Miss Venezuela is saying “Thank you very much, Mr Umpire!” after winnning the coveted Miss Universe  pageant in Nha Trang yesterday. And why wouldn’t you?

At Halong Bay, judges had questioned her level of professionalism when caution was thrown to the wind and Miss Venezuela said, “Land rights for gay whalers is more important than world peace!”

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry Springer was visibly stunned with the stunner’s publicity stunt. He said that it was arguably the most controversial comment he had heard since the filming of his previous show, the day before: What were you thinking when you slid between those two homosexual whales?”

Never mind. Clearly a fantastic performance by Miss Venezuela and a very worthy winner.

Meanwhile, congratulations to our mighty Miss Australia, Laura Dundovic, who finished in the Top 10. First the pool of contestants was narrowed down to 15, then to 10 and then to 5. Laura was there for the 15 and the 10 – but not the Final 5. Awesome work to the woman who generated so much publicity for the Vietnam Swans new jumper.

You can see photos of the Top 10 at . has some more detailed results. A news article appears in .