Matagi Mag Beauty Pageants: March 2012

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Miss Universe Japan 2012 - Finals 1 April

Karen Jordan - Miss International Panama 2012

Name: Karen Elena Jordan Beitia

Ana Lorena Ibañez - Miss Earth Panama 2012

Maricely Gonzalez - Miss World Panama 2012

Stephanie Vander Werf - Miss Universe Panama 2012

Name: Stephanie Vander Werf

Born: October 26, 1986 in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

Titles:
1. Miss Panamá 2012
- Winner
- Miss Eloquence
2. Miss Universe 2012 -

Bear Saves Hiker From Cougar In Butte County

A 69-year-old local man says he has been hiking for decades. But on one recent outing along the Feather River in Butte County, a mountain lion pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. He survived the incident, he says, all thanks to a very unlikely hero.

Lembu berkaki enam hidup normal

ANAK lembu berkaki enam, Lilli di Weissenburg, Switzerland kelmarin.

GENEVA - Seekor anak lembu betina berkaki enam menyangkal ramalan doktor haiwan bahawa ia tidak akan dapat hidup lama.

Lilli yang kini berusia tujuh minggu menjadi selebriti di Switzerland selepas media tempatan menyiarkan gambar ia bermain-main di padang
Petani, Andreas Knutti dari Weissenburg yang terletak 30 kilometer ke selatan ibu kota Switzerland, Bern memberitahu, dia tidak sampai hati untuk menghapuskan anak lembu peliharaannya kerana ia bersemangat untuk hidup.

Dia memberitahu akhbar tempatan, Blick kelmarin bahawa kecacatan tulang belakang menyebabkan Lilly tidak dapat mengeluarkan susu seperti lembu susu lain.
Namun, kata Knutti, jika anak lembu itu kekal sihat, ia akan dibenarkan menyertai lembu-lembu lain di padang ragut pergunungan Alpine pada musim panas ini. - AGENSI

Friday, 30 March 2012

Australian couple has $1 million hospital bill after baby born in B.C.

SYDNEY - Australia's foreign affairs minister is looking into the case of a Sydney couple stuck with a million dollar hospital bill after their daughter was born in Vancouver last August.

John Kan and Rachel Evans had taken out travel insurance and extra coverage for Evans' pregnancy without realizing the policy would not cover the birth or the baby.

They were about to return to Australia after their B.C. vacation when Evans went into premature labour at the airport.

Piper Kan stayed in the neo-natal ward of the B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre for three months and the bill ended up being about $1 million.

Australian media reports the couple negotiated a payment plan with the hospital at about $300 a month, which would take 278 years to pay off.

Evans tells the Herald Sun newspaper they don't begrudge the bill because they have a healthy daughter.

"Financially, it’s not so good but you can't put a price on it," she told the newspaper.

It's unclear what support Australia’s foreign ministry could offer, but the Herald says the country's Dept. of Health and Ageing will reportedly investigate whether it could pay the bill.

Evans said she is grateful for any help the government might be able to provide.

"We don't feel our mistake was someone else's responsibility but obviously it is quite a large amount so any assistance we can get would be helpful.”

Australian residents can get treatments deemed medically necessary under reciprocal agreements with 11 countries, but Canada is not one of those countries.

Ikan flowerhorn jadi tumpuan pengunjung

BENTUK bonggol yang terdapat pada ikan itu.

BANGKOK - Seekor ikan flowerhorn yang mempunyai bonggol berwarna merah pada kepala menjadi tumpuan para pengunjung pada satu festival ikan di sini semalam.

Diadakan pada setiap tahun di Thailand, festival yang dikenali sebagai Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala itu mempamerkan pelbagai jenis ikan eksotik dan mahal seperti flowerhorn dan arowana.

Pada tahun ini, pameran yang diadakan di sebuah pusat beli-belah itu akan berakhir pada 1 April depan. - Agensi

Rihanna enggan jawab hubungan dengan Kutcher

RIHANNA menyertai sesi fotografi di sebuah hotel di London kelmarin.

LONDON - Penyanyi popular, Rihanna enggan menjawab soalan tentang hubungannya dengan aktor Hollywood, Ashton Kutcher.

Dia enggan menjawab soalan itu semasa ditanya wartawan pada sidang akhbar filem pertama lakonannya, Battleship kelmarin.

Sebelum ini, terdapat laporan penyanyi itu pernah berkunjung ke rumah Kutcher di Los Angeles sehingga awal pagi.

Apabila ditanya sama ada Kutcher akan hadir bersamanya untuk sesi promosi di sini, Rihanna menyifatkan soalan tersebut sebagai mengecewakan.

"Saya gembira dengan hidup saya dan saya kini solo, jika itu yang anda mahu tahu," kata Rihanna.

Filem Battleship turut menampilkan Taylor Kitsch dan Liam Neeson.

Rihanna melakonkan watak pakar senjata, Cora Raikes dalam filem itu.

Filem Battleship akan ditayangkan di Britain pada 11 April depan manakala di Amerika Syarikat pada 18 Mei depan. - Agensi