Miss World 2008 Contestants

On December 13, 2008, Miss World 2008 the 58th Miss World Final will be held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Over109 contestants from all over the world compete for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 58 years of the pageant.

Ksenia Sukhinova, a Russian beauty won the Miss World 2008 title at the international beauties competition in South Africa after beating 109 contestants.

"Miss World 2008 is Russia", announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event.

The second runner up was Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago and the first runner up Parvathay Omanakuttan of India.

Sukhinova, who took over the title from Miss World 2007 Zhang Zi Lin of China to become the 58th Miss World.

Ksenia Sukhinova, was born in 1987(age 21) in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. She is a student pursuing an engineering degree from the Tyumen Oil and Gas University.

Ksenia Sukhinova becomes the second Miss Russia to win the global event after Julia Kourochkina took the crown in 1992.

India's Parvathy Omanakuttan wooed the crowd by greeting them in the Afrikans language,who had won the Miss femina contest in April 2007, said: "In India and South Africa people are warm and warm-hearted. I felt at home in Johannesburg." "Presence of two great leaders Mahatma Gandhi (India) and Nelson Mandela (South Africa) have influenced millions of people in both the countries," she said.

Miss World 2008 Results:

Miss World 2008 title winner - Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia)

















1st Runner-up - Parvathy Omanakuttan (India)












2nd Runner-up - Gabrielle Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago)

















Contestants for Miss World 2008 :


Nation : Albania
Contestant : Egla Harxhi
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Tirana
 

Nation : Angola
Contestant : Brigith dos Santos
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Luanda Africa


Nation : Argentina
Contestant: Agustina Quinteros
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Santa Rosa



Nation : Aruba
Contestant: Christina Trejo
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Tanki Flip



Nation : Australia
Contestant: Katie Richardson
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Albion Park
 

Nation : Austria
Contestant:Kathrin Krahfuss
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Graz


Nation : Bahamas
Contestant: Tinnyse Johnson
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Nassau



Nation : Barbados
Contestant: Natalie Olivia Griffith
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 168
Hometown : Bridgetown



Nation : Belarus
Contestant: Volha Khizhynkova
Age : 21Height(cm) : 184Hometown : Vitebsk


Nation : Belgium
Contestant: Alizee Poulicek
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Brussels


Nation : Beliza
Contestant: Charmaine Chinapen
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Belize City



Nation : Bolivia
Contestant: Jackelin Arias
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Santa Cruz



Nation : Antigua & Barbuda
Contestant: Athina James
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : St.John's Caribbean



Nation : Bosnia & Herzegovina
Contestant: Tanja Vujicic
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Mostar


Nation : Botswana
Contestant: Itseng Kgomotso
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Gaborone


Nation : Brazil
Contestant : Tamara Almeida
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Ipatinga


Nation : Bulgaria
Contestant : Julia Yurevich
Age :19
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Kozloduy



Nation : Canada
Contestant : Leah Ryerse
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Hamilton


Nation : Cayman Islands
Contestant : Nicosia Lawson
Age : 25
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : George Town



Nation : Chile
Contestant : Nataly Chilet
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Santiago


Nation : China PR
Contestant : Mei Yan Ling
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Dalian


Nation : Chinese Taipei
Contestant : Lin Jie Ming
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Taichung


Nation : Colombia
Contestant : Katherine Medina
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Medellin


Nation : Congo DR
Contestant : Christelle Ndila
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Kinshasa


Nation : Costa Rica
Contestant : Amalia Matamoros
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : San Juan de Naranjo



Nation : Croatia
Contestant : Josipa Kusic
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 182
Hometown : Zagreb


Nation : Curacao
Contestant : Norayla Francisco
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 181
Hometown : Willemstad


Nation : Cyprus
Contestant : Mari Vasileiou
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 168Hometown : Larnaca


Nation : Czech Republic
Contestant : Zuzana Jandova
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Karvina


Nation : Denmark
Contestant : Lisa Lents
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Copenhagen


Nation : Dominican Republic
Contestant : Nathali Montes de Oca
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Santo Domingo Este



Nation : Ecuador
Contestant : Marjorie Cevallos
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 183
Hometown : Guayaquil



Nation : Egypt 
Contestant : Sanaa Ismail Hamed
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Alexandria



Nation : EI Salvador 
Contestant : Gabriela Gavidia
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : La Libertad



Nation : England 
Contestant : Laura Coleman
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 175Hometown : Leicester


Nation : Ethiopia
Contestant : Hibret Fekadu
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Addis Abeba



Nation : Finland
Contestant : Linda Wikstedt
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Helsinki



Nation : France
Contestant : Laura Tanguy
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Angers



Nation : Georgia
Contestant : Khatuna Skhirtladze
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Tbilisi



Nation : Germany
Contestant : Anne Katrin Walter
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 172
Hometown : Dahme-Spreewald



Nation :  Ghana
Contestant : Frances Takyi-Mensah
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Elmina



Nation : Gibraltar
Contestant : Krystel Robba
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Gibraltar



Nation : Greece
Contestant : Angeliki Kalaitzi
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Thessaloniki



Nation : Guadeloupe
Contestant : Frederika Charpentier
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Basse-Terre



Nation : Guatemala
Contestant : Maribel Arana
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Guatemala City



Nation : Guyana
Contestant : Christa Simmons
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Georgetown



Nation : Honduras
Contestant : Gabriela Zavala
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 183
Hometown : San Pedro Sula



Nation : Hong Kong China
Contestant : Skye Chan
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 168
Hometown : Hong Kong



Nation : Hungary
Contestant : Szilvia Freire
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Budapest



Nation : Iceland
Contestant : Alexandra Ivarsdottir
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Reykjavik



Nation : India
Contestant : Parvathy Omanakuttan
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Kottayam



Nation : Indonesia
Contestant : Sandra Angelia
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 168
Hometown : Surabaya



Nation : Ireland
Contestant : Sinead Noonan
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Country Meath



Nation : Israel
Contestant : Tamar Ziskind
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Haifa

Nation : Italy
Contestant : Claudia Russo
Age : 25
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Messina

Nation : Jamaica
Contestant : Brittany Lyons
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 166
Hometown : Kingston

Nation : Japan
Contestant : Mizuki Kubodera
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Kanagawa

Nation : Kazakhstan
Contestant : Alfina Nassyrova
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Almaty

Nation : Kenya
Contestant : Ruth Kinuthia
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 184
Hometown : Nairobi

Nation : Korea
Contestant : Choi Bo-in
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 169
Hometown : Seoul

Nation : Latvia
Contestant : Ina Avlasevica
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Dobele

Nation : Labanon
Contestant : Rosarita Tawil
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Beirut

Nation : Lithuania
Contestant : Gabriele Martirosianaite
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Kaunas

Nation : Malaysia
Contestant : Soo Wincci
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 170
Hometown : Selangor

Nation : Malta
Contestant : Martha Fenech
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 170
Hometown : St.Julian's

Nation : Martinique
Contestant : Elodie Delor
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 183
Hometown : Fort-de-France

Nation : Mauritius
Contestant : Olivia Carey
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 170
Hometown : Vacoas

Nation : Mexico
Contestant : Anagabriela Espinoza
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Monterrey

Nation : Moldova
Contestant : Iana Varnacova
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Chisinau

Nation : Mongolia
Contestant : Anun Chinbat
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Ulan Bator

Nation : Montenegro
Contestant : Mariana Mihajlovic
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Plavnica

Nation : Namibia
Contestant : Marelize Robberts
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Windhock
Nation : Netherlands
Contestant : Carmen Kool
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Arnhem

Nation : New Zealand
Contestant : Kahurangi Taylor
Age : 17
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Auckland

Nation : Nigeria
Contestant : Adaeze Igwe
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Awka

Nation : Northern Ireland
Contestant : Judith Wilson
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Enniskillen

Nation : Norway
Contestant : Lene Egeli
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Stavanger

Nation : Paraguay
Contestant : Gabriela Rejala
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Nemby

Nation : Peru
Contestant : Annmarie Dehainaut
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Lima

Nation : Philippines
Contestant : Danielle Castano
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Quezon City

Nation : Poland
Contestant : Klaudia Ungerman
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Wysieradz

Nation : Portugal
Contestant : Andreia Rodrigues
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Lisbon

Nation : Puerto Rico
Contestant : Ivonne Orsini
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Bayamon

Nation : Russia
Contestant : Ksenia Sukhinova
Age : 21
Height(cm) : 178
Hometown : Tyumen

Nation : Scotland
Contestant : Stephanie Willemse
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Glasgow

Nation : Serbia
Contestant : Nevena Lipovac
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Belgrade

Nation : Seychelles
Contestant : Elena Angione
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 168
Hometown : Mahe

Nation : Sierra Leone
Contestant : Tyrilla Gouldson
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 188
Hometown : Freetown

Nation : Singapore
Contestant : Faraliza Tan
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Singapore

Nation : Slovakia
Contestant : Edita Kresakova
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Sena

Nation : South Africa
Contestant : Tansey Coetzee
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Johannesburg


 
Nation : Spain
Contestant : Patricia Rodriguez
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 179
Hometown : Granadilla de Abona

Nation : Sri Lanka
Contestant : Rochelle Correa
Age : 24
Height(cm) : 180
Hometown : Colombo

Nation : St.Lucia
Contestant : Joy-Ann Biscette
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Castries

Nation : Swaziland
Contestant : Tiffany Simelane
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 172
Hometown : Mhlambanyatsi

Nation : Sweden
Contestant : Jennifer Palm Lundberg
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Sigtuna

Nation : Tanzania
Contestant : Nasreem Ndiye
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 174
Hometown : Mwanza

Nation : Thailand
Contestant : Ummarapas Jullakasian
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 173
Hometown : Bangkok

Nation : Trinidad & Tobago
Contestant : Gabrielle Walcott
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 170
Hometown : Petit Valley

Nation : Uganda
Contestant : Dora Mwima
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Tororo

Nation : Ukraine
Contestant : Irina Zhuravskaya
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Kiev

Nation : United States
Contestant : Lane Lindell
Age : 18
Height(cm) : 177
Hometown : Tampa Bay

Nation : Uruguay
Contestant : Fatimih Davila
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Montevideo

Nation : Venezuela
Contestant : Hannely Quintero
Age : 23
Height(cm) : 176
Hometown : Caracas

Nation : Vietnam
Contestant : Duong Truong Thien Ly
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 169
Hometown : Dong Thap

 
Nation : Wales
Contestant : Chole-Beth Morgan
Age : 22
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Cwmbran

 
Nation : Zambia
Contestant : Winfridah Mofu
Age : 19
Height(cm) : 172
Hometown : Lusaka

 
Nation : Zimbabwe
Contestant : Cynthia Muvirimi
Age : 25
Height(cm) : 170
Hometown : Harare
 
Nation : Panama
Contestant : Kathya Saldana
Age : 20
Height(cm) : 172
Hometown :Panama City
 
Nation :Turkey
Contestant : Leyla Lydia Tugutlu
Age :19
Height(cm) : 175
Hometown : Istanbul