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.