Mexico would have won.

4 of the five finalists are from Spanish Speaking countries. Miss Dominican Republic's dress looked trashy. It looks like a freaking nightgown. And Miss Mexico is beautiful, but she could had made a better selection with her evening gown. I liked Miss Venezuela's dress and earrings, but not together. When I saw Miss USA fell, I was like "Oh no, not again." I think that fall and the stepping at her dress had cost her a spot in the top 5.

I love Miss Estonia's, Miss Canada's, Miss Japan's, and Miss Brazil's, Miss South Africa's and Miss UK's costume in the beginning. And also the dresses when they announced the final 15.

And man did that singer from swimsuit round had on huge shoulder pads.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2..._GuJ1ejBj3uQ--

Miss Dominican Republic
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2...dRtuS1XxYlDQ--

I intentionally didn't visit GC during the pageant because I was afraid I'd see the results on accident! Bummer about Miss USA. Srrrrrsly?

I liked the native costumes they had at the beginning. Do they do that every year? Ok, some of them where lame and DEFINITELY not what a native costume would look like. I was really happy with Miss Norway's costume, though. That's totally what they look like! :D

Yes, they've been doing the native costume for several years now. I like it a lot...Mexico's rocked.

Comments on this year's pageant:

- Russia's evening gown was nearly identical to the Russian that won Miss Universe a few years ago, and had to give up her crown eventually. NO CREATIVITY POINTS FOR HER!
- The South American contestants really are beautiful...too bad that most of them have probably had plastic surgery.
- What is up with these evening gowns with the "nude" colored fabric? It's UGLY and not classy or elegant looking at all. Miss D.R. looked like she had covered herself in shards of glass, and the metal was reflecting light all over her neck/chin/face, but not in a subtle way.
- Donald Trump may own Miss Universe, but they should really stop focusing the pageant on U.S. TV shows and inside jokes. Don't they realize how lame it all looks when not even the audience "gets" the jokes that the hosts have to deliver?
- I would rather the contestants that can't speak English deliver their intelligent answers in their native tongue than hack it up while attempting to answer in English. This is Miss Universe, who says she must speak English, at least in the pageant?
- I actually really liked Miss Venezuela's answer to her question, and I thought her dress was the prettiest up there. Her answer just got delivered a little messy because of the language barrier. Think about her answer - God made men and women to be different, but to go together. Unfortunately men think the straightest, shortest path to a destination is faster and better, whereas women believe that sometimes the curvy, bumpy road, stopping to "fix" each point along the way, is the best route. She would've gotten the message across far better if she had just spoken in Spanish.

ETA: here's a photo of Miss Russia's dress several years ago when she won:
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/51094...0A659CEC4C8CB6

Do you think Miss USA got frazzled by the dancer that ran in front of her when her name was called? They had to call her twice because of it.

I think they called her too early. You can tell because she wasn't in place when they called her name the first time like all the other candidates, the cameras were still focusing on the traditional Vietnamese dancers as well. Jerry Springer just called her out before they were done with the musical break and had to say it again. I think she just fell cos isht happens...to Americans...TWICE!