A 22-year-old Mexico woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience it's important to teach kids family values.

Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara was first to answer an interview question Monday night and the last of 83 contestants standing in the headline-grabbing pageant on the Las Vegas Strip.

Her one-strap gown flowed behind her like a sheet as she walked. Earlier, she smiled in a violet bikini as she confidently strutted across the stage.

Asked by Olympic gold-medal figure skater Evan Lysacek how she felt about unsupervised Internet use, Navarrete said the Internet is important but parents need to be careful and watch over their kids.

"I do believe that Internet is an indispensable, necessary tool for the present time," she said through an interpreter. "We must be sure to teach them the values that we learned as a family."

First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell.

Navarrete — who's been modeling since she was 15 — is Mexico's second Miss Universe. Lupita Jones of Mexico won the title in 1991. Navarrete replaces Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela.

Navarrete's win thwarted Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson from giving the South American country a third consecutive win. Neither Gibson nor Miss USA Rima Fakih made the top 15 finalists.

With fans in some 190 countries watching on television and keeping tabs on Twitter, Navarrete and her competitors introduced themselves while wearing over-the-top national costumes. They then danced in silver and black dresses for the show's opening number before the top 15 finalists were announced.

The final 15 walked in swimsuits while Cirque du Soleil musicians played Elvis Presley songs including Viva Las Vegas. The last 10 impressed in their gowns while John Legend and the Roots played a soulful medley including Save Room.

By the end of the show, seven of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter had to do with the pageant, its contestants, its judges or owner Donald Trump. The mogul co-owns the pageant with TV network NBC.

Navarrete won a package of prizes including an undisclosed salary, a luxury New York apartment with living expenses, a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy with housing after her reign, plus jewelry, clothes and shoes fit for a beauty champion.

Campbell won the Miss Congeniality Universe award. Miss Thailand Fonthip Watcharatrakul won Miss Photogenic Universe and a second award for having the best national costume.

http://www.usatoday.com/l...erse_N.htm

VIVA MEXICO!!!

i wouldnt kick her out of bed...

I hate this competition. Women paraded like cattle, stripped to swimwear, their worth judged on their beauty (and "talent" ).

It's 2010.

mcmeekle said:

I hate this competition. Women paraded like cattle, stripped to swimwear, their worth judged on their beauty (and "talent" ).

It's 2010.

Just kidding!

Yeah, by 2010 they should just exhibit their bodies naked instead of wearing those corny swimsuits. Also, saying during the Q&A that you're not bisexual should be taken as a disadvantage.

These women were from all over the world, all different races and they ALL looked exactly the same.

I would beg to differ with you.

They were roughly the same body size and height, but that's where the similarities end.

http://www.missuniverse.c...ontestants

Nice.

Identity said:

I would beg to differ with you.

They were roughly the same body size and height, but that's where the similarities end.

http://www.missuniverse.c...ontestants

99% of them all had the same hair, same smile, pretty much the same warm (but not too dark) skin colour.

In no way does a contest like this show beauty in variety.

Yes, they all look the same.

20-year-olds all look the same anyway.

novabrkr said:

20-year-olds all look the same anyway.

Ya, ok.

Even though I do not believe in this kind of beauty contest crap.....Viva Mexico!!!!!!

novabrkr said:

20-year-olds all look the same anyway.

much closer to perfect, you mean?

mcmeekle said:

mcmeekle said:

I hate this competition. Women paraded like cattle, stripped to swimwear, their worth judged on their beauty (and "talent" ).

It's 2010.

Just kidding!

She is beautiful!!!!!

Sheila E was one of the judges!

JustErin said:

These women were from all over the world, all different races and they ALL looked exactly the same.

I think it's they styling and the makeup.

Hot legs, ...but I'm not mad about the rest of her body, including her face; as someone has said, these women all look the same...their faces, hairstyles and even voices lack personality or style...

NDRU said:

novabrkr said:

20-year-olds all look the same anyway.

much closer to perfect, you mean?

Pffft.

DesireeNevermind said:

JustErin said:

These women were from all over the world, all different races and they ALL looked exactly the same.

