Sunday, July 16, 2006

Pageant Contestants Make a Grand Entrance

Downtown Welcomes 86 Contenders for Miss Universe Crown

By Andrew Moyle

The contestants were stunning, the setting was charming and the guests were all dressed to the nines.

The competitors in the Miss Universe pageant are staying at Downtown's Wilshire Grand Los Angeles. About 350 people showed up at a reception for them last Tuesday. Photo by Gary Leonard.
Surprisingly enough, it made for a slightly unruly combination.

Having relished every swish and sway of the entrance of the 86 contestants set to compete for the Miss Universe 2006 crown, the roughly 350 guests at the Tuesday, July 11 reception in the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles' Golden State Ballroom were in no mood for speeches.

"This reminds me of a Council meeting, and that isn't good," Ninth District City Councilwoman Jan Perry said during a concerted attempt to deliver a pro-Downtown message, her words marginally sustaining the attention of the assemblage.
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