After days of exhausting competition, a 20-year-old Boston University sophomore and a self-described ‘cellist-nerd’ was crowned Miss Universe yesterday-Wednesday.
Olivia Culpo beat out 88 other beauty queens to take the title from Leila Lopes of Angola during the two-hour competition at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Culpo wore a tight navy blue mini-dress with a sequined bodice as she walked on stage for the competition’s opening number. She later changed into a purple and blue bikini, and donned a wintery red velvet gown with a plunging neckline.
During the final question, Miss Universe 2010, Ximena Navarrete, asked Olivia, “What is something that you have done, that you will never do again?” How does one respond to that land mine?