Miss Universe 2009 Review

On the 23rd of August was the Miss Universe 2009 pageant held at the Bahamas and I believe this year was a disappointing year for me as I've been watching Miss Universe since 2004. It was a back to back victory for Venezuela as they won the crown for the second row again and their sixth crown. I'm really shocked by the fact that no Asian contestants were included in the top 15 and also especially Mexico, Netherlands who were the big favourites. The Asian contestants this year were a strong batch and they're improving every year and I believe a few deserved to be placed, unlike some of the girls in the top 15 which I didn't expect at all.



TOP 15
Albania
Belgium
Sweden
Croatia
Iceland

TOP 10
USA
South Africa
France
Czech Republic
Switzerland

4th Runner-up: Puerto Rico

3rd Runner-up: Australia

2nd Runner-up: Kosovo

1st Runner-up: Dominican Republic

Miss UNIVERSE 2009: VENEZUELA, STEFANIA FERNANDEZ



On my prediction list I got 8/15, even though I heard there might be a top 16 this year but I don't know what happened to that. Most Europeans were in the finals and in the end it was a goodbye to them, except Kosovo the lastest independent country made it to the top 5 which I was very pleased with. Which she looked very stunning on that night and I'm in love with her evening gown! I did say that on Venezuela might pull a suprise on the night and she did. I think she deserved the crown but I was expecting another country to win that night. I'd have to admit that Stefania looked gorgeous on the night and the red lipstick is totally her new signature. She's fresh, very young only 18 and unique.

She was crowned by Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 from Venezuela and to be honest I was proud of them, seeing them together that they've achieved this back to back victory. Don't forget about the new crown which symbolizes peace and it was funny how Dayana dropped the crown as she was so ecstatic! haha!


I hope next year is going be a better year and I would like to see more Asians advance to the finals and I would like to see my own country Indonesia win the crown one day.


But anyways congratulations to our new Miss Universe, Stefania and goodluck with your reign!