Edited sentence: Compared to other pageants, only four delegates from Latin America have managed to push through the Top 15; Xiomara Blandino of Nicaragua, Rosa Maria Ojeda of Mexico, with Venezuela's Ly Jonaitis  and Brazil's Natália Guimarães breaking in the Top 5.During the past decades, it has always been known that the candidates from the American region (both North, Central and South) dominate the semifinals, as seen through the performances of countries like the United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada and other Latin regions among the other continents.Especially when a pageant is held at an American continent (particularly in the United States and Latin American regions), most delegates that end up entering the finals are mostly Latinas, and Northern Americans.Every prediction made by pageant fanatics have always been similar to the actual semifinalists and eventual winner.Hovewer, in the scenario of the recently concluded Miss Universe Pageant, a boost in Asian delegates have risen to be the stunners of the contest, beating the Latin crowd, North American and European favorites, in a country held by an evolving pageant powerhouse, Mexico.Other Asian delegates who have won in the recently concluded pageant were India's Puja Gupta, China's Ningning Zhang, Farung Yuthithum of Thailand, Anna Theresa Licaros of the Philippines, and Korea's Honey Lee.The result is a controversial outcome of the Miss Universe Pageant, with new and growing powerhouse Asians are set to conquer the scene, and was eventually won by an Asian delegate, Riyo Mori of Japan.This is one major contrast to a regular Miss Universe Pageant when most winners eventually end up as obvious favorites since the beginning