Pageant News Bureau - Miss Latina U.S.

We told you recently that one of our PNB staffers had become obsessed with a "missing" photograph of Miss Latina U.S., Lydia Acuña.

The picture, he said, had an iconic quality. It was like the image of Marlene Dietrich in a top hat, or the shot of a laughing Marilyn Monroe with her dress billowing up around her.

Well, the Lydia Acuña picture has been found. And our staffer was right. This beauty queen does for the window what Ms. Monroe did for the sidewalk grate. Now we're obsessed.

It's great to see our staffer vindicated. We may even let him out of confinement.

Photo by Angela Pierce

Lydia Acuña lights a fire

Red has always been the color of obsession. (Pink is for pale obsessions.)

One of our PNB staffers has become obsessed with Miss Latina U.S., Lydia Acuña. No, not in a bad way. It's a friendly fixation, purely aesthetic. But it's driving this poor staffer batty.

"There was this photo of her on the Web," the staffer said. "She was wearing a red dress, or reddish anyway. It was the best photo of a beauty queen I've ever seen. The best ever! The color suited her perfectly."

But now the staffer can't find the picture, and that is making him crazy. Surely such a perfect photograph wasn't a dream. It's out there somewhere, but where? We turned up this photo of Ms. Acuña, wearing "reddish" clothes and looking absolutely smashing. But this is not the mystery photo.

If you know where it is, pageant fans, please tell us. And Ms. Acuña, if you are reading this, maybe you can help. What's the best photo of you ever? If it's better than this, you must be really something.

Behold the bombshell

Lydia Acuña lights a fire