China and Albania are sending their first representatives to the Miss Universe Pageant in many a decade. Big deal....

Apparently politics are really big in these pageants...Lebanon and Israel cannot be paired together (both countries have one Miss Universe title to their credit) and Miss Egypt was scared to leave her country. China made Taiwan change their name to Chinese Taipei. Big deal -- Taiwan never showed up. Turkey and Greece aren't to be paired together either given their mutual desire to occupy Cyprus.

Sigh....just give someone the crown already!