The Official TOP 15 and TOP 10

 

The OFFICIAL final 15 contestants announced:

1. Miss Puerto Rico Mariana Paola Vicente (21)
2. Miss Ukraine Anna Poslavska(23)
3. Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22)
4. Miss Belgium Cilou Annys (19)
5. Miss Ireland Rozanna Purcell (20)
6. Miss South Africa Nicole Flint (22)
7. Miss France Malika Menard (23)
8. Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell (19)
9. Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps (24)
10. Miss Russia Irina Antonenko (18)
11. Miss Albania Angela Martini (24)
12. Miss Colombia Natalia Navarro (23)
13. Miss Guatemala Jessica Scheel (20)
14. Miss Czech Republic Jitka Valkova (18)
15. Miss Philippines Venus Raj (22)

 

 

 

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MISS UNIVERSE 2010 TOP 10

 (LIVE in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas)

 

Ireland

Albania

Philippines

Jamaica

Mexico

 

Ukraine

Puerto Rico

South Africa

Guatemala

Australia

 

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Miss Congeniality – Miss Australia

Miss Photogenic – Miss Thailand

National Costume – Miss Thaliand

 

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Miss Universe TOP Five

 

1. Mexico (pretty Mexicana with so much appeal)
2. Australia (girl next door beauty)
3. Jamaica (looks like Jada Pinkett Smith with a sharper feature)
4. Ukraine (soft beauty like a porcelain doll)
5. Philippines (ethereal beauty and charm!!!)

 

 

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Miss Philippines Question:

What is the one big mistake that you did in your life? And what did you do to make it right?

 

Miss Philippines Answer:

Thank you for that wonderful question.  Good evening Las Vegas! 

In my 22 years of existence, I don’t think I have a major major problem done in my life. 

I’m very confident in the love my family has given me.  And I’m so happy to be here!!!

 

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TOP Five Final Standing

 

4th Runner-up:

Miss Philippines

 

3rd Runner-up:

Miss Ukraine

 

2nd Runner Up:

Miss Australia

 

1st Runner-up:

Miss Jamaica

 

 

Miss Universe 2010 WINNER:

 

Miss Mexico!!!

 

 

Miss Universe 2010 winner is Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarette.

 

 

Congrats Miss Mexico!!!!

and congrats Miss Philippines, Venus Raj!!!!

 

xoxo

 

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There’s going to be a fight on March 14, 2010 (Manila Time).  Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will stand at one corner.  The question is, who will stand at the other corner?  Will it be Ghanaian Joshua Clottey  or Floyd Mayweather Jr.?  After weeks of negotiation circus, Top Rank’s Bob Arum finally decided to set the WBO welterweight title fight against Clottey.  The negotiation fizzled out between the two dominant American boxing promotional companies when Mayweather Jr’s camp demanded for a rigorous drug testing procedure –random examination like the Olympics that can be really close to the fight night.  

 

 

The boxing commission only requires urine testing but the stringent drug testing will call for random blood and urine sampling prior to and after the proposed fight.  Team Pacquiao couldn’t agree to the blood testing 30 days before the match concerned that this might affect Pacman’s performance.  Pacquiao filed a lawsuit against Mayweather’s camp last month, claiming several members had defamed him by intimating he uses performance-enhancing drugs.

 

 

The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was supposed to be one of boxing’s biggest revenue-generating fights.  There’s still time before March to reopen talks but Arum has closed his doors to Mayweather for March, more especially that he feels Mayweather will start the nonsense media talk again about the testing and regulations.

 

 

Pacquiao’s new opponent in Clottey is a strong, aggressive African that beat Zab Judah of the United States for the IBF Welterweight title in August 2008 and lost a split decision to Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto last June.

 

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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum made a trip to the Philippines to talk to Manny Pacquiao, who broke records of being the only champion with 7 world boxing titles under his belt.  After Pacquiao’s clear welterweight win over Miguel Cotto last November, everyone is slating Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next in line to face the formidable Filipino boxer.

 

March 13, 2010 is the date they are eyeing.  This can be the biggest boxing event of next year since people have been anticipating this match-up.  Pacquiao is the top pound-for-pound fighter while Mayweather is currently No.2 –although the No.1 position is not new to Mayweather since he was No.1 before he retired in June 2008.

 

 

The public has been clamoring for this fight to happen but according to Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s coach, March 13 is too fast a turnaround.  Remember that Pacquiao suffered a broken eardrum during his duel with Cotto.  Roach wants Pacquiao to be in his best possible shape before he steps again in the ring.  Roach is looking into a May 2010 bout but that will coincide with the election month.  Pacquiao already filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) this week to run for Congress.

 

Ticket for the live fight is expected to cost around $2,500 (P117,500) while the cheapest seats at around $500 (P25,000).

 

Will Schaefer and Arum get this deal done and set a fight date before the 2^nd half of next year?  The public will have to wait and see.

 

 

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The Pacman still has the hand and foot speed and the left big swing to grab another belt –his seventh world title across several weight classes.  He proves once again that he is the best pound for pound fighter of his time.

