Miss Universe 2006 (^_^)

peachytwinkle · Post by **peachytwinkle** » Jul 24th, '06, 03:19

I was wondering if anyone got a chance to watch the Miss Universe Pageant? If you did, were you disappointed with the results? Who would you pick for this year's winner? And what do you think of Kurara Chibana's outfits??? (^_^)

here's a link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... inmentnews

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The top 5.
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Nationality costumes.
[img]http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1646 ... 06ccz3.jpg[/img]
Swimwear.

chiyuffie · Post by **chiyuffie** » Jul 24th, '06, 03:31

Puerto Rico was gorgeous. I think she deserved the title of Miss Universe. I would have liked to have seen Japan win but she got very far. Japan and Puerto Rico had the best answers followed by USA (who got 5th?!)

Gir · Post by **Gir** » Jul 24th, '06, 04:29

She made first runner up? That is pretty good, I usually don't pay much attention to these, but it seems the Asian entrants usually never make it very far.

Now I kind of wished I watched it, I'd like to see the Nationality costume in full.

peachytwinkle · Post by **peachytwinkle** » Jul 24th, '06, 04:32

I also forgot to add the results of the winners. so... here ya go. (^_^)

Final Results

MISS UNIVERSE 2006: PUERTO RICO, Zuleyka Rivera
[img]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5377/lggo0.jpg[/img]

1st runner-up: Japan, Kurara Chibana
2nd runner-up: Switzerland, Lauriane Gillieron
3rd runner-up: Paraguay, Lourdes Arevalos
4th runner-up: USA, Tara Conner

The Top 5 Finalists

Switzerland, Lauriane Gillieron
Paraguay, Lourdes Arevalos
Japan, Kurara Chibana
USA, Tara Conner
Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera

Special Awards

Miss Photogenic: Philippines, Lian Ramos
Miss Congeniality: Ghana, Angela Asare
Best National Costume: Japan, Kurara Chibana

[img]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7997 ... ownwx1.jpg[/img]

The Top 10 Finalists

Canada, Alice Panikian
Trinidad & Tobago, Kenisha Thom
Bolivia, Desiree Duran
Mexico, Priscila Perales
Colombia, Valerie Dominguez

The Top 20 Semifinalists

Denmark, Betina Faurbiye
Ethiopia, Dina Fekadu
Russia, Anna Litvinova
Brazil, Rafaella Zanella
Sweden, Josephine Alhanko
Thailand, Charm Osathanond
Hungary, Adrienn Bende
India, Neha Kapur
Argentina, Magali Romitelli
Ukraine, Inna Tsymbalyuk

ch3nny · Post by **ch3nny** » Jul 24th, '06, 04:35

OOoooo =D thats rite it will b on tele on tuesday night hehehe cant wait

Gir · Post by **Gir** » Jul 24th, '06, 04:51

Ok, here is the costume, kind of cute..kind of sexy

[img]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8836 ... lj1iz0.jpg[/img][img]http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2705 ... rsehk9.jpg[/img]

peachytwinkle · Post by **peachytwinkle** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:00

ah! thanks gir!!! i was trying to find a better picture.

that's awesome! hehe. i was glad she won for best costume. Do you think the judges were afraid of her sword??? lol.

albertoavena · Post by **albertoavena** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:01

Puerto Rico Won!!! I think Japan should've won though

She was so beautiful!!

peachytwinkle · Post by **peachytwinkle** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:07

I agree with you albertoavena, i wish miss japan should of won.

but, i was so happy she got that far in the end.

albertoavena · Post by **albertoavena** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:26

Yeah, I know...

I was so surprised too, I didn't expect that

Second place isn't bad..

She was just so beautiful

This year's contestants had some real beautiful people.

Congrats to Puerto Rico..

Sakado · Post by **Sakado** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:32

wow, so many beautiful pageants! I agree that miss japan is so beautiful

alexis_glenriv · Post by **alexis_glenriv** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:32

I thought Ms Japan was going to win. It would have been different, I have nothing against Ms Puerto Rico but its kinda redundant if they always win the pageant.

Kaito5 · Post by **Kaito5** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:43

Has Asia ever won miss universe? If not, hopefuly they will soon

bigfan · Post by **bigfan** » Jul 24th, '06, 05:57

Kaito5 wrote:Has Asia ever won miss universe? If not, hopefuly they will soon

Yes, Thailand won 3 times in the 80's and 90's

RionZ · Post by **RionZ** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:00

I honestly think Miss Japan should've won.

Her translator totally fucked up her response to the raffled question, and most likely fucked up the question. Pardon the language, but that was the only thing that killed it for her, by discrediting the barbaric men in general and not to mention not answering the question correctly. It disheartens me to think that her loss was her translators fault.

Go Miss Japan

davej · Post by **davej** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:01

wasn't a fan of Japan's answer.... thought the other girl wanted an answer that dealt with one event, not something that has been going on for thousands of years. Oh well though.. All were hot...

albertoavena · Post by **albertoavena** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:01

Kaito5 wrote:Has Asia ever won miss universe? If not, hopefuly they will soon

Also, Japan won in 1959. I believe that's the only one for Japan.

xYuki · Post by **xYuki** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:11

chiyuffie wrote:Puerto Rico was gorgeous. I think she deserved the title of Miss Universe. I would have liked to have seen Japan win but she got very far. Japan and Puerto Rico had the best answers followed by USA (who got 5th?!)

i just got finished watching it...i wanted japan to win, but i looked at puerto rico and she's beautiful so all and all it was good. what's ms. japan's name again?

tUrtleAE86 · Post by **tUrtleAE86** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:16

Karara is such a hottie...

Lots of pics at her official site.

http://muj.trans-cosmos.co.jp/winner/index.html

tUrtleAE86 · Post by **tUrtleAE86** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:19

RionZ wrote:I honestly think Miss Japan should've won.

Her translator totally fucked up her response to the raffled question, and most likely fucked up the question. Pardon the language, but that was the only thing that killed it for her, by discrediting the barbaric men in general and not to mention not answering the question correctly. It disheartens me to think that her loss was her translators fault.

Go Miss Japan

Ouch!! I just watched a bit at the start, didn't watch the aftermath. My friend said she sounded like a very intelligent girl, though.

peachytwinkle · Post by **peachytwinkle** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:24

here are a bunch of photographs mostly of the nationality costumes..... (which is my favorite part of the competition.) sorry i couldn't add too many pictures. if you find some not posted here please add them! anyway back to what i was saying.... too bad they don't focus on that outfit as much as the evening gowns. *sigh* oh, and, Please tell me what your favortie nationality costume is and why.

kali4niaguy · Post by **kali4niaguy** » Jul 24th, '06, 06:42

Japan's answer to the final question wasn't what the judges was looking for! I don't understand Japanese, so it could've been the translator's fault for translating the question wrong for Ms. Japan. I think she could've won if she picked a specific event like the bombs dropped on Japan or something. She had a cute smile and that samurai outfit she had at the beginning was kawaii!!

battlegirlai · Post by **battlegirlai** » Jul 24th, '06, 07:25

she might have also lost some points for answering that other question in french (leaving her translator with a O_O stare because she is a japanese translator, not a french one)

i thought she was really lovely tho...

i hated her dress tho...all those cut out holes made it look like she was going commando under her dress...and thats just icky

same goes for miss puerto rico tho...her dress was horrendously worse...the top fit her nicely and wouldn't have been so bad if it had stopped before it got to her hips...from the hips down it was god awful. she kept fighting with it around her feet. it looked like she was wearing a necklace pumped with sterroids and decided to pass on an actual dress.

