Miss Vietnam Trang Thuy Nguyen, 20, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss USA Crystle Stewart, 26, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
(L-R) Miss Singapore Shenise Marie Wong, 26, Miss Slovak Republic Sandra Manakova, 20, Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee, 23, Miss Sri Lanka Aruni Rajapaksha, 24, and Miss Tanzania Amanda Ole Sulul, 20, perform during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Russia Vera Krasova, 20, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Thailand Gavintra Photijak, 21, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Nicaragua Thelma Rodriquez, 19, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Peru Karol Castillo, 18, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Puerto Rico Ingrid Rivera, 24, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss USA Crystle Stewart (R), 26, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
Miss Panama Carolina Dementiev, 19, performs during the National Costume Show at the Lions Theatre in the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, Vietnam, 22 June 2008. Contestants will compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. EPA/KEVIN GERMAN
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