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Jimena Navarrete Rosete born on February 22, 1988, is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder and Miss Universe 2010. Jimena Navarrete was previously crowned Nuestra Belleza Jalisco in Guadalajara, Jalisco on July 16, 2009 and Nuestra Belleza México on September 20, 2009, in Mérida, Yucatán.

Born and raised in Guadalajara, Navarrete studied nutrition prior to her participation in beauty pageants. After winning her state pageant, she won the title Nuestra Belleza México 2009, competing against thirty three other contestants. Jimena Navarrete is the second consecutive winner from Jalisco, following Karla Carrillo, the outgoing titleholder.

On August 23, 2010, Navarrete was named Miss Universe 2010, making her the second Mexican delegate to win the title, after Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, both were crowned in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gmail Google Voice. Google Voice Call. Google testing voice calling in Gmail. Google could be ready to turn Gmail into a communications hub by adding the ability to make phone calls from the Google Chat interface.

Google has been edging in this direction for some time. Google Talk was released years ago as a VoIP desktop client and it has also spent a lot of time and money evangelizing Google Voice, a service that transcribes voice mails and allows users to have one phone number that rings multiple phones. But a Web based VOIP client, which is what the new service appears to be, is another matter entirely. This is the likely culmination of Google’s work to integrate Gizmo5′s similar product, which it acquired late last year, into its arsenal. Hints that such a service was coming first surfaced in June on the Google Operating System blog, which is not affiliated with Google.

It’s not clear if Google Voice will be changing, or whether this new service is a completely separate offering. The user interfaces appear the same, for example, the same icons are used to label missed calls or placed calls but Google Voice is not a VoIP service. Users of the new chat or phone call service aren’t required to have a Google Voice account and calls placed to U.S. or Canadian numbers will be free, with discounts on international calls as compared to standard rates.

Skype is the obvious target of such an application, but there are lots of companies that make both desktop based and Web based VoIP clients.

“Google is always testing new features and products, but we have nothing specific to announce right now” a Google representative said.