Most Admired People in the World for Americans...well a few Americans

It should come as no surprise who is #1 on the list of most admired men from a USA Today/Gallup poll published this week by Americans at this time. It is of course none other than our next president Barack Obama. What does surprise me a little are the ones that show up in the next few. Although the percentages are way down from Barack Obama who got 32% of the vote, the #2 most admired? George W. Bush with a 5% tally. John McCain came in 3rd overall.

As for the women the list is even more surprising. #1 overall is Hillary clinton pulling around 20% of the vote, but hold onto your hats, the #2 most admired woman is none other than Sarah Palin with an astounding 11% of the vote. A woman that probably couldn't tell you the difference betwen computer memory upgrade and a Beyonce DirecTV Upgrade. The #3 most admired woman by Americans is Oprah Winfrey.

Of course you know how polls are. You have to look at the sample size to get an idea how erratic these polls are. This poll only consisted of 1,008 people. Hardly something you could use to say that "most Americans" feel this way. Glad to see that 1,000 people are the voice of America.

Miss Hispanic America is Miss Arrested for Drug Trafficking

Laura Zuniga, winner of the Miss Hispanic America crown was anything but a great representative this past Christmas. Just before Christmas she was arrested at a Mexican checkpoint with a bundle of illegal goods and a few drug trafficking pals that included her alleged boyfriend. On the crew were 9 mm pistols, semi-automatic rifles and $53,000 in cash. A nice family Christmas vacation it appears.

Did I mention that she is super hot? I assume it was implied when it is known she was Miss Hispanic America, but I figured I'd throw it out there anyways.

Zuniga's crown has of course been stripped from here as she is being held for 40 days pending charges on racketeering, drug trafficking, guns and money laundering. Wonder what kind of business insurance you would have for that type of enterprise.

Although this is a major story in the Mexican papers, it is more of a continuance of the ongoing problem of Mexican drug trafficking going on right now. For more on this click here, as well as a bunch of mug shots of the beautiful, but bad, Miss Hispanic America.