Results

1  PUERTO RICO   Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza

2  JAPAN   Kurara Chibana

3  SWITZERLAND   Lauriane Gilliéron (World '05)

4  PARAGUAY   Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elias (2nd RU South American Queen '06)

5  USA   Tara Elizabeth Conner

Top 10

BOLIVIA   Maria Desirée Durán Morales

CANADA   Alice Panikian (winner Coffee '06)

COLOMBIA   Valerie Domínguez Tarud

MEXICO   Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo (winner International '07)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO   Kenisha Nalisha Finita Thom (SF World '04)

Top 20

ARGENTINA   Magali Romitelli

BRAZIL   Rafaela Koehler Zanella

DENMARK   Betina Faurbye

ETHIOPIA   Dina Fekadu Mosissa (Tourism International '05, International '05, Earth '06)

HUNGARY   Adrienn Bende

INDIA   Neha Kapur

RUSSIA   Anna Vladimirovna Litvinova

SWEDEN   Josephine Elisabeth Larissa Alhanko

THAILAND   Iyawarin (Onwarin) "Charm" Raya Osathanond

UKRAINE   Inna Anatoliivna Tsimbalyuk

Awards

Miss Amity   GHANA

Miss Photogenic   PHILIPPINES

Best National Costume   JAPAN

Remainder

ALBANIA   Eralda Hitaj

ANGOLA   Isménia Júnior

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA   Shari Janay McEwan

ARUBA   Melissa Vanessa Laclé

AUSTRALIA   Erin McNaught

BAHAMAS   Samantha Carter

BELGIUM   Tatiana Silvia Braga Tavares (Europe '05, World '05)

BULGARIA   Galena Dimova

CAYMAN ISLANDS   Ambuyah Ruth Ebanks (World '06)

CHILE   Maria Belén Montilla Torreblanca (Hispanoamericana '07)

CHINA   Yinghui Gao

COSTA RICA   Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira (winner Teen International '02, winner Coffee '07)

CROATIA   Biljana Mancic

CYPRUS   Elena Gerodiakonou

CZECH REPUBLIC   Renata Langmannova

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Mía Lourdes Taveras López (winner American Continent '06)

ECUADOR   Katalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán

EGYPT   Fawzeya Mohamed (World '06)

EL SALVADOR   Rebecca Iraheta

ESTONIA  Kirke Klemmer

FINLAND  Ninni Charlotta Laaksonen (Baltic Sea & Scandinavia '07)  

FRANCE   Alexandra Rosenfeld (winner Europe '06)

GEORGIA   Ekaterine Buadze

GERMANY   Natalie Elvira Ackermann Montealegre (4th RU Intercontinental '06)

GHANA   Angela Asare

GREECE   Olympia Hopsonidou

GUATEMALA   Jackelinne Krimilda Verenice Piccinini Otten (World '06)

GUYANA   Alana Ernest

ICELAND   Sif Aradottir (Baltic Sea & Scandinavia '07)

IRELAND   Melanie Boreham (Earth '06)

INDONESIA   Nadine Chandrawinata

ISRAEL   Anastasya Yentin

JAMAICA   Cindy Wright

KAZAKHSTAN   Dina Nuraliyeva (SF World '09)

KOREA   Joo-hee Kim

LATVIA   Sanita Kublina

LEBANON   Gabrielle Bou Rached

MALAYSIA   Melissa Ann Tan Swee Yen

MAURITIUS   Isabelle Antoo

NAMIBIA   Anna Svetlana Nashandi (World '06)

NEW ZEALAND   Elizabeth Gray

NICARAGUA   Maria Cristiana Frixione Mendoza (winner World Miss University '06)

NIGERIA   Tienepre Alexandra Oki

NORTHERN MARIANAS   Shequita DeLeon Guerrero Bennett (International '06)

NORWAY   Martine Jonassen

PANAMA   Maria Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula

PERU   Fiorella Viñas Robles

PHILIPPINES   Lia Andrea Aquino Ramos

POLAND   Francys Mayela Barraza Sudnicka (Top 8 Earth '06)

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO   Nada Milinic

SINGAPORE   Carol Cheong Yim Foon

SLOVAK REPUBLIC   Judita Hrubyova (SF Earth '06)

SLOVENIA   Natasa Pinoza

SOUTH AFRICA   Nokuthula "Thuli" Sithole (World '06)

SPAIN   Elisabeth Reyes Villegas

SRI LANKA   Jacqueline Fernandez

ST. LUCIA   Sascha Gianne Michaele Andrew-Rose (World '04)

ST. MAARTEN   Gisella Hilliman

ST. VINCENT   & the GRENADINES   Shivern Peters

TURKEY   Ceyla Kirazli

TURKS & CAICOS   Shavenna Been

UNITED KINGDOM   Julie Doherty

URUGUAY   Fatimih Dávila Sosa (1st RU American Continent '06, Top 6 South American Queen '06, SF Model of the World '06, World '08)

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   JeT’aime Cheree Cerge (Earth '07)

VENEZUELA   Jictzad Nakarhyt Viña Carreño (2nd RU South American Queen '05)

ZAMBIA   Mofya Nickoleta Chisenga (Tourism Queen Int'l '05, Tourism World '05, SF Beauty of the World '09)

NO SHOWS:

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   Deria Joseph

HONDURAS  Lissa Viera Sáenz

PORTUGAL   Marina Rodrigues

TAIWAN  Su-Jung Hsu 

ANDORRA  Raquel Rueda

REPLACED:

ANGOLA  Stiviandra de Oliveira  (under age)

BELGIUM  Virginie Claes

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Kirsten Lettsome

CHINA   Qi Fang

ESTONIA  Jana Kuvaitseva

ICELAND  Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (had won Miss World 2005)

ISRAEL  Yael Nizri  (military service)

POLAND  Malwina Ratajczak

RUSSIA   Alla Tretyakova (got married in April)

UKRAINE  Yuliya Pinchuk  (franchise changed hands)

ALBANIA  Suada Sherifaj

DEBUTS: Kazakhstan

WITHDRAWALS: Barbados, Belize, Curacao, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Vietnam

RETURNS: Argentina, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ghana, Iceland, New Zealand, Northern Marianas, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Sweden

JUDGES:

Preliminary competition

1- Ana Maria Montero - International Broadcast Journalist.

2- Adel Chabbi - Famous hair dresser born in France.

3- Babette Perry - Head of Broadcasting and Hosting at Innovative Artists.

4- Cornelia Zicu - Celebrity skincare specialist. 

5- Sacha Flisi - MDC's Wayne Sterling interviews Bolthouse Productions.

6- Porntip Bui Simon - Miss Universe 1988 from Thailand.

7- Kevin Morrison - Canadian ice hockey player.

Final telecast

1- James Lesure – Actor from NBC's Las Vegas.

2- Claudia Jordan – Model for Deal or No Deal; former Miss Rhode Island USA and Miss Rhode Island Teen USA.

3- Sean Yazbeck – Winner of season 5 of The Apprentice.

4- Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic.

5- Emmitt Smith – Former Dallas Cowboys player and Dancing with the Stars winner.

6- Marc Cherry – American writer and producer.

7- Tom Green – Actor and comedian.

8- María Celeste Arrarás – Telemundo host.

9- Patrick McMullan – Fashion photographer.

10- Bridgette Wilson – Miss Teen USA 1990 from Oregon.

11- Santino Rice – Project Runway finalist.