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A sus 22 años de edad Dayana Mendoza, originaria de Venezuela, fue coronada como la mujer más bella del mundo en el certamen de Miss Universo 2008.

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Es la quinta vez que una mujer Venezolana obtiene la corona de la mujer más bella del Universo.

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Fue tanta su emoción que Dayana Mendoza no pudo contener el llanto mientras Riyo Mori, Miss Universo 2007, la felicitaba.

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La japonesa Riyo Mori al momento de entregar la corona a Dayana Mendoza, la nueva Miss Universo 2008.

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Las 80 aspirantes a la corona de la mujer más bella del Universo se congregaron en la ciudad costera de Nha Trang en Vietnam.

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Tomadas de la mano, las representantes de Colombia y Venezuela esperaban ansiosas el momento en que escucharía el nombre de la nueva Miss Universo.

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Al igual que su antecesora Rachel Smith, la representante de Miss USA de nombre Crystle Stewart, dio un mal paso y cayó al suelo mientras desfilaba en traje de noche.

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Al percatarse de lo sucedido Crystle Stewart trató de levantarse rápidamente mientras una sonrisa nerviosa se reflejaba en su rostro.

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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, superó a las representantes de Colombia, Rusia, México, y República Dominicana que se encontraban junto con ella entres las 5 finalistas.

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El desfile de trajes típicos no podía faltar en esta gran noche. Aquí vemos a Gavintra Photijak, Miss Tailandia, portando orgullosa su vestimenta.

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San Francisco, Calif, resident Darrel Slack carries a gay pride flag on Castro Street Thursday, May 15, 2008, while celebrating the California Supreme Court decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Ron Lewis )

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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 15: A man carries a gay pride flag through Civic Center Plaza following a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overturn a ban on gay marriage in California making it the second state where gays and lesbians can marry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Gay rights supporters wear a California state flag,left, and a gay pride flag outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right of same sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Zoe Mosko, left, D'Vora Tirichwell, center, and John Moore, right, celebrate with a gay pride flag after hearing the decision from the state Supreme court on same sex marriages inside the court house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May15, 2008. In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

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Members of Moldova's gay community discuss their options at a hotel after being blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Moldovan nationalists knock on the door of the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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A Moldovan nationalist stands outside the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday, May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER: (FILES) A picture taken June 8, 2007 shows three gay Israelis posing in pink hats and holding lace parasols during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Just an hour's drive from the beaches of Tel Aviv and its scantily-clad sunbathers, men covered in long black coats and wheel-sized fur hats sway in prayer before Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. The contrast highlights the challenges Israel has faced over the past 60 years trying to prevent a major collision of the secular and religious forces that have shaped the Jewish state. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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San Francisco, Calif, resident Darrel Slack carries a gay pride flag on Castro Street Thursday, May 15, 2008, while celebrating the California Supreme Court decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Ron Lewis )

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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 15: A man carries a gay pride flag through Civic Center Plaza following a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overturn a ban on gay marriage in California making it the second state where gays and lesbians can marry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Gay rights supporters wear a California state flag,left, and a gay pride flag outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right of same sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Zoe Mosko, left, D'Vora Tirichwell, center, and John Moore, right, celebrate with a gay pride flag after hearing the decision from the state Supreme court on same sex marriages inside the court house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May15, 2008. In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

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Members of Moldova's gay community discuss their options at a hotel after being blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Moldovan nationalists knock on the door of the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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A Moldovan nationalist stands outside the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday, May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER: (FILES) A picture taken June 8, 2007 shows three gay Israelis posing in pink hats and holding lace parasols during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Just an hour's drive from the beaches of Tel Aviv and its scantily-clad sunbathers, men covered in long black coats and wheel-sized fur hats sway in prayer before Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. The contrast highlights the challenges Israel has faced over the past 60 years trying to prevent a major collision of the secular and religious forces that have shaped the Jewish state. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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San Francisco, Calif, resident Darrel Slack carries a gay pride flag on Castro Street Thursday, May 15, 2008, while celebrating the California Supreme Court decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Ron Lewis )

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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 15: A man carries a gay pride flag through Civic Center Plaza following a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overturn a ban on gay marriage in California making it the second state where gays and lesbians can marry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Gay rights supporters wear a California state flag,left, and a gay pride flag outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right of same sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Zoe Mosko, left, D'Vora Tirichwell, center, and John Moore, right, celebrate with a gay pride flag after hearing the decision from the state Supreme court on same sex marriages inside the court house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May15, 2008. In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

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Members of Moldova's gay community discuss their options at a hotel after being blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Moldovan nationalists knock on the door of the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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A Moldovan nationalist stands outside the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday, May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER: (FILES) A picture taken June 8, 2007 shows three gay Israelis posing in pink hats and holding lace parasols during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Just an hour's drive from the beaches of Tel Aviv and its scantily-clad sunbathers, men covered in long black coats and wheel-sized fur hats sway in prayer before Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. The contrast highlights the challenges Israel has faced over the past 60 years trying to prevent a major collision of the secular and religious forces that have shaped the Jewish state. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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San Francisco, Calif, resident Darrel Slack carries a gay pride flag on Castro Street Thursday, May 15, 2008, while celebrating the California Supreme Court decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Ron Lewis )

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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 15: A man carries a gay pride flag through Civic Center Plaza following a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overturn a ban on gay marriage in California making it the second state where gays and lesbians can marry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Gay rights supporters wear a California state flag,left, and a gay pride flag outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right of same sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Zoe Mosko, left, D'Vora Tirichwell, center, and John Moore, right, celebrate with a gay pride flag after hearing the decision from the state Supreme court on same sex marriages inside the court house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May15, 2008. In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

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Members of Moldova's gay community discuss their options at a hotel after being blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Moldovan nationalists knock on the door of the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Members of Moldova's gay community are blocked from exiting their bus by Moldovan nationalists in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. ( AP Photo/John McConnico)

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A Moldovan nationalist stands outside the gay and lesbian headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova Sunday, May 11, 2008. Organizers for the gay and lesbian group said they were forced to call off the Gay Pride march on Sunday because they felt police could not guarantee their safety. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER: (FILES) A picture taken June 8, 2007 shows three gay Israelis posing in pink hats and holding lace parasols during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv. Just an hour's drive from the beaches of Tel Aviv and its scantily-clad sunbathers, men covered in long black coats and wheel-sized fur hats sway in prayer before Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. The contrast highlights the challenges Israel has faced over the past 60 years trying to prevent a major collision of the secular and religious forces that have shaped the Jewish state. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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