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LAS VEGAS (AP)





-- A 22-year-old Mexico woman has won the Miss Universe pageant after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience that it's important to teach kids family values.

Jimena Navarrete was first to answer an interview question Monday night and the last of 83 contestants standing in the headline-grabbing pageant on the Las Vegas Strip.

Navarrete's one-strap gown flowed behind her as she held it out like a cape.

Earlier she smiled in a violet bikini as she confidently strutted across the stage.

Navarrete was asked whether kids should use the Internet unsupervised and said the Internet is an indispensable tool of our time.

First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was

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