NHA TRANG, Vietnam, July 14 (UPI) -- Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in a pageant in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.

Mendoza is a 22-year-old aspiring interior designer who also said she enjoys photography and is interested in advertising.

She was voted Miss Universe by a panel of celebrity judges that included Donald Trump Jr., fashion designer and entrepreneur Roberto Cavalli; Nadine Velazquez, co-star of "My Name Is Earl;" Jennifer Hawkins, television presenter and Miss Universe 2004; Louis Licari, celebrity colorist and "Today Show" ambush makeover expert; Joe Cinque, president of the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences; Bollywood film and TV star, dancer, model Eesha Koppikhar; Nguyen Cong Khe, editor-in-chief of Thanh Nien newspaper, and international shoe designer Taryn Rose.

Jerry Springer and Mel B were the hosts of Sunday's NBC telecast of the 57th annual Miss Universe pageant, in which contestants from 80 countries and territories competed in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and personality interview.

First Runner Up was Miss Colombia, Taliana Vargas, while Second Runner Up was Miss Dominican Republic, Marianne Cruz Gonzalez.

Miss Mexico, Elisa Najera and Miss Russia, Vera Krasova rounded out the top five.

Miss USA Crystle Stewart tripped during the evening gown competition -- the second year in a row that has happened.

Report: Jolie talked during twins' birth

NICE, France, July 14 (UPI) -- Hollywood film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were calm and talkative as their twins were born this weekend, the doctor who delivered the babies said.

Jolie gave birth to her and Pitt's fifth and sixth children -- a boy and a girl -- Saturday via Caesarean section at the Fondation Lenval Hospital in Nice, France.

People.com quoted Dr. Michel Sussmann as telling reporters outside the hospital that Pitt and Jolie "were talking, they were together" during the delivery.

"It was an epidural, so (Angelina) was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy," Sussmann reportedly said, adding that Pitt never left his girlfriend's side.

"He was my assistant!" Sussmann quipped, revealing the actor even cut the babies' umbilical cords. "He was ... perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional."

The obstetrician also said there were "absolutely no problems" during the delivery but he said he wasn't sure when Jolie and the babies would be leaving the hospital.

"She will stay for a few days," he said. "The babies are fine. The babies are with the mother and father and they are fine."

Brother says Ritchie caused Madonna rift

NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone says Guy Ritchie, the British filmmaker who married the pop star, is responsible for a rift between the siblings.

Ciccone, who is openly gay, claimed in an exclusive interview with "Good Morning America," that Ritchie is a homophobe and is responsible for the estrangement between Ciccone and his sister, ABC News said on its Web site.

Ciccone was on the show to promote his new memoir, "Life With My Sister Madonna," which was released Monday.

In an interview that aired on "GMA" Monday, Ciccone was asked what happened to his once close relationship with his sister.

"Guy Ritchie pretty much happened to our relationship, for the most part," he replied. "The best way to get to my sister is to get in bed with her, you know what I mean? And since I wasn't doing that, and ... wasn't about to, you know, that person -- like I said -- who speaks to her, the last person to speak to her at night, has the most influence. And (Guy and I) both couldn't really exist in the same hemisphere."

ABC News said Madonna's spokeswoman has declined to comment on Ciccone's various claims until his new book was released.

"I'm not taking revenge at all," Ciccone said of the book on "GMA." "I'm telling what I consider to be a great tale."

Unclear whether Lear will be naked on PBS

LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI) -- PBS chief Paula Kerger told reporters in Los Angeles that she doesn't know yet if Ian McKellen's nude scene will appear in a PBS taping of his play "King Lear."

McKellen, who is best known for playing Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "Magneto" in the "X-Men" movies, played the title character in the Royal Shakespeare Company's staging of William Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear," which toured last year.

The 69-year-old is to reprise his role for a taping of the production to air on PBS.

The Washington Post said Kerger was asked at a news conference if McKellen's full-frontal nude scene, which occurs when Lear goes mad, would appear in the version her network was planning to air.

"The film is just being shot and I haven't actually seen the final version yet," The Post quoted Kerger as responding. "We're actually going to bring it to press tour in January, so you'll have a chance to see it then."

Pressed to comment on the possibility of airing the nude scene on PBS, she remarked: "Well, it's what I think about it and what the FCC will allow. ... So we'll cross that bridge -- we're bringing it to you in January. Ask me the question again."