Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha

Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha, three of the final five contestants, smile onstage at the Miss Universe 2009 annual pageant at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009. Fernandez was crowned Miss Universe 2009.

Stefanía Fernández: Miss Universe 2009

Venezuelan Teenager Crowned Miss Universe

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Stefania Fernandez, Miss Venezuela 2009, during the Miss Universe 2009 annual pageant at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009. Fernandez was crowned Miss Universe 2009. Venezuela has won the Miss Universe contest for the second year running after 18-year Stefania Fernandez clinched the crown.

Finalists Miss Universe 2009

Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimee de la Cruz and Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez hold hands as they wait to find out which of them is named Miss Universe 2009 during the annual pageant held at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009. Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez was crowned Miss Uinverse 2009

Finalists Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee de la Cruz, Miss Australia Rachael Finch, Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos Perez, Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez and Miss Kosovo Gona Dragusha wait for the winner to be announced at the Miss Universe 2009 annual pageant at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009. Fernandez was crowned Miss Universe 2009.