MISS VENEZUELA was the fairest of them all once again, winning the 2009 Miss Universe crown for the second year straight and the sixth time since the pageant’s creation.

Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all once again, winning the 2009 Miss Universe crown for the second year straight and the sixth time since the pageant’s creation.

A “RELAXING, calm, beautiful place” may not be everyone’s description of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds about 240 prisoners in a detention centre that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

MISS Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, has been crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam’s resort city of Nha Trang.

Miss Venezuela has been crowned Miss Universe 2008 in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling over during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.