Perla Beltran, Miss World 2009?

I have to start a space for Perla Beltran, Miss Mexico, competing in this year's Miss World. I have been following some of the pageant fans' forums and she is a favourite to win. This woman is so beautiful that if she doesn't win Miss World, I think that organization might as well close down.

She is one of the near-perfect beauties that has surfaced in the international beauty pageant arena in a long long time. Where has she been hiding so long? Anyway, she will go down in history as one of the most beautiful women who has ever lived.

Her gorgeous blue eyes remind me of Morgan Brittany and Morgan Fairchild, two gorgeous actresses who were famous on TV in the 80's.

See the comparisons below of Perla and the 2 Morgans...

Perla Beltran

Morgan Britanny

Morgan Fairchild

I will try to post as many photos of Perla Beltran as I can find....

The Crown I Like The Best

This crown for Miss Malaysia Chinese International 2000 was designed by a simple jewelry designer in Malaysia. This was a pageant I organized and produced for TV.

This crown is not huge and grandiosely frightening, but it has the right fairy-princessy-queenly shape that is elegant, simple and pretty.....just like on the heads of the Swan Lake princesses. I loathe the big gigantic crowns that make beauty queens look like the Pope :(

The above is a photo of Law Shiau Pyng, Miss Malaysia Chinese International 2000 and superstar shoe designer, Jimmy Choo, who is from Malaysia. More on this title later....

Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000; Priyanka Chopra, Miss World 2000 & Yukta Mookhey, Miss World 1999

While on the subject of Indian beauties below, I've added my tribute to the year 2000 Indian beauties. Another extraordinary feat. Two Indian ladies capturing the crowns of Miss Universe (Lara Dutta) & Miss World (Priyanka Chopra) in 2000.

Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000, won hands down during her competition. Perfect body, perfect poise, perfect personality, perfect answer, perfect smile.

Lara Dutta

Her 1st runner up in Miss India, Priyanka Chopra, went on to win Miss World 2000, repeating the feat by the Sushmita-Aishwarya duo 7 years before that in 1994.

Priyanka Chopra - more beautiful than winning night of Miss World.

(I'm sorry to say, another horrible TV production again from Miss World producers).

But let me remind you in 1999, Yukta Mookhey from India had won the Miss World crown, so it was a back-to-back win for India in 1999-2000. What an achievement! She was another Indian you just couldn't beat. You could have stopped the pageant half way, cos no way was anyone else going to get the crown.

Yukta Mookhey

Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994 & Aishwarya Rai, Miss World 1994

In 1994, Miss India hit jackpot. It's top 3 winners that year all went on to represent India in international beauty pageants and swept the crowns for 2 major beauty titles! That was the starring moment of the Indian beauty empire.

Miss Universe 1994, Sushmita Sen, and Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai, will go down in history as the great Indian beauties. I love both of them.

Here are pictures of Aishwarya Rai, now a mega superstar. More of Sushmita to follow.

If you watch this video, you will be shocked at the TV production quality of the English. Horrible. Just as the crowning moment comes for the most beautiful woman of the world, they cover her face with their names.

On the other hand, watch this video of Miss Universe 1994, Sushmita Sen's crowning. You will see that the TV production quality of the Americans is way superior!

Pictures of cute Sushmita Sen.

Sushmita Sen

Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss World 2008

I have to congratulate the Miss World organization because most of their winners in the past few years have been really stunning! Normally, one expects the Miss World pageant to be 2nd to Miss Universe -- one because of its name, 2nd because of its prestige/name.

But the truth is, Miss World normally has more contestants than Miss World. I was blown away by how beautiful Miss Russia was, in her electric blue dress that matched the crown.

The 2 runners-up are nowhere close to winning, even if they did. I really hope beauty contestants, especially those that have to do their own hairstyle at international beauty pageants, do not have that big, bulging hair like the picture below of Miss Trinidad & Tobago. It's really outdated and makes a young girl look like an old rich, dame.

Miss Russia's name is so difficult to pronounce, and that's why I can't say it. But here's a picture to remember her by.

Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Universe 2006

Possibly the most memorable, unique and gorgeous evening gown ever worn by a Miss Universe winner was the one worn by Zuleyka Rivera from Puerto Rico. I still talk about that gown until today. And that gown clearly helped her to secure the crown to complement her gown.

In 2006, only she could win and I really believe that gown blew everyone away. She didn't have the most shapely body in my eyes.

But I believe what you wear could either make you look like an international beauty queen or just plain average rich girl attending a prestigious function with her man.