Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008, the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 December 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3] Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in neighbouring South Ossetia, the Miss World Organization decided to move the pageant away from Eastern Europe. 109 contestants from all over the world compete for the crown, the second highest turnout in the 59 years of the pageant. Zhang Zilin of China crowned Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as the brand new Miss World.[1][2]

Miss World 2008
Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova
Date13 December 2008
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueSanndton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants109
Placements15
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerKsenia Sukhinova[1][2]
 Russia

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2008 [2]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 2008
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty

Winners were as follows:[4]

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Order of Announcements

Top 15

  1.  Russia
  2.  Mexico
  3.  Barbados
  4.  Iceland
  5.  Trinidad and Tobago
  6.  Venezuela
  7.  Ukraine
  8.  Croatia
  9.  Brazil
  10.  Angola
  11.  Kazakhstan
  12.  Puerto Rico
  13.  Spain
  14.  South Africa
  15.  India

Top 5

  1.  India
  2.  Trinidad and Tobago
  3.  Angola
  4.  Russia
  5.  South Africa

Contestants

Miss World 2008 had a total of 109 contestants.[3]

CountryContestantAgeHometownRegional
 AlbaniaEgla Harxhi18TiranaEurope
 AngolaBirgite dos Santos[5]18LuandaAfrica
 Antigua and BarbudaAthina James18St. John'sCaribbean
 ArgentinaAgustina Quinteros[6]18Santa RosaAmericas
 ArubaChristina Trejo[7]20Tanki FlipCaribbean
 AustraliaKatie Richardson[8]20Albion ParkAsia & Oceania
 AustriaKathrin Krahfuss[9]23GrazEurope
 BahamasTinnyse Johnson21NassauCaribbean
 BarbadosNatalie Griffith[10]18BridgetownCaribbean
 BelarusVolha Khizhynkova[11]21VitebskEurope
 BelgiumAlizée Poulicek[12]21BrusselsEurope
 BelizeCharmaine Chinapen21Belize CityAmericas
 BoliviaJackelin Arias18Santa CruzAmericas
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaTanja Vujičić18NevesinjeEurope
 BotswanaItseng Kgomotso[13]19GaboroneAfrica
 BrazilTamara Almeida23IpatingaAmericas
 BulgariaJulia Yurevich19KozloduyEurope
 CanadaLeah Ryerse20HamiltonAmericas
 Cayman IslandsNicosia Lawson25George TownCaribbean
 ChileNataly Chilet23SantiagoAmericas
 ChinaMei Yan Ling[14]25DalianAsia & Oceania
 Chinese TaipeiJamie Lin24TaichungAsia & Oceania
 ColombiaKatherine Medina18MedellínAmericas
 Costa RicaAmalia Matamoros19NaranjoAmericas
 CroatiaJosipa Kusić[15]20ZagrebEurope
 CuraçaoNorayla Francisco[16]23WillemstadCaribbean
 CyprusMari Vasileiou18LarnacaEurope
 Czech RepublicZuzana Jandová[17]20KarvináEurope
 DenmarkLisa Lents21CopenhagenEurope
 Dominican RepublicGeisha Montes De Oca21Santo DomingoCaribbean
 DR CongoChristelle Mbila[18]18KinshasaAfrica
 EcuadorMarjorie Cevallos[19]22GuayaquilAmericas
 EgyptSanaa Ismail Hamed[20]24AlexandriaAfrica
 El SalvadorGabriela Gavidia18La LibertadAmericas
 EnglandLaura Coleman22LeicesterEurope
 EthiopiaHibret Fekadu18Addis AbebaAfrica
 FinlandLinda Wikstedt19HelsinkiEurope
 FranceLaura Tanguy[21]20AngersEurope
 GeorgiaKhatuna Skhirtladze18TbilisiEurope
 GermanyAnne Katrin Walter21Dahme-SpreewaldEurope
 GhanaFrances Takyi-Mensah[22]22ElminaAfrica
 GibraltarKrystel Robba22GibraltarEurope
 GreeceAggeliki Kalaitzi[23]24ThessalonikiEurope
 GuadeloupeFrédérika Charpentier23Basse-TerreCaribbean
 GuatemalaMaribel Arana23Guatemala CityAmericas
 GuyanaChrista Simmons23GeorgetownAmericas
 HondurasGabriela Zavala23San Pedro SulaAmericas
 Hong KongSkye Chan24Hong KongAsia & Oceania
 HungarySzilvia Freire24BudapestEurope
 IcelandAlexandra Ívarsdóttir[24]18ReykjavíkEurope
 IndiaParvathy Omanakuttan[25][26]21KottayamAsia & Oceania
 IndonesiaSandra Angelia[27]22SurabayaAsia & Oceania
 IrelandSinéad Noonan[28]21County MeathEurope
 IsraelTamar Ziskind23HaifaAsia & Oceania
 ItalyClaudia Russo[29]25MessinaEurope
 JamaicaBrittany Lyons19KingstonCaribbean
 JapanMizuki Kubodera[30]21KanagawaAsia & Oceania
 KazakhstanAlfina Nassyrova[31]20AlmatyAsia & Oceania
 KenyaRuth Kinuthia[32]22NairobiAfrica
 South KoreaChoi Bo-in22SeoulAsia & Oceania
 LatviaIna Avlasēviča[33]20DobeleEurope
 LebanonRosarita Tawil20BeirutAsia & Oceania
 LithuaniaGabrielė Martirosianaitė18KaunasEurope
 MalaysiaSoo Wincci[34]23SelangorAsia & Oceania
 MaltaMartha Fenech18St. Julian'sEurope
 MartiniqueÉlodie Delor18Fort-de-FranceCaribbean
 MauritiusOlivia Carey[35]19VacoasAfrica
 MexicoAnagabriela Espinoza[36]20MonterreyAmericas
 MoldovaIana Varnacova17ChişinăuEurope
 MongoliaChinbatyn Anun23Ulan BatorAsia & Oceania
 MontenegroMariana Mihajlović18PlavnicaEurope
 NamibiaMarelize Robberts[37]21WindhoekAfrica
 NetherlandsCarmen Kool22ArnhemEurope
 New ZealandKahurangi Taylor[38]18AucklandAsia & Oceania
 NigeriaAdaeze Igwe[39]18AwkaAfrica
 Northern IrelandJudith Wilson23EnniskillenEurope
 NorwayLene Egeli[40]21StavangerEurope
 ParaguayGabriela Rejala[41]19ÑembyAmericas
 PeruAnnmarie Dehainaut[42]18LimaAmericas
 PhilippinesDanielle Castaño[43]19Quezon CityAsia & Oceania
 PolandKlaudia Ungerman20WysieradzEurope
 PortugalAndreia Rodrigues24LisbonEurope
 Puerto RicoIvonne Orsini[44]20BayamónCaribbean
 RussiaKsenia Sukhinova[1]21TyumenEurope
 St. LuciaJoy-Ann Biscette22CastriesCaribbean
 ScotlandStephanie Willemse[45]19GlasgowEurope
 SerbiaNevena Lipovac19BelgradeEurope
 SeychellesElena Angione22MahéAfrica
 Sierra LeoneTyrilla Gouldson[46]24FreetownAfrica
 SingaporeFaraliza Tan22SingaporeAsia & Oceania
 SlovakiaEdita Krešáková[47]19SeňaEurope
 South AfricaTansey Coetzee[48]23JohannesburgAfrica
 SpainPatricia Yurena Rodríguez[49]18Granadilla de AbonaEurope
 Sri LankaRochelle Correa24ColomboAsia & Oceania
 SwazilandTiffany Simelane †[50]20MhlambanyatsiAfrica
 SwedenJennifer Palm Lundberg22SigtunaEurope
 TanzaniaNasreen Karim[51]22MwanzaAfrica
 ThailandUmmarapas Jullakasian[52]23NonthaburiAsia & Oceania
 Trinidad and TobagoGabrielle Walcott[53]23Petit Valley
 TurkeyLeyla Lydia Tuğutlu[54]19IstanbulEurope
 UgandaDora Mwima18TororoAfrica
 UkraineIryna Zhuravska[55]18KyivEurope
 United StatesLane Lindell18TampaAmericas
 UruguayFatimih Dávila20MontevideoAmericas
 VenezuelaHannelly Quintero[56]23Ocumare del TuyAmericas
 VietnamDương Trương Thiên Lý19Đồng ThápAsia & Oceania
 WalesChloe-Beth Morgan[57]22CwmbranEurope
 ZambiaWinfridah Mofu19LusakaAfrica
 ZimbabweCynthia Muvirimi[58]25HarareAfrica

