2006 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, Miss Universe 2006, poses with Miss Universe Organization owner Donald J. Trump after being crowned Miss Universe 2006 at the conclusion of the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 55th annual Miss Universe competition. She will spend her year-long reign making special appearances on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization, its sponsors and affiliated charities. (UPI Photo/Miss Universe/HO)
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NHA TRANG, Vietnam, July 14 (UPI) -- Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in a pageant in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.
NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Jerry Springer and British singer Mel B. have been named co-hosts of the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam.
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 21 (UPI) -- A former Miss Universe says her divorce from the former president of Argentina is complete following a rocky breakup.
BURBANK, Calif., March 31 (UPI) -- Former model and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Heather Mills has been selected to judge the 2008 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas, NBC announced Monday.
PARIS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Miss France has been barred from competing in future beauty pageants as a punishment for appearing in a published series of suggestive photographs.
MEXICO CITY, May 29 (UPI) -- Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, a dancer, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 during the international competition in Mexico City.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 25 (UPI) -- This year's Miss Universe pageant won't have a contestant from Sweden because the event is behind the times, organizers in the Scandinavian nation say.
NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable channel CMT has decided not to renew its option for the Miss America Pageant, leaving the pageant without a TV spot, a report says.
NASHVILLE, March 30 (UPI) -- The Miss America Pageant is without a television home again, as cable network CMT in Nashville announced it would not televise the pageant next year.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Miss USA Tara Conner said she recognized she suffered "from the disease of alcoholism and addiction" while in rehab in Pennsylvania.