A 20-year-old Boston University sophomore and a self-described "cellist-nerd"
brought the Miss
Universe crown back to the United States for the first time in more than
a decade when she won the televised contest Wednesday.
Olivia Culpo beat out 88 other beauty queens to take
the title from Leila
Lopes of Angola during the two-hour competition at the Planet Hollywood
casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Culpo wore a tight navy blue mini-dress with a sequined bodice as she walked on stage for the competition's opening number. Later in the night, she strutted in a purple and blue bikini, and donned a wintery red velvet gown with a plunging neckline.
Culpo's coronation ends a long losing spell
for the U.S. in the competition co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC. An American had not
won the right to be called Miss Universe since Brook Lee won the title in
1997.
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