Tag: Miss Universe

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest

  

  Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  “You're fired!” NBC tells Donald Trump's and Mexicans-hate campaign

  

  NBC has ended its relationship with real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump and his “Miss USA” and “Miss Universe” pageants after he made comments insulting Mexicans when he began his run for president. The pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC-Universal and Trump, would no longer air on NBC “due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants” the company said in a press release.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 00:25 UTC

  For the third time in five years, Miss Venezuela takes the Miss Universe crown

  

  For the third time in five years, Miss Venezuela has taken the Miss Universe crown. Gabriela Isler became the 62nd Miss Universe last weekend beating out 85 other hopefuls in the 2013 pageant held at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall in Russia.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  Shakira ex-boy friend has found a new love in Miss Colombia (with panties)

  

  Shakira’s former boyfriend and manager is no longer a member of the lonely hearts club, but has kept faithful to the Colombian blend: Antonio De la Rúa’s new couple is none less than a former Miss Colombia.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Questions about Miss Universe registry papers and complaints from Miss France

  

  It has been a news-headlines plagued Miss Universe pageant, both before and after, that finally crowned beauty queen Leila Lopes, Angola’s first in Sao Paulo.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 22:35 UTC

  Miss Colombia panties and Miss Australia see-through dress on the limelight

  

  Miss Universe 2011 will be aired Monday night but there has been plenty of sparking controversy. Catalina Robayo, Miss Colombia has been snapped one too many times without her panties.