Miss USA Crystle Stewart on fall "I already fell there’s nothing I could do about it"

It is getting to be a tradition each year, the Miss USA contestant in the Miss Universe pageant has tripped and fallen down to become the second consecutive Miss USA to fall down on live television during the evening gown competition.

Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart slipped during the evening-gown competition at the 57th annual Miss Universe beauty pageant at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on Sunday.


Stewart, a 26-year-old Texan, handled the tumble with a smart way she appeared to catch her shoes on her gown and took a tumble: She put on a radiant smile as she picked herself up and clapped her hands over her head, as if to say, “I meant to do that.”

Stewart succeeds Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, who suffered a similar embarrassing tumble at last year’s Miss Universe competition live from Mexico City … though it did lead to be famous on YouTube.

The reigning Miss USA told TODAY “When I was walking out, the last thing on my mind was falling,” Stewart said. “One thing you don’t want to do in an evening gown is trip … and fall on your bottom. The thing is how you handle it. You just pick yourself up — in life in general.”