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The answer was: What does it take to remain a Beauty Queen? Thatns the internet, that is the most powerful and widest spread communication, we can read and hear from celebritirs their secrets on how to stay young and beautiful. You may say that the answers would be easy predictable – it might be ravishing beauty, hour-glass figure, glamour, red-hot style, charisma and intelligence. But beside that there is a lot of difference between perception and reality. Many contestants do have this combination, and they make it to the top but then sadly, slide from the top.

“I have never considered myself to be beautiful. I didn’t have the face to be an actress. The metamorphosis of Shilpa Shetty was slow and steady. See my first film and see me today. There’s a vast difference. I have changed so much. Physically, mentally…” – Shilpa Shetty

Let’s have a look at some of those beauty queens, who are on the top.

Kate Bosworth has had her makeup done by Sharon Gault, who prefers blotting papers to powder for oily T-zones, because they absorb oil without changing the appearance of the makeup. If you run out of blotting papers, take a facial tissue and peel the two sections of tissue apart, and use one of these.

Aishwarya Rai
The green-eyed beauty won the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17 and then, there was no looking back. She started getting prestigious modelling assignments like the Pepsi ad, which shot her into instant fame. She participated in the Miss India Femina contest 1994 and became the First runner up which paved her way for winning the Miss World crown. Aishwarya Rai’s career took off as soon as she became 1994 Miss World. She was flooded with acting offers and she made her debut into films with Mani Rathnam’s ‘Iruvar’. Since then, she has made her mark in Bollywood, and has done some critically acclaimed movies like ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Chokher Bali’, ‘Sarkar Raj’. She has acted in Hollywood films as well.

Lindsay Lohan
Singer and actress Lindsay Lohan began her career with Ford Models at the young age of three, but found little work as a fashion model. She persisted and eventually appeared in more than 100 print-ads for companies like Toys “R” Us. She also modelled for Calvin Klein Kids (usually with siblings Michael and Ali) and Abercrombie Kids. Lindsay is a big fan and a celebrity spokesperson for Proactiv Solution. She uses the product to keep acne in control, just like so many other celebrities.

Vanessa Williams
This beautiful pop-singer and actress was the first African-American woman ever to win the Miss America Pageant. She won both the swimsuit and talent competitions at the national contest. But she had to resign when Penthouse magazine published sexually-explicit photos, she had posed for earlier. But the lady did not give up, she rebounded and achieved fame as a recording artist (The Right Stuff), film star (Under The Gun, Eraser), and Broadway star (Kiss of the Spider Woman).

Halle Berry
Beautiful Halle Berry, started off by winning pageant titles like Miss Teen All American, Miss Ohio-USA, and first runner-up to Miss USA. She went on to win the coveted role of Queen in the Alex Hailey mini-series,Queen, on the TV series Knots Landing and Living Dolls, and starred in the movies Jungle Fever and The Flintstones. The gorgeous woman made history as the first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Sharon Stone
One of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, screen goddess Sharon Stone began her success story by winning small-town beauty competitions like Saegertown`s Spring Festival Queen and 1976 Miss Crawford County. She was advised by judges to try modelling. Eventually, she contracted with the Eileen Ford Agency and her career was launched. Sharon Stone later switched to acting, starring in super hits like Basic Instinct, Sliver, and Intersection.

Sushmita Sen
In 1994 at the age of eighteen, the girl-next-door Sushmita won the title of Miss India (beating out Aishwarya Rai). Later that year, the leggy beauty became the first Indian Miss Universe in the Miss Universe Pageant held in the Philippines and one of the youngest women to ever win the title. The little girl blossomed into a diva, and was flooded with offers from films. She has done some memorable films like ‘Biwi No 1’ and ‘Main Hoon Na’. She has adopted a child named Renee and is popular in Bollywood for her inimitable style, looks and unmatched attitude.

Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta, displayed stunning grit and determination to win the Miss Universe title in 2000. At the age of 16, she had left her home in Bangalore to go to Mumbai and realize her dreams. Before Miss Universe, she was a successful print and ramp model. Lara has now embarked on another path, ie, the road to stardom in Bollywood. Her debut film was ‘Andaaz’ and she is considered to be a promising actress in filmdom.

French supermodel Laetitia Casta told Elle Magazine about her beauty secrets. “The products I use are not necessarily the same brand”, Laetitia said. “They happen to suit my hair, or my face, and they are generally very ordinary. To remove makeup, I use a baby bath lotion, which I buy at the pharmacy. I apply it to my face with a very pure, soft cotton wool, the usual cotton pads for removing makeup literally scratch my face! My skin tends to get dry, so I apply a very light cream, by Avene. For my lips, which are also often dry, I use a cream which contains vitamin A. Also, I always carry a spray bottle of Evian spring water.”

Mariah Carey is one of many celebrities who love AmazingConcealer by AmazingCosmetics. What’s so great about this concealer? It is very concentrated so a tube lasts a long time and it does a fabulous job of covering under eye circles, blemishes, scars and even rosacea!

The competition for the fourth edition of Miss Universe that was held on 22 July 1955, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA won Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin.

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She was the Swedish national decathlon champion before being crowned Miss Sweden and later Miss Universe. Her athleticism was made apparent during the press conference following her Miss Universe victory when she did a handstand! Following her term as Miss Universe she headed to Hollywood to begin a movie career.

Filmography
Istanbul (1957) – Air hostess
“The Adventures of Hiram Holliday” (1 episode, 1957)- aka Hiram Holliday
Sturmzig Cunieform (1957) TV episode

Shortly after arriving in Hollywood she met and married G. David Schine, a Hollywood producer and hotel owner, with whom she had five children. Schine would spend the majority of his life in the private sector as a businessman and entrepreneur, working in the hotel, film, music, and high technology industries. Schine was Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning film The French Connection [14] in 1971, with eight nominations, taking Oscars for picture, director, actor, editing, and writing. Shortly afterwards, Schine was involved with chart topping music that achieved Billboard gold and platinum and Cash Box #1, by The DeFranco Family [15]. Schine’s company Schine Music would also provide songs to Lou Rawls and Bobby Sherman, among others. A musician himself, Schine had music he had written published and at one point guest conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra for Arthur Fiedler. Schine’s post production video house in Hollywood, Studio Television Services, handled clients such as HBO, Disney, Orion, and MGM/UA. His publicly traded research and development company High Resolution Sciences for years endeavored to bring high definition to computing and broadcast television.

Hillevi Rombin and her husband, G. David Schine, who known also as a catalytic figure in the fierce drama that brought to a climax the chapter in American history known as the McCarthy era, were killed in a plane crash in 1996 when a single-engine plane piloted by his son Berndt crashed shortly after takeoff from Burbank, Calif.

All information I could find about this beautiful woman is several articles about her in Wikipedia. So, the second Miss Universe pageant, that was held on July 17, 1953 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, became Miss France, 18-year-old Christiane Martel. She successfully won the competition, and was crowned by actress Julie Adams.

The second Miss Universe were born in Paris, France in 1932. Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a successful career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva el Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961′s Leoni al Sole. Martel was married briefly to Ronnie Marengo, a department store heir, whom she divorced in 1955.

She later married Miguel Alemán Velasco, who would become Governor of Veracruz and is the son of Miguel Alemán Valdés, former president of Mexico. She presently resides in Mexico in the state of Veracruz. They have three daughters and one son. Their son, Miguel Alemán Magnani is a stakeholder of Televisa and the owner of low-cost airline, Interjet. She made her last television appearance at the Miss Universe pageants in 1993 and 2007 that were held in Mexico.