Early frontrunners for Miss Universe 2012 title

89 of the world’s most gorgeous women – Singapore’s Lynn Tan included -- are right now busy attending photo shoots, etiquette courses and sponsors’ obligations ahead of the big night.

But already some early frontrunners have emerged from the competition.

Missology, a community forum that analyses beauty pageants, have called out South Africa’s Melinda Bam, Venezuela’s Irene Esser, Ecuador’s Carolina Aguirre, Philippines’s Janine Tugunon and Malaysia’s Kimberly Leggett among the frontrunners.

Miss Universe Ecuador 2012, Carolina Andrea Aguirre Pérez

Miss Universe Poland 2012, Marcelina Zawadzka

Miss Universe Venezuela 2012, Irene Sofiá Esser Quintero

Miss Universe Australia 2012, Renae Ayris

Miss Universe Colombia 2012, Daniella Álvarez Vasquez

Miss Universe South Africa 2012, Melinda Bam

Miss Universe Philippines 2012, Janine Tugonon

Miss Universe Croatia 2012, Elizabeta Burg

Miss Universe Malaysia 2012, Kimberley Leggett

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, Bodine Koehler

Via yahoo.com

Enormous Daddy Long-Legs Overtake the Seattle Center Armory

Seattle artist and science illustrator Marlin Peterson was recently commissioned by the Washington State Artist Trust to paint a mural somewhere in the city. After searching unsuccessfully for a suitably large wall, Peterson got the idea to look for a large roof, and where would a painting on a roof be more visiable than right underneath the Seattle Space Needle. An agreement was reached with the Seattle Center Armory (formerly the Center House) and he quickly began work on two daddy long-leg spiders using a technique called trompe l’oeil that creates the illusion when seen from above that giganto arachnids are actually overtaking the building.

VIA thisiscolossal.com