l-r, top to bottom: Theresa Licaros, Honey Lee, Riyo Mori, Ningning Zhang

Asians rocked Miss Universe 2007! Ü

That wuz all I can say about the Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageant.

Our very own Anna Theresa Licaros (summa cum laude, UP Diliman!) took home Miss Photogenic. (Well, it was online voting, and Filipinos know the deal 'bout that.) Haha.

The other special award, Miss Congeniality, went to Miss China Ningning Zhang (voted by the contestants).

Five Asians got in the Top 15 (Thailand, India, Korea, Japan). Miss Thailand didn't make it to the Top 10. Miss India didn't make it to the Top 5.

4th runner-up: Miss USA

3rd runner-up: Miss Korea

2nd runner-up: Miss Venezuela

1st runner-up: Miss Brazil

Miss Universe 2007: Miss Japan (Riyo Mori)

Asians already stood out in the pre-pageant and other cool stuff they went to and went through. I noticed Ms. Mori's and Ms. Lee's beauties during interviews, etc. But we thought that Miss Korea would place higher than Miss Japan. (Well, she didn't.)

But anyway, it was still glamorous like the previous ones.

Check all the Miss U stuff out at http://www.missuniverse.com

Photos are from Google Images and missuniverse.com