The New Beauty Queen And Others We Can't Forget

Japan's Mori, 20, became Miss Universe 2007 on the night of May 28th in Mexico City. Will she be playing parts in Tarantino's or González Iñárritu's next features? Only time will tell.

Yes! This is how Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera reacted to winning the Miss Universe title and being crowned in 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

This Dominican beauty, who has become a television host and once dated singer Shalim, waved triumphantly as she was crowned the most beautiful woman in the universe in June of 2003 in Panama.

A smiling Alicia Machado, of Venezuela, considered by some the most controversial Miss Universe ever, took the scepter and crown in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1995 and later became an actress.

Excited and elated, Puerto Rican Dayanara Torres received the title in Mexico in 1992. She later married singer Marc Anthony and, now divorced, is making a name for herself with a successful acting career.

Mexican Lupita Jones, who created the Mister Mundo male beauty pageant in her country, impressed the world in 1991 with her beauty and smarts in Las Vegas, Nevada.