Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez Crowned Miss Universe
Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez (18) has won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant. The pageant was held an the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee de la Cruz was the first runner-up. Miss USA Kristen Dalton made it into the top 10.
This is the second second consecutive win for Venezuela. Dayana Mendoza from Venezuala won in 2008. A video of Dayana bidding farewell can be seen here.
Reuters reports that Venezuela has now won Miss Universe six times out of 58 times.
Fernandez, an 18-year-old brunette, became the 58th winner of the title in a show broadcast live around the world from the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas.
It was the second consecutive year that a contestant from the oil-producing South American country, which is famous for its beauty queens, won the Miss Universe title.
Venezuela had produced five previous winners.
Fernandez was selected out of five finalists chosen from the total field of 83 contestants.
Here's some video footage of Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez (in Spanish). Take a look:
