Miss Universe contestants Miss Guatemala Jessica Scheel, left, and Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete pose for the cameras in Las Vegas, Aug. 2010
According to the pageant’s website, Miss Universe began as a swimwear competition in 1952 and has long calimed to celebrate women who are “savvy, goal-oriented and aware” and who “display those characteristics in their everyday lives.”
This pageant system includes the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA competitions, all of which fall under the umbrella of the Miss Universe Organization.
For her part Fakih, the 24-year-old current Miss USA, said she felt comfortable with the shoot because she trusts the organization-endorsed photographer, Fadil Berisha.
Miss Trinidad and Tobago LaToya Woods models outside the Mandalay Bay Hotel in only heels, a bikini bottom and tantalizing body paint. Photo: Fadil Berisha/The Miss Universe Organization
She said the photographers explained they wanted to try something new, artistic and modern with the photos, and they were given the option of how much or little they wanted to expose of themselves. “Nothing looked disrespectful,” she told ABCNews.com. “In my opinion this shows your beauty and does so in a way that’s very artistic,” she said.
The contestants– including Miss Albania Angela Martini, 24 — are currently in Las Vegas, where the they are busy rehearsing in preparation for the pageant, scheduled to take place on August 23. Martini, a former lingerie model herself, enjoyed the shoot because “It’s not a typical pageant picture,” she said.
“It’s more fashion, very modern, more 2010,” she said. “I feel like we’ve broken the line now, and every year we can go a bit further.” [Miss Universevia ABC News and Access Hollywood]
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