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
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 Silva
Croatia - Josipa Kusić
Iceland - Alexandra Ívarsdóttir
Kazakhstan - Alfina Nassyrova
Mexico - Anagabriela Espinoza
Puerto Rico - Ivonne Orsini
Spain - Patricia Rodríguez
Ukraine - Irina Zhuravskaya
Venezuela - Hannelly Quintero
Continental Queens of Beauty:
Africa: Brigith dos Santos (Angola)
Americas: Hannelly Quintero (Venezuela)
Asia & Oceania: Parvathy Omanakuttan (India)
Caribbean: Gabrielle Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago)
Europe: Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia)
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