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It looks like Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, is Miss Universe 2007, with Miss Brazil as runner-up. Congratulations—and I hope tomorrow’s NHK News that I watch will be less dull as a result!

Darn, no Laural.

Venezuela
Thailand
Denmark
Nicaragua
Angola
Slovenia
USA
Brazil
India
Mexico
Japan
Ukraine
Tanzania
South Korea
Czech Republic

Good luck to those who made it into the top 15. I have my biases though.

Good signs: the Irish newspaper (The New Zealand Herald) has been pretty supportive of Laural Barrett so far and I was interested to read that the Murdoch Press has been positive in its coverage of Miss New Zealand, quoting Miss Australia Kimberly Busteed. It’s in stark contrast to how Fairfax treated Laural after her win, though a few weeks ago, she did rate a footnote in the Australian newspaper group’s Stuff website.

To get people in the mood for Miss Universe tonight (in the US on NBC, 9 p.m. EDT and delayed PDT), my article on Laural Barrett, Miss New Zealand 2007, is now online at the Lucire website. Photography is by London-based photographer Camille Sanson, with styling by Michiko Hughes. (We may run different ones in the print magazine.) I had wanted Laural to have a glance beforehand, but you can imagine that she’s full-on preparing for the pageant tonight. Good luck to “our Laural”: New Zealand is behind you!

Here’s a nice wee video from Miss Universe 2007 in which most contestants, including our Laural Barrett, can be seen. I have heard from Laural a few times and she is having a great time—we’re keeping our fingers crossed here!
   My story on Laural will appear online at Lucire’s original web edition first over the weekend.