Monde Avenir Actualité - Miss United States, Merica Lane Lindell, during the Miss World Fashion Show and Top Model competition in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, ahead of the final beauty pageant to be held Saturday

Miss United States, Merica Lane Lindell, during the Miss World Fashion Show and Top Model competition in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, ahead of the final beauty pageant to be held Saturday Dec. 13, in Johannesburg. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)