AFP: Miss USA endorses Obama

Crystle Stewart said she was torn between McCain and Obama

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NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AFP) — Miss USA has no idea whether she'll take
the crown at the Miss Universe contest on Monday, but she's already
decided who's got her vote in the White House race -- Barack Obama.

One
of 80 hopefuls in the global beauty pageant to be held in Vietnam,
26-year-old Crystle Stewart said while she admired both candidates, she
was more drawn to the Democratic hopeful.

"I like Barack Obama --
just his poise and the way he motivates people -- and that's something
that draws me," said the Texan beauty, who works as a motivational
speaker and is writing a book called "Waiting to Win."

Asked if she would vote for Obama, she said: "That's a secret, but yes!"

"John
McCain is an American hero," she said of the Republican Party hopeful,
a senator from Arizona and former naval pilot who spent five-and-a-half
years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

"I'm actually kind of torn
because I think he's a great person, he's older and he might be a
little bit wiser," she told AFP on the eve of the Miss Universe
contest, to be broadcast Sunday evening US time.

"But Obama's on the higher end of the list," she added.

AFP: Miss USA endorses Obama

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