Miss World 2008

Ksenya Sukhinova, Miss Russia blows a kiss after she bagged the title of Miss World 2008 in South Africa.

Miss World pageant here Saturday evening, with the crown going to Miss Russia.

Miss Trinidad and Tobago was named the second runner-up. The others in contention in the final five were Miss South Africa and Miss Angola.

India had high hopes on 21-year-old Parvathy to win the crown that last came to the country in 2000.

India boasts of Miss Worlds like Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000).

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Miss World 2008 Live

Vietnam Television’s VTV3 channel will broadcast the finale of Miss World 2008 live from South Africa’s Johannesburg at 10 pm tonight. ...


Some award winners have already been named, including Beach Beauty Ana Gabriela Espinoza Marroquin from Mexico, Miss Fashion Kseniya Sukhinova from Russia, Miss Sport Alexandra Helga from Iceland and Miss Talent Natalie Olivia Griffith from Barbados.



Viewers are still voting for Miss People’s Choice on the www.missworld.com website and the winner of Beauty With A Purpose honor will be announced at the finale.

Vietnamese beauty Duong Truong Thien Ly has not received any honor so far and her rating on missworld.com is much lower than contestants from the US, Russia, Venezuela, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Ly said she feels regret for having little time to prepare for the world’s biggest beauty pageant.

With a modest height of 1.67 meters, she is unlikely to win the crown, she said.

South African, Russian, Mexican and Indian beauties are considered to have the highest chance to become Miss World 2008, according to globalbeauties.com.

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Miss World 2008 Miss Russia Now The Favorite To Win

Miss Russia is the surprising favorite to be crowned Miss World 2008,
which is ironic since the Miss World pageant had to move to South ......


Miss Russian Miss World 2008

Miss Russia is the surprising favorite to be crowned Miss World 2008, which is ironic since the Miss World pageant had to move to South America following hostilities between the previous host country of Ukraine and Russia.
Oh and did we mention that Seniya Sukhinova is super hot?
At +150 odds (see BetUS.com) she might very well be some great value as we approach the crowning of Miss World 2008 Saturday night.

Kseniya lives with her parents in the Tyumen region, which is situated in the north west of Siberia. She is currently studying for a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineer of Administration, her ambition is also to become a Supermodel. Her leisure and sporting interests are: swimming; mountain skiing; roller skating; badminton; gym; rhythm gymnastics; pop & dance music; reading Russian classic literature; favourite food is: Japanese and Italian. Kseniya`s personal motto is: `Respect people around you, and people will respect you`.

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