Judges

Miss World 2008 contestants were judged based upon the criteria of glamour, beauty, intelligence and poise.[3][59] Some of the judges were representatives of the Miss World Organization.[3] Some of the contestants, such as Ksenia Sukhinova, communicated with the judges using a translator.[1] Judges for the event were:

  • Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.
  • Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
  • Aminurta Kang – Theatre stage director, China and North America
  • Krish Naidoo – International ambassador for Miss World
  • Pearl Luthuli – Group executive public commercial services SABC
  • Lindiwe Mahlangu – Chief executive of the Joburg Tourism Company
  • Precious Moloi-Motsepe – Chairperson of African Fashion International
  • Graham Cooke – President of World Travel

Notes

Returns

Designations

Replacements

Withdrawals
  •  Estonia – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  •  Macedonia – Suzana Al-Salkini withdrew due to lack of funding and sponsorship, but she did compete the following year at Miss World 2009.
  •    Nepal – The organiser of the Miss Nepal pageant said it was postponing the contest scheduled for 23 August 2008 to an unknown date, after the Maoist women's wing, which has trained its sights on Miss Nepal, announced a Kathmandu Valley shutdown on the day to prevent the event.
  •  Panama – Kathya Saldaña had problems with the regional organisation and didn't obtain a South African visa in time.
  •  Romania – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  •  Slovenia – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  •  Suriname – Mireille Nederbiel was not allowed to compete in Miss World by the decision of pageant organizers.

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