Justine Pasek (born August 27, 1979) is a Panamanian model, goodwill ambassador, and former Miss Universe. Yostin Lissette Pasek Patiño was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the daughter of a Panamanian homemaker and Polish engineer. Affectionately called by her Polish name, “Justyna”, she lived in Ukraine for a year, but spent most of her childhood...
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Denise Marie Quiñones August (born September 9, 1980 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) was the fourth Puerto Rican winner of the Miss Universe contest. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico pageant. Quiñones won the Miss Universe 2001 pageant in Bayamon, Puerto Rico in...
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Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Gaborone, Botswana was crowned Miss Universe in May of 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. Like Angela Visser, the 5 10′ Kwelagobe participated in the Miss World pageant (in 1997) but did not place. She was the first Miss Universe Botswana and the first Miss Botswana to participate in the Miss...
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NHA TRANG CITY, Vietnam, — Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, an interior designer, was named Miss Universe 2008 on Monday, after outperforming and outsmarting 14 other young women in the final round of the 57th pageant held in Vietnam’s central Nha Trang city. Mendoza, 22, said she likes design, photography, advertising and wave surfing. The...
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Danielle Bishop - Miss Barbados World 2010