Most Beautiful Miss Universe 1952-2010 Contest: Miss USA Reach The Bottom

An interesting contest named “The Most Beautiful Miss Universe 1952-2010” has been hosted by the website globalbeauties.com to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Miss Universe. Fifteen pageant experts take part in scoring contestants who won Miss Universe crown between 1952 and 2010. Surprisingly, the U.S., home to seven Miss Universe titleholders, reaches the contest’s bottom because four of Miss Universe winners from this country are ranked at the end of this list.

Miriam Stevenson (USA): Miss Universe 1954

Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson from South Carolina, USA took part in the 3rd edition of Miss Universe in 1954 and became the first Miss USA to hold the Miss Universe beauty crown. After the success, she decided to complete her education and then hosted television shows for the local NBC affiliate in Columbia, WIS-TV.

Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson got average score 8,433 from fifteen pageant experts and ranks the 60th place

The top 5 of Miss Universe 1954

Linda Bement (USA): Miss Universe 1960

Linda Bement was the second woman in Utah and the third Miss USA to be Miss Universe titleholder. The 1960 Miss Universe was the first pageant to be televised nationwide. This beauty got married in 1962 but divorced seven years later and had two children.

Linda Bement got average score 8,485 from fifteen pageant experts and ranks the 59th place

The top 5 of Miss Universe 1960: Spain (5th), Austria (3rd), USA (winner), Italy (2nd), and South Africa (4th)

Chelsi Smith (USA): Miss Universe 1995

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith became the first Miss USA to win Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995 in fifteen years. In addition to working as a professional model, she also followed singing and acting career.

Chelsi Smith got average score 8,563 from fifteen pageant experts and ranked at the 58th position

The top 3 of Miss Universe 1995: India (2nd), USA (1st), Canada (3rd)

Deborah Carthy-Deu (Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of US): Miss Universe 1985

Deborah Carthy-Deu successfully competed with 78 candidates to become the second Miss Puerto Rico to conquer the Miss Universe title. Then, she has been an excellent television presenter and owned a modeling school in Puerto Rico for future models, actresses and beauty queens. The beauty gave birth to her first son in 1999 at the age of 43.

Deborah Carthy-Deu got average score 8,569 from fifteen pageant experts and ranks the 57th place

Miss Spain (left) for a second thought she was Miss Universe 1985 but Miss Puerto Rico Deborah Carthy-Deu won the title

Brook Lee (USA): Miss Universe 1997

Brook Lee became the 7th American woman to be crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach. Although the 1997 pageant saw many impressive beauties and Lee left behind traditional schools of beauty, she was still the winner particularly thanks to her sense of humor and intelligence.

Brook Lee got average score 8,647 from fifteen pageant experts and ranks the 56th place

The top 3 of Miss Universe 1997: Trinidad & Tobago (3rd), USA (winner), Venezuela (2nd)

Big winners of “The Most Beautiful Miss Universe 1952-2010” contest will be announced soon.

Top 10 Incredible Records Set By Women

Do you know some World Guinness Records set by women in many different countries? This article will provide readers with information about ten of their uniquely physical developments.

Svetlana Pankratova: World's Longest Legs (more than 4 feet long)

Svetlana Pankratova from Russia makes a Guinness World Record as the woman with the longest legs in the world with 4ft 4in (132 centimeters) long. Besides, her upper body is 6ft5 (196 centimeters) tall and her large feet size 13 (US) or 46 (EU). It is difficult for her to go shopping for shoes. Pankratova previously played women's basketball in the USA.

Svetlana Pankratova posed beside He Pingping, the smallest man in the world in Trafalgar Square, London on September 16, 2008 to promote the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records

Cathie Jung: World's Smallest Waist (15 inches)

Cathie Jung was named in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 as a living person having the smallest waist that measures just 15in (38cm). She often wears tight-fitting corsets for years and many people even called her “The Queen of Corsets”. However, the record for the smallest waist ever belongs to Ethel Granger who has a 13in waist.

Her figure looks distinctly hourglass

Ethel Granger had a 13in waist

Annika Irmler: World's Longest Female Tongue (2.7 inches)

German schoolgirl Annika Irmler was named in the Guinness Book of Records thanks to her whopping seven-centimeter tongue. The twelve-year-old is able to lick an ice cream from the bottom of a cornet while her friends have to use their fingers.

Whether she faces some trouble with her long tongue?

Vivian Wheeler: World's Longest Female Beard (11 inches)

Vivan Wheeler from Illinois owns the world’s longest beard for a female measuring 11 inches (27.9 centimeters)

Xia Aifeng: Longest Woman's Hair (8 feet long)

Xia Aifeng has 8-foot (2.42-meter) hair that she keeps nearly sixteen years and spends about two hours washing

Elaine Davidson: Most Pierced Woman (5,920 body piercings)

Elaine Davidson has total 5,920 piercings weighing 3 kilograms in her whole body, especially in her genitalia and her face consists of 192 piercings

Norma Stitz: World’s Largest Natural Breasts

Norma Stitz from Atlanta is titled the Guinness Book of World Records because she has the largest natural breasts weighing 35 pounds each with a bust size of 72.5 inches

Zlata: Most Flexible Woman

Zlata is known as the world’s most flexible girl because she can foil herself in a 20-inch squared box. The Russian girl has followed extreme gymnastics since she was 14 and her bone is described to be made from rubber.

Hatice Kocaman: World's Smallest Woman

Hatice Kocaman, who couldn’t grow up normally due to a bone disorder caused by fault genes, holds the world record for the smallest woman. She is just 72.5 centimeters tall and weighs only seven kilograms

Lee Redmond: World's Longest Fingernails (28 ft 4.5 in)

Lee Redmond from Utah was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the person with the world's longest fingernails with total length of 28 ft 4.5 in (8.65 m). She had had no nails cut since 1979 and carefully manicured them. Unfortunately, she lost her unique nails due to a car crash in February, 2009.

Lee Redmond shows off her longest fingernails

Update Your Skin Care & Beauty Arsenal

Even though it's not technically spring yet, I'm already itching to clear out the old and bring in the new. I've been cleaning out my living space, throwing away things that should have been tossed long ago, and beginning the process of sorting through my beauty products. It's not that I'm a product junkie...but I do hold onto things a little too long.

If you're ready to revamp and declutter your beauty supply, here's some help. As part of the "12 Months To Transform Your Skin" series, get tips on how to update your skin care arsenal to include healthy, effective products. From identifying expired formulas to extending the life of your products, read on for expert advice.

As you peruse your products, there are two important questions you should ask when deciding whether to keep or toss a formula:

1. Does this product meet my skin care needs?

First, identify your skin type and create goals for improving your skin care routine based on its condition. As you sort through products, use this information to determine whether the formula meets your skin care needs. For example, if your existing night cream isn’t formulated to address your aging skin, then it’s time to consider a new formula.

2. Is this product past its prime?

From the pink shadow that was so hot in high school to those last remaining drops of a favorite perfume, deep inside our beauty bags and bathroom cabinets are some seriously outdated products. While frugality, feelings of nostalgia and a pack rat mentality can make it difficult to part with these products, doing so is essential to ensure healthy skin and an effective beauty arsenal.

Don’t let expired skin care sabotage your beauty goals. While a growing number of products include an expiration date, most are unlabeled. Here’s how long your formulas will last:

Face

• Face makeup

• Powder: 2 years

• Foundation – water based: 1 year

• Foundation – oil based: 1.5 years

• Concealer: 6 to 8 months

• Sunscreen: 6 months (or follow the expiration date listed on package)

• Cleansers and moisturizers: 6 months

• Toners: 1 year

• Acne and aging treatments: 6 months to 1 year (in pump bottle)

Eyes

• Mascara: 3 to 4 months

• Eyeliner

• Pencil: 3 to 5 years

• Liquid: 3 to 4 months

• Eyeshadow

• Powder: 2 to 3 years

• Cream: 6 months

Lips

• Lip gloss and lipstick: 2 years

• Lip liner: 3 to 5 years

Body

• Body lotion: 2 to 3 years

• Bar soap and shower gel: 3 years

• Bath oil: 1 year

• Perfume: 2 years (longer if stored out of direct sunlight)

• Shaving cream: 2 years

• Deodorant: 2 years

• Nail polish: 1 to 2 years

Hair

• Shampoo and conditioner: 3 years

• Styling products: 3 to 5 years

Natural products

While we love natural and organic beauty products, it’s important to note that these formulas tend to have shorter shelf lives than their conventional counterparts. Good Housekeeping explains that these products tend to include pure botanical extracts, oils and pulps that are a good breeding ground for microbes. Also, natural preservatives like essential oils are only used in small amounts and aren’t as strong as synthetic compounds when it comes to preventing the breakdown of ingredients.

Tips for maintaining updated, effective formulas

• Keep a list. If you struggle to keep track of how old your formulas are, consider keeping a list posted on the inside of a bathroom cabinet or tucked inside a drawer where it’s easy to find.

• Label products. Using a permanent marker, label the date of purchase right on the package.

• Buy smaller formulas. For products that you use less frequently or seasonally, look for travel or trial sized formulas. This will prevent wasting precious product — and money — when it’s time to toss any leftovers.

• Start with clean hands. Ni’Kita Wilson, a cosmetic chemist at Cosmetech Laboratories in New Jersey, explains that every time you touch your makeup or skin care formulas, you transfer germs to them — and subsequently to your face. Avoid this by always starting with clean hands. Or, better yet, avoid directly touching your products, and instead use disposable applicators.

• Store in a linen closet. While the bathroom cabinet is the most convenient place to store cosmetics and lotions, it’s not the best. Bathrooms tend to be the warmest and most humid room in the house — which contributes to the breakdown of ingredients and growth of bacteria. Instead, find a cool, dry place like a linen closet to stash your beauty products.

• Pick pumps. Pump dispensers reduce the amount of air and bacteria exposed to the formula and extend the life of the product. Pump dispensers are especially useful for body washes, shampoos and conditioners that are stored in the shower where it gets especially hot and humid.

• Avoid re-infection. If you come down with infections like pink eye or cold sores, you should toss any products that may have come into contact with the germs. Also — for this reason — never share makeup!

• Wash brushes. The bristles in your brushes can easily trap bacteria, dirt and other impurities. Experts recommend washing natural bristled brushes once a month, and those with synthetic bristles once a week using mild soap, baby shampoo or a brush cleanser.

• Use your senses. One of the best ways to maintain clean, effective formulas is to use your senses. It’s a sign to toss a product if you:

• Smell strange odors
• See visible changes in color, or the formula separates
• Feel changes in consistency or texture

Prime products for better beauty

If you wouldn’t pour expired cream into your coffee, then why would you line your lashes with outdated mascara? Stay healthy — and beautiful — from head to toe by maintaining an up-to-date and effective stash of beauty formulas.

What are your "spring cleaning" beauty methods?

Unique Body Piercings of Stars

Body piercings can be traced back to ancient times. History books demonstrate that in many different cultures, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans beautified themselves with various kinds of tattooes and piercings. They believed that these body arts could importantly protect them from the evils. Nowadays, body piercings have become painful pleasure for individuals as well as a form of trendy art to enhance beauty for young people inmodern life. Whether it comes to eyebrows, belly buttons, nostrils, ears and even tongues, individual and multiple piercings definitely put in cool and distinctive appearances on lots of people. The body piercing and tattoo are so appreciated among Hollywood stars thanks to the signals of uniqueness and individuality from the rest of the world that celebrities often pierce themselves in special places.

Stefanie Heinzmann

The Swiss soul and pop singerwho gained wide recognition in 2008 in a talent contest on the German ProSieben network, shows off double daring lip piercing.

Pink

The North American singer and song writer Pink has several piercings including this unique tragus piercing.

Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson shows off her belly piercing when performing on stage.

Bar Refaeli

The Isreali-born supermodel Bar Refaeli, who is best-known for her shoots in Sports Illustrated and Victoria\'s Secretand the relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio, shows off her stunning belly piercing in a pose.

Drew Barrymore

“50 First Dates” actress has a silver stud ring on her tongue which is only visible when she laughs.

Deena Nicole Cortese

TV personality Deena Nicole Cortese attends MTV Video Music Awards with a diamond lip piercing.

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson owns a beautiful and sparking tragus piercing.

Heidi Montag

Heidi Montag appears in front of the public demonstrating her enhanced beach body with a belly piercing after a cosmetic surgery.

Rihanna

Rihanna has a piercing on her right nipple.

Paris Hilton

The most scandalous celebrity flaunts a piercing in her belly button.

Hottest Female Athletes in 2010

Amanda Beard, Maria Sharapova, Jennifer Barretta, Danica Patrick, Ana Ivanovic, Sarah Burke, Anna Kournikova, Bia and Branca Feres, Leryn Franco, and Kristi Leskinen are named in the list of the hottest female athletes in the world 2010. Toned, fit, and tanned looks and great confidence have created perfect beauties by nature among billions of women on planet. Let\'s take a look at the most seductive and desirable female athletes in the world of the year 2010 via the following most sparkling images.

With the body shape as a fashion model, Russian professional tennis player Anna Kournikova is the featured name in the world\'s tennis industry. Anna Kournikova is better known for her stunning beauty than her talent in tennis, capturing millions of males\' hearts in the world. Currently, the 29-year-old hottie is enjoying a happy life with handsome singer Enrique Iglesias after 8 years of dating.

Anna Kournikova

The hot twin girls from Brazil, Bia and Branca Feresare work as models and synchronized swimmers. They are the brilliant representatives for prestigious magazines such as the Spanish-language magazine VIP. Owning charming body figures and fabulous faces, Bia and Branca Feresare are voted to be the most attractive female athletes in the world.

Bia and Branca Feres

Leryn Franco is one of the hottest female athletes in the world\'s sport industry. The Paraguayan athlete specializing in the javelin throw usually appears on catwalks as a fashion model.

Leryn Franco

The American Olympic-level swimmer cum model has been on the cover of notable magazines and websites such as FHM, 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and July 2007 issue of Playboy magazine. Beard is seen as a beautiful mermaid of America.

Amanda Beard

The former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player, Maria Sharapova is named a "Russian doll" for her romantic beauty. She is best-known as a model and a representative for prestigious magazines. At present, the beautiful tennis player is dating with Slovenian basketball player, Sasha Vujacic.

Maria Sharapova

Jennifer Barretta, a professional billiards player cum model is best-known for her modeling body shape. She is selected to take the photo shoots for FHM and Playboy.

Jennifer Barretta

Danica Patrick is known as an American auto racing driver, now competing in the IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, cum a model and advertising spokeswoman. The racing queen always appears on the cover of magazines and photo shoots for fashion labels.

Danica Patrick

The former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player, Ana Ivanovic always tops the list of the most charming female athletes in the world. Ana Ivanovic is ranked World No. 21 on the WTA rankings and voted as the runner-up in singles at 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open.

Ana Ivanovic

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was ranked No. 91 on the FHM-U.S.\'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006 list.