Top 5 Most Notable Moments of Miss Universe 2010

It was that time. It’s the Super Bowl of Beauty pageants, the one Monday night where we don’t watch the Bachelor Pad, and the time where we enforce the kids 9pm curfew…Miss Universe 2010! I must say this year’s competition was one of the best I’ve seen. Here are the Top 5 Most Notable moments of the night.


(5) Where’s Miss USA?

Hearing the words, ‘Miss USA’ during the announcing of the final 15 is almost as common as a Detroit Lions loss on Thanksgiving day. However, this year the first Muslim-born and beloved Rima Fakih, became the first Miss USA in since 2002 not to make the Final 15 walk. I guess the past doesn’t always predict the future.

(4) Latin America wins!...Again

For three years straight Latin America has walked off with the Miss Universe crown (no complaints here). The previous two winners were Venezuela and… well, Venezuela. It’s notable that Europe has not taken the Miss Universe crown since Norway back in 1990. I guess Europeans should just stick to dominating World Cup Soccer (winning three of the last four finals and competing in the finals every year since 1954) and leave the beauty thing to the Latinas.

(3) Brett Michaels Getting Drunk near the end

Anybody else who watched notice Brett Michaels, the male show host, start bringing out the inner Rock star towards the end? He kept a pretty calm demeanor until the end when he got a huge boost of energy, either because he was gitty with excitement as to who was going to win (I know I was), or hit the Skyy during a commercial break. Either way, well done and we’d love to see that passion continue.

(2) Final questions Answers

I must say I was VERY impressed with the answers to the final questions. In the face of challenging questions surrounding the death penalty, government restrictions on religious clothing in school, airport full body scanners, and unsupervised internet use effecting our youth; with the exception of the Phillipines, all the contestants gave poised, confident, knockout answers. It was really a toss-up as who to pick for the best answer.

Video of contestant answers here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8boL5_UTAg

(1) Australia taking Miss Congenialty and 3rd place

Usually the Miss Congenialty award is given to the girl you never saw the whole pageant until the announcing of this award. But this year, Australia became the first lady to win Miss Congenialty and make the Final 5 since 1970 (yes I do know all these facts…Wikipedia baby!). Having studied abroad in Australia, I must say this was a good choice.