Congratulations are in order for Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, who last night was crowned Miss Universe for 2006. Unfortunately, get well wishes are also in order after the 18-year-old Puerto Rican beauty passed out on stage immediately after the show. Apparently, squeezing into a dress that's two sizes too small and then strutting around under hot lights for four hours in six-inch heels doesn't do a body good. (But she still has that good body, thankfully.) Here's hoping for a speedy recovery so that Miss Mendoza can get back out there and start reminding the other universes that when it comes hot babes, ours is still king.

· Newly crowned Miss Universe faints (cnn.com)
· Miss Universe Pageant slide show (yahoo.com)

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Previously: Miss France 2006: Alexandra Rosenfeld, Miss Nude Internet 2006, Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005, Miss France Semi-Nude Scandal, Miss Universe's Wardrobe Malfunction

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