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| Second for Yendi - Jamaica does well in Miss Universe | |||
| Sean A. Bennett, STAR Writer
'Jamaica produced its' best-ever placing at a Miss Universe pageant last night, when Yendi Phillips took the runner-up spot to Mexico's Jimena Navarrete at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, USA. Phillips and Navarrette went neck and neck after receiving the two highest averages in the swimsuit and evening gown sections (9.155 and 9.089 respectively) with the question and answer section deciding the eventual winner. In the end, Mexico's answer to a question on unsupervised Internet use and its effects on youths was apparently better than Jamaica's answer to that of the continued use of the death penalty. This is Mexico's second win; its first was in 1991.
The show, hosted by Brett Michaels and Natalie Morales, was divided in three segments - swimsuit, which showcased the top 15 (chosen before last night's final), evening gown, which showed the top 10 (chosen after swimsuit) and question-and-answer which had the top 5 averages in both sections. The top five chosen were Ukraine, Mexico, Australia, Jamaica and the crowd favourite, the Philippines. Other crowd favourites, Miss USA and Miss Venezuela, failed to advance to the top 15. Live entertainment was provided by John Legend and the Roots as well as Cirque du Soleil. In a surprising twist, Philippines' Maria Venus Raj was the fourth runner-up after receiving an average score of 8.835 in the swimsuit and gown sections, and failing to adequately answer her question. Ukraine and Australia were 4th and 3rd, respectively.
In a release sent last night, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange described Yendi's feat as "a proud achievement". "Yendi has made Jamaica very proud and I am confident she will continue to be an outstanding ambassador for our country," Grange said. "She is such a wonderful person, a real Jamaican inspiration. She deserves all the success. I congratulate the winner, Jimena Navarette of Mexico; and offer her our best wishes." The minister's sentiments were also shared globally via social networks, Twitter as well as Yendi's Facebook fan page. One fan on her page wrote, "Congratulations from Curacao! You deserved to win! Your answer was superb!" Another from Twitter said, "When all is said and done @Therealyendip (her twitter account) represented Jamaica to the fullest and the best of her ability. #teamyendi wi seh same way
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