I think it's they styling and the makeup.

of course, they wouldn't naturally look like this. It's the extensions, hair dye, makeup, diets, tanning, outfits, personality coaching...

scrub them clean and they would all be hot and 5'10" but they wouldn't all look alike

NDRU said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I think it's they styling and the makeup.

of course, they wouldn't naturally look like this. It's the extensions, hair dye, makeup, diets, tanning, outfits, personality coaching...

scrub them clean and they would all be hot and 5'10" but they wouldn't all look alike

so true.

they wouldn't be 5'10 either. More like 5'7 or 8. Damn hookah heels.

^

Please stop before you completely ruin the illusion of breathtaking pulchritude and bikini perfection.

NDRU said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I think it's they styling and the makeup.

of course, they wouldn't naturally look like this. It's the extensions, hair dye, makeup, diets, tanning, outfits, personality coaching...

scrub them clean and they would all be hot and 5'10" but they wouldn't all look alike

Gotta disagree with this as well. They all have very, very similar bone structure in the face. There is a definite beauty ideal with contests like this, and they really do not deviate much from it.

JustErin said:

NDRU said:

of course, they wouldn't naturally look like this. It's the extensions, hair dye, makeup, diets, tanning, outfits, personality coaching...

scrub them clean and they would all be hot and 5'10" but they wouldn't all look alike

Gotta disagree with this as well. They all have very, very similar bone structure in the face. There is a definite beauty ideal with contests like this, and they really do not deviate much from it.

there is not too much extreme, sure, but I'm looking at them and I see pointy chins, round chins, straight noses, curved noses, wide noses, and different skin tones, straight hair curly hair, blond, brunett...

They don't look all that much alike, to me, honestly.

However the winner does have a kind of generic, racially ambiguous look (like that woman in the tampon commercials ) so I see Erin's point

Another "HUMAN" wins the Miss Universe contest. This is so fixed. Clearly Miss Vulcan should have won.

I used to love watching these. Have missed the past few years.

Thanks to DVR and Netflix I never know when anything airs anymore.

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Five Things to Know About the New Miss Universe

August 2010

Meet overnight sensation Jimena Navarrete.

Less than 24 hours after she was crowned Miss Universe, Mexico's Navarrete has become a top trending topic on Twitter and thousands of fans have flooded her Facebook fan page.

So who is the woman who ousted 82 other competitors for international beauty bragging rights? Here are five things to know about the 22-year-old from Guadalajara.

1. She knows how to handle tough questions
After Monday's pageant in Las Vegas, Navarrete was asked her opinion about Arizona's recent immigration law and she strategically answered without alienating either side. "Every country has the right to impose and enact their laws," she said. "But I tell you that all the Mexicans and the Latins that are living here in the United States are hardworking people – people who want to improve on their quality of life."

2. She's been modeling since she was a teen
Since the age of 15, the 5-foot-8-inch Navarrete, a self-described nature enthusiast who enjoys boating and motorcycles, has been working in the modeling world with gigs that include working the runway at fashion shows. Most recently she walked at Mexico Fashion Week 2009 for designer Macario Jimenez.

3. She loves her sash. A lot.
During her reign as Miss Universe, she hopes to bring attention to people with HIV/AIDS and breast cancer – but she also plans to let "the whole world to know about my country and my people," she said after the competition. Her most prized possession? Her sash because it "has Mexico's name. I'm very proud to be representing my country and it's a big honor for me," she previously said.

4. Also on the agenda: Boosting body image
"I studied nutrition and I would like everyone to understand that it is not about your looks it is how you feel inside," the brunette, who is only the second Mexican woman to win the Miss Universe title, said through an interpreter. "And when you feel good inside you look good."

5. She likes sensitive men – and already found hers
"The advice that I can give to all the men in the world, it would be to be more sensitive, more lovely or to express in an easy way [what] you're feeling," she said during a pre-pageant interview with the Miss Universe organization. Navarrete seems to have found that in her boyfriend of four years, Pablo Nieto.

http://www.people.com/peo...08,00.html

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