I missed Miss Universe this year – I do like to watch it if I have a chance, because well frankly, those girls are lookers of the highest magnitude. I checked the results and was mildly (and pleasantly) surprised that an African woman, from Angola, won. Given how “Caucanized” the field is from non-Caucasian countries (i.e., most of the Asians and Africans are attractive to a male Caucasian eye), it’s good to see that it isn’t rigged totally toward the traditional winning regions: Nordic, Latin, or North American. I’ll have to see if there’s a percentage breakdown of where the winners have been from.
Wikipedia comes through. According to them, there's been one winner apiece from Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa, but that doesn't mean that they were all black Africans. The entry says this:
- Trinidad & Tobago's Janelle Commissiong became the first woman of African descent to be crowned Miss Universe, in 1977 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The first black African to win Miss Universe was Mpule Kwelagobe, of Botswana, crowned in 1999 at Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago.
- Only once have black women won Miss Universe in succession. Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago won the title in 1998, followed by Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana in 1999.
Leila Lopes made history for her country yesterday, after becoming the very first Miss Angola to be crowned Miss Universe.
And on another note, I discovered some recent nude pictures of former (and controversial) Miss Universe Alicia Machado, which are rather impressive. You'll have to find them yourselves if you're interested.
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