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Miss Universe 2007

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Date
  
28 May 2007

Broadcaster
  
NBC, Telemundo

Entertainment
  
RBD

Entrants
  
77

Miss Universe 2007

Presenters
  
Vanessa Minnillo, Mario Lopez

Venue
  
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 28 May 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. Riyo Mori from Japan was crowned by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico at the end of the event. Seventy-seven delegates competed in this year.

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Final telecast

The following celebrities judged the final competition. Christiane Martel was added as a judge the day prior to the final competition.

  • Tony Romo – Dallas Cowboys quarterback
  • James Kyson Lee – actor on Heroes
  • Nina Garcia – Project Runway judge and Elle magazine fashion director
  • Dave Navarro – rock star
  • Dayanara Torres – Miss Universe 1993 from Puerto Rico
  • Mauricio Islas – Mexican actor
  • Lindsay Clubine – Deal or No Deal briefcase model
  • Marc Bouwer – fashion designer
  • Christiane Martel – Miss Universe 1953 from France
  • Michelle Kwan – World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist, and 2002 Olympic figure skating bronze medalist
  • Areas of competition

    Prior to the final telecast, all contestants competed in swimsuit and evening gown during the preliminary competition. They also participated in interviews with the judges.

    During the final competition, the top fifteen contestants (based on their preliminary scores) competed in the swimsuit competition, and the top ten competed in evening gown. The final five contestants participated in a final round of on-stage interviews, before the runners-up were announced and the new Miss Universe named.

    This was the first year since 2002 that the judges' average scores were shown on television.

    It was the first time since 2001 that the final question posed on the ladies came from the judges. The previous pageants had final questions coming from the current Miss Universe and the delegates participating in the final five themselves.

    National costume controversy

  •  Mexico – In April 2007, controversy erupted over the proposed national costume of Rosa María Ojeda, Miss Mexico. The skirt of the costume depicted scenes from the Cristero War, a Roman Catholic rebellion in the 1920s in which thousands of people were killed, including hangings. The outfit included a bullet-studded belt and crucifix necklace. The design was chosen from over thirty others and had been intended to show Mexico's culture and history, but it elicited controversy amid claims it was in poor taste and inappropriate. Pageant owners said that the costume would be redesigned to include image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
  • References

    Miss Universe 2007 Wikipedia