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It's Back! (Powerline - blogging Miss Universe competition, with photos)
Powerline ^
| May 20, 2005
| John Hinderaker
Posted on 05/20/2005 4:32:24 PM PDT by 68skylark
The Miss Universe competition, that is. I'm not sure whether I'll live-blog the finale as I did last year, but I'm looking forward to the contest with great anticipation. It's in Thailand this year, on the 30th; you can read all about it here. They were a little slow to get their site up and running, but it seems fully operational now. We'll report on the betting odds as the contest draws closer. In the meantime, we'll periodically make note of some of our favorite contestants, like Miss Germany:
The media blitz is beginning, as evidenced by Yahoo News Photos' 164-photo slide show on the contest. The theme so far: Miss Universe contestants go to the beach. It's hopeless to try to pick a favorite, so I'll just post the first photo in the sequence; click to enlarge:
I noticed one other thing looking through the slide show--it seemed vaguely familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. It somehow reminded me of something...an icon, maybe:
Nah, I give up. Must be my imagination.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: pageant; thailand
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posted on
05/20/2005 4:32:25 PM PDT
by
68skylark
To: 68skylark
Hey, she's getting hosed by a lucky elephant!!!!
2
posted on
05/20/2005 4:33:56 PM PDT
by
aShepard
To: 68skylark
3
posted on
05/20/2005 4:34:35 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Liberals are proof that not everything in nature has a purpose.)
To: 68skylark; TheBigB; Slings and Arrows; Pete-R-Bilt; NormsRevenge
And now for something entirely different. Really, I just read the articles.
4
posted on
05/20/2005 4:37:23 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(For the love of all that's good and decent, don't try this at home)
To: 68skylark
I am OUTRAGED at the treatment of these poor women photographed in their undies.
5
posted on
05/20/2005 4:38:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: glock rocks
click to enlarge. :-o
Wowzaaa!
6
posted on
05/20/2005 4:39:17 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: cripplecreek
Yes, better call in the ACLU, the UN, the Red Cross, and Amnesty International! Wait, on 2nd thought these ladies are doing just fine as they are....
7
posted on
05/20/2005 4:39:19 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Kerry's mere nuisances: Marine Barracks '83, WTC '93, Khobar Towers, Embassy Bombs '98, USS Cole!!!)
To: Enchante
8
posted on
05/20/2005 4:39:45 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: 68skylark; pissant
ping me when they do the thong bikini contest...
oh yeah, hey Pissant, this thread is for you!!!
9
posted on
05/20/2005 4:40:32 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(I joined the EEEVVIILLLL Sam's Club on Friday, April 22nd, 2005.....)
To: cripplecreek
did I just see a fo shizzle on FR?
LOL
10
posted on
05/20/2005 4:40:57 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(I joined the EEEVVIILLLL Sam's Club on Friday, April 22nd, 2005.....)
To: 68skylark
11
posted on
05/20/2005 4:41:40 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Clemenza
Heads up! I always love looking at the Hot Latina Chix at the Miss Universe contest. The Miss America contest is way too PC for me. Miss Universe contest is almost ALL about looks.
12
posted on
05/20/2005 4:42:49 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: 68skylark
Miss Universe contest MUCH BETTER than the oh-so-PC Miss America Contest.
13
posted on
05/20/2005 4:44:01 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
14
posted on
05/20/2005 4:44:26 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(For the love of all that's good and decent, don't try this at home)
To: Paleo Conservative
That's just sick and wrong. Well done.
15
posted on
05/20/2005 4:45:00 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(For the love of all that's good and decent, don't try this at home)
To: 68skylark
Yes, you're right. That pic DOES ring a bell with you.
It's Liz Taylor on the set of Elephant Walk in 1954.
Time travel is a beautiful thing.
Leni
16
posted on
05/20/2005 4:45:19 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
("The Marines keep coming. We are shooting, but the Marines won't stop !" (Fallujah Terrorists)
To: Paleo Conservative
17
posted on
05/20/2005 4:45:30 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: 68skylark
Hubba, hubba. Miss Venezuela and Miss Canada are the ones catching my eye!
18
posted on
05/20/2005 4:46:39 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Rats theme song: "Whatever it is...I'm AGAINST it ! - Groucho Marx")
To: PJ-Comix
I agree. Miss Universe is the ONLY beauty contest in which true physical beauty is presented. I think most Miss Americas/USAs are rather plain if you ask me.
19
posted on
05/20/2005 4:47:08 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(A candy-colored clown they call the sandman...)
To: Paleo Conservative
DANG IT! I had beer in my mouth when I saw that! LOLOLOL
20
posted on
05/20/2005 4:48:10 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Rats theme song: "Whatever it is...I'm AGAINST it ! - Groucho Marx")
To: MikeinIraq
21
posted on
05/20/2005 4:48:20 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: 68skylark
Yowzaa! Nice Teutons on Miss Deutschland!
To: cripplecreek
23
posted on
05/20/2005 4:52:53 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Kerry's mere nuisances: Marine Barracks '83, WTC '93, Khobar Towers, Embassy Bombs '98, USS Cole!!!)
To: Paleo Conservative
OUTSTANDING Paleo...simply outstanding..LOL :0)
24
posted on
05/20/2005 4:54:13 PM PDT
by
conservativeammom
(Granny to Benjamin.....Born 4-21-05)
To: conservativeammom
It's not mine. I just saw it on an earlier thread about Saddam suing about the pictures.
25
posted on
05/20/2005 4:55:20 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: conservativeammom
26
posted on
05/20/2005 4:57:15 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
love it. (and you've managed to change the jist of this thread, at least for now!)
27
posted on
05/20/2005 4:59:36 PM PDT
by
Serenissima Venezia
(Hoping to be a California Vigil Antie for the Minuteman Project)
To: cripplecreek
LOL!!
I am bookmarking that one!! LOL
28
posted on
05/20/2005 4:59:37 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(I joined the EEEVVIILLLL Sam's Club on Friday, April 22nd, 2005.....)
Comment #29 Removed by Moderator
To: Paleo Conservative
Miss Iraq was just voted "Best in Swimsuit" in the prelims; now she's the odds-on favorite to win the Miss U crown. (I see Baghdad Bob writhing in orgasmic epilepsy.)
To: Jerry K.
Not all Germans are blonde and blue eyed.
31
posted on
05/20/2005 5:03:31 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
To: Jerry K.
Miss Germany appears a bit less Teutonic and a bit more....oh I don't know....is it an Arabian influence? You say that like its a bad thing. She happens to be my type in many ways.
32
posted on
05/20/2005 5:04:26 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(A candy-colored clown they call the sandman...)
To: 68skylark
This little tiny town, Lake Jackson, Texas, has had several beauty queens. Miss Texas Junior Miss, etc. Stephanie Guerraro made it to be one of the runner up twice in Miss USA contest. There is so much beauty in this tiny town, but it all MISSED ME! sigh....
33
posted on
05/20/2005 5:04:35 PM PDT
by
buffyt
("If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?" Ben Franklin)
To: 68skylark; Jerry K.
Here's some background on Miss Germany. She's of Turkish descent.
Sad story about her father being killed.
"• VICTIM OF HATRED : Asli Bayram, the newly elected Miss Germany who is of Turkish descent, revealed to the German daily Bild that her father, Ali Bayram, was a victim of hate crime and murdered by a Nazi in the city of Darmstadt on February 1994. The beauty queen recounted the tragic event: "Someone knocked on the door, my father Ali opened it and they shot him. My father was only fifty years old and he died! The perpetrator entered our house and wanted to kill us all. He was shooting like crazy and he grabbed my arm. We knew him as an extreme right-winger. He was a friend of our neighbors." The killer was sentenced to nine years in prison but was able to get out earlier. Bayram said that she is very happy living in Germany which she considers her country, and recognizes that there is good and bad in every person." (Las Ultimas Noticias, Santiago, 1/18/2005)
Meanwhile, CB correspondent Nick Can translated a Turkish-language article related to Bayram's story. Here's is Nick's English synopsis:
New Miss Germany Asli Bayram said that she has been living with pain from the murder of his father, who was killed by a Neo-Nazi 11 years ago. The new queen said that if she had known that his father's murder would be scrutinized, she would thought twice before joining a beauty pageant. She believes that mankind should seriously fight against racism, and she thinks that racist people are sick people who need therapy.
She has been traveling around Germany and Europe since the day she was crowned, and giving interviews to media representatives from all around Europe. She does not have a boyfriend and all she looks for in a man is good manners.
She is preparing for the Miss Universe pageant by exercising.
She may consider settling down in Istanbul (Turkey) in the future, as she has "two countries", but she feels "more German". She also said she misses Germany when she is away."
34
posted on
05/20/2005 5:05:01 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: conservativeammom
35
posted on
05/20/2005 5:05:24 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
36
posted on
05/20/2005 5:05:56 PM PDT
by
Textide
To: Clemenza
Did you know that Miss USA is going to be a reality show?
37
posted on
05/20/2005 5:06:05 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
To: cyborg; Jerry K.
She (Miss Germany) is of Turkish descent.
38
posted on
05/20/2005 5:06:30 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(A candy-colored clown they call the sandman...)
To: Paleo Conservative
39
posted on
05/20/2005 5:08:40 PM PDT
by
yooling
(Does that koran come in two-ply?)
To: Textide
Miss Houston Stephanie Guerrero of Lake Jackson, right, is crowned Miss Texas USA '04 by outgoing Miss Texas USA Nicole O'Brian
Photo by Associated Press
Stephanie works out at our gym and is just as sweet and nice as she is pretty.
http://www.tftj.com/Miss/USA/04states/TX/a_TX.htm>
40
posted on
05/20/2005 5:09:36 PM PDT
by
buffyt
("If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?" Ben Franklin)
To: Clemenza
She's a honey. Actually just about all of them are stunningly pretty.
41
posted on
05/20/2005 5:10:17 PM PDT
by
Betis70
(It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
To: Betis70; Clemenza
Check out post 40... your kind of woman ;-)
42
posted on
05/20/2005 5:11:35 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
To: PJ-Comix
PJ, how are you????? good to SEE you.
43
posted on
05/20/2005 5:14:17 PM PDT
by
buffyt
("If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?" Ben Franklin)
To: Jerry K.
"....is it an Arabian influence?"
Probably something to do with one of those Arabian Knights... :)
To: cyborg
...and as sweet and smart as she is stunning!
45
posted on
05/20/2005 5:15:08 PM PDT
by
buffyt
("If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?" Ben Franklin)
To: buffyt
I wish I worked out at your gym :)
46
posted on
05/20/2005 5:15:35 PM PDT
by
Textide
To: Textide; buffyt
Somehow I don't she'd appreciate you standing in front of the inner/outer thigh machine while she's in it.
47
posted on
05/20/2005 5:16:44 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
To: 68skylark
48
posted on
05/20/2005 5:16:58 PM PDT
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: cyborg
No, no, what are you crazy?! Nothing like that. I'd position myself near the tiara washing station, just south of the treadmills.
49
posted on
05/20/2005 5:20:19 PM PDT
by
Textide
To: cyborg
LOL, following that link, I'd have to say about 95% of the women in the "Miss Texas USA 2004 Delegates" table near the bottom of the page are "my kind of woman".
The blonde/blue-eyed ones don't do a heck of lot for me, but all the rest--YOWZA.
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posted on
05/20/2005 5:21:37 PM PDT
by
Betis70
(It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
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