Jimena Navarrette crowned Miss Universe 2010

Miss USA, Miss Japan and Miss Trinidad and Tobago grabbed eyeballs when they posed for the camera in body paint. Their topless poses didn’t help them. It didn’t cut any ice with the judges though. None of them made it to the Top 15. Instead, another Latino, Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrette, walked away with the Miss Universe 2010 crown.

India’s representative, Ushoshi Sengupta failed to make any impact. No surprises there. The biggest noise we heard over her was the criticism over her ambiguous evening gown.

Miss Mexico piped the crowd favourite - Miss Philippines Venus Raj to the crown. Venus Raj has been ranked high consistently on online polls. The beauty lost out in the QA round though. She fumbled with her answer (barely gave one actually). She was nervous and her body language and answer revealed it.

Miss Mexico on the other hand, spoke confidently on the impact of Internet usage on youngsters. The right family values would help youngsters rise above the challenge of unsupervised internet usage. The judges lapped it up.

In the sub-pageant category, Miss Thailand Fonthip Watcharatrakul won the Best National Costume as well as Miss Photogenic.

Top 10 beauties at Miss Universe 2010
• Miss Ireland
• Miss Albania
• Miss Philippines
• Miss Jamaica
• Miss Mexico
• Miss Ukraine
• Miss Puerto Rico
• Miss South Africa
• Miss Guatemala
• Miss Australia

Top 5 beauties at Miss Universe 2010
• Miss Mexico
• Miss Australia
• Miss Jamaica
• Miss Ukraine
• Miss Philippines

Miss Universe 2010 : Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrette

First runner up: Miss Jamaica Yendi Philipps

No slip-ups, no dress disasters - this year’s Miss Universe pageant began with drama queens and ended with the crowning of another Latino queen.

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