Love in the fast lane: Lewis revs up romance with Pussycat Doll

British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton’s burgeoning romance with Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger is continuing at lightning speed as the couple stepped out together at a racing event yesterday.

Despite a brief return to her native America to celebrate her 30th birthday in Las Vegas two weeks ago, Scherzinger rushed back to Europe to be with Hamilton following his Grand Prix win at Silverstone.

The pop star joined Hamilton, 23, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, where the racing ace showed off his driving skills on the hill climb circuit.

Fast lady: Lewis Hamilton poses with his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

The couple were joined at the event by Billy Connolly, Chris Evans, Bryan Ferry and his girlfriend Katie Turner.

Despite being first linked last November after they were spotted getting cosy at the MTV Music Video Awards in Munich, Germany, Hamilton went on to start dating Miss Grenada Vivian Burkhardt.

Just days after parading Burkhardt at premieres and parties at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Hamilton did an apparent U-turn and switched his attentions to the Pussycat Dolls frontwoman, who joined the driver at the Monaco Grand Prix.

A devastated Burkhardt, who flew back to Grenada following her trip to Cannes, told the News Of The World: ‘After we were pictured arm in arm at Cannes, suddenly the whole world knew me as Lewis’s girlfriend.

‘But days after Lewis got into bed with me, he was pictured cosying up to Nicole in Monaco. I was very disappointed. I thought he could have shown me a little more respect.

Tender moment: Nicole reaches out for her racing beau

‘It looked like he was playing me. And I felt the world was laughing at me. He called me soon after and has been in touch almost every day since but I don’t even want to talk to him about it.’

In May, Scherzinger was reported to have told friends they had been dating ‘on and off for three months’.

Last month, they arrived together at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday bash in London’s Hyde Park, where they mingled with A-list stars including Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Uma Thurman and Sir Elton John.

Things are going so well with Scherzinger, Hamilton has already introduced her to his father Anthony, stepmother Linda and half-brother Nicholas.

Only eyes for each other: The couple look besotted with each other

Humiliation for Miss USA as she stumbles over gown and hits the deck at Miss Universe pageant

No one said the route to being crowned the most beautiful girl in the Universe would be easy.

And beauty queen Crystle Stewart was no doubt hoping to make an entrance as she strutted her stuff at the final of the Miss Universe event.

But maybe not quite the one she did make, as the 5ft 10in beauty tripped on the train of her dazzling evening gown during the competition and ended up in a heap on the floor.

Hit the deck: Miss USA Crystle Stewart came a cropper as she stumbled during the Miss Universe pageant

The reigning Miss USA took a tumble in front of a worldwide audience of 1billion people and shattered her hopes of winning Miss Universe 2008.

And it was the second year in a row that a Miss USA has fallen over at the contest.

During the 2007 Miss Universe competition in Mexico City, Miss USA Rachel Smith also tumbled during the evening gown section and became an unintended star on YouTube, where the video was shown over and over again.

Stunning Crystle ended up in an ungainly heap after slipping as she emerged on stage for the evening gown section of the contest in Vietnam.

All smiles: Crystle recovered her composure but the fall cost her the title

The stunned beauty queen briefly sat on the floor before regaining her composure and getting up to applause from the audience.

She calmly paraded around the stage with a forced smile as she tried her best to mask her heartbreak.

Crystle, 26, from Texas, had made it through to the final 10 but did not reach the last five following her costly stumble.

Before the show Stewart, 26, a motivational speaker and former track and field star said she felt very confident going into the show and couldn’t imagine experiencing the same calamity as her predecessor.

Talkshow host Jerry Springer and English pop singer Mel B hosted the 57th Miss Universe pageant

“All I can offer to the world and to America is to do my best. Nerves don’t play a part in this.”

The contest was hosted by Spice Girl Mel B and US talkshow host Jerry Springer.

Mel quipped: “You see, this show really is live.”

Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza was crowned Miss Universe in front of a TV audience estimated by organisers at one billion.

The new Miss Universe 22-year-old Dayana Mendoza received the crown from Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007

Out of this world: Dayana reveals the stunning physique which helped her in her quest to become Miss Universe

The finalists pose on stage in swimsuits at the final of the 57th Miss Universe contest held last night in Vietnam

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Red card for Ronaldo’s girl: Manchester United star sends model lover packing

Cristiano Ronaldo may be in the market for a new job but it appears he could also be looking for a new girlfriend.

As speculation intensifies that the Portugal international may leave Manchester United, reports today suggested he has already quit his relationship.

The 23-year-old striker allegedly dumped his model girlfriend of five months, Nereida Gallardo, just before an operation on his injured right ankle last week.

The news is a shock after the pair spent two weeks all over each other on holiday in Sardinia.

But Portuguese tabloid 24 Horas said the reason for the split was “a secret of the gods”.

But it hinted that Ronaldo, who is being linked to a multimillion-pound move to Real Madrid, was tired of lurid headlines about Majorca-born Gallardo and her past.

Recent tabloid revelations that she had a fling with Spain defender Sergio Ramos – who could become Ronaldo’s team-mate should his move to Real Madrid get the green light – will not have helped.

It also claimed she did not get on with Ronaldo’s mother Dolores, who believed the model was after her son’s money.

Gallardo had planned to spend the weekend in Portugal with Ronaldo but cancelled her flight after injuring her foot in a fall.

But she was well enough to go to Ibiza this weekend with a friend after booking a last-minute trip.

She flew to the island on Saturday and attended a private party until the early hours of yesterday.

She was thought to be at the Majorca home of mother Ana and stepfather Francisco Jose on the outskirts of the capital Palma.

Ronaldo was said to be resting at his home in Sintra, north of Lisbon.

Last month, the couple put on many public displays of affection for the paparazzi as they holidayed on a £10million yacht moored off Sardinia.

Reports of the split follow FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s claim that Man Utd’s refusal to sell the £80million striker to Real Madrid was akin to “modern slavery”.

Angelina’s Recovery: ‘Everything Is Okay’

How is Angelina Jolie feeling two days after the birth of her twins? There was heightened speculation about her health Monday morning after she received a lengthy visit from her obstetrician, Dr. Michel Sussmann.

Sussmann – who delivered Jolie’s son Knox Saturday night at 6:27 p.m., followed by daughter Vivienne one minute later – left his car double parked outside the hospital for more than an hour during the early morning visit.

The obstetrician arrived at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France, around 8:50 a.m. in his black Mercedes coupe. Parked partially across a pedestrian crossing, he left the hazard lights flashing as he went inside for more than an hour.

His previous check-up visits have usually lasted around 20 minutes and the doctor normally leaves his car in the underground garage, not double-parked on the road outside.

Later, as Sussmann emerged from the hospital, he tried to allay any fears about Jolie, 33, and her newborns. “They are all very well, very well,” he told people exclusively. “Everything is okay.”