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"Long before *America's Next Top Model* or *The Bachelor*, you'd have to wait all year to watch [__pretty women__](http://www.allure.com/beauty) compete for a title (albeit smiling through gritted teeth). Yes, my reality show fiends, I'm referring to the __*Miss Universe*__ pageant, which airs this Sunday, July 13, live from Nha Trang, Vietnam.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n If you're wondering if you'll know anyone at this international, overwhelmingly sequined shindig\u2014besides Miss USA, of course\u2014relax, you're in good company. Good old Donald Trump is one of the show's executive producers, which makes sense, considering he tends to surround himself with tall, [__exotic beauties__](http://www.allure.com/beauty) from around the globe. His son, Donald Trump, Jr. will be one of the judges.\\n\\n\\n\\n Celeb colorist Louis Licari will also be a judge (checking for visible roots, I presume) as well as Roberto Cavalli, a man whose name is shorthand for OTT [__glamour.__](http://www.allure.com/beauty) I've met Mr. Cavalli before, and the man doesn't mince words\u2014I predict he'll give Simon Cowell a run for his money.\\n\\n\\n\\n Set your Tivos, kids. This should be *good.*\\n\\n\\n\\n Now, if I were competing (pshaw!), I'd be stashing these[__ backstage essentials __](http://www.allure.com/magazine/2008/02/subindex_video)in my dressing room. (Away from prying eyes, natch.)\\n\\n\\n\\n[Leonor Greyl Volumizing Styling Mousse Au Lotus.](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/hair/2010/leonor-greyl-mousse) This mousse gives your hair the oomph you need to compete, but it's not powerful enough to deliver that \\\"pageant hair\\\" that's totally outdated.\\n\\n\\n\\nA blue-red lipstick. It sounds old-fashioned, but a blue-red lipstick really does make your teeth look whiter. I don't have the world's whitest teeth, but when I wear a killer red like [MAC's Ruby Woo](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2010/mac-lipstick-ruby-woo) or __Russian Red,__ I'm a freaking Brite Smile ad.\\n\\n\\n\\n[Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow All Over Radiance Cream in Rose Gold.](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2010/jemma-kidd-dewy-radiance-creme-rose-gold) A few dabs of this warm, rosy cream gives your face the radiant look of someone who knows she's got this competition in the bag."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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