DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Adobo Chronicles continues to provide our readers with updates from Doral, Florida where the 63rd Miss Universe Pageant is currently being held.

Last night, the 88 contestans wowed the judges and audience during the preliminary evening gown and swimsuit competitions which will determine the top candidates, and ultimately the New Miss Universe come pageant finals on January 25.

We have assembled our own panel of judges to pick the top ten, and the top five based on last night’s preliminaries.  Here they are, in no particular order (names with asterisk are our choices for the top five finalists):

Colombia *

India

Mexico*

Spain*

Brazil

U.S.A. *

Puerto Rico

Venezuela*

Jamaica

Argentina