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Originally Posted by OTW
It's always refreshing to see a pageant winner NOT from the powerhouse countries from South America. You don't really see contestants from Asia frequently as finalists.
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Yeah, I love to see an underdog win. I loved it when Miss Botswana won a while back. As for Asian countries faring at Miss U., India has usually been a pretty strong force in the MU world; they're usually "in there" for the finalists. As for another 'Asian' former Miss Universe 1988, Porntip Nakhirunkanok (I know, I know...
nice first name) was Miss Thailand, but she was basically raised in L.A. (as told to me by one of my "friend of Dorothy" frenz - he LOVES TEH pageants) and Porntip had an accent like you and I, so it's not like she is really a "true" Miss Thailand, you know what I mean? She was pretty much groomed for the pageant circuit in the USA, not in Thailand.
Eta: Philippines often sends a strong candidate.