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beauty queens (las reinas de la bellaza)
 Photos: Diana Mantilla, Colombian delegate to Miss Universe; Shakira, singer and Pepsi endorser (sorry, Britney, your 15 minutes are up); and Lana (aka Conchita), the prettiest girl of all. |
The influence of beauty contests on Latin American politics
Dictator-in-the-making Chavez caused another crisis when he delayed releasing
U.S. currency so Miss Venezuela could attend the Miss Universe contest in Panama.
Carlos Menem, the 73 year old ex-President of Argentina, is married to the 38 year old
former Miss Chile and Miss Universe. They had a baby boy in October 2003.
It's not just Latin America: Our senator-for-life, Strom Thurmond, in 1968 married a fomer
Miss South Carolina; she was 22, he was 66. He died recently at 100.
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