Sakado · Post by **Sakado** » Jul 24th, '06, 07:40

i was not impressed by Puerto Rico's private interview (is it?)? (i.e. what she sees herself 10yrs from now, etc...) Her answers were superficial and not much deep feelings compared to Japan imo.

Kaito5 · Post by **Kaito5** » Jul 24th, '06, 08:00

albertoavena: Thank you for the anwser

lovehunter12 · Post by **lovehunter12** » Jul 24th, '06, 08:04

aww.. they all look so gorgeous

seryeplease · Post by **seryeplease** » Jul 24th, '06, 11:29

Kaito5 wrote:Has Asia ever won miss universe? If not, hopefuly they will soon

philippines also won i think, way way way long ago.... oh and i have to agree, japan should have won

Gir · Post by **Gir** » Jul 24th, '06, 11:36

peachytwinkle wrote:ah! thanks gir!!! i was trying to find a better picture. that's awesome! hehe. i was glad she won for best costume. Do you think the judges were afraid of her sword??? lol.

That was the joke in some of the news clips about it.

Post by **lilswtangel** » Jul 24th, '06, 12:26

battlegirlai wrote:she might have also lost some points for answering that other question in french (leaving her translator with a O_O stare because she is a japanese translator, not a french one)

i thought she was really lovely tho...

i hated her dress tho...all those cut out holes made it look like she was going commando under her dress...and thats just icky

same goes for miss puerto rico tho...her dress was horrendously worse...the top fit her nicely and wouldn't have been so bad if it had stopped before it got to her hips...from the hips down it was god awful. she kept fighting with it around her feet. it looked like she was wearing a necklace pumped with sterroids and decided to pass on an actual dress.

French you say?

but I have to disagree with your view on her costume. Her outfit was hot! Not something I expected her to wear as her nationality costume.

I wonder what 1st runner up gets....

lokilla · Post by **lokilla** » Jul 24th, '06, 12:34

Well im proud of the new miss universe (well cause im puertorican)because she has brought
hope to my country since were living difficult times here. And actually i did not like the dress much too so y personally tough that Japan was going to win since she had like a spunk to her and her personality.

battlegirlai · Post by **battlegirlai** » Jul 24th, '06, 14:04

lilswtangel wrote:French you say?

but I have to disagree with your view on her costume. Her outfit was hot! Not something I expected her to wear as her nationality costume.

I wonder what 1st runner up gets....

yup, french...they asked her a question about how she learned to speak french and spanish and she launched into a whole answer in french (i didn't hear any spanish in there tho...but she was speaking like 10000 miles a minute) and her poor translator took a step back and was like "that wasn't japanese, i can't help"

...and you missed the part where i said dress...i was talking about the dress she wore, not her nationality costume. her nationality costume can hardly be called a dress ...i actually loved her nationality costume (i admit, its because i'm a cosplayer too)

shiny plastic · Post by **shiny plastic** » Jul 24th, '06, 15:20

Congrats to Puerto Rico but I'm very dissapointed about the outcome. When mostly South American/White women take up most of the top 20 and only 1 asian makes it to the top 10, you know the contest is somewhat biased.

Not to mention Japan's answer was more intelligent than most of the girls' Q&A.

Either way, I don't really get worked up over pageants since it's mainly focused on beauty and not really on the questions.

mmmin · Post by **mmmin** » Jul 24th, '06, 15:28

i should of watched this on tv -_-" japan's costume looks really crazy.

miaangelis · Post by **miaangelis** » Jul 24th, '06, 18:22

i agree with everyone that the girls were beautiful, but i think that they picked the wrong girl for miss universe

. she is supposed to personify someone that everyone can look up to. the girl that they chose, just looked fake and her beauty just seemed skin deep. plus, apparently she doesnt know how to choose a dress that is both gorgeous and able to walk in, because she kept on falling when she was walking. miss japan should have recieve all the votes. not only was she super kawaii, but she had a brain (hence the five languages that she could speak: spanish, portuguese, something else, english and japanese)

wow something that maybe the other candidate lacked. i hated the way that puerto rico had vague answers to her questions. i say retrial!

groink · Post by **groink** » Jul 24th, '06, 18:41

Kaito5 wrote:Has Asia ever won miss universe? If not, hopefuly they will soon

As a country, I don't know. But as a race, yes. Brook Lee (Miss USA at the time) won it in 1997. She's made up of Korean, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Chinese, and Hawaiian ancestries. There may be others, but I can't recall them off the top of my head at the moment.

--- groink

Gir · Post by **Gir** » Jul 24th, '06, 21:14

I looked uppast winners,

Since 1952 Asian nationality Miss Universes:

59 - Japan
65 - Thailand
69 - Philippines
73- Philippines
88 - Thailand
94 - India
2000 - India

Most (11) came from South America Venezuela having the most. (4)
Next Europe (10) "Switzerland with 3", and North America (10)" Usa with (6)."
Then Australia and Puerto Rico both with (4)

Fieryshadow · Post by **Fieryshadow** » Jul 24th, '06, 22:29

Yea I too think Japan should've won, she looked great in that nationality costume

well in my eyes, she won ^^

Kaito5 · Post by **Kaito5** » Jul 24th, '06, 23:12

Alright thanks everyone for informing me about the former winners

AngelGurl6 · Post by **AngelGurl6** » Jul 25th, '06, 03:38

miaangelis wrote:i agree with everyone that the girls were beautiful, but i think that they picked the wrong girl for miss universe . she is supposed to personify someone that everyone can look up to. the girl that they chose, just looked fake and her beauty just seemed skin deep. plus, apparently she doesnt know how to choose a dress that is both gorgeous and able to walk in, because she kept on falling when she was walking. miss japan should have recieve all the votes. not only was she super kawaii, but she had a brain (hence the five languages that she could speak: spanish, portuguese, something else, english and japanese) wow something that maybe the other candidate lacked. i hated the way that puerto rico had vague answers to her questions. i say retrial!

I really wanted Japan to win, too because she knows four languages (she doesn't know portuguese) and she wants to become a reporter, unlike some other contestants who said that they wanted to become a famous actress. Then again, second place isn't that bad. Plus, she won best custome, which I personally think she deserves it. It was either her or that other women who wore a butterfly custome, which was really breath taking! In all honesty, I wouldn't have watched the show at all if it wasn't for the customes. I thought that was the BEST part out of the entire show.

ShaolinMilk · Post by **ShaolinMilk** » Jul 25th, '06, 04:36

Kirara was definitely the better one... I was so mad when she didn't win...

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Jul 25th, '06, 05:27

damn....Miss Japan is hawt. so is Miss Korea and Miss China.

I'm bummed out that I missed this ;(

shiny plastic · Post by **shiny plastic** » Jul 25th, '06, 09:29

miaangelis wrote:i agree with everyone that the girls were beautiful, but i think that they picked the wrong girl for miss universe . she is supposed to personify someone that everyone can look up to. the girl that they chose, just looked fake and her beauty just seemed skin deep. plus, apparently she doesnt know how to choose a dress that is both gorgeous and able to walk in, because she kept on falling when she was walking. miss japan should have recieve all the votes. not only was she super kawaii, but she had a brain (hence the five languages that she could speak: spanish, portuguese, something else, english and japanese) wow something that maybe the other candidate lacked. i hated the way that puerto rico had vague answers to her questions. i say retrial!

Yep. I'm sick of all these damn south americans who have little to no personalities and are nothing more than products of cosmetic surgery. (yes, brazil is the plastic surgery capital of the world). They all lack substance. But of course, as long as their ribs are hanging out in a 2 piece bikini and can speak spanish that's considered "sexy" to the judges.

Crazy Penguin · Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Jul 25th, '06, 16:24

Gir wrote:Ok, here is the costume, kind of cute..kind of sexy

[img]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8836 ... lj1iz0.jpg[/img][img]http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2705 ... rsehk9.jpg[/img]

I've heard it's supposed to be "traditional". Traditional my ass. My eyes are still bleeding at this "thing".

A friend of mine, from Spain, said "Here we see what Miss Universe's contest cares about a woman... So sad."

I only say... hooray for male chauvinism and sexism.

At the moment I'm ashamed to be male...

Quite honestly, IMO, Suzuki Anne, or Kuriyama Chiaki, or Ueto Aya would beat all those chicks with ease.

mt877 · Post by **mt877** » Jul 25th, '06, 16:37

For those of you who missed the pagent or just want to view it again, here's an active torrent.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/375895

The link is to the download page, not a direct link to the torrent file.

usagibun · Post by **usagibun** » Jul 25th, '06, 17:11

Puerto Rico isn't south america. I thought that both girls were beautiful but in the end it came to the contestants answers. I’m really proud of Zuleyka and her final answer was just excellent.

Although I absolutely loved Japan’s national costume – she looked sort of skanky.

aibakaneko · Post by **aibakaneko** » Jul 25th, '06, 17:18

OMG.. i Love..... MISS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AngelGurl6 · Post by **AngelGurl6** » Jul 25th, '06, 18:39

usagibun wrote:Puerto Rico isn't south america. I thought that both girls were beautiful but in the end it came to the contestants answers. I’m really proud of Zuleyka and her final answer was just excellent.

Although I absolutely loved Japan’s national costume – she looked sort of skanky.

Actually, there were several other ladies who wore only a bikini along with other accessories in the national costume. Compared to that, I don't think hers was that bad.

Crazy Penguin · Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Jul 26th, '06, 10:45

Though, it's kind of "funny" (actually, it's quite sad). If you take Miss Japan's "traditional" costume...

I won't go into details about everything that's wrong with that "armor", that would take far too long (IMO, calling it "armor" is an insult to every armor crafter in history, whether Asian or Western). But just look at it overall. Armor plus katana without companion sword? She's posing as ashigaru, for crying out loud... Sad, really. I certainly hope nobody called it "samurai outfit" or anything else along the line, because... it's not a samurai outfit, certainly not. It's, basically, what a bloody peasant soldier, also known as ashigaru or even cannon-fodder, would use.

But what's even more sad is the fact that she, as Japanese, wears a perversion like this. Sad, really. She obviously lacks ANY national pride and knowledge about history. If some dumbass foreigner would wear something like that, ok, what do you expect? But a Japanese? Dear god... If I was her, I'd be ashamed, really. It makes her look like a cheap slut. I might refer to her as "nighthawk" from now on.

Another friend of mine, who's deeply into the Heian period, called her: "Bad Hair Day Sushi Slut Of Doom". I must say... it's fitting.

albertoavena · Post by **albertoavena** » Jul 27th, '06, 01:11

Jeez, people hear are so harsh sometimes. I mean, it's jsut a costume for crying out loud!! Calling her a slut for wearing that? Some people just need to lighten up and quit the flaming...She was still beautiful as everyone else was either way.

Post by **jholic** » Jul 27th, '06, 03:27

when i heard that miss japan came in second, i had to go to the website to see the contestants. boy, there were some big time hotties in there. i thought the 'national costumes' were pretty interesting too.

wai_muna · Post by **wai_muna** » Jul 27th, '06, 03:44

Japan is such a hottie....

Post by **jholic** » Jul 28th, '06, 04:13

yeah, she was quite pretty, but the others weren't slouches either!

albertoavena · Post by **albertoavena** » Jul 28th, '06, 04:51

Yeah, I definetly agree! All of them looked great!

Much congrats to Puerto Rico..

Looked lovely

Looking forward to next year..

ndoodles · Post by **ndoodles** » Jul 28th, '06, 23:52

I was rooting for Miss Japan the whole entire time! She's sooooo much better. Ah well~

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