I've just received this from one of my frens... ENJOY!
WHY SINGAPOREAN Girls CAN'T WIN MISS UNIVERSE TITLE> One of the main reasons why in recent years the
> Singapore
> Government has always ensured that their Miss
> Universe representative were
> of tertiary level education or higher was because of
> the following incident
> which occurred not too many years ago.
>
> It is the final round of the Miss Universe Pageant
> and
> the 3 finalists, Miss USA, Miss Malaysia and Miss
> Singapore are being asked
> 3 simple questions:
>
> MC: The first question is name me an electrical
> appliance
> starting with "L"
> Miss USA: Lamp
> Miss Malaysia: Light bulb
> Miss Singapore: LADIO
> Judge: No, no, Radio does not start with the letter
> "L"
>
> MC: I am going to give you 3 more chances; Now, name
> me an animal starting
> with the letter "L"
> Miss USA: Lion
> Miss Malaysia: Leopard
> Miss Singapore: LABBIT
> Judge: No, no, no!
>
> MC: Your next chance. The name of a famous car that
> starts with "L"
> Miss USA: Lexus
> Miss Malaysia: Lamborghini
> Miss Singapore: Lolls-Loyce
> Judge: Oh my God!
>
> MC: I am going to give you one last chance! Name me
> a fruit starting with
> the letter "L"
> Miss USA: Lemon
> Miss Malaysia: Lychee
> Miss Singapore, with full of confidence, smiles and
> says: LIEWLIAN!!
>
> This is not the end of the story, the Judge
> consulted the
> board of judges to determine if Miss Singapore
> should really be
> disqualified ; and they decided that since Miss
> Singapore was having so
> many problems with the letter "L", they decided to
> give her another chance.
>
> Judge: OK, the final question is : Name me a human
> anatomy starting with
> the letter "L"
> Miss USA: Lung (applause)
> Miss Malaysia: Liver (even more applause)
> Miss Singapore: LAN CIAU
> The Judges fainted..!!!
