Miss Universe 2006 contestants (L-R) Ninni Laaksonen, Miss Finland 2006; Josephine Alhanko, Miss Sweden 2006; and Betina Faurbye, Miss Denmark 2006, pose at a hotel in Los Angeles, California, July 8, 2006. The Miss Universe pageant will be telecast to a worldwide audience from Los Angeles July 23. [Reuters]

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