18-year-old, was named the winner in Saturday night's contest in southern China. The tall blonde was a relative surprise winner after speculation focused on other contestants.
Second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.
The host country's own contestant, Tang Xiao, also was among the final five.
According to a brief biography on the Miss World website, Mills calls Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown, and she recently graduated from high school. She would like to become a teacher.
"I've never met a stranger and enjoy meeting new people," she says in the bio.
For the final, she was wearing a shimmering ivory-colored dress slit up the leg.
San Francisco Giants fans at AT&T Park began singing along to the song "Lights" by Journey. Steve Perry, Journey's lead singer and Giants fan, was shown jumping around on the scoreboard and pumping up the crowd. After the song, San Francisco dominated the Texas Rangers bullpen and scored seven runs.
The scoreboard is going to tell you when to cheer. The mascot will try and entertain you. You will spend way too much money on several plastic cups of beer. Someone will get a big hit and you will hope that it will help your team win. You will go home either happy or sad, depending on the result.
Barack Obama – the first time a sitting President has appeared on The Daily Show and the first time an interview lasted the whole show – here are some notes from an audience member.
• Stewart had to re-tape the opening because the Pres. Obama interview went long.
• Stewart took questions from the audience. He said that every other possible guest was “out campaigning” and Pres. Obama was the “last resort.
• To explain the absence of the usual Daily Show correspondents, Stewart said they were busy working in a soup kitchen.
Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior from Long Grove, Ill., was transported from the LaBar practice complex to a South Bend hospital, where he died.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Declan's family and friends," coach Brian Kelly said in a release. "Declan was a diligent student worker in our video department and had a tremendous personality and great sense of humor. He brightened the days for all that had the privilege to work with him, and the Notre Dame football family will dearly miss him."
Authorities were investigating the incident. The hydraulic scissor lift, which can be lowered or raised depending on needs, stretched across a nearby street.
Winds in the area were gusting to 51 mph at the time, according to the National Weather Service, and the team practiced indoors Tuesday because of the blustery conditions.
Notre Dame was making grief counselors available for students, and university president Rev. John Jenkins will preside over a special Mass in Sullivan's memory on Thursday.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss," Jenkins said. "Our hearts go out to the student's family and friends and our prayers and profound sympathies are with them during this incredibly difficult time. The loss of someone so young is a terrible shock and a great sadness. Our entire community shares in the family's grief."
The Fighting Irish, who host Tulsa this Saturday, canceled post-practice interviews after the accident.
Led by LeBron James, the Heat did come back, and cut the lead to six points entering the fourth quarter. But the Celtics wouldn't let them get over the hump.
Paul Pierce hit two big three-pointers to widen the gap, and the Celtics held off a late Heat rally to get a 88-80 win in the first game of the Miami Thrice era. The Celtics certainly looked great, and played as good, if not better, than they did in racing to the NBA Finals last year. Pierce starred, Rajon Rondo dominated without scoring, Kevin Garnett did his thing, Shaquille O'Neal made a contribution and the bench changed the game. They deserve a lot of credit.
But the story of the game is Miami's lack of offensive flow. In fact, the only time they really got anything going was when they surrounded James with four role players -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Eddie House, James Jones and Udonis Haslem. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh both looked really bad, with Wade in particular struggling to find his way on the court. Both James and Wade committed turnovers they rarely commit, and Bosh looked small against Boston's imposing front line. They clearly have much work to do to to develop the kind of chemistry necessary to dominate the league.
The home side had Dedryck Boyata sent off after just five minutes as he brought down Marouane Chamakh and was deemed, rightly, to be the last man and was therefore red carded.
Samir Nasri scored soon after following a great one-two with Andrei Arshavin and though City broke a few times Lukasz Fabianski pulled off some smart saves to prevent Man City levelling. Cesc Fabregas had a chance to put the Emirates side two goals to the good but his spot kick was saved well by Joe Hart.
Mid way through the second half Alex Song smashed in from inside the box to give Arsene Wenger’s side an unassailable lead. As usual the Gunners were profligate in front of goal, attempting yet another pass instead of firing on goal but they were still in total control of the game and deserved all three points against a City side who were rapidly losing the midfield battle.
Brock Lesnar fights Cain Velasquez in the UFC 121 battle to decide who retains the crown. The bout will be held on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.
It is difficult to discount out Lesnar from the fight and as a UFC Heavyweight Champion he has to go into the ring as favorite. Velasquez has risen up the ranks and is an underdog, but could still spring a surprise or two. Velasquez has also had five outstanding bouts leading up to this one – winning by a score of 481 to 63 in his last five fights.
What should make prediction difficult is that Cain has never lost a bout, and it is rare to see an undisputed challenger take on a champion.
