So, a couple of months ago (actually almost a year ago), I blogged my strong opinions on how ugly I thought the new design of the Miss Universe crown was in comparison to the one originally designed by Mikimoto.
For a refresher of the blog, here is the link for your convenience: http://stefanysingh.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/the-new-and-ugly-miss-universe-crown/
It would seem that the Miss Universe Organization must think so too because Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 started out with this crown:
Wait, let’s get a little closer view – as this is the official photo that was on their site and taken by the famous Fadil Berisha:
However, the new company that is designing this year’s crown – Nexus Lexus Diamond Lab – shows their website home shot of Diana wearing this crown (You can click on the photo if you want to see the actual website to see the image more clearly):
And then we see numerous photos of Dayana at many events as of late with the original Miss Univsere crown as sported by the last winner, such as the Miss Bolivia Universe event which was held in May(2 months ago):
And then again we see her wearing the old crown at the Miss Universe Dominican Republic pageant which was also in May (2 months ag0):
Thank goodness! No wonder they are letting the public choose the new design! (I honestly think they had to have gotten hate mail about that crown, becuase truly it was the farthest thing from being aesthetically pleasing). God help the designer of it – his business just crashed at burned. Lesson to be learned: don’t hire that guy to design your crowns!
Eeek – the truth is rough.
