Finalists Miss Philippines Venus Raj, left, Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillips, Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete, Miss Ukraine Anna Poslavska and Miss Puerto Rico Mariana Paola Vicente compete in the the Miss Universe pageant. tence, I can say there is nothing major,” Venus Raj said. Before the pageant, Raj was rated Wednesday 25th August 2010 among the top contestants in an online poll on the pageant’s website. She fin- ished in fifth place. Mexico woman Navarrete won a package of prizes including an undisclosed salary, a luxury New York apartment with living expens- es, a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy with housing after crowned 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 Miss Universe Universe and a second award for having the best national costume. ues that we learned as a family.” The final 15 walked in swimsuits Fakih, a 24-year-old Lebanese immi- First runner-up was Miss while Cirque du Soleil musicians played grant from Dearborn, Mich., spurred cel- Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while sec- Elvis Presley songs including “Viva Las ebrations among Arab-Americans when ond runner-up was Miss Australia Vegas.” The last 10 impressed in their she won Miss USA. Pageant records Jesinta Campbell. gowns while John Legend and the Roots aren’t detailed enough to show whether Navarrete said she didn’t expect played a soulful medley including “Save Fakih is the first Arab-American, to win. “I did feel surprised,” she Room.” Muslim or immigrant to win Miss USA. Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete crowned said. “I was like in a state of shock.” By the end of the show, seven of the Miss USA has not been named Miss as Miss Universe 2010. (AP) Navarrete - who’s been modeling top 10 trending topics on Twitter had to Universe since Brook Lee won the title in since she was 15 - is Mexico’s second Miss do with the pageant, its contestants, its 1997. LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 22-year-old Mexico Universe. Lupita Jones of Mexico won judges or owner Donald Trump. The Lysacek was one of this year’s nine woman won the Miss Universe pageant the title in 1991. Navarrete replaces Miss mogul co-owns the pageant with TV net- celebrity judges. The others were actress- Monday night after donning a flowing red Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of work NBC. es Jane Seymour and Chynna Phillips; gown and telling an audience it’s impor- Venezuela. The show was without any major actors Chazz Palminteri and William tant to teach kids family values. Navarrete’s win thwarted Miss gaffes, except for Miss Philippines’ Baldwin; magician Criss Angel; MSNBC Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara Venezuela Marelisa Gibson from giving answer when asked what her biggest mis- anchor Tamron Hall; drummer Shiela E.; was first contestant to answer an inter- the South American country a third con- take in life was and how she fixed it. and supermodel Niki Taylor. view question onstage and the last of 83 secutive victory.Neither Gibson nor Miss “In my 22 standing in the headline-grabbing pag- USA Rima Fakih made the top 15 final- years of eant on the Las Vegas Strip. ists. exis- “I want to give my parents a big Navarrete was immediately congrat- Sinhawalokanaya – hug,” she said at a news conference after ulated on Twitter by Mexican President the pageant. “There was a lot of effort Felipe Calderon and his wife, Margarita being filmed at Hantana and a lot of sacrifice.” Zavala. The train of her single-strap dress “Congratulations to Jimena floated behind her like a sheet as she Navarrete for her deserved victory as walked during the evening gown competi- Miss Universe,” Calderon said. “This tion. Before that, she smiled in a violet will serve Mexico, (and) our image as a bikini as she confidently strutted across country.” the stage. With fans in some 190 countries Asked by Olympic gold-medal figure watching on television and keeping inhawalokanaya skater Evan Lysacek how she felt about tabs on social networks, Navarrete directed by Seneth, the first film unsupervised Internet use, Navarrete and her competitors introduced SMalinga Lokuhewa, is being said the Internet is important but parents themselves while wearing filmed at the Hanthana sites. The need to be careful and watch over their over-the-top national cos- film’s co-producers are Premarathna kids. tumes. They then danced in Vetakepotha, Ravinhans “I do believe that Internet is an indis- silver and black dresses for the Vetakepotha, Rohan de Silva and Pasan Chandrasekera. The story and pensable, necessary tool for the present show’s opening number before script is written by Suneth Malinga. time,” she said through an interpreter. the top 15 finalists were “We must be sure to teach them the val- announced. British Council gears up students who plan to study in the UK Miss Mexico Jimena ritish Council’s pre- Navarrete is crowned departure events are Miss Universe 2010 Bheld annually to help stu- by Stefania dents prepare themselves for their study life in the UK. The Fernandez during the annual pre-departure event Miss Universe pag- was held for the 15th success- eant in Las Vegas. ful year recently at the British (AP) Council auditorium. Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete competes in the evening gown competition during the Miss Universe pageant. Navarrete was later crowned Miss Universe 2010. (AP) Dhivya Sivanesan s Mobile queen’s txt world record British woman, Melissa The record, which remains subject to ‘’It’s a real shock to find out that I’m aking on Thompson, said she was feeling Guinness approval, was smashed by Ms the fastest texter in the world. the theme ‘’GR8’’ after she smashed the Thompson using the Galaxy S’s ‘’But using SWYPE helped. Everyone Tof gender, A Dhivya performs world record for tapping out the fastest ‘’SWYPE’’ key pad, which enables users should give it a go and see how easy it her Arangetram ever text message. to input text without their fingertip leav- is.’’ on August 29 at The 27 year-old, from Salford, Greater ing the screen. Ms Thompson used a Samsung’s new the Bishop’s Manchester, smashed the previous Ms Thompson, who works for an Galaxy S smartphone when she shaved College auditori- record for a wordy phrase by almost 10 insurance company, was shopping with the 9.6 seconds off Mr Page’s record, also um at 6.00 pm. seconds her boyfriend, Chris Davies, 23, when achieved on a Samsung device. Dhivya hav- She wrote ‘’the razor-toothed pira- they visited a Samsung roadshow and The company said it allows people to ing completed nhas of the genera Serrasalmus and she was invited to have a go at breaking send text messages at speeds that were her early educa- tion in the UK joined the Asian Pygocentrus are the most ferocious the record. never before possible. International School in Colombo freshwater fish in the world. In reality ‘’I used to send a lot of text messages The record will now be assessed by and completed her secondary they seldom attack a human’’, in a super- - 40 or 50-a-day to Chris alone so we both the Guiness Book of World Records. education. fast 25.94 seconds. knew I could type fast,” she said. A spokesman for the records was The official Guinness World Record is ‘’But since we moved in together and unavilable for comment. currently held by American Franklin I started my job I haven’t been texting as Page, 24, who wrote the same passage in much and, you could say, my fingers Melissa Thompson breaking the world’s © The Telegraph Group London 2010 35.54 seconds in March this year. were out of shape. fastest texter record in Manchester..