Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008, the 58th Miss World Final will be 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 this Eastern European nation.

At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Zhang Zilin will crown her successor.

(From: Wikipedia)

Expected contestants for Miss Word 2008

Nation	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Albania	Egla Harxhi	17	174	Tirana
Angola	Brigith dos Santos	-	177	Luanda
Argentina	Agustina Quinteros	17	175	La Pampa
Aruba	Christina Trejo	20	173	Tanki Flip
Australia	Katie Richardson	20	178	Albion Park
Austria	Kathrin Krafuss	23	177	Graz
Bahamas	Tinnyse Johnson	21	176	Nassau
Barbados	Natalie Olivia Griffith	19	160	Bridgetown
Belarus	Olga Hižinkova	21	184	Vitebsk
Belgium	Alizée Poulicek	21	175	Brussels
Belize	Charmaine Chinapen	21	163	Belize City
Bolivia	Jackelin Arias	18	177	Trinidad
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Tanja Vujičić	18	178	Mostar
Botswana	Itseng Kgomotso	18	-	Gaborone
Brazil	Tamara Almeida Silva	23	174	Ipatinga
Bulgaria	Julia Yurevich	19	177	Kozloduy
Canada	Leah Ryerse	20	178	Hamilton
Cayman Islands	Nicosia Lawson	25	-	George Town
Chile	Nataly Chilet	23	174	Santiago
China P.R.	Yan Ling Mei	24	180	Dalian
Chinese Taipei	Lin Jie Ming	-	-	Taipei
Colombia	Katherine Medina	17	180	Medellín
Congo D.R.	Christelle Ndila	18	-	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Maria Amalia Matamoros	19	175	San Juan de Naranjo
Croatia	Josipa Kusić^[22]	20	182	Zagreb
Curaçao	Norayla Francisco^[23]	23	181	Willemstad
Cyprus	Iosifina Sechi	19	168	Limassol
Czech Republic	Zuzana Jandová	20	180	Karviná
Denmark	Lisa Lents	21	177	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Nathali Montes de Oca	21	175	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Marjorie Cevallos	22	183	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Gabriela Gavidia	18	173	La Libertad
England	Laura Coleman	22	175	Leicester
Ethiopia	Hibret Fekadu
Finland	Linda Wikstedt	19	174	Helsinki
France	Laura Tanguy	20	175	Angers
Georgia	Khatuna Skhirtladze	18	177	Tbilisi
Germany	Anne Katrin Walter	21	172	Dahme-Spreewald
Ghana	Frances Takyi-Mensah	22	180	Elmina
Gibraltar	Krystel Robba	22	178	Gibraltar
Greece	Angeliki Kalaitzi	24	172	Thessaloniki
Guadeloupe	Frédérika Charpentier	23	175	Basse-Terre
Guatemala	Ana Maribel Arana	23	174	Guatemala City
Guyana	Christa Simmons	23	173	Georgetown
Honduras	Gabriela Zavala Irias	22	-	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong China	Edelweiss Cheung	22	181	Shantou
Hungary	Szilvia Freire	24	174	Budapest
Iceland	Alexandra Ívarsdóttir	18	180	Reykjavík
India	Parvathy Omanakuttan	21	175	Kottayam
Indonesia	Sandra Angelia	22	167	Surabaya
Ireland	Sinead Noonan	21	175	County Meath
Israel	Tamar Ziskind	23	176	Haifa
Italy	Claudia Russo	25	178	Messina
Jamaica	Brittany Lyons	19	166	Kingston
Japan	Mizuki Kubodera	21	173	Kanagawa
Kazakhstan	Alfina Nassyrova	20	175	Almaty
Kenya	Ruth Nyambura Kinuthia	21	-	Nairobi
Korea	Bo-in Choi	22	169	Seoul
Kosovo	Yllka Berisha	20	176	Pristina
Latvia	Ina Avlasēviča	20	-	Dobele
Lebanon	Rosarita Tawil	20	178	Beirut
Liberia	Bindu Parker	21	165	Monrovia
Lithuania	Gabrielė Martirosianaitė	17	-	Kaunas
Macau	Ana Kuan Barroso	20	174	Macau
Malaysia	Soo Wincci	23	170	Selangor
Malta	Martha Fenech	17	170	St. Julian’s
Martinique	Elodie Delor	18	182	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Olivia Carey	19	169	Vacoas
Mexico	Anagabriela Espinoza	20	178	Monterrey
Moldova	Iana Varnacova	17	180	Chişinău
Mongolia	Anun Chinbat	23	173	Ulan Bator
Montenegro	Mariana Mihajlović	18	180	Plavnica
Namibia	Marelize Robberts	21	180	Windhoek
Netherlands	Carmen Kool	22	178	Arnhem
New Zealand	Kahurangi Taylor	17	180	Auckland
Nigeria	Adaeze Igwe	18	173	Awka
Northern Ireland	Judith Wilson	23	180	Enniskillen
Norway	Lene Egeli	21	177	Stavanger
Panama	Kathya Saldaña	20	172	Panama City
Paraguay	Gabriela Rejala	18	172	Ñemby
Peru	Annmarie Dehainaut	18	175	Lima
Philippines	Janina Miller San Miguel	17	180	Quezon City
Poland	Klaudia Ungerman	20	180	Wysieradz
Portugal	Andréia Rodrigues	-	177	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Ivonne Orsini	20	175	Bayamón
Russia	Ksenia Sukhinova	21	178	Tyumen
Scotland	Stephanie Willemse	19	180	Glasgow
Serbia	Nevena Lipovac	19	-	Belgrade
Seychelles	Elena Angione	22	-	Mahé
Sierra Leone	Tyrilla Gouldson	24	182	Freetown
Singapore	Faraliza Tan	22	175	Singapore
Slovakia	Edita Krešakova	19	181	Seňa
South Africa	Tansey Coetzee	23	174	Johannesburg
Spain	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez	18	179	Granadilla de Abona
Sri Lanka	Rochelle Adriana Corea	24	180	Colombo
St. Lucia	Joy-Ann Biscette	22	-	Castries
Suriname	Mireille Nederbiel	24	-	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Tiffany Simelane	20	172	Mhlambanyatsi
Tanzania	Nasreem Karim Ndiye	22	-	Mwanza
Thailand	Ummarapas Julkasia	22	174	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Gabrielle Walcott	23	170	Petit Valley
Turkey	Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu	19	175	Istanbul
Uganda	Dora Mwima	18	-	Tororo
Ukraine	Irina Zhuravskaya	18	176	Kiev
Venezuela	Hannelly Quintero	22	176	Caracas
Wales	Chloe Beth Morgan	22	171	Cwmbran
Zambia	Winfridah Mofu	19	-	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Cynthia Maideyi Muvirimi	25	169	Harare