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Miss USA Slips and Falls – Again

Originally posted 07/14/2008 09:45AM



In what is getting to be a habit, the Miss USA contestant in the Miss Universe pageant has tripped and fallen for the second year running.

Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart slipped during the evening-gown competition at the 57th annual Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam on Sunday.

Following her introduction, Stewart appeared to catch her shoes on her gown and took a tumble. She responded by smiling and raising her hands and arms above her head to clap for the crowd.

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No Pepper Spray Found in Miss Puerto Rico Investigation

No Pepper Spray Found in Miss Puerto Rico Investigation

Originally posted 12/02/2007 01:30PM

And the plot thickens in the Miss Puerto Rico pepper-spray incident.

Authorities investigating allegations that Miss Puerto Rico Universe Ingrid Marie Rivera's dress and makeup were sabotaged with pepper spray during a Nov. 24 pageant in San Juan found no traces of the substance in her belongings, Reuters reports.

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Miss Puerto Rico to Survive 'with God'

Originally posted 11/28/2007 08:50AM


Miss Puerto Rico Ingrid Marie Rivera says her alleged pepper-spray incident – and the controversy it has sparked – will not trip her up on the road to the Miss Universe pageant.

"Now I'm heading to Miss Universe," Rivera, 24, told Meredith Vieira during a friendly interview on Wednesday's Today show. "Where you got a will, there's a way. With God in my mind always, like I block myself through anything negative that could pass through my mind."

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Mystery Deepens in Puerto Rico Pepper-Spray Incident

Mystery Deepens in Miss Puerto Rico Pepper-Spray Incident

Originally posted 11/27/2007 08:55AM

The mystery surrounding the alleged pepper spraying of Puerto Rico's 2008 Miss Universe contestant's belongings is nothing to sneeze at.

Police are now said to be investigating just how Ingrid Marie Rivera was able to stop crying between camera appearances at Saturday's pageant, if indeed her gown and makeup had been sabotaged with the spray, as she asserts, NBC News reports.

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Miss USA Falls, Gets Booed at Miss Universe Pageant

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Miss USA Falls, Gets Booed at Miss Universe Pageant

Originally posted 05/29/2007 03:00PM

Ten seconds Miss USA Rachel Smith would probably like to forget: Slipping and landing on her behind while modeling her evening gown at Monday night's Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. (See video below.)

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Miss Universe Passes Out Post-Pageant

Miss Universe Passes Out Post-Pageant

Originally posted 07/24/2006 08:50AM

Forty minutes into her reign as Miss Universe, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a post-pageant news conference and was rushed offstage on Sunday night.

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Russian Miss Canada Crowned Miss Universe

Russian Miss Canada Crowned Miss Universe

Originally posted 05/31/2005 08:00AM

ANNOINTED: Miss Canada Natalie Glebova – who moved to North America from her native Russia only 11 years ago – was crowned Miss Universe 2005 in Bangkok on Tuesday at the 54th annual beauty pageant, Reuters reports. Glebova, a 23-year-old motivational speaker from Toronto, succeeded last year's winner, Australian Jennifer Hawkins. "This is all happening too fast and it's unreal. It's slowly starting to sink in," she told reporters moments after being crowned. Miss Puerto Rico Cynthia Olavarria came in second. In all, 81 beauties from Albania to Zambia competed.

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Miss Australia Crowned New Miss Universe

Miss Australia Crowned New Miss Universe

Originally posted 06/02/2004 08:00AM

Blue-eyed blonde Jennifer Hawkins, 20, of Australia, was named Miss Universe 2004 in a two-hour pageant broadcast live on NBC from Ecuador Tuesday night and said after being crowned: "I have a lot to learn about being Miss Universe, but I'm going to give it my all."

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