Dear Bloggery

The quest for the Miss Universe 2010 crown is now officially starting. In fact, as of press time, the Miss Universe Organization has already gathered more than 80 ladies around the world to compete for the prestigious title. Listed below are the names of the official Miss Universe 2010 candidates:

Albania – Angela Martini
Angola – Jurema Ferraz
Aruba – Priscilla Lee
Argentina – Yesica di Vincenzo
Australia – Jesinta Campbell
Bahamas – Braneka Bassett
Belgium – Cilou Annys
Bolivia – Claudia Arce Lemaitre
Botswana – Tirelo Ramasedi
Brazil – Débora Lyra
British Virgin Islands – Josefina Nuñez
Canada – Elena Semikina
China – Tang Wen
Colombia – Natalia Navarro
Costa Rica – Marva Wright
Croatia – Lana Obad
Curaçao – Safira de Wit
Cyprus – Demetra Olymbiou
Czech Republic – Jitka Válková
Denmark – Ena Sandra Causevic
Dominican Republic – Eva Arias
Ecuador – Lady Mina
Egypt – Donia Hamed
El Salvador – Sonia Cruz
Finland – Viivi Pumpanen
France – Malika Ménard
Georgia – Nana Gogichaishvili
Germany – Kristiana Rohder
Great Britain- Tara Hoyos-Martinez
Greece – Anna Prelevic
Guam – Vanessa Torres
Guatemala – Jessica Scheel
Haiti – Sarodj Bertin
Honduras – Kenia Martinez
Hungary – Tímea Babinyecz
India – Ushoshi Sengupta
Indonesia – Qory Sandioriva
Ireland – Rozanna Purcell
Israel – Bat-El Jobi
Italy – Jessica Cecchini
Jamaica – Yendi Phillips
Japan – Maiko Itai
Kazakhstan – Asselina Kuchukova
Korea – Kim Joo-ri
Kosovo – Kështjella Pepshi
Lebanon – Rahaf Abdallah
Malaysia – Nadine Ann Thomas
Mauritius – Dalysha Doorga
Mexico – Jimena “Ximena” Navarrete
Netherlands – Desirée van den Berg
New Zealand – Ria van Dyke
Nicaragua – Scharllette Allen
Nigeria – Ngozi Odalonu
Norway – Melinda Elvenes
Panama – Anyoli Abrego
Paraguay – Yohana Benitez
Peru- Giuliana Zevallos
Philippines – Venus Raj
Poland – Maria Nowakowska
Puerto Rico – Mariana Vicente
Russia – Irina Antonenko
Serbia – Lidija Kocic
Singapore – Tania Lim Kim Suan
Slovak Republic – Anna Amenová
Slovenia – Marika Savšek
South Africa – Nicole Flint
Spain – Adriana Reverón
Sri Lanka – Ishanka Madurasinghe
Sweden – Michaela Savic
Switzerland – Linda Fäh
Tanzania – Hellen Dausen
Thailand – Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Trinidad & Tobago – La Toya Woods
Turkey – Gizem Memiç
Ukraine – Anna Poslavskaya
Uruguay – Stephany Ortega
USA – Rima Fakih
U.S. Virgin Islands – Janeisha John
Venezuela – Marelisa Gibson
Zambia – Alice Musukwa

So, who do you think will win the crown this year?

To find out, watch the LIVE telecast of the Miss Universe 2010 pageant at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, located at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on August 23 (Monday). Giant television networks NBC and Telemundo will broadcast the event at 9 p.m., Eastern Time.

Mark your calendars now and stay tuned to this website for the LIVE STREAMING.

While waiting for the event, check out this funny webisode and see what happens when Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih finds Miss Universe (Stefania Fernandez from Venezuela) crown and sash.

Cheers,

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