MISS UNIVERSE 2008
monday, july 14, 2008 (in vietnam)
sunday, july 13, 2008 (in america)
Crown Convention Center, Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam
80 contestants
PRESENTERS: jerry springer, mel b
ENTERTAINMENT: lady gaga
Results
1 VENEZUELA Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada (SF Elite Model Look '01)
2 COLOMBIA Taliana Maria Vargas Carrillo
3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Marianne Elizabeth Cruz González (winner American Continent '07)
4 RUSSIA Vera Viktorovna Krasova
5 MEXICO Elisa Nájera Gualito
Top 10
6 KOSOVO Zana Krasniqi
7 SPAIN Claudia Moro Fernández
8 USA Crystle Danae Stewart
9 ITALY Claudia Ferraris
10 AUSTRALIA Laura Dundovic
Top 15
11 CZECH REPUBLIC Eliska Buckova
12 HUNGARY Jazmin Dammak
13 SOUTH AFRICA Tansey Coetzee (Top 5 World '08)
14 JAPAN Hiroko Mima
15 VIETNAM Thuy Lam Nguyen
Awards
Miss Amity EL SALVADOR
Miss Photogenic (not awarded)
Best National Costume THAILAND
Finalists Best National Costume ALBANIA, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INDIA, KOSOVO, MEXICO, PERU, SOUTH AFRICA, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM
Most Beautiful Figure MEXICO
Runner ups Most Beautiful Figure COLOMBIA, SPAIN, USA, INDIA
Miss Ao Dai (Vietnam's national costume) VENEZUELA
Runner ups Miss Ao Dai INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN, THAILAND, VIETNAM
Remainder
ALBANIA Matilda Mecini (Tourism Queen Int'l '06)
ANGOLA Lesliana Massoxi Amaro Gomes Pereira (World '08)
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Athina James (World '08)
ARGENTINA Silvana Maria Belli Vega
ARUBA Tracey Marion Jeniree Nicolaas
BAHAMAS Sacha Scott
BELGIUM Alizée Poulicek (World '08)
BOLIVIA Katherine David Céspedes
BRAZIL Natálya Alberto Anderle
CANADA Samantha Tajik
CAYMAN ISLANDS Rebecca Parchment (World '07)
CHINA Ziya Wei
COSTA RICA Maria Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez
CROATIA Snjezana Loncarevic
CURACAO Jenyfeer Natividad Mercelina (Hispanoamericana '08)
CYPRUS Dimitra Sergiou
DENMARK Marie Sten-Knudsen
ECUADOR Doménica Francesca Saporitti Hinojosa
EGYPT Yara Naoum
EL SALVADOR Rebeca Moreno
ESTONIA Julia Kovaljova
FINLAND Satu Sinikka Tuomisto
FRANCE Laura Tanguy (World '08)
GEORGIA Gvantsa Daraselia
GERMANY Madina Taher
GHANA Yvette Nsiah
GREECE Dionysia Koukiou
GUAM Siera Monique Robertson
GUATEMALA Clara Jennifer Chiong Estrada
HONDURAS Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda
INDIA Simran Kaur Mundi
INDONESIA Gracia Putri Raemawasti
IRELAND Lynn Kelly
ISRAEL Shunit Faragi
JAMAICA April Jackson
KAZAKHSTAN Alfina Robertovna Nassyrova (Top 15 World '08)
KOREA Ji-seon “Sun” Lee
MALAYSIA Levy Li Su Lin
MAURITIUS Marie-Anne Olivia Carey (World '08, Tourism Queen Int'l '08)
MONTENEGRO Dasa Zivkovic (3rd RU Tourism Queen Int'l '08)
NETHERLANDS Charlotte Labee
NEW ZEALAND Samantha Powell
NICARAGUA Thelma Guisselle Rodríguez Flores
NIGERIA Stephanie Oforka
NORWAY Mariann Birkedal (5th RU World '10)
PANAMA Carolina Dementiev Justavino
PARAGUAY Giannina Nereida Ruffinelli Rojas
PERU Karol Stephanie Castillo Pinillos (Hispanoamericana '09, Top 10 Tourism Queen of the Year Int'l '10)
PHILIPPINES Jennifer Tarol Barrientos
POLAND Barbara Tatara (Earth '07)
PUERTO RICO Ingrid María Rivera Santos (2nd RU World '05)
SERBIA Bojana Boric
SINGAPORE Shenise Wong Yan Yi (Asia Pacific '99, International '02, World '05)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Sandra Manakova
SLOVENIA Anamarija Avbelj
SRI LANKA Aruni Madusha Rajapakse (SF International '07)
SWITZERLAND Amanda Ammann
TANZANIA Amanda Ole Sululu
THAILAND Gavintra Photijak
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Anya Ayoung-Chee
TURKEY Sinem Sulun
TURKS & CAICOS Angelica Lightbourne
UKRAINE Eleonora Gennadyivna Masalab
UNITED KINGDOM Lisa Lazarous
URUGUAY Paula Andrea Díaz Galione (3rd RU Hispanoamericana '08)
NO SHOWS:
BELIZE Melissa (Tanisha) Vernon
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Leilani Stevens
BULGARIA Denitsa Petkova
ETHIOPIA Kidan Gebregziabher Tesfahun
ICELAND Ingibjörg Ragnheiður Egilsdóttir
KENYA Volen Auma Owenga
LEBANON Maha El-Khoury
LUXEMBOURG Leontine Schotel
NAMIBIA Marichen Jolandi Luiperth
ROMANIA Laura Redac
SEYCHELLES Solanna Domingue
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Sheridan Lewis
SWEDEN Lina Hahne
REPLACED:
ESTONIA Kadri Nõgu
FRANCE Valerie Begue (sexy photos of her made the organization to cancel her international competition)
FRANCE Vahinerii Requillart
GEORGIA Nino "Ani" Khutsishvili (dethroned)
GEORGIA Tamuna Nemsitsveridze (didn't accept the offer to compete)
ISRAEL Tamar Ziskind
NORWAY Lisa Marie Moen Junge
RUSSIA Ksenia Sukhinova
RUSSIA Simonna Levenok
SERBIA Zorana Tasovac
SPAIN Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso (underage)
TURKEY Begüm Kiziltug
DEBUTS: Kosovo
WITHDRAWALS: Barbados, Belize, Bulgaria, Guyana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, US Virgin Islands, Zambia
RETURNS: Cayman Islands, Ghana, Guam, Ireland, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam
JUDGES:
Preliminary competition
1- Rosalina Tran Lydster - Vietnamese Jewel Designer who worked as co-designer for the 2008 Miss Universe crown.
2- Adel Chabbi - Famous hair dresser born in France.
3- Leigh Rossini - Responsible for the Louis Licari Salon's publicity.
4- Dean McFliker - Vice President of NBC Primetime Special Projects.
5- Dave Tomberlin - Sr. VP of Media Relations at Interscope, A and M, and Geffen Records.
6- Cong Khe Nguyen - Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien newspaper.
7- Fred Howard - stylist, casting coordinator and model scout.
8- Tran Thuy - Managing director of DACTYL, a not-for-profit arts and humanities foundation.
Final telecast
1- Jennifer Hawkins – Miss Universe 2004.
2- Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur.
3- Nadine Velazquez – Puerto Rican actress from the television series My Name is Earl.
4- Louis Licari – Celebrity hairdresser and beauty expert.
5- Donald Trump Jr. – Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization.
6- Cong Che Nguyen – Vietnamese journalist.
7- Joe Cinque – CEO and President of the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences.
8- Taryn Rose – Shoe designer.
9- Eesha Koppikhar – Indian actress and singer.