Miss Universe 2010 - Phillippines

The 59th edition of Miss Universe 2010 will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. this August 23, 2010. It will be hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales. Stefanía Fernández from Venezuela, will crown her successor at the end of this event.

This will be shown on ABS-CBN on August 24, 2010, 9.30 am

Here's the Philippines candidate this year and info about her



Birth name: Maria Venus Bayonito Raj

Birthplace: Doha, Qatar

Birth date: July 7, 1988 (22 yrs. Old)

Measurements: 35-22-35

Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Eye color: Brown

Hair color: Black

Title(s): Miss Philippines-Universe 2010

Major competition(s): Miss Philippines Earth 2008 (Eco-tourism)

Ms. Bicolandia 2007

Maria Venus Bayonito Raj, the reigning 2010 Binibining Pilipinas universe winner was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe last March 06, 2010 during the pageant's Grand Coronation Night at the Araneta Coliseum.. Based on this constitutional principle, along with interviews and documents provided by Ms. Raj, the DFA's Citizenship Evaluation Committee decided to grant Ms. Raj a Philippine passport, clearing the way for her reinstatement as the Philippines' official candidate to the Miss Universe 2010 pageant.

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China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars

from the Hummington Post and Yahoo News

China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer.

But the country is also thinking in big and bold ways when it comes to how it will reduce pollution and a new plan to build a "straddling bus" is among the most space-age schemes yet.

In an effort to go green and relieve congestion without widening roads, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is developing a "3D Express Coach" (also known as a "three-dimensional fast bus").



The innovation will allow cars less than 2 meters high to travel underneath the upper level of the vehicle, which will be carrying passengers.



According to China Hush, the 6-meter-wide 3D Express Coach will be powered by a combination of electricity and solar energy, and will be able to travel up to 60 kilometers per hour carrying some 1200 to 1400 passengers.



The first 115 miles of track is set for construction in Beijing's Mentougou district starting in late 2010. The Chairman of the Huashi Future Parking Equipment company boasts it will take only a year and 500 million yuan (around $73 million) to build the futuristic transportation system.

Reasons why celebrity couples always won't last.

Temptation: the other woman/man
Case in point: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston


Imagine yourself in Jennifer Aniston's shoes: your husband is the hottest man alive and he's leaving to shoot a movie with the hottest woman alive, Angelina Jolie. The set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith proved to be too much quality time between Brad and Angelina and those pouty lips were no match for Jen's toned arms. Temptation abounds in the sea of endless beauty that is Hollywood.


Over-publicity
Case in point: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

Image credit: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez: Mike Blake/Reuters/NewsCom

There was a time in 2002 where you couldn't turn on the TV or read a magazine without seeing or hearing that dreaded, stupid compound word, "Bennifer." They were the ultimate publicity whores, which probably was the end cause of their broken off engagement. The couple was overexposed in a bad way, resulting in the embarrassing, box office failure, Gigli. No wonder both J.Lo and Affleck try to keep a low profile with their now husband and wife, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Garner.



One is more famous
Case in point: Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe

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Reese Witherspoon is America's darling. She was charming and hilarious in Legally Blonde and won an Oscar for her portrayal of June Carter in Walk the Line. Her husband...er, what's his name? Exactly. Ryan Phillippe was suffering from a severe drought of good movie roles, and little fame. Perhaps he felt neglected and emasculated? Whatever the real issue was, he cheated on her with actress Abbie Cornish and the World's population collectively thought: downgrade.


Overexposed by Reality TV
Case in point: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey

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They were like the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez of the millennium, except she was the wacky blond and he was the straight laced boy next door. Neither one of them was very famous before the run of their reality show Newlyweds, that documented their marriage, showcasing her ditziness and his good guy demeanor. It really catapulted Simpson to celebrity status, inflated her ago, and resulted in her leaving poor Nick. Another couple gone bad due to reality TV: Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler in MTV's, Meet the Barkers.

Are celebrity couples doomed to fail because of the nature of the industry they work in? How would it be possible to avoid these pitfalls?

(From the Wires)

Maria Jeline Oliva on Pilipinas Got Talent!

Maria Jeline Oliva of Naga City auditioned on Pilipinas Got Talent. At first this cutie sounds so nervous but later on she delivered a performance that sparked a thousand smiles. She's a 13 year old girl who can play violin and piano...and her kind of music?-classical. Wow!

Hey Jeline... is your mother too strict at your age? hehehe...i bet a lot of boys will go crazy for you in the coming days..hehehe!


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