 

The MGM Grand was packed to the roof, with seats all sold-out; the anticipating crowd inside the arena watched one of the best matches of Pacquiao as of late (Pacquiao supposedly got a 13 million dollar purse.  Add the endorsements to that and you have the richest Filipino boxer of all time…). 

 

Round 1 appeared to be Cotto’s round throwing more punches and with them landing on Pacman’s head and body. 

 

 

Round 2 was clearly Pacquiao’s round scoring a knockdown from Cotto.  Cotto showed ferocious counterpunches.  The Pacman was too quick to sustain serious damage.  When Pacquiao unleashed a leftie, Cotto fell to the floor, dazed.  Since then Cotto didn’t look like he was the same fighter that stepped in the ring barely 5 minutes that passed.

 

Rounds 3-7 were all in Pacquiao’s favor marking another knockdown from Cotto in Round 4.  Everyone held their breath predicting that the bout will end soon with Pacquiao unleashing the deadliest that will bring Cotto down for the third time –and for good.

 

However, the 29-year old underdog from Puerto Rico didn’t relent so easily.  He got pumped up with his second wind and worked the ring, letting Pacquiao run after him.  He released a few jabs and body shots that connected.  It seems like he was back on his strategy of attacking Pacquiao’s body.

 

Judging from Pacquiao’s cauliflower ear and minor cuts under his eyes along with some bruises, Cotto did land some heavy shots of his own.  It was definitely a toe-to-toe match than Pacquiao versus Hatton or Dela Hoya.  You definitely got your money’s worth watching the fight.

 

 

Despite a puffed and brutally bruised face and spitting blood, Cotto stayed in the game, unyielding, hanging on to every round, surviving.  He earned my respect with his athleticism -I heard he’s also loved like Pacquiao because he’s really a very nice guy outside the ring.  Rounds 9 and 10, he looked hopeful to land a devastating left hook that can knock Pacquiao out.  But Pacquiao just wouldn’t have it –and he also didn’t want the fight to go to scorecards even if it was clearly his arm the referee would raise at the end of the day.  He wanted a knockout that his coach, Freddie Roach predicted.

 

 

 

Referee Kenny Bayless stepped in for the boxer’s safety and waved his hands to put an end to the fight after Cotto received a big left to the head and looked like he couldn’t defend himself intelligently. The end came in the 55-second mark of the final round.

 

 

Pacquiao has successfully stripped off Cotto his WBO welterweight belt.  Pacquiao’s speed coupled with throwing many punches from different angles is a firepower that is tough to extinguish -plus the fact that he has the unwavering heart of a champion.

 

 

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I missed the opening night of the Philippine reality hit TV show, PBB.  This newest season dubbed as PBB Double Up launched last Sunday with 10 housemates and 2 pairs of male twins.  The housemates were chosen from 57,824 applicants who personally went to the 18 audition sites located worldwide. 

 

Princess, the Sassy Vamp ng Cebu

Tom, the Romantic Stud ng Samar

Delio, the Simpatikong Kusinero ng Batangas

Paul Jake, the Negosyante Prince ng Cebu

Jason, the Boy Astig ng Mindoro

Melissa, the Inday Kengkay ng Gen San

Yuri, the Multilingual Hottie ng Japan

Carol, the Conservative Pharmacist ng Tondo

Mariel, the Struggling Mom ng Davao –is she the one who looks a bit like Wendy Valdez from PBB Season 2?

Yhel, the Young Widow ng Pampanga

Toffi, the Basket Bolero ng Rizal, and his twin brother Kenny, the Joker Jock ng Rizal

JP, the Jetsetter Dad ng Quezon City,and his twin brother JM, the Delightful Dad ng Quezon City.

 

Paul Jake, Kenny, Yuri, Princess and Tom are the ones emerging to have interesting personalities.

 

The housemates are billeted separately in two houses and right after the opening night, the twin pair were put to a challenge.  Inside the confession room that adjoins the two houses, Big Brother instructed the two sets of twins—JP and JM as well as Toffi and Kenny not to inform the other housemates about the other twin. 

 

 

The twins went to separate houses and spent some time there when Big Brother called them again to instruct them to exchange places.  If they failed in this task, they will incur the penalty of forced eviction.  Last night’s first official EP showed that the house where most of the girls are staying suspect that something is up, particularly Carol, the conservative pharmacist and instructor from Tondo.  Melissa, the supposedly funny one from the group noticed the difference in weight and facial features when the other pair substituted.

 

Tune in to know if the big double secret will be busted before the actual reveal.  This ABS-CBN show airs every weeknight, right after Dahil May Isang Ikaw.

 

The Big Winner of PBB Double Up will get P1 million cash, a house and lot worth P2.5 million, a water business franchise, and an Asian tour. Aside from that, the Final Four will get to choose charitable institutions that will receive cash amounts equivalent to what they would be taking home.

 

PBB Steaming is available on SKY Cable.  Call 631-0000 for more information.

 

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