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  • 20
    Dec
    2012
    6:10am, EST

    Newly-crowned Miss Universe gets a kiss from Donald Trump

    Valerie Macon / Miss Universe Organization via EPA

    Olivia Culpo, newly crowned Miss Universe 2012, poses with Miss Universe organizer Donald Trump during the press conference after the 2012 Miss Universe Competition in Las Vegas on Dec. 19, 2012.

    By TODAY.com news services — Rhode Island native Olivia Culpo took the crown Wednesday night at the 61st annual Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, becoming the first American to nab the top prize since Brook Lee in 1997.

    “I’m dreaming … it’s a dream,” Culpo told fellow contestants with a shocked smile as they gathered around her after the announcement. Read the full story.

    View more photos from Miss Universe 2012

    Nearly a nun: Beauty queen picks Miss Universe pageant over convent

    EDITOR'S NOTE: The Miss Universe Organization is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC.

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    5 comments

    Oh Donald you old womanizer you

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  • 30
    Apr
    2012
    1:11am, EDT

    Estbean Felix / AP

    A dancer poses for a picture after performing in the 2012 Miss Gay Nicaragua beauty contest in a backstage kitchen area of the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Managua, Nicaragua, April 28.

    Dancer strikes a pose at Miss Gay Nicaragua

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    There are a couple of things that I really like about this image: the contrast between the starkness of the kitchen area and the over-the-top nature of the costume; and I love the connection the dancer has to the poster on the wall, although I can't be sure if it's intentional or unintentional on the dancer's part.

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    What "I really like about this image" is that if Nicaragua has to be notable for something it might as well be preening drag queens.

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  • 13
    Sep
    2011
    4:42am, EDT

    Reuters

    Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned after being named Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 12.

    Miss Angola is crowned Miss Universe

    "I'm very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn't change a thing," Leila Lopes said before she was crowned Miss Universe. Read the full story.

    1 comment

    Wow. She's gorgeous.

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  • 11
    Dec
    2010
    6:17pm, EST

    Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

    A contestant prepares to perform during the Miss Krasnoyarsk 2010 regional beauty contest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Dec. 11, 2010. Sixteen participants took part in the competition, which is a regional stage of the Miss Russia 2010 national contest.

    Miss Krasnoyarsk 2010 contestant prepares for competition

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