Sunday, August 16, 2009
Venezuela's Alicia Machado was the clear favorite for the crown as she sashayed and charmed her way to the audience's and judges' hearts on pageant night. Shortly after her crowning, Venezuela's 4th Miss Universe was asked what she would do now that she was Miss Universe…Without hesitation, she replied, "EAT, EAT, EAT!!" She would later allegedly gain more ad more weight reaching an all time high of 150 lbs. which led to speculations of stripping Alicia of her crown. Undaunted, Alicia succumbed to the media blitz and crowned her successor a year later 10 to 15 lbs heavier than on the night she herself captured the Universe.
1st runner up Taryn Scheryl Mansell
ARUBA
2nd runner-up Iyabode Ololade Odusoga
FINLAND
FINALISTS:
Vanessa Guzmán Niebla MEXICO
Ilmira Shamsutdinova RUSSIA
Ali Landry USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Carmen Milena Mayorga EL SALVADOR
Sandhya Chib INDIA
Natalí Patricia Sacco Angeles PERU
Annika Duckmark SWEDEN
