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| In 2000, Miss Venezuela 1999, Martina Thorogood | | | | In Miss Universe 2004, Miss Ukrania, Oleksandr |
| Heemsen did not accept by Miss Universe | | | | Nikoyalenka did not qualify for the semifinals. She |
| Organization. Why? Because Miss Miranda and Miss | | | | was a big favorite until last minute. Since 2004, she is |
| Venezuela went to Miss World 1999. She was the 1st | | | | a top model in Europe and the United States. |
| runner-up in the Miss World. Claudia Moreno,a model, | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| went to Miss Universe 2000. Martina Thorogood, who | | | | In 1987, Miss Chile, Cecilia Bolocco, was elected Miss |
| lived in the United States, was long considered one | | | | Universe with the most popular support of any Miss |
| of the most beautiful Venezuelan women of all time. | | | | Universe candidate in recent history. Millions of people |
| DID YOU KNOW... | | | | from Australia to the United States watched Cecilia |
| During the civil war (1977-1979), Miss Nicaragua, | | | | Bolocco´s life change. Before she became |
| Patricia Pineda Chamorro, escaped unharmed when a | | | | famous, Miss Chile 1987 was a professional dancer |
| bomb exploded on a street in Managua, | | | | for a while. |
| Nicaragua´s capital. From 1980 to 1990, Miss | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| Nicaragua pageant was forbidden by Sandinista | | | | Since 1979, Miss Venezuela has missed the semifinals |
| government. | | | | only four times: 1980 ( Maye Brandt), 1982 (Ana |
| DID YOU KNOW... | | | | Theresa Oropeza), 2004 (Ana Karina Añez |
| Miss Universe 1981 pageant was scheduled to be held | | | | Delgado) and 2006( Jictzad Nacarid Viña |
| in Guatemala City, a small Central American country. | | | | Carreño). |
| However, for financial and political reasons, Miss | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| Universe was moved to New York City. | | | | For the first time, Miss Union Soviet, Evia Stalbovska, |
| DID YOU KNOW... | | | | competed at the Miss Universe in 1990.Unfortunately, |
| In 1982, Miss Venezuela 1980, Maria "Maye" Xavier | | | | Miss USSR, a nurse from Riga (Latvia), did not even |
| Brandt Angulo, killed herself.It was tragic that Miss | | | | make the semifinals.For political reasons, the USSR did |
| Venezuela 1980 died when she was only 20 . | | | | not competed at the Miss Universe. |
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| Different from Vietnam and the People´s | | | | For the first time, Miss Peru, Gladys Rosa Zender |
| Republic of China, Cuba did not participate at the Miss | | | | Urbina, became the first Latin American woman to |
| Universe since 1959.The dictator Fidel Alejandro | | | | win the Miss Universe contest (1957). |
| Castro Ruz has forbidden the Miss Cuba pageant.In | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| 1957, Miss Cuba, Maria Rosa Gamio Fernandez, was | | | | Miss France 2000, Sonia Rolland, is of Rwandan |
| the 3rd runner-up in the Miss Universe in Long | | | | ancestry. She once said: "I come from Rwanda, |
| Beach,California. Cuba is one of the few socialist | | | | Africa. My mother is African and my father is French, |
| States in the world. Ironically, Osmel Sousa, president | | | | and I came to France when there was a war on |
| of Miss Venezuela Organization since 1980, was born | | | | Rwanda and Burundi." |
| in Cuba. | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| DID YOU KNOW... | | | | In 1995, Miss Universe pageant took place in |
| In 1981, Lucia Isabel Vinueza was the first Miss | | | | Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia (Africa). Namibia |
| Ecuador to be a semifinalist in the Miss Universe | | | | has been a republic since 1990.After two years, Miss |
| history.Ironically, Miss Ecuador 1981 had been | | | | Namibia, Michelle McLean, was crowned Miss Universe |
| eliminated in the finals of Miss South | | | | 1992 in the Thai capital of Bangkok. At the age 15, |
| America-Universe in Lima, Peru´s capital. | | | | Michelle went to Europe to begin her career in |
| DID YOU KNOW... | | | | modeling. |
| In Lima, the capital city of Peru, Miss Guam, Patty | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |
| Choung Kerkos, was the 1st runner-up at the Miss | | | | During Miss Universe 2002, Miss Colombia,Vanessa |
| Universe in 1982. In Peru, hosted the Miss Universe | | | | Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, was a big favorite, but |
| 1982, she was very friendly. Patty Chiung Kerkos, | | | | she did not even make the semifinals.She was the |
| was born in South Korea, had the highest final score, | | | | first black Miss Colombia. |
| but she did not win. The island of Guam is a small | | | | DID YOU KNOW... |