The Miss Universe beauty contest is over! Of the 77 different women in the contest, only one could be named the winner. That woman is Japanese model Riyo Mori.
Mori is 20 years old. As she was taking the crown from last year's winner, Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico, her hands were shaking.
"I'm really happy. I cannot believe it yet," said Mori, who wants to open an international dance school.
PHOTO: EPA
Second place went to Natalia Guimaraes, 22, from Brazil. Finishing third was Ly Jonaitis, 21, from Venezuela.
Donald Trump, an American tycoon, rented Mexico City's National Auditorium for the contest.
During the contest, Miss USA Rachel Smith of America was booed by the audience for American attitudes towards Mexicans living there.
Miss Mexico also raised eyebrows with a dress which showed a late 1920s religious rebellion, including people dying.
There were 15 women in the final round of the contest.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AFP)
二００七年環球小姐選美結果出爐！參賽的七十七位各國佳麗，只有一人能榮登后座，而這位幸運兒就是日本模特兒森理世。
芳齡二十的森理世從上屆環姐冠軍波多黎各小姐蘇蕾卡．黎維拉手中接獲后冠時，雙手不停顫抖。
未來想要開辦一所國際舞蹈學校的森理世說：「我真的很開心！我到現在還不敢相信！」
第二名則由二十二歲的巴西小姐娜塔莉．癸馬瑞斯奪下，第三名是二十一歲的委內瑞拉佳麗黎．喬奈蒂絲。
美國房地產大亨唐納．川普包下墨西哥市國家體育場舉辦這場選美活動。
活動期間，美國佳麗瑞秋．史密斯因美國對境內墨籍人士的態度，遭觀眾噓聲抗議。
墨西哥小姐也因服飾印有一九二０年代末期宗教動亂民眾遭處決的圖案，引發軒然大波。
共有十五名佳麗進入最後決選。
(翻譯：林倩如）
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