Yeah, I Wuz A Mizz Ooniverse! (No, it ain't that bad)

Other than the stray search for Mr. P of Desperation Squad, most of my recent hits are looking for information on Jennifer Hawkins (primarily because of the incident down under). Understandable, since her reign as Miss Universe has just ended:

MISS Universe Jennifer Hawkins yesterday became plain old Jennifer Hawkins again as she stepped aside to allow Miss Canada her magic moment....

For Hawkins, it signalled the end of a year of "fantasy world" as she put it, and the first of her days as a "former Miss Universe".

The whirlwind year has taken Hawkins on a wild ride, travelling more than 450,000km in total from her apartment in Trump Place to meetings with the world's presidents and diplomats....

After a short Asian holiday with her mum, Hawkins will return to Australia making Sydney her base as she continues to jet around the world as a Great Outdoors reporter for Channel Seven.


A beauty queen? In communications? Say it isn't so!

Well, the adjustment now won't be as big as the adjustment a year ago:

Australia's Jennifer Hawkins says she caught the travel bug during her year as Miss Universe.

Hawkins, who took the Miss Universe title last year, crowned Natalie Glebova of Canada Miss Universe 2005 at a Bangkok gala finale today.

"It's completely true I'd never been out of Australia, and then it was travelling, travelling," Hawkins told an audience at a rehearsal before the final competition....

In this year's Miss Universe pageant, West Australian Michelle Guy competed against 80 other contestants whose backgrounds range from models to animal vets and career diplomats....

But travelling and undertaking humanitarian work, such as during the International Aids Conference in Thailand last year, all helped [Hawkins] to keep her feet on the ground.

She told the compere at the rehearsal: "I'll go back to Australia but I'm going to continue travelling as well."


Well, Hawkins is now a footnote on the Miss Universe website, and the whole thong incident is consigned to the dustbins of history.

Almost.

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