Miss Universe 2010 contestants pose on a houseboat in front of the Hoover Dam at Lake Mead, Nevada August 12, 2010. The competition will take place on August 23. From L-R: Miss France 2010 Malika Menard, Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2010 LaToya Woods, Miss Slovak Republic 2010 Anna Amenova, Miss Guatemala 2010 Jessica Scheel, Miss Czech Republic 2010 Jitka Valkova, Miss Malaysia 2010 Nadine Ann Thomas, Miss Switzerland 2010 Linda Faeh, Miss Mauritius 2010 Dalysha Doorga, Miss Germany 2010 Kristiana Rohder, and Miss Bahamas 2010 Braneka Bassett.
Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez poses at Lake Mead, Nevada August 12, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will take place on August 23.
Miss Haiti 2010 Sarodj Bertin poses at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada August 12, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant will take place in Las Vegas on August 23.
Miss Peru 2010 Giuliana Zevallos poses at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada August 12, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant will take place on August 23 in Las Vegas.
Miss Thailand 2010 Fonthip Watcharatrakul poses at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada August 12, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant will take place in Las Vegas on August 23.
Miss Peru 2010 Giuliana Zevallos (L) and Miss Paraguay 2010 Yohana Benitez Olmedo pose for photos in their swimwear outside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada August 10, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition takes place on August 23. Picture taken August 10, 2010.
Lark-Marie Anton (R), vice president of marketing and public relations for the Miss Universe Organization, helps Stefania Fernandez, Miss Universe 2009, during a swimsuit poster shoot at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada August 12, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant takes place on August 23.
Tirelo Ramasedi, Miss Botswana 2010; Debora Lyra, Miss Brazil 2010, and Josefina Nunez, Miss British Virgin Islands 2010, get ready for the official Miss Universe Dar Be Dar Swimwear photo outside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada August 10, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition takes place on August 23. Picture taken August 10, 2010.
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