Miss
USA, Olivia Culpo, waves to the crowd after being crowned as Miss
Universe during the Miss Universe competition, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012,
in Las Vegas. (AP/Julie Jacobson).
A
20-year-old beauty queen from Rhode Island was crowned the new Miss
Universe on Wednesday, beating out 88 other women during a televised
competition at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip
