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Live from Baltimore, Maryland on NBC at 9PM

Predictions
Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennesse, Texas, West Virginia

Alts: California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts

The launch party for "Universal Beauty: The Miss Universe Guide to Beauty" was held at Trump Tower on April 18th.

Elsewhere in NYC on the same day, the press conference for Miss New York Chinese 2006 Pageant was held in chinatown. More information coming soon!

Pictures: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=universal+beauty&c=&fr=&c=news_photos

April 13th

MISS WORLD CANADA 2003: HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES A BEAUTY QUEEN HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN TEHRAN? CNN's Asieh Namdar reports
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2006/04/13/namdar.canada.iran.appeal.cnn

April 10th

UNIVERSAL BEAUTY: THE MISS UNIVERSE GUIDE TO BEAUTY
I ordered the book "Universal Beauty" by Cara Birnbaum through amazon.ca last week & the book arrived today! Simply put...it's the ultimate beauty tips & secrets book of past & present titleholders, with loads of beautiful photographs from MUO or Fadil Berisha. I haven't read it yet but so far, everything seems appealing except the cover. Not a fan of Vega you see...

Book description from Amazon
The MISS UNIVERSE® Pageant represents the international ideal of beauty, and this unique beauty guide has the inside tips from all over the world that only members of this very exclusive club can tell. Beauty writer Cara Birnbaum and former Miss Universe winners bring together the diverse tips, insights, and secrets that have set these women apart and brought them to the pinnacle of beauty. Former title holders will share their beauty regimens as will the professionals who work with contestants to achieve the Miss Universe look. Readers with busy schedules will benefit from tips that will take them from daytime looks to ultraglamour in a matter of minutes.
Because Miss Universe is international, all races, skin tones, hair types, and body types will be included. Former title holders of different ages will address how personal care and beauty regimens change over time to continue to achieve a fantastic appearance.

April 7th

MISS USA COVERAGE
Check out some of these websites for this year's Miss USA coverage
www.missnevadausa.com :)
www.pageantgossip.com
http://www.pageant-almanac.com
MISS UNIVERSE IN JULY!
The Miss Universe Organization confirmed on Thursday that the Miss Universe 2006 pageant will take place in Los Angeles, California (USA) on Sunday, July 23rd, live on NBC.
MISS UNIVERSE CANADA 2006 ALICE PANIKIAN
Alice is on missosology FOCUS at http://www.missosology.org/missuniverse06/mu06focus.html

April 5

MISS ASIAN AMERICA * Couresy of Rose Chung
Entry deadline for this year's pageant is April 14th 2006. Here's your chance! Click here to visit their gorgeous revamped website.

April 1

MISS CHINESE NEW YORK NEWS * Couresy of Eric Yuen, MCNY Org.
Recently Nicole Wang has been selected to play Wei Xiaobao in the Jin Yong Soap Opera. Many fans had their speculations, but Zhang Jizhong had already had their eyes set on American�s New York Beauty Queen Nicole Wang. They stated "�Nicole Wang has the personality, beauty, and image to play a character of this level."
Related links
http://www.baidu.com
http://cn.ent.yahoo.com/060328/352/27rbl.html
http://cn.ent.yahoo.com/060323/263/27qyb.html
http://cn.ent.yahoo.com/060325/263/27r56.html
http://cn.ent.yahoo.com/060310/322/27pfj.html
http://cn.ent.yahoo.com/060309/352/27pex.html
http://sostar.cn.yahoo.com/poll/showone.html?id=39003
http://cn.bbs.yahoo.com/home/forum_sostar39003.html

In related news, the Miss Chinese NY website will be updated sometime next week in preparation for the recruitment (April 18th - May 31).
MISS USA 2006 - delegates arrived in Maryland on Saturday, April 1st. My early favs: Arizona, Kenntucky, Nevada, South Carolina, West Virginia
CHRISTINA LAU FEI FEI NEWS (MHK 93 MISS INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL) *Courtesy of Johnny
Not just a pretty face, Christina is accomplished in many ways. Click here to read "Feifei, a Television Star and Woman of Many Worlds"
MISS WORLD CANADA - NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
National Capital Region (Ottawa, Gatineau, Eastern Ontario) is having their Regional Pageant for Miss World Canada at the Museum of Civilizations in Hull, Quebec on Sunday May 28th. Directors are Yolaine (MWC03 2nd ru) & Lenny Grant.

Miss World 2006 will take place in Poland (Warsaw) on September 30th.