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12 December 2024

Miss Mexico crowned Miss Universe

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (L) celebrates after being crowned Miss Universe by Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez (R) of Venezuela during the Miss Universe 2010 Pageant Final at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant and along with the Miss World is the most publicized beauty contest in the world. California clothing company Pacific Mills founded the contest 1952 and was acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. (AFP)

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A 22-year-old Mexico woman has won the Miss Universe pageant after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience that it's important to teach kids family values.

Jimena Navarrete was first to answer an interview question Monday night and the last of 83 contestants standing in the headline-grabbing pageant on the Las Vegas Strip.

Navarrete's one-strap gown flowed behind her as she held it out like a cape. Earlier she smiled in a violet bikini as she confidently strutted across the stage.

Navarrete was asked whether kids should use the Internet unsupervised and said the Internet was an indispensable tool of our time.

First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell.