{"id":2657,"date":"2010-08-24T01:06:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2010-08-24T01:06:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T08:06:05","slug":"mexico-wins-miss-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/24\/mexico-wins-miss-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Wins Miss Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every once in a while, it\u2019s nice to take our minds off of politics long enough to appreciate beauty.<\/font><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara was first contestant to answer an interview question onstage and the last of 83 standing in the headline-grabbing pageant on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n

"I want to give my parents a big hug," she said at a news conference after the pageant. "There was a lot of effort and a lot of sacrifice."<\/p>\n

The train of her single-strap dress floated behind her like a sheet as she walked during the evening gown competition. Before that, she smiled in a violet bikini as she confidently strutted across the stage.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

"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."<\/p>\n

First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As soon as my tongue peels off my keyboard, I\u2019d like to congratulate Miss Navarrete.  Also, considering that Arizona lies between Las Vegas and Mexico, I hope that she takes the long way home.  Jan Brewer is probably having a hissy fit over this, making Arizona a dangerous place.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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