Miss Universe 2007

honeychile · #1 05-28-2007, 10:51 PM

I'm glad to see they evicted the troublemakers.

Any guesses, anyone?

BuckeyeTriDelta · #2 05-28-2007, 10:55 PM

They evicted them? Good! I am guessing Venezuela..

BuckeyeTriDelta · #3 05-28-2007, 10:56 PM

Oops..ok..now I am guessing Japan

honeychile · #4 05-28-2007, 11:00 PM

Wow! This one took me by surprise! I actually thought she looked "too sweet" for a Trump pagaent!

Am I the only one wondering how in the world Miss Tanzania would wear a tiara?

Or that Miss Slovenia looked a little too porn-star-ish?

LeslieAGD · #5 05-28-2007, 11:09 PM

Venezuela, Brazil, and Japan were my top 3 choices (in that order). I prefered the other ladies, but I was pretty sure that they wouldn't chose a Latina this year since Puerto Rico won last year. However, Japan did have one of the best responses to the question round.

ΑΓΔSquirrel10 · #6 05-28-2007, 11:13 PM

Can someone tell me who the Top 5 were? I was outside looking for my kitty

And I just laughed when Miss USA fell! But I also felt sorry for her...I can only imagine how embarassed she was!

NinjaPoodle · #7 05-29-2007, 05:30 PM

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Can someone tell me who the Top 5 were? I was outside looking for my kitty

And I just laughed when Miss USA fell! But I also felt sorry for her...I can only imagine how embarassed she was!

I chuckled for a second but I thought she recovered really well. I thought she would cry after she got off stage but it didnt look like it when all of them came back on. I LOVED Miss Tanzania! She looked stunning! I was shocked to see her.

#8 05-28-2007, 11:16 PM

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.

honeychile · #9 05-28-2007, 11:34 PM

I really liked Miss India, and thought she had a great chance. Oh, well.

tinydancer16 · #10 05-28-2007, 11:55 PM

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You don't really see contestants from Asia frequently as finalists.

Actually that's not entirely true, there's almost always a finalist from Asia. Last year the first runner up was from Japan. Indonesia was top ten in 05 and India was top ten in 04. In 03 Japan was fourth runner up. In 02 China was second runner up and India was top ten. In 01 India was fourth runner up and was the overall winner in 2000.
That being said, I thought Japan was adorable tonight, even though I was very on the fence about her dress and the way she worked it. USA's fall was extremely unfortunate, if it hadn't been for that she would've had the crown in the bag. Her overall package was flawless and I know first-hand that she is incredibly endearing in person. It was an interesting night...

mystikchick · #11 05-30-2007, 01:15 PM

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I really liked Miss India, and thought she had a great chance. Oh, well.

well thank you

i actually wasn't very impressed by her (she looks a bit too non-indian for my taste), but the entire country is celebrating the fact that she made it to the top 10, because it's the first time in 7 years. we've been having a bit of a dry-spell after the sweeps of the early 90s.

eta: i agree about her evening dress. it's not that attractive. indian style has so much potential for absolutely stunning evening wear (whether western, fusion, or indian) as her opening national dress outfit demonstrated...sigh.

CutiePie2000 · #12 05-29-2007, 01:57 AM

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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.

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.

SoCalGirl · #13 05-29-2007, 02:33 AM

I thought Venezuela had it in the bag until she kept messing up her cues. There was at least three times she went the wrong place at the wrong time! I like Miss USA but thought the highest she would finish was fourth place. So she only fared slightly worse than I expected. I thought she handled the fall with grace which made me sad that I didn't think she would finsih higher. I really liked Japan and was happy with her win.

Isn't Brandi Rae everyone's favorite KD???? She'll totally hook you up with Louis Vuitton!

mystikchick · #14 05-30-2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Wow! This one took me by surprise! I actually thought she looked "too sweet" for a Trump pagaent!

Am I the only one wondering how in the world Miss Tanzania would wear a tiara?

Or that Miss Slovenia looked a little too porn-star-ish?

i think miss tanzania is stunning, but many of those girls had extremely porn-star-esque pics (i went to the miss universe site to see the faces close up). lips parted, hair messily swept across their faces, half-shut eyes...it was tacky.

honeychile · #15 05-30-2007, 01:48 PM

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i think miss tanzania is stunning, but many of those girls had extremely porn-star-esque pics (i went to the miss universe site to see the faces close up). lips parted, hair messily swept across their faces, half-shut eyes...it was tacky.

I totally agree that Miss Tanzania rocked the house (especially in comparison to some unnamed others), but I still would like to know how she would have worn a tiara. Those things are really jammed and pinned into your hair!