Actress pleads for no more world peace pledges at Miss Universe pageant

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY - Nadine Velazquez doesn't want to hear about world peace.

At least not at the Miss Universe contest July 13 in Vietnam, where she will be judging. "That thing about 'I want to change the world, to help combat poverty,"' Velazquez says in a sarcastic voice and laughs, "I don't want to hear that, because they're not going to do it."

The "My Name Is Earl" actress says she wants to see passion.

"I think the girls have to have a true passion, something to fight for, some desire to help people in a realistic way," says Velazquez, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who spoke in a mix of Spanish and English in a telephone interview from Los Angeles.

© The Canadian Press, 2008