Miss Universe 2006: Mikimoto Event

Congrats Tara (4th runner-up) and also to Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza of Puerto Rico, Miss Universe 2006!

Thank you all for a wonderful Miss Universe experience! It was more than I could've ever imagined. The ball was a blast. I even briefly encountered Mr.Trump; as well as Wendy Fitzwilliam, Brook Lee, Shandi Finnessey & Tami Farrell.

It was unforgetable!

My MISS UNIVERSE 2006 PHOTOS @ https://jhb14.tripod.com/pageants/id13.html

Mikimoto event photos @ https://jhb14.tripod.com/pageants/id12.html

NEW as of Sept. 2: Mikimoto Event page 2 @

https://jhb14.tripod.com/pageants/id14.html

Miss Universe Lords over America

by Joal Ryan
Jul 25, 2006, 6:45 PM PT

As TV draws go, it's no longer a contest--Miss Universe has Miss America beat by several cup sizes.

Sunday's Miss Universe 2006 beautiful-humanitarian-people pageant was watched by 9.65 million, according to Nielsen Media Research--more than triple the audience for Miss America's most recent crowning.

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19592,00.html?rsslatest

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Thanks for the special access to Paula Shugart , Esther Swan, Gail Holmes, Lark-Marie Anton and all my wonderful new friends at the MUO and of course the folks at MIKIMOTO JEWLERS (especially William Thomas, Vice President of Retail for Mikimoto ) and South Coast Plaza.

SEE YOU ALL AT MISS UNIVERSE IN LOS ANGELES (SHRINE AUDITORIUM) ON JULY 23 ONLY ON NBC!