miss world 2008
SATURDAY, december 13, 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, south africa
109 participants
PRESENTERS: Tumisho Masha, Angela Chow
entertainment: Alesha Dixon, McFly
Results
1 RUSSIA Kseniya Vladimirovna Sukhinova (Queen of Europe)
2 INDIA Parvathy Omanakuttan (Queen of Asia Pacific)
3 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Gabrielle Walcott (Universe '11) (Queen of Caribbean)
Top 5
4 ANGOLA Brigith da Conceição Francisco dos Santos (Queen of Africa)
5 SOUTH AFRICA Tansey Simone Coetzee (SF Universe '08)
Top 16
BARBADOS Natalie Olivia Griffith
BRAZIL Tamara Almeida Silva (1st RU Maja Mundial '06, 2nd RU Tourism Queen Int'l '07)
CROATIA Josipa Kusic
ICELAND Alexandra Helga Ivarsdóttir
KAZAKHSTAN Alfina Robertovna Nassyrova (Universe '08)
MEXICO Anagabriela "Anagaby" Espinoza Marroquín (winner International '09)
PUERTO RICO Ivonne Marie Orsini López
SPAIN Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso (Universe '13)
UKRAINE Irina Eduardivna Zhuravskaya
VENEZUELA Hannelly Zulami Quintero Ledezma (SF Hispanoamericana '07, winner Intercontinental '08) (Queen of Americas)
Challenge events
Beach Beauty - 1) Mexico 2) South Africa 3) Russia
Top 10 Beach - Angola, India, Lebanon, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain & Venezuela
Top 25 Beach - Australia, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Paraguay, Serbia, Thailand, Trinidad Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
Top Model - 1) Russia 2) Angola 3) India
Top 10 Model - Czech Republic, Croatia, Curacao, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Venezuela
Top 32 Model - Argentina, Barbados, Belarus, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Namibia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Trinidad Tobago, USA, Zimbabwe
Miss World Sports - 1) Iceland 2) Nigeria 3) Portugal
Top 6 Miss World Sports - Greece, Israel & Peru
Miss World Talent - 1) Barbados 2) Austria 3) Ukraine
Top 19 Talent - Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Portugal, South Africa, Taiwan
People's Choice (Dec. 13) CANCELLED
Beauty with a Purpose - 1) Trinidad Tobago
Top 4 Beauty with a Purpose - Hungary, Kenya & Mexico
Non-fast track award
World Designer Award - 1) USA, 2) Trinidad Tobago 3) Guatemala
Remainder
ALBANIA Egla Harxhi
ANTIGUA & Barbuda Athina Roshan James (Universe '08)
ARGENTINA Agustina Quinteros
ARUBA Christina Marie Trejo-Baiz (International '09)
AUSTRALIA Katie Marie Richardson
AUSTRIA Kathrin Krahfuss
BAHAMAS Tinnyse Jamel Johnson
BELARUS Volha Nikolayevna Khizhynkova
BELGIUM Alizée Poulicek (Universe '08)
BELIZE Charmaine Alisha Chinapen
BOLIVIA Jackelin Arias Kippes
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Tanja Vujicic
BOTSWANA Itseng Kgomotso
BULGARIA Yuliya Evgenieva Yurevych
CANADA Leah Nicole Ryerse
CAYMAN ISLANDS Nicosia Lawson (Universe '09)
CHILE Nataly Nadeska Chilet Bustamante (Top 8 Earth '05, Top 6 American Continent '07, Hispanoamericana '09)
CHINA Yan Ling Mei
COLOMBIA Katherine Medina Montoya
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Christel Mbila
COSTA RICA Maria Amalia Matamoros Solis (Tourism Queen Int'l '08, SF Latin America '08)
CURACAO Norayla Maria Francisco
CYPRUS Mari Vasilieiou
CZECH REPUBLIC Zuzana Jandova
DENMARK Lisa Lents
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Geisha Nathali Montes de Oca Robles (MTQI '07)
ECUADOR Marjorie Alexandra Cevallos Veras
EGYPT Sanaa Ismail Hamed
EL SALVADOR Gabriela Alexandra Gavidia Galdamez
ENGLAND Laura Mary Coleman
ETHIOPIA Hibret Fedaku Alemu
FINLAND Linda Wikstedt (SF International '09, SF Globe Int'l '11)
FRANCE Laura Tanguy (Universe '08)
GEORGIA Khatuna Skhirtladze (Leisure World '08, Top 15 Intercontinental '08)
GERMANY Anne Katrin Walter
GHANA Frances Judith Tekyi-Mensah
GIBRALTAR Krystle Isabelle Robba
GREECE Aggeliki Kalaitzi
GUADELOUPE Frédérika Keira Charpentier
GUATEMALA Ana Maribel Arana Ruiz
GUYANA Christa Lasaunta Simmons
HONDURAS Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias (Top 8 Earth '04)
HONG KONG "Skye" Chan Sin-Yeung (1st RU Chinese Int'l '09)
HUNGARY Szilvia Albuquerque Freire (Globe Int'l-Mozambique '05)
INDONESIA Sandra Angelia Hadisiswantoro
IRELAND Sinead Noonan
ISRAEL Tamar Ziskind
ITALY Claudia Russo
JAMAICA Brittany Lyons
JAPAN Mizuki Kubodera
KENYA Ruth Nkambura Kinuthia
KOREA Bo-in Choi
LATVIA Ina Avlasevica
LEBANON Rosarita Tawil
LITHUANIA Gabriele Martirosianaite
MALAYSIA SOO Wincci (Intercontinental '04)
MALTA Martha Fenech
MARTINIQUE Elodie Marie Charlie Delor (SF Earth '07)
MAURITIUS Marie-Anne Olivia Carey (Universe '08, Tourism Queen Int'l '09)
MOLDOVA Iana Varnacova
MONGOLIA Anun Chinbat
MONTENEGRO Mariana Mihajlovic
NAMIBIA Martha Elizabeth “Marelize” Robberts
NETHERLANDS Carmen Selina Kool
NEW ZEALAND Kahurangi Julia Taylor (Miss Model of the World '07)
NIGERIA Adaeze Chinenye Igwe
NORTHERN IRELAND Judith Ingrid Wilson
NORWAY Lene Egeli
PARAGUAY Gabriela Mercedes Rejala Llanes
PERU Annmarie De Hainaut Velezmore
PHILIPPINES Danielle Kirsten Muriel Castano
POLAND Klaudia Maria Ungerman (2nd RU Supranational '09)
PORTUGAL Andréia Rodrigues Condesso
SCOTLAND Stephanie Willemse
SERBIA Nevena Lipovac
SEYCHELLES Elena Angione
SIERRA LEONE Tyrilla Chukuma Gouldson
SINGAPORE Faraliza Tan
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Edita Kresakova
SRI LANKA Rochelle Adriana Corera
ST. LUCIA Joy-Ann Biscette
SWAZILAND Tiffany Sibongakonkhe Simelane
SWEDEN Jennifer Charlotte Palm Lundberg
TAIWAN Jamie LIN Chieh-min
TANZANIA Nasreen Karim Abdallah
THAILAND Ummarapas Jullakasian
TURKEY Leyla Lydia Tugutlu
UGANDA Dora Mwima
URUGUAY Fatimih Dávila Sosa (Universe '06, 1st RU American Continent '06, Top 6 South America '06, SF Model of the World '06)
USA Merica Lane Lindell
VIETNAM Thien Ly Duong Truong
WALES Chloe-Beth Morgan (2nd RU International '09, Universe-Great Britain '11)
ZAMBIA Winfridah Katongo Mofu
ZIMBABWE Cynthia Maideyi Muvirimi
NO SHOWS:
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS Lessley-Ann Gumbs
ARMENIA Margarita Sarukhanyan
BANGLADESH Jannatul Ferdouse Peya
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Maquita Richards
COTE D'IVOIRE Murielle Claude Nanié
KOSOVO Yllka Berisha
LIBERIA Bindu Tita Parker
LIECHTENSTEIN Daniela Ferreira
MACAU Ana Kuan Barroso
MACEDONIA Suzana Al-Salkini (no sponsor - went to World '09)
PANAMA Kathya Kathiuska Saldaña Ortega (visa problem)
SLOVENIA Duska Stojic
SURINAME Mireille Nederbiel
REPLACED:
AUSTRIA Marina Schneider
CYPRUS Iosifina Sekki
EGYPT Meriam George
FINLAND Johanna Ahlback
FRANCE Valérie Begue
GUATEMALA Alida María Boer Reyes
HONDURAS Bélgica Nataly Suárez González
HONG KONG Edelweiss Cheung
LIECHTENSTEIN Stefanie Kaiser
PHILIPPINES Janina Miller San Miguel
SWEDEN Amanda Ulfdotter
VIETNAM Thuy Dung Tran Thi
DEBUTS: -
WITHDRAWALS: Estonia, Grenada, Macedonia, Nepal, Panama, Romania, Slovenia, Suriname
RETURNS: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), DR Congo, Egypt, Honduras, Portugal, St. Lucia, Seychelles, Uruguay, Zambia
JUDGES:
01- Aminurta Kang – Northern Chinese choreographer and Theatre stage director.
02- Krish Naidoo – International ambassador for Miss World.
03- Pearl Luthuli – Group executive public commercial services SABC.
04- Lindiwe Mahlangu – Chief executive of the Joburg Tourism Company.
05- Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.
06- Precious Moloi-Motsepe – Chairperson of African Fashion International.
07- Graham Cooke – President of Travel World.
08- Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico.