Miss Universe Contestants in Los Angeles
The Miss Universe 2006 contestants were officially welcomed to Los Angeles this past Tuesday by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Since then, they have been participating in a series of photo opps and appearances in various locals around the Southern California area. Their rounds have included: Universal Studios (part of NBC, the network that’s hosting the Miss Universe pageant), Hard Rock Café, Trump National Golf Club in a swimsuit poster photo shoot (Donald Trump owns the Miss Universe Pageant), a Thai restaurant (at the host hotel), a charity auction for the Glendale Symphony, South Coast Plaza hosted by Mikimoto, the Official Jewelry Sponsor, and Plaza Mexico. A visit to Pet Orphans and Hollywood’s Key Club are upcoming destinations.
Surprisingly, Miss Universe has barely made a splatter in the local news media throughout this past week. They did make the monologue of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson with him joking about the Donald and his search for wives. In a city where seemingly every car chase and shooting makes the local news, it makes one wonder. Or are they just knocked off the front page from excessive heat warnings?
The current Miss Universe 2005, 23 year old Natalie Glebova of Toronto, Canada was crowned May 30, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. The new Miss Universe 2006 will be crowned on Sunday July 23, 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
About Miss Universe, www.missuniverse.com
The Miss Universe and Miss USA competitions began as a concurrent event in 1952 as a local bathing beauty competition by Catalina Swimwear in Long Beach, California. The Miss Universe Organization, L.P., LLLP is a Donald Trump and NBC partnership
