Our very own Ma. Venus Raj is among the early favorites in Miss Universe 2010.

Pageant website Globalbeauties.com has released their very first leaderboard for Miss Universe 2010. They ranked the Top 25 from more than 80 candidates this year based from the points given by a group of international pageant enthusiasts.

Their Top 5, which they call “The Fab Five” include Miss Russia, Miss Mexico, Miss Colombia, Miss USA and of course, Miss Philippines:

Another pageant website, Missosology.org, has Miss Philippines at no. 1 in their list followed by Miss USA (#2), Miss Venezuela (#3), Miss Russia (#4) and Miss Ireland (#5):

The official Miss Universe website, on the other hand, is having a survey via an online popularity poll where the global community can give ratings on their favorite contestants, 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest score.

This early, Ma. Venus Raj is at no. 1 and the only candidate who got a 3+ rating. Among the 83 Miss Universe candidates, she now has a rating of 3.58 followed by Miss Brazil Debora Lyra, 2.83; Miss Colombia Natalia Navarro, 2.77; Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson, 2.77; and Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete with 2.76.