In celebration of Miss Universe 60th anniversary I'm counting down the 10 most beautiful Miss Universe winners. They are all according to my liking. Let the countdown begin...
10th place-Miss Universe 2007-Riyo Mori
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Riyo Mori
December 24,1986
20 when crowned
5ft 8in |
The 2007 Miss Universe pageant was held in Mexico City for a second time. The last time the pageant was held in Mexico was in 1993 where Dayanara Torres was the victorious winner that night. Mexico has the held the pageant two other times making it four times in total. The other two times were Acapulco in 1978 and Cancun in 1989.
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| Greece |
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| South Africa |
The night started out with all of the contestants introducing themselves to the sounds of Nelly Furtado's "Say it Right" feat Timbaland. Among the favorites of the night were Honey Lee of Korea who everyone expected to take it all, Riyo Mori of Japan, Ly Jonaitis of Venezuela, the hometown girl Rosa Maria Ojeda, Rachel Smith of the USA all making the semifinals. Two girls that were "left on the ice" were Greece a major favorite of the crown and South Africa.
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| Miss USA's Fall |
Among the top 15 were: Venezuela, Thailand, Denmark (a total surprise), Nicaragua (another surprise), Angola, USA, Brazil, India, Mexico, Japan, Slovenia, Tanzania, Ukraine, Korea, and finally Czech Republic. Once all the girls were picked they competed in swimsuit where it was obvious that Thailand, Denmark, and Ukraine weren't going to advance. Top 10 were: India, Brazil, Angola, Japan, Venezuela, USA, Korea, Tanzania, Nicaragua and Mexico. And then it happened the fall heard around the world. Miss USA tripped on her black evening gown falling to ground.
Top 5 were: Korea, Venezuela, Brazil, Japan, and USA (to a very disapproving Mexican audience.)
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Top 5
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USA was 5th, Korea finished in a surprising and very low 4th place, Venezuela was 3rd, and it came down to Brazil and Japan. At this moment a lot of people were expecting Brazil to come on top but to a very surprise audience Brazil was called 1st runner up and Japan was the winner. Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Universe 2006, crowned the second Japanese to win Miss Universe title with a face of few friends, something that was highly criticized by the press.
So there you have it Riyo comes in 10th place on my list. She's one of my favorite asian winners. She was very likable through out her reign, and is considered one of Donald Trump's favorite Miss Universe.
