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LatinoBlogs¡Sorprendente!, varias concursantes latinas seleccionadas entre las cinco semifinalistas, entre ellas mi compatriota mexicana, Elisa Nájera.
Además de la mexicana, avanzaron las representantes de Colombia, Republica Dominicana, Venezuela y Rusia. Todo parece indicar que la próxima Miss Universo saldrá de las mujeres latinas.
La mexicana Elisa Nájera, que ya ganó la competencia de traje de baño, persigue el sueño de convertirse en la segunda máxima reina del país azteca, cuya única ganadora ha sido Lupita Jones, en 1991.
La representante de Puerto Rico, Ingrid Rivera, no fue seleccionada en esta ocasión; antecesoras suyas alcanzaron el cetro en siete oportunidades.
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San Francisco, Calif, resident Darrel Slack carries a gay pride flag on Castro Street Thursday, May 15, 2008, while celebrating the California Supreme Court decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Ron Lewis )
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 15: A man carries a gay pride flag through Civic Center Plaza following a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overturn a ban on gay marriage in California making it the second state where gays and lesbians can marry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Gay rights supporters wear a California state flag,left, and a gay pride flag outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right of same sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Zoe Mosko, left, D'Vora Tirichwell, center, and John Moore, right, celebrate with a gay pride flag after hearing the decision from the state Supreme court on same sex marriages inside the court house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May15, 2008. In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)
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Members of Moldova's gay community discuss their options at a hotel after being blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)
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Moldovan nationalists knock on the door of the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)
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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)
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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)
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A Moldovan nationalist stands outside the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday, May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER: (FILES) A picture taken June 8, 2007 shows three gay Israelis posing in pink hats and holding lace parasols during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Just an hour's drive from the beaches of Tel Aviv and its scantily-clad sunbathers, men covered in long black coats and wheel-sized fur hats sway in prayer before Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. The contrast highlights the challenges Israel has faced over the past 60 years trying to prevent a major collision of the secular and religious forces that have shaped the Jewish state. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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La verdad es que, aunque soy dominicano, mis favoritas para ganar eran Mexico y Colombia, y mi asombro aún no termina al ver fuera de las 15 finalistas a Miss Pto. Rco. Es algo a lo cual no le encuentro explicación.
A la mexicana yo no le veía perdida por ningún lado que la mirara.
En cuanto a Miss USA, la verdad que es algo como salido de una pelicula. ¿Será esto ficción o será real?
La representante de Rep. Dom. logró un avance impresionante en ese tramo final. Fué tal su avance que por un momento la pensé triunfadora. Quizás le habría ayudado haber contestado en ingles y así hacerlo más rapido; ya sabes: hablar-traducir, hablar-traducir y eso requiere más tiempo.
Quiero enviar mis mas sinceras felicitaciones a todos los venezolanos por su nueva reyna de belleza. ¡Felicidades hermanos!
Jul 14th 2008 | 12:12AM | Héctor Alcántara