Miss Canada Crowned Miss Universe
 

I didn't watch the whole Pagent, but tuned in right around the time there were about to announce the top 5. I thought I'd see if Miss Canada was in the top 10 (she was), so I decided to keep on watching - she made the top 5 - and then the top 2 - and then...

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Miss Universe


Miss CANADA, Natalie Glebova CROWNED MISS UNIVERSEÕ2005
DURING LIVE NBC TELECAST on May 30th
Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2005 -This evening, during one of the year's most exciting live television events, a star-studded panel of judges chose Natalie Glebova, Miss Canada, as MISS UNIVERSEÕ2005.

The 23-year-old delegate from Toronto was crowned at the conclusion of the 54th Annual broadcast on NBC LIVE from Bangkok, Thailand. Natalie Glebova is a model and motivational speaker to grade school and high school students.

Re: Miss Canada Crowned Miss Universe
 

They have motivational speakers for kids in that age?

-Rudey
--Hey girls, if you all work real hard, you too will be a Miss Universe

I watched last night becuase I was too tired and lazy to change the channel. I called Miss Canada to win after the swimsuit competition, the question session sealed it.

Miss Indonesia made it to the semi-final!!!!

I picked Miss Canada from the start! Boy, that's a first!!

miss canada was okay. i was rooting for puerto rico (the runner up). now she was HOT.

miss usa didnt do it for me. she was pretty and all but she was a little chunky in some areas. when she came out during the swimsuit contest, i heard loud clappings. i couldnt tell if it was the audience or her thighs doing the clapping. now, i have nothing against big people, but i expected more from usa.

Yeah, because she was soooooo ginormous. :rolleyes: She just had an athletic build, most of the other contestants had very slender, waifish builds.

The Miss Universe pagent always reminds me of that 3rd Rock from the Sun episode (I LOVED that show) where the aliens got all excited but were dissapointed that they only showed people from this planet.

ETA: I LOVED the Scarlett dress. I always wait to see what Miss USA does as the costume form the country because its so hard, since we have a great mix of diversity. And I'm always afraid its going to be some horrible overdone thing, like the Statue of Liberty.

I watched the first hour...wasn't impressed by Miss Canada. I liked Puerto Rico also. There was a very strong showing from Central and South America. They had the most 'Oooohs' from my husband and I. The two blondes were terrible! They both had that white-trash-I-Haven't-cut-my-hair-in-twenty-years look. Like it was frizzy from all the split ends...maybe that was just me.

Eh. i was rooting for Mexico and Puerto Rico...they were so gorgeous.

I didnt like Canada at all.

P.S Why couldnt the contestants answer the question in their native language. All the contestants except Canada lost major points on their answer. They were like struggling for words trying to come up with an answer.....

and why was that translator translating the english question in spanish there anyway if they answered in english??? kinda wack.


P.P.S also funny how Miss Thailand got best national custome since she didnt make it into the semis and since the pagant was hosted in Thailand.


P.P.P.S YAY FOR BRUNETTES!! HAHA. I guess these pagants are preferring brunettes more than blondes this year.

Well the Canadian contestant didn't answer in her "native" language either... Russian is her first language, English second, and French third.

I met her at a music reception at UofT before she headed off for the competition (you tend to remember someone competing for Miss Universe :p) - interesting person to talk to to say the least... she sure breaks the stereotype of the model, being a techno-geek at heart in addition to composing classical piano pieces.

What's up with Miss Canada winners that aren't actually from Canada? Natalia is Russian, and last year's Miss Canada was Serbian.

Congrats to her regardless, she's really stunning.

But, bless her heart, that tiara was hideous. Peacock feathers with a clear plastic strap? Where did the super tall, classic crowns go?
Silver

You don't have to be BORN in the country that you represent...just live there or have some ties to it.
For example, Miss England is from CANADA:
Brook Johnson (Miss ENGLAND)
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They do that just so that the contestant knows for certain what the question is regarding...kind of a reinforcement for them, I guess.

I see what you're saying, but Natalie came to our country at age 12, so it's not like she learned English one month before the pageant (which tends to be the case with some of the Latin American girls). I think the girls should just answer in their "native language"...after all, that's what Alicia Machado did (Miss Venezuela) and she won...same with the Russian girl about 2-3 years back, though she gave up the crown to a Latin American later on down the road...Justine something or other.

About the questions: I think that most of them ask to have a translator for two reasons: 1) To make sure they understand the question properly and 2) To buy some time to think about the answer.

As to the contestants, I only saw from the 10 semi-finalists on. Frankly, I wasn't really impressed with any of them.

But the WORST was Miss Universe 2004 wearing a ponytail with her tiara!! How tacky was that?!

yea I realize you don't have to be born in the country you are representing I was just noting how it was ironic. It reminded me of some national sports teams where half the players are foreign. Then again I'm in Spain so everything will always revert back to football (soccer for everyone back in the States lol).

ponytail+tiara=not right

I feel totally dorky for bringing this up, because it shows that I actually watched parts of both the Miss USA and the Miss Universe pageant, but did anyone else notice that Miss USA was wearing hair extensions? When she competed in the Miss USA pageant 4-6 weeks ago, her hair was a little longer than shoulder-length, but during the pageant a few days ago her hair was down to the middle of her back. There is NO WAY that her hair grew that much in just a few weeks! I personally don't think that hair extensions should be allowed. Glue your swimsuit to your butt cheeks all you want, but your body (and everything permanently attached) should be all "yours"! Any thoughts?

Amanda Dyer
Delta Gamma

That's actually one of the major differences between the Miss America pageant and the Miss USA pageant. For a long time (and maybe even now, I'm not sure), Miss America contestants weren't allowed to pad their swimsuits, have plastic surgery, etc. I'm sure they wouldn't have approved of hair extentions either. Miss USA, on the other hand, is a lot more laid back in terms of "modifications" to the body.

I've seen titleholders wear ponytails with their tiaras/crowns many times. Miss USA 2001, Kandace Krueger, wore a ponytail when she was crowned.

I personally like the "peacock feather" crown. By the way, that's a metal band rather than a plastic strap around it.

I'm partial to the Miss America millennium crown, though. Now THAT was classy.

Our Miss Louisiana in 2003 had hair extensions when she went to Miss America. Come to think of it, she also had breast augmentation...as far as padding swimsuits go, the swimsuits have become so brief nowadays (thank you, Speedo) that there's nothing much to pad.

But padding and duct tape are the way to go to get into that evening gown.

From a Miss America volunteer...

I remember hearing about a country where the Miss ____ fanaticism has gone to the point that young girls all over there pay to get all sorts of surgery done to up their chances...I want to say it's Venezuela but I'm not positive-it's a country where a lot of winners have come from though...

I can't imagine that kind of pressure being put on a person, not to mention the possible dangerous consequences.