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THE CONTESTANTS: MISS UNIVERSE 2011

SAO PAULO -- A group of 89 beauty queens squared off for the right to be called Miss Universe in a matter of minutes, as celebrity judges descended on the red carpet and lit up South America's largest city.

Contestants from six continents have spent the past three weeks in Sao Paulo, trying to learn samba dance steps, visiting impoverished children and kicking a football around for cameras as the globe's biggest beauty contest is held in Brazil for the first time.

"I know my job and I'll be tough, but fair," said pageant judge and journalist Connie Chung. "You have to keep in mind that these women are not objects just to be looked at. They're to be taken seriously. I want to choose somebody I take seriously and the world takes seriously, too."

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THE 16 SEMIFINALISTS

France, Laury Thilleman
Kosovo, Aferdita Dreshaj
Colombia, Catalina Robayo
China, Zi Lin Luo
Angola, Leila Lopes
Australia, Scherri-Lee
Puerto Rico, Viviana Ortiz
Brazil, Priscila Machado
Netherlands, Kelly Weekers
USA, Alyssa Campanella
Ukraine, Olesay Stefanko
Panama, Sheldry Saez
Costa Rica, Johanna Solano Lopez
Portugal, Laura Concalves (named after the first-ever audience vote)
Philippines, Shamcey Supsup
Venezuela, Vanessa Goncalves

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