Contestants talk with television reporters, August 19, 2009

Miss Colombia Michelle Rouillard speaks with a reporter during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Australia Rachael Finch laughs as she talks with a television reporter during Miss Universe events at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, right, poses for snapshots with reporters during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.



Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez speaks with members of the media during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.



Miss Russia Sofia Rudyeva speaks with members of the media during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, left, and Miss Australia Rachael Finch, right, talk with television reporters as Miss Brazil Larissa Costa walks by during Miss Universe events at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Mexico Karla Carrillo, left, Miss Guatemala Lourdes Figueroa, center, and Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar speak with television reporters, during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz, left, Miss Honduras Belgica Suarez, second left, Miss Bolivia Dominique Peltier, third left, Miss Nicaragua Indiana Sanchez, fourth left, and Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar, fifth left, stand together as Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, far right, talks with a television reporter during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Canada Mariana Valente poses for a photograph during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Canada Mariana Valente, left, talks with a television reporter as Miss Argentina Johanna Lasic gives an interview, behind, during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss USA Kristen Dalton talks with a television reporter during Miss Universe events at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovska, right, and Miss France Chloe Mortaud pose for a photo for a member of the press during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovska talks with a television reporter as Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez walks behind during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Colombia Michelle Rouillard, left, and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha talk with television reporters during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23

Miss Argentina Johanna Lasic strains to understand a question in English as she speaks with a Bahamian television reporter during Miss Universe Events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss India Ekta Chowdhry, left, talks with a television reporter as Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz gives an intervew during Miss Universe events at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez laughs as she talks with a television reporter as Miss Australia Rachael Finch speaks to the press, behind right, during Miss Universe events at the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Panama Diana Broce talks with a television reporter as Miss Indonesia Zivanna Letisha Siregar walks by at right during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Australia Rachael Finch laughs as she talks with a television reporter during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez speaks with a television reporter during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza talks to reporters during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, left, jokes with reporters during Miss Universe events in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be picked from among participants from 84 countries on Aug. 23.

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