Jesinta Campbell clears Venus Raj's name in the "sabotage issue"

Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell has cleared Miss Philippines Venus and also Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete in the "sabotaging issue" reported
last week.

On her Facebook account the following day, Jesinta denied accusing Venus and Jimena of any sabotaging incident at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and claims she was just misreported. (Read: Who sabotaged Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant?)

She also considers the two as her good friends and therefore wouldn't do anything bad to her.

But I'm wondering why she didn't include Philippines and Mexico in her earlier interview as among those who she believes won't sabotage her if she thinks they're her good friends. She only mentioned Belgium, Ireland, Great Britain and Guam.

Anyway, here's Jesinta's official statement clearing Misses Philippines and Mexico:

"I would like to say that I have been misreported as saying that my chances at miss universe were sabotaged! I was NOT sabotaged nor do I
think that Miss Mexico or Miss Philippines did anything in anyway awful to me. They are both beautiful young women and I am good friends with them both! The media has blown this out of proportion and I am upset that this happened."

Ok! So hopefully that ends already the issue between Jesinta and
Venus, who both consider each other as a friend.

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Moving on...

I would like to share this old photo of Venus taken 3 years ago at the Miss Bicolandia 2007 pageant.

Venus looks far different there from what she is now. After 3 years,
she definitely has evolved now into a gorgeous lady and becomes the
only Pinay to reach the Miss Universe semis in the last 11 years.

Photos courtesy of Victor Wagas and Gayon Bicolandia

Who sabotaged Miss Australia at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant? | Being suspected: Philippines (Venus Raj), Mexico (Jimena Navarrete) etc.

The sweet and lovely Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell is claiming that she was sabotaged at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant held two weeks ago in Las Vegas.

Oh that's not sweet!

Despite finishing 2nd Runner Up and awarded Miss Congeniality, Miss
Australia still could not forget the bitter memories she had during the pageant.

In an interview by Australia's Herald Sun just yesterday, Jesinta revealed that during the pageant, she discovered her national costume was full of pins. And she suspects that it was intentionally done.

Miss Australia isn't pointing fingers to any of her fellow candidates but she did mention about the overly competitive candidates like
Mexico, the Philippines and those coming from Central and South America.

From what I understand, even if she did not say it directly, those
competitive candidates or those associated with them are being suspected responsible for what happened.

"Winning is so important for those girls because they become queens in
their country and are worshipped if they win - and it changes
everything forever for them. But there were 82 other girls there and I can't narrow it down, so it's a mystery to me." Jesinta told Herald Sun.

She then cited the names of the candidates who she believes wouldn't dare do that because they're her best friends. And they are Misses
Ireland, Great Britain, Guam and Belgium.

I don't think that what happened to Miss Australia got something to do with her being a strong contender for the title. Yes, she appeared in
the list of favorites but she was not a huge favorite even if she finished 2nd Runner Up.

Miss Australia was 18th in Global Beauties' leaderboard, 9th in
Missosology's final predictions and even on my own list, she was only 21st.

She didn't appear in the Top 5 of most list of favorites, thus the candidates who should have experienced being sabotaged were Philippines (Maria Venus Raj), Mexico (Jimena Navarrete),
Ireland (Rozanna Purcell) or Russia (Irina Antonenko) and not her, because they were the top favorites to win the crown.

It's interesting that Miss Australia won as Miss Congeniality but a
particular candidate or delegation strongly disliked her, as what
she's claiming.

Jesinta is now an entertainment reporter in Channel 7's The Morning
Show in Australia.

Photo courtesy of Jory Rivera

Miss Universe 2010 National Costumes Parade in Las Vegas

The 83 contestants of the Miss Universe Pageant 2010 paraded in their national costumes at Mizuya Lounge of Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

And here are some of them:

British Virgin Islands, Josefina Nunez


Australia, Jesinta Campbell


Trinidad & Tobago, LaToya Woods


Philippines, Maria Venus Raj


Ukraine, Anna Poslavska


USA, Rima Fakih


Venezuela, Marelisa Gibson

More National Costumes HERE.

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Photos by Jory Rivera/OPMB Worldwide

Miss Universe 2010 interview videos are up! | Watch and judge the candidates!

The casual interview videos of the 83 Miss Universe 2010 candidates are now up on Youtube.

Those video interviews are very important because they show the candidates' wit and communication skills, and possibly help us re-analyze our favorites list.

Watching the videos...I liked best the video of Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell. She's simply gorgeous and very charming. I just hope she really has that amazing personality even off-cam. (coz she ignores my messages on Facebook lol)

Watch her video:

Aside from Australia, I also love the interviews of Misses Albania, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, USA and Venezuela.

The rest of the videos can be found HERE.

As of this posting, the Top 10 most viewed videos there are the interviews of Venezuela, Thailand, Philippines, France, Korea, USA, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

While the Top 10 Most Commented videos are those of Venezuela, Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Peru, Russia and Ireland.

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Miss Universe 2010 Glamour Shots are out!

The controversial glamour shots of the Miss Universe 2010 candidates are finally out at the pageant's official site.

And indeed, Miss Trinidad & Tobago is the most darin of them all.

Here are my Top 15 picks who I think looked best in their glamshots: (in alphabetical order)

Albania, Angela Martini & Argentina, Yesica Di Vincenzo


Australia, Jesinta Campbell & Belgium, Cilou Annys


France, Malika Menard & Ireland, Rozanna Purcell


Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps & Korea, Joori Kim


Malaysia, Nadine Ann Thomas & Puerto Rico, Mariana Paola Vicente


Spain, Adriana Reverón & Thailand, Fonthip Watcharatrakul


Trinidad & Tobago, LaToya Woods & Ukraine, Anna Poslavska


USA, Rima Fakih

Photos courtesy of MUO

Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez wardrobe malfunction?

Did Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez have a wardrobe malfunction lately while in the company of the Miss Universe 2010 candidates?

Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez, the outgoing Miss Universe, was pictured here with Jesinta Campbell, the Aussie candidate in the Miss Universe 2010, at the cocktail party held Thursday night.

[IMAGE REMOVED]

A closer look at the picture would show that Stefania possibly had a wardrobe malfunction that almost revealed her private upper part.

Or am I just having a wild imagination? What do you think guys?

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Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell and Miss Colombia Natalia Navarro celebrate birthday in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant

Two Miss Universe 2010 candidates celebrated their birthday yesterday, August 12, in Las Vegas and they are Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell and Miss Colombia Natalia Navarro.

Jesinta turned 19 while Natalia's now 23 years old.

On Twitter, Jesinta shared she had the best birthday ever. They had a swimwear photoshoot at 6:00 AM and there, she and Natalia were
surprised by the Miss Universe staff and candidates with a big
birthday balloons.

"I have had the BEST BDAY ever! Super sad I am not with my friends for the second year in a row but had fun cruising and jet skiing on Hoover dam!" Miss Australia tweeted that night.

Later in the evening, Australia and Colombia were again surprised with a birthday cake while having dinner.

Miss Australia shares pictures taken during her birthday:

with Miss Georgia Nana Gogichaishvili


Two celebrants in one cake? (Does MUO have no enough funds?)

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