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Miss Universe Says She Won't Return to BU

The winner of the 2012 Miss Universe contest, Olivia Culpo, a current BU sophomore, says she won't return to Boston University.

The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is losing one of its celebrity residents. 

Olivia Cuplo, the 20-year old BU sophomore who won the Miss Universe international beauty pangeant last week, says she won't return to Boston University, according to WCVB Channel Five news. 

"I do want to finish my education," Cuplo told Channel Five. "I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do."

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Culpo is the first American to take home the Miss Universe Crown since Brook Lee in 1997. A Rhode Island native, she decided to enter the Miss Rhode Island pageant last year to "improve her stage presence" to help her become a professional actress. 

As Miss Universe, Culpo will advocate for HIV prevention.

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