
As the Miss Universe, she received the diamond and pearl studded crown, which is valued at US$250,000, from last year's winner Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico.
Since 1959, when Akiko Kojima won the prestigious pageant, Miss Mori is only the second Japanese woman to have won the contest.
The first runner-up was Natalia Guimaraes, 22, from Brazil, and the second runner-up was Ly Jonaitis, 21, from Venezuela. South Korean's Honey Lee, 24, was the third runner-up of Miss Universe 2007.
































The judges must have been blind. I still think Miss USA was the hottest among all other contestant.