Leila Lopes Crowned Miss Universe 2011

Final Miss Universe 2011 has been finish held at Credicard Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil. After following the preliminary stage by stage, Miss Angola elected as Princess Leila Lopes Most Beautiful Worldwide.

Leila Lopes got rid of the toughest competitors from Ukraine, namely Olesya Stefanko. Leila Lopes, was crowned the winner of the 2011 Miss Universe competition by Miss Universe 2010, Ximena Navarrete from Mexico (above). Lopes celebrated her win on stage during the live broadcast on NBC from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Miss Universe Controversy : Catalina Robayo without wearing underwear

Miss Universe time! Controversy coloring Miss Universe pageant, Catalina Robayo, the reigning Miss Colombia, has scandalized the organization by making official appearances in mini skirts... sans underwear. Catalina Robayo, desperate dressed without wearing underwear. A photographer caught the action Robayo media while sitting wrapped in orange mini dress. Shots are plastered in a newspaper it clearly tarnished the Miss Universe Foundation officials who gathered at the quarantine location, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Miss Universe Contestants Tangled In Sex Tape

A new trend has been established: launching sex tapes, whether you publish it on the internet yourself or it may be leaked by other individuals. Other media sources automatically capture the eye-catching story and you get famous. I don’t know this bizarre method of getting popularity but in all the latest spicy stories, Miss-Japan of the year 2008, Hiroko Mima & Miss-Trinidad, & Miss-Tobago of the year 2008, Anya Ayoung - Chee, their S3X tape story and video has in fact got the crowd.

When Miss-Universe participants were asked to say something about the video, they replied that the video was filmed about 8 months before the Miss-Universe contest & does not influence their entry for the title. Argument regarding the making of s3x tape is that it is just filmed for the publicity-stunt & was made precisely for the reason that people speak about the video & the participants.

Miss Universe rivals leave politics out

NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Behind all the hugs and smiles, the 80 Miss Universe contestants are engaged in a fierce competition. But two contestants with perhaps the greatest reason for hostilities have become fast friends.

Miss Kosovo and Miss Serbia, representing one of the world's most ethnically torn regions, seem a little bit weary of people asking whether they get along.

"We are friends, we go everywhere together," said Bojana Boric, this year's Miss Serbia. "We are the girls who want to talk with each other."

The 2008 Miss Universe pageant, co-hosted by Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown, will be broadcast live by NBC (9 p.m. EDT Sunday) to millions of viewers across the globe from Nha Trang, Vietnam. The seaside city in central Vietnam is plastered with posters of last year's Miss Universe, Riyo Mori of Japan.

Among the 80 women hoping to seize Mori's crown will be Boric and Zana Krasniki of Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in February. The move has divided nations around the world, with the U.S. among dozens of countries supporting Kosovo, but others arguing that Kosovo should remain part of Serbia.

Vietnam is among those nations that hasn't recognized Kosovo, and the Vietnamese compere at a recent Miss Universe event introduced Krasniki as "Miss Kosovo-Serbia."

"I'm so proud to represent Kosovo, the newest country in the world," Krasniki said.

This year's contestants span a wide range of experiences and aspirations.

Miss Albania was a professional basketball player. Miss Argentina says she has paranormal experiences. Miss Antigua & Barbuda is fascinated by snakes.

Miss Venezuela has been kidnapped and Miss Angola was in a plane crash while trying to escape a conflict during her country's civil war.

The shortest contestant in this year's show is Miss El Salvador, a petite 5-foot-3. The tallest are Miss Jamaica, Miss Mexico and Miss Peru, who measure 6-feet.

Plastic surgery is not forbidden. In fact, Miss Brazil aspires to become a plastic surgeon someday.

All the girls will be hoping to avoid the calamity that befell Miss USA during last year's contest, when she fell down during the evening gown segment and became an unintended star on You Tube, where the video was played over and over again.

"Anything can happen on live television," said Phil Gurin, the executive producer of this year's show, which is owned jointly by NBC and New York magnate and television star Donald Trump.

Miss USA, Crystle Stewart of Texas, is confident she won't meet the same fate as her predecessor.

"All I can offer to the world and to America is to do my best," said Stewart, who is writing a motivational book called Waiting To Win. "Nerves don't play a part in this," she said.

The show will be co-hosted by British pop singer Mel B, known as "Scary Spice" during her days with the Spice Girls. She will be joined by American television personality Jerry Springer, host of "America's Got Talent" and a long-running tabloid talk show that often climaxes with angry guests cussing and brawling with one another.

Springer's talk show was once named the worst show in history by TV Guide magazine.

"I'm honored," Springer said during an interview on the sidelines of a weekend pageant rehearsal. "I was worried that we would be second worst and nobody would remember us."

Springer said he wasn't sure why he was chosen to host Miss Universe, the sort of job traditionally filled by wholesome figures like Donnie and Marie Osmond.

"Someone must have been drinking," Springer quipped. "When they called and asked if I wanted to do it, I said, "Duh! Of course! They picked me to remind all these beautiful people of what they're going to look like in 50 years." SOURCE