The pageant was held almost two months prior to when it was held in 2006, although the event had generally been staged between late May and early June since 2001. Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera reigned for little more than ten months, one of the shortest in the history of the title. Contestants began to arrive in Mexico on 30 April 2007 and were to be involved in a number of appearances and events prior to the final competition.
This is the fourth time Mexico has been the host country and the second time Mexico City the host city of the Miss Universe pageant. Mexico first hosted the pageant in Acapulco in 1978. Miss Universe 1989 was then staged in Cancun and Miss Universe 1993 was held in Mexico City.
The pageant was co-hosted by Mario Lopez and Vanessa Minnillo, both first-time hosts of the Miss Universe pageant. Minnillo, an Entertainment Tonight correspondent and former Miss Teen USA 1998, previously hosted the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant. Lopez hosted the Miss Teen USA 1998 pageant (won by Minnillo) and also co-hosted Miss Teen USA 2003.
As Zuleyka Rivera was crowning Riyo Mori with the official Mikimoto crown, it slipped from her grasp and nearly fell to the floor. Mori was able to catch the crown, which is made of diamonds and pearls and is valued at over $250,000.
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.
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The A to Z April Blogging Challenge 2013 is galloping ahead, and I’m wiped out visiting all the blogs I possibly can. I’m co-hosting it on Amlokiblogs, so drop me a comment there if you have something to say about the challenge itself. On this blog, I’ll be featuring mostly indie-published book excerpts for all of April. I love reading, and supporting author-friends, and this is a good way to do both.
Today, for H, I give you a collection of short stories: Humans and Other Creatures by Megan Hamilton, edited by Shirlene Corcoran.
Elevator Pitch: Seven well-written and thoughtful short stories by Megan Hamilton– some from the perspective of ‘others’ rather than ‘humans’. They range from the whimsical to the poignant to the mildly philosophical. If there is an underlying theme to the tales, it is that life is both strange and varied, and yet forms a cohesive whole.
Bobby couldn’t remember feeling like this ever before – light and airy, no small aches and pains, in fact, nothing at all. It felt good actually, until he saw his body sprawled on the floor of the gym. Then, he noticed the blood, and realized that this was not good at all. He must be injured; the blood was still running from his head. He had to call for help, but there was no one around and he didn’t seem to be able to move very far from his body. He felt sure that this must mean that he was still alive. Weren’t you supposed to move into the light, or something, when you died?
I have confessed my love for short stories time and again on this blog. What do you like more, novels or short stories? Would you buy Hamilton’s collection?
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I am a novel person and always shied away from short stories. I don’t think I’d written one since high school, back in the 60s! But, lately, since associating with a group of writers and taking regular classes, I’ve become intrigued and have been working more at, and reading more, short stories. Sometimes it feel like just another way to keep myself from finishing the novel–but most of the time I think it’s expanding my view, overall, and good for the craft in general. Thanks for sharing others’ work; it’s much appreciated!
I am intrigued that the title of the story is Movin’ On, and what kind of dimension he is moving on to!
I love short stories and novels, but I’ll admit, I enjoy writing short stories more. There’s something about writing a story less than 5,000 words, while still providing all elements of fiction.
I’m working on an anthology myself. And yes, I would buy Hamilton’s collection. It sounds interesting 🙂
Not yet read this book. Overall I enjoy both – novels and short stories as long as they keep my attention.
Thank you for following my blog! I hope you will enjoy my future posts. You have a lovely blog yourself as well!
Personally I prefer novels, especially really long ones. I like to really emerse myself into the story. I think that is the reason I have never really gotten into writing short stories myself. I began with poetry and then I jumped to novels…
Hey Damyanti, thanks for the visit and follow over at http://caribbeanbusinesstraveler.wordpress.com/. Was looking at your blog and I think it is really awesome of you to help spread the word about indie published literature, I happen to be friends with several writers so I’ve gotten to understand the challenges of getting your work out there (doubly hard when you’re from a small island!). I’ll definitely be sticking around for more and to support these authors.
Lastly, I can’t choose which I love more – novels or short stories, your question has me thoroughly stumped!
Although I mostly read novels,I like reading short stories every once in a while.I think I’ll check this one out!:)
I participated in A – Z last April. I got some really good posts out of it, a few new readers, but it wiped me out. I’m more of a post-a-week kind of blogger. Good luck!
I love short stories – writing and reading them! The collection sounds intriguing – I’ve written several stories where my narrator was an “other” be it a dog, cat, even a dolphin. It’s even more of a challenge to have an animal POV without the reader realizing it until the end!
I really appreciate short stories…you have to get right to it; sometimes all that space in a novel means you waste too much energy filling the void, when you could be telling stories!
I think I need to jump into short stories again. I haven’t read them since I was in college but they might get me reading more.
I’ll have to check this book out. I recently published a short story collection on Kindle, knowing I was one of the very few still writing short stories. So thanks for the recommendation!
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