MEXICAN BEAUTY LANDS MISS UNIVERSE TITLE
A 22-year-old Mexican beat out 82 beauty queens to be crowned Miss Univer se in Las Vegas on Monday night (26Aug10).
Jimena Navarrete won a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academ y, a luxury Big Apple apartment, jewellery, clothing and footwear gifts a nd an undisclosed salary.
Navarrete beat out runners-up Yendi Phillipps of Jamaica and Australia’ s Jesinta Campbell to claim the crown. She replaces Miss Universe 2009 St efania Fernandez of Venezuela.
Rocker Bret Michaels hosted the pageant.
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