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Dayana Mendoza - Miss Universe 2008
By Assam on October 6, 2008
Let’s take a look at some photographs of Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada, a beautiful model from Venezuela. She was born June 1, 1986 in Caracas, Venezuela. September 13, 2007, she became Miss Venezuela 2007. She was crowned Miss Universe 2008 at the pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008.
Mendoza’s Miss Universe prize package includes cash, a year contract promoting Miss Universe, world travel, a rent-free, prestigious New York City flat, luxury apartment and a gift bag stuffed with designer shoes, dresses and beauty products, a $100,000 stipend for a 2-year course at the New York Film Academy and free access to famous fashion houses and beauty parlors. Mendoza will spend her year-long reign traveling the world to lecture on humanitarian issues and to promote education regarding HIV/AIDS.
Mendoza was caught in a nude scandal after photos of her modeling naked for a jewellery firm surfaced. Officials from the Miss Universe Organization decided against penalizing her insisting that the candid photos were not pornographic, but instead were “artistic in nature, and they don’t have an ounce of pornographic content to them.”
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Dayana Mendoza reacts after being crowned Miss Venezuela 2007 in Caracas, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Howard Yanes)
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Dayana Mendoza of Venezula, poses for photographs following the winner announcement of the 57th Annual Miss Universe Competition at the Diamond Bay Resort & Golf on July 14, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Miss Dayana Mendoza of Venezula beat 80 other contestants in three categories of swimsuit, evening gown and interview to win the coveted title of Miss Universe 2008. (Photo by Gaye Gerard/Getty Images)
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Dayana Mendoza (1st R), Miss Venezuela reacts as she is crowned Miss Universe 2008 next to Miss Columbia Taliana Targas, 20, who is first runer-up at the final of the 57th Miss Universe contest held on July 14, 2008 at the central coastal resort city of Nha Trang. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22, won the Miss Universe pageant. The 57th edition of the global beauty contest kicked off in the southern seaside resort of Nha Trang, the first time it has been held in a communist country. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Newly crowned Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, is seen competing in her evening gown at the final of the 57th Miss Universe contest held on July 14, 2008 at the central coastal resort city of Nha Trang. Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2008 poses in her evening gown for the judges during the 57th annual Miss Universe competition at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008. (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Newly crowned Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, smiles at the final of the 57th Miss Universe contest held on July 14, 2008 at the central coastal resort city of Nha Trang. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22, won the Miss Universe pageant. The 57th edition of the global beauty contest kicked off in the southern seaside resort of Nha Trang, the first time it has been held in a communist country. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008, poses for photographers at the Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 15, 2008. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22, won the Miss Universe pageant on July 14. The 57th edition of the global beauty contest kicked off in the southern seaside resort of Nha Trang, the first time it has been held in a communist country. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE GETTY OUT AFP PHOTO/DARREN DECKER/HO/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Photo credit should read DARREN DECKER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela competes in BSC swimwear and Nina footwear during the Swimsuit segment of the 2008 Miss Universe Presentation Show at the Crown Convention Center, in central city of Nha Trang on July 8, 2008. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang on July 14, 2008. AFP PHOTO/HO/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read PATRICK PRATHER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008, poses for photographers at the Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 15, 2008. AFP PHOTO/DARREN DECKER/HO/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP
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