MISS WORLD “2008″

Miss World 2008,

the 58th Miss World pageant was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kiev, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia in neighboring 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, marking the biggest turnout in the 58 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous record of 107 during Miss World 2004. Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin of the People’s Republic of China crowned her successor Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as the brand new Miss World.

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 2008	Russia – Ksenia Sukhinova
1st Runner-up	India – Parvathy Omanakuttan
2nd Runner-up	Trinidad & Tobago – Gabrielle Walcott
Finalists	Angola – Brigith dos Santos South Africa – Tansey Coetzee
Semi-finalists	Barbados – Natalie Griffith Brazil – Tamara Almeida Croatia – Josipa Kusić Iceland – Alexandra Ívarsdóttir Kazakhstan – Alfina Nassyrova Mexico – Anagabriela Espinoza Puerto Rico – Ivonne Orsini Spain – Patricia Rodríguez Ukraine – Irina Zhuravskaya Venezuela – Hannely Quintero

our INDIA