Puerto Rican beauty chosen Miss Universe

Puerto Rican beautychosen Miss Universe
LOS ANGELES -- Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Universe 2006 in a pageant Sunday night.
The winner travels the world for a year on behalf of charities and pageant sponsors.
Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned her successor at the end of the two-hour telecast with a diamond-and-pearl-studded headpiece valued at $250,000.
The runnerup was Kurara Chibana of Japan. Third was Lauriane Gillieron of Switzerland; fourth, Lourdes Arevalos of Paraguay; and fifth, Miss USA Tara Conner, from Kentucky.
The pageant was last held in the United States in 1998, when the show originated from Honolulu.