Mexicans Boo Miss America for Speaking English in Mexico - Can You Fucking Believe It???

Smith was booed during her interview and several audience members chanted "Mexico! Mexico!" until she spoke in Spanish, saying "Buenas noches, Mexico. Muchas gracias!" which earned her applause. Mexico has a fierce rivalry with its northern neighbor. (Um, do you mean the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA???)

Also finishing in the top five were second runner-up Ly Jonaitis of Venezuela and third runner-up Honey Lee of Korea.

The winner travels the world for a year on behalf of charities and pageant sponsors.

The 15 finalists from a field of 77 contestants were announced early in Monday's show. They were picked last week during preliminary judging in the contest's swimsuit, evening gown and interview categories. Their names were not announced until Monday, allowing all 77 to be introduced to the television audience.

Contest met with protests

As soon as the final 15 had been selected, they immediately strutted across the stage in animal-print bikinis for the swimsuit competition. After the evening gown competition, five contestants were eliminated, and the judges chose the winner from the five remaining.

Missing from this year's contest was Miss Sweden, whose country is one of the few to win the crown three times. Isabel Lestapier Winqvist, 20, dropped out because many Swedes say the competition does not represent the modern woman.

Hours before the pageant began, dozens of protesters held a mock ceremony in downtown Mexico City that featured "Miss Marijuana," "Miss Sexual Health," "Miss Human Rights" and other candidates with obscenities written across their sashes. The group yelled "Neither ugly nor beautiful, should a woman be considered an object!" (LOL!!! Sounds like mexico is quite the political groupies now - complete with social agendas and everything.....sounds like socialism has invaded mexico!)

Pageant organizers say the Miss Universe contest carefully selects women who are intelligent, well-mannered and cultured.

1999 Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo and "Extra" weekend correspondent Mario Lopez hosted the live, two-hour telecast, broadcast on NBC and Telemundo, expected to be viewed by more than 600 million people in more than 180 countries.

The celebrity judges included actor James Kyson Lee, model Lindsay Clubine, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, rocker Dave Navarro, Olympic figure skating champion Michelle Kwan, celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves, fashion designer Marc Bouwer, "Project Runway" judge and Elle magazine fashion director Nina Garcia and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres.

The pageant was last held in Mexico City in 1993, when Torres was crowned.

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What a fucking joke to expect ANYONE to go to mexico and speak spanish when the Citizens of the United States are constantly demanded upon to have respect for others by spending their hard-earned tax dollars - billions of dollars per year, to be exact! - on the translations, printings, distributions, local translator services (who are paid more than average English speaking U.S. Citizens) and so much more just to "comfort" and aid the illegal immigrant mexican population into this Country! And this is how they repay us - by showing NO respect and making even more demands.......

Great things have been accomplished through the English language and while the rest of the world adopts it as a primary language - the United States insists on dumbing down it's people by neglecting it! Where is the logic in that?

Why is America insisting on giving itself away without demanding anything??

~Samantha