Wednesday, July 9, 2008

LATEST NEWS ON MISS UNIVERSE 2008 ON JULY 8 - 14, 2008 - LATEST PICTURES OF MISS UNIVERSE 2008 CONTESTANTS FINAL PRESENTATION


THE 57TH ANNUAL MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT LIVE FROM CROWN CONVENTION CENTER, DIAMOND BAY RESORT & SPA, NHA TRANG, VIETNAM ON JULY 14, 2008 FROM 9.00 AM



The 80 contestants of Miss Universe 2008. The final presentation show is on July 8, 2008, the dress rehearsal on July 13, 2008 and the live telecast on July 14. Most activities already held successively in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, Da Nang, Hoi An, Ha Long and finally now inNha Trang, Vietnam.


The host of NBC’s hit summer show, "America’s Got Talent", Jerry Springer and actress/singer Mel B will host the 2008 Miss Universe Pageant live on NBC (simulcast on Telemundo) from the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam on Sunday, July 13th at 9:00 p.m. ET (delayed PT).

Judges for Miss Universe 2008:



- Jennifer Hawkins - Miss Universe 2004
- Nadine Velazquez
- Donald Trump, Jr.
- Roberto Cavalli
- Louis Licari
- John Nguyen

The Top 15 finalists will be judged in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown, and interview during the broadcast. Also, the winner for Best National Costume, as decided by online votes, will be announced.

LATEST PICTURES OF THE MISS UNIVERSE 2008 CONTESTANTS FINAL PRESENTATION WITH TWO ROUND OF BIKINI AND EVENING DESS AT THE CROWN CONVENTION HALL DIAMOND BAY RESORT & SPA, NHA TRANG,VIETNAM ON JULY 8, 2008




Pictures of The 57th Annual Miss Universe 2008 contestants in their bikini performance on July 8, 2008








Pictures of The 57th Annual Miss Universe 2008 contestants in their evening gown performance on July 8, 2008

Profile/Biodata of the contestants in their evening gown for Miss Universe 2008:

Country, Name, Age, Weight and Height and Hometown: Country:



Albania
Name: Matilda Mecini
Age: 19
Date of Birth: July 10, 1988
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Shkodra


Country: Angola
Name: Lesliana Pereira
Age: 20
Height: 172 5'8"
Hometown: Mbanza-Kongo


Country: Aruba
Name: Tracey Nicolaas
Age: 20
