Miss Universe 2011 Question and Answer

If you missed the Question and Answer on today's Miss Universe 2011, like I did, here is the script of the the judges’ questions and contestants’ answers.

Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko: If you could trade lives with anyone in history, who would you choose and why? She uses a translator and says she’s "very satisfied" with her life. But if she had to choose someone she would pick Cleopatra because she’s a "powerful and strong woman who is very much worthy of respect…and I think a woman can also be a leader like Cleopatra."

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup: Would you change your religious beliefs to marry someone with an opposite view? She says no, "because the first person I love is God, who created me…if that person loves me, he should love my God too."

Miss China Luo Zilin: Lots of places have nude beaches. Is public nudity appropriate or inappropriate? She uses a translator and says, "Every country has its rules and regulations…We should respect them and be more understanding." Um, huh?

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado: How would you avoid fighting a war you don’t agree with? She uses a translator and emphasizes the importance of respect. "No war is based on respect…It’s always based on misunderstanding, it’s always based on a lack of education."

Miss Angola Leila Lopes: If you could change one of your physical characteristics, which one would you choose and why? She uses a translator and says, "I wouldn’t change a thing." She says she was "endowed with inner beauty." She adds, "I have my principles. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family." Then, she wants to offer a piece of advice: "Respect one another." However, she ran out of time.

Miss Angola crowned as Miss Universe 2011

SAO PAULO (AP) - Miss Angola, Leila Lopes was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2011.

Miss Angola beats 89 other candidates around the universe.

10:26 - Announcement of Top 5 Finalist (in long gown wear)

1. Ukraine (Olesya Stefanko)

2. Philippines (Shamcey Supsup)

3. China (Luo Zilin)

4. Brazil (Priscila Machado)

5. Angola (Leila Lopes)

10:32 a.m. - Question and Answer portion

10:43 a.m. - Final walk for reigning Miss Universe Ximena Navarrette

10:53 a.m. - Announcement of Miss Universe winners

10:54 a.m. - Fourth runner-up: China (Luo Zilin)

10:55 a.m. - Third runner-up: Philippines (Shamcey Supsup)

10:56 a.m. - Second runner-up: Brazil (Priscila Machado)

10:57 a.m. - First runner-up: Ukraine (Olesya Stefanko)

10:58 a.m. - 2011 Miss Universe: Angola (Leila Lopes)

Latest Update on Miss Universe 2011:

Miss Philippines, Shamcey Supsup who happened to be my schoolmate in high school is included on Top 5 finalist of Miss Universe 2011.

Here is the latest update on Miss Universe 2011

TOP 5:

1. Malaysia, Deborah Priya Henry
2. China, Luo Zilin
3. Philippines, Shamcey Supsup
4. Ukraine, Olesia [Olesya] Stefanko
5. Greece, Iliana Papageorgiou

TOP 10:
6. Australia, Scherri-lee Biggs
7. Venezuela, Vanessa Goncalves
8. Puerto Rico, Viviana Ortiz
9. USA, Alyssa Campanella
10. France, Laury Thilleman

TOP 16:
11. Costa Rica, Johanna Solano
12. Angola, Leila Lopes
13. Peru, Natalie Vertiz
14. Nicaragua, Adriana Dorn
15. Netherlands, Kelly Weekers
16. Paraguay, Alba Riquelme

Miss Columbia Catalina Robayo on "No underwear" Scandal

2011 Miss Universe candidate, Miss Columbia - Catalina Robayo, has reportedly appeared in official engagements without any underwear.

Miss Columbia has been reprimanded by the organizers because of this scandal, this is the first such controversy for Miss Universe to have a contestant not wearing underwear.

According to Paula Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, “Colombia had to be spoken to and told she needed to wear underpants as what she was doing was totally inappropriate… People have been pretty upset by it; there have been photos and media appearances where she has completely had her crotch out.”

“There were several girls in short dresses which caused concern, but when I saw the (commando) picture on the front page of one of the local papers I was very, very surprised,” Shugart said.

“Our supervisors talked to all of the contestants about dressing appropriately, and one of our PR people spoke to her (Robayo) and apparently she said she was wearing underwear. But regardless, it created quite a stir here for a few days,” she added.

Miss Universe 2011 Candidates

Candidates from 89 countries around the globe will compete for the Miss Universe 2011.

Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010 of Mexico will pass her crown to her successor at Miss Universe 2011 pageant. The 60th Annual Miss Universe 2011 will be held at the Credicard Hall, in São Paulo, Brazil on Sepetmber 12, 2011. This is the first time in history that the contest will be held in Brazil.

I would like to present to you the list of Miss Universe 2011 candidates.

1. Xhesika Berberi
Country: Albania
Hometown: Tirana
Age: 20

2. Leila Lopes
Country: Angola
Hometown: Benguela
Age: 25

3. Natalie Rodriquez
Country: Argentina
Hometown: Buenos Aires
Age: 25

4. Gillain Berry
Country: Aruba
Hometown: Oranjestad
Age: 24

5. Scherri-lee Biggs
Country: Australia
Hometown: Perth
Age: 20

6. Anastagia Pierre
Country: Bahamas
Hometown: Nassau
Age: 22

7. Justine De Jonckherre
Country: Belgium
Hometown: Weveigem
Age: 19

8. Olivia Pinheiro
Country: Bolivia
Hometown: Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Age: 27

9. Larona Motlatsi Kgabo
Country: Botswana
Hometown: Gaborone
Age: 25

10. Priscila Machado
Country: Brazil
Hometown: Canoas
Age: 25

11. Sheroma Hodge
Country: British Virgin Islands
Hometown: Tortola
Age: 26

12. Chelsae Durocher
Country: Canada
Hometown: Tecumsh, Ontario
Age: 20

13. Cristin Alexander
Country: Cayman Islands
Hometown: George Town
Age: 24

14. Vanessa Ceruti
Country: Chile
Hometown: Santiago
Age: 25

15. Luo Zilin
Country: China
Hometown: Shanghai
Age: 24

16. Catallina Robayo
Country: Colombia
Hometown: Cali
Age: 22

17. Johanna Solano
Country: Costa Rica
Hometown: Escazu, San Jose
Age: 20

18. Natalija Prica
Country: Croatia
Hometown: Zagreb
Age: 22

19. Eva Van Putten
Country: Curacao
Hometown: Willemstad
Age: 19

20. Andriani Karantoni
Country: Cyprus
Hometown: Larnaca
Age: 18

21. Jitka Novackova
Country: Czech Republic
Hometown: Ceske Budejovice
Age: 19

22. Sandra Amer
Country: Denmark
Hometown: Copenhagen
Age: 21

23. Dalia Fernandez
Country: Dominican Republic
Hometown: Santiago
Age: 21

24. Claudia Schiess
Country: Ecuador
Hometown: Galapagos Islands
Age: 21

25. Sara El Khouly
Country: Egypt
Hometown: Alexandria
Age: 23

26. Mayra Aldana
Country: El Salvador
Hometown: San Salvador
Age: 25

27. Madli Vilsar
Country: Estonia
Hometown: Kuressaare
Age: 20

28. Pia Pakarinen
Country: Finland
Hometown: Vantaa
Age: 20

29. Laury Thilleman
Country: France
Hometown: Paris
Age: 20

30. Eka Gurtskaia
Country: Georgia
Hometown: Tbilisi
Age: 25

31. Valeria Bystritskaia
Country: Germany
Hometown: Karlsruhe
Age: 25

32. Erica Nego
Country: Ghana
Hometown: Accra
Age: 26

33. Chloe-Beth Morgan
Country: Great Britain
Hometown: Cwmbran
Age: 25

34. Iliana Papageorgiou
Country: Greece
Hometown: Patras
Age: 23

35. Shayna Jo Afaisen
Country: Guam
Hometown: Inaraian
Age: 23

36. Alejandra Barillas
Country: Guatemala
Hometown: Zacapa
Age: 25

37. Kara Lord
Country: Guyana
Hometown: Georgetown
Age: 23

38. Anedie Azael
Country: Haiti
Hometown: Port-au-Prince
Age: 22

39. Keilyn Gomez
Country: Honduras
Hometown: Dpto. Cortes
Age: 23

40. Betta Lipcsei
Country: Hungary
Hometown: Szarvas
Age: 23

41. Vasuki Sunkavalli
Country: India
Hometown: Hyderabad
Age: 27

42. Nadine Alexandra
Country: Indonesia
Hometown: Jakarta
Age: 20

43. Aoife Hannon
Country: Ireland
Hometown: Listowel, County Kerry
Age: 19

44. Kim Edry
Country: Israel
Hometown: Sderot
Age: 19

45. Elisa Torrini
Country: Italy
Hometown: Rome
Age: 22

46. Shakira Martin
Country: Jamaica
Age: 25

47. Maria Kamiyama
Country: Japan
Hometown: Tokyo
Age: 24

48. Valeriya Aleinikova
Country: Kazakhstan
Hometown: Almaty City
Age: 22

49. Sora Chong
Country: Korea
Hometown: Seoul
Age: 20

50. Aferdita Dreshaj
Country: Kosovo
Hometown: Prishtina
Age: 25

51. Yara El Khoury-Mikhael
Country: Lebanon
Hometown: Beirut
Age: 19

52. Deborah Henry
Country: Malaysia
Hometown: Kuala Lumpur
Age: 26

53. Laetitia Darche
Country: Mauritius
Hometown: Flic en Flac
Age: 20

54. Karin Ontiveros
Country: Mexico
Hometown: Amatitan
Age: 23

55. Nikolina Loncar
Country: Montenegro
Hometown: Pljevlja
Age: 18

56. Kelly Weekers
Country: Netherlands
Hometown: Maastricht
Age: 21

57. Priyani Puketapu
Country: New Zealand
Hometown: Wellington
Age: 20

58. Adriana Dorn
Country: Nicaragua
Hometown: Managua
Age: 24

59. Sophie Gemal
Country: Nigeria
Hometown: Abuja
Age: 22

60. Sheldry Saez
Country: Panama
Hometown: Chitre
Age: 19

61. Alba Riquelme
Country: Paraguay
Hometown: Asuncion
Age: 20

62. Natalie Vertiz
Country: Peru
Hometown: Lima
Age: 19

63. Shamcey Supsup
Country: Philippines
Hometown: General Santos City
Age: 25

64. Rozlia Mancewicz
Country: Poland
Hometown: Bialystok
Age: 24

65. Laura Goncalves
Country: Portugal
Hometown: Libson
Age: 22

66. Viviana Ortiz
Country: Puerto Rico
Hometown: Corozal
Age: 24

67. Larisa Popa
Country: Romania
Hometown: Slantina
Age: 24

68. Natalia Gantimurova
Country: Russia
Hometown: Moscow
Age: 20

69. Anja Saranovic
Country: Serbia
Hometown: Belgrade
Age: 21

70. Valerie Shu Xian Lim
Country: Singapore
Hometown: Singapore
Age: 26

71. Dagmar Kolesarova
Country: Slovak Republic
Hometown: Revuca
Age: 20

72. Ema Jagodic
Country: Slovenia
Hometown: Ljubljana
Age: 21

73. Bokang Montjane
Country: South Africa
Hometown: Johannesburg
Age: 25

74. Paula Guillo
Country: Spain
Hometown: Elche
Age: 22

75. Stephanie Siriwardhana
Country: Sri Lanka
Hometown: Colombo
Age: 23

76. Joy-Ann Biscette
Country: St. Lucia
Hometown: Castries
Age: 25

77. Ronnia Fornstedt
Country: Sweden
Hometown: Sodertalje
Age: 20

78. Kerstin Cook
Country: Switzerland
Hometown: Kriens
Age: 22

79. Nelly Kamwelu
Country: Tanzania
Hometown: Dar Es Salaam
Age: 19

80. Chanyasorn Sakornchan
Country: Thailand
Hometown: Chonburi
Age: 21

81. Gabrielle Walcott
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Hometown: Port of Spain
Age: 27

82. Melisa Asli Pamuk
Country: Turkey
Hometown: Istanbul
Age: 20

83. Easher Parker
Country: Turks & Caicos
Hometown: Providenciales
Age: 19

84. Alexandrya Evans
Country: U.S. Virgin Islands
Hometown: St. Croix
Age: 25

85. Olesia Stefanko
Country: Ukraine
Hometown: Odessa
Age: 23

86. Fernanda Semino
Country: Uruguay
Hometown: Montevideo
Age: 18

87. Alyssa Campanella
Country: USA
Hometown: Los Angeles
Age: 21

88. Vanessa Goncalves
Country: Venezuela
Hometown: Caracas
Age: 25

89. Hoangmy Vu
Country: Vietnam
Hometown: Dong Nai
Age: 22