Bookmaker's Miss Universe Bet is Venezuela, Philippines is 36th

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The long-legged ranks of hopefuls were last week thinned out to 15 semi-finalists, although the shortlist has been kept a tightly-guarded secret, even from the contestants. Ay, I thought this is my journalist friend Diana Mendoza, who is now back in Manila after doing the rounds in Patpong for 3 years