QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA IS Top 20 at MISS UNIVERSE

Dina Fekadu, Miss Universe Ethiopia® 2006 and The founder and President of Beauties of Africa Inc: Mr Andy Abulime have once again Stunned the world, by clinching a top 20 spot at this years Miss Universe® pageant and can now proudly boast the title of “top 20 at Miss Universe 2006”. At the shrine Auditorium in Hollywood Los Angeles on Sunday 23rd July, Dina who was representing Ethiopia for the 3rd successive year at the Miss Universe® pageant was finally honoured as one of the 20 most beautiful delegates at this year's Miss Universe® pageant, and the only African delegate to be chose as a semi finalist. This was Dina's fist trip to the United States and she comes back with the full and unequivocal endorsement of the Miss Universe® organisation as one of the to 20 most beautiful girls in the Universe, this was in spite of the tough time she and her manager were given this year in their goal to promote Ethiopian beauty.

Miss Universe® is the most glamorous pageant in the Universe and is the crown jewel in the many pageant franchises owned by Beauties of Africa Inc.Miss Universe 2006 was shown live to over 170 countries and almost 1.6 billion people. Dina’s win finally puts Ethiopia on the beauty pageant map after Ferehiyewot Abebe: Miss Universe Ethiopia 2004, and Atetegeb Tesfaye: Miss Universe Ethiopia 2005’s participation and is an official endorsement of Ethiopian beauty. Dina will now spend an extra week in Los Angeles, and returns to Addis this weekend.

You can see the video clips of the show here http://www.missuniverse.com/delegates/2006/files/ET-closeup.html All photos and contents are © 2006 Miss Universe LLp / The Ethiopian Life Foundation. No one is allowed to copy or reproduce any these photos or images without first obtaining written permission from the Ethiopian life foundation, If you do we will pursue the strongest legal action against violators. Copy right violators beware