Miss Universe 2009, Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez.(more.)



Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez poses after being crowned Miss Universe 2009 at the end of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.





Miss USA Kristen Dalton competes in the swimsuit competition of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Dalton finished in the top 15.




Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez competes in the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Fernandez won the crown.


Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez competes in the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Matos Perez finished as fourth runner up.



Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez competes in the swimsuit competition during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Stefania Fernandez won the title.



Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha competes in the evening gown competition Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Dragusha finished as second runner up.









Miss Australia Rachael Finch competes in the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Finch finished as the third runner up.





Miss USA Kristen Dalton competes in the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Dalton finished in the top 15.



Miss Croatia Sarah Cosic competes in the swimsuit competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Cosic finished among the top 15.





Miss France Chloe Mortaud competes in the swimsuit competition of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Mortaud finished in the top 15.



Miss Sweden Renate Cerljen, left, and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha compete in the swimsuit competition at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Both finished in the top 15.





Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, center, celebrates with Miss USA Kristen Dalton after making it into the top 10 during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. At left is Miss Switzerland Whitney Toyloy.



Miss Switzerland Whitney Toyloy, left, celebrates finishing in the top 10 during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Also seen are top 15 finalists Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, center, and Miss USA Kristen Dalton.




Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, center, Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz, left, and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha hold hands as they wait to hear how they placed in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. ernandez won the crown, De la Cruz finished as first runner up and Dragusha finished as second runner up.





Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz, center, reacts as she is named as a top five finalist during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. De la Cruz finished as first runner up.



Miss Switzerland Whitney Toyloy, center, reacts due to feeling ill as Miss USA Kristen Dalton comforts her during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. At left is Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovska and back right Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez.



Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz reacts as she chooses a question from a bowl next to host Billy Bush who looks on during the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. De la Cruz finished as first runner up.



Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, center, reacts as she is named Miss Universe 2009 next to Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, also of Venezuela, right, at the end the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz, left, was first runner up.



Miss Norway Eli Landa, center, looking at the camera, waits with other Miss Universe contestants as they are escorted through the Atlantis resort the morning of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Behind from left to right are Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, Miss Finland Essi Poysti, and Miss Guyana Jenel Cox.



Miss Panama Diana Broce, front left, Miss Spain Estibaliz Pereira Rabade, second right, and Miss El Salvador Mayella Mena walk through the Atlantis resort the morning of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.



Miss Universe contestants walk through the Atlantis resort the morning of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Seen are Miss Italy Laura Valenti, bottom, Miss Montenegro Anja Jovanovic, center, Miss Slovenia Mirela Korac, center left, Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, right, and Miss Germany Martina Lee, top left.



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