Why Miss USA Fell
As we mentioned last night, Miss USA 2008 was the 2nd in a row to do a butt-plant on stage during Miss Universe. [Video Here]
Now Crystle Stewart has some advice for her successor:
“I would tell her to put grips on the bottom of her shoes and wear a short dress, not a long gown.”
As for crazies talking curse:
“Maybe somebody dropped marbles or something. It’s just such a coincidence that two years back-to-back Miss USA falls.”
So, what happened?
“Oh, man, you know, I walked out and tripped on the step and my dress got caught under my shoe. It was almost like I was on roller skates, and I just fell.”
“When I was walking out, the last thing on my mind was falling. One thing you don’t want to do in an evening gown is trip … and fall on your bottom. The thing is how you handle it. You just pick yourself up — in life in general.”
“I’m only human. I already fell; there’s nothing I could do about it. The first thing I thought was ‘Let’s have a round of applause.’ ”
BRAVO!
Just Call McCain “The Underdog”
My friends, My dear friends- John McCain has some “straight talk” during which the 71 year-old former POW declares himself the underdog of the race for the White House.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko believes that the Single Center party doesn’t have the right to exist in Ukraine. During a conference of the All-Ukrainian Youth Organization Batkivshchyna Moloda the PMadonna said: “A party built on betrayal and cynicism can’t survive competition. And that’s why I think that the SC party doesn’t have the right to exist today in Ukraine.” Yulia said that Single Center split off from a serious and strong democratic team, and its representatives in the Verkhovna Rada yesterday didn’t vote for the budget but “voted for the dismissal of the government.” “This is a very unpleasant blow by the President against the government team.” “All the provocations claiming that there were enough votes in parliament to dismiss the government proved to be untrue.” Yulia then proceeded to assure everyone that the government was “stable, works stably, and isn’t threatened by dismissal.” Pop a Midol girl!
HOLIDAY! Today’s French national holiday commemorates the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Cities throughout France will hold military parades in the morning and fireworks in the evening on today (July 14). The largest parade in the capital includes a flyover by air force jets. French communities worldwide will also celebrate with picnics, parties and fireworks. VIVE LA FRANCE!
“I pray for the health of Nazis every day. But only for those I can bring to justice.” -Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of the Wiesenthal Center. “Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.” -Benazir Bhutto “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” -Mother Teresa
Do Latinas rock or what? 4 out of the Top 5 were Latin but only one was Miss Universe: Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza. Gorgeous no doubt and yeah they should just cut the question part out because it doesn’t count much. Miss Dominican Republic answered the best by far but Miss Venezuela was obviously still up their and rocks! VIVA VENEZUELA! Here’s a Q&A with la chica bonita from NBC: What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
His Holiness the Dalai Lama appeared at a sold-out event today at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania to lecture on “Generating a Good Heart.” The Dalai Lama shared his three main commitments with the crowd saying: “Number one commitment is emotional human value, the thing that supports our survival and happiness. These things I consider value. Number two, as a believer, as a Buddhist, trying to promote harmony among different religious traditions. His last commitment is to Tibet. He has wanted Tibet to enjoy self-rule or autonomy. Afterward the Dalai Lama took questions from Lehigh President Alice P. Gast that had been submitted in advance by the public. Asked why so many Americans are depressed and anxious: “I’m the wrong person to ask. You should ask Americans.” Then he answered that U.S. society is too competitive and that people always want “something more, something more, something more.” He’s on to us selfish and self-seeking sons of a bee-yaches. All you Philly people can catch the Dalai Lama in person as he heads out to speak at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Oh, almost forgot: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLY ONE!!! The Dalai Lama turned 73 today!!
JINX! For the second year in a row Miss USA has fallen in the Miss Universe competition. Oh F’n well this is Miss Universe NOT Miss Perfect. Miss USA 2008, Crystle Stewart, just tripped on her train and took a tumble after being announced in the top ten. Last year’s Rachel Smith also fell during the evening gown walk. I think we need to ditch that train people. But guess what? THEY BOTH GOT BACK UP!
Apparently the world needs more unions. French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a 43-nation Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday to help countries -as the French P puts it- ”learn to love each other.” Sarkozy says: “Everyone will have to make an effort, as the Europeans did, to put an end to the deadly spiral of war and violence, that, century after century, repeatedly brought barbarity to the heart of civilisation.” Yup that’s the Europeans for ya -after World War I and World II ofcourse. The AP reports that there was no handshake and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared to go out of his way to avoid Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, hiding his face behind his arm as he walked past where the Israeli leader was standing. International leaders can be such three year-olds can’t they?
The Hope Gap
PM’s Say The Darnest Things
Happy Bastille Day France
Wake-Up Wisdom
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Interior design, photography, advertising, and I enjoy meeting people from every country and learning languages.
What is your career ambition?
Interior design and also advertising, but as Oscar Wilde used to say, “To define oneself is to limit oneself.”
What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Being independent from the age of fifteen on, living in different countries by myself without knowing the language at the beginning and without the presence of my parents. Having succeeded in working in different cultures and learning the most from them.
What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
I was once kidnapped, in what in my country is known as an express kidnapping. It was a very hard experience. I learned to remain calm in a very stressful situation and to try to reach to the human part of our abductors.
What do you want the judges to know about you?
I am grateful to life for my family and for the opportunities to grow in different places and learn the most from them. Even in the hardest of times what my family and life has taught me has helped me push through and succeed.
Dalai Lama Comes To Town
Miss USA Falls AGAIN And Gets Back Up
Let The YOUTube fame begin!
Sarkozy Starts His Own Club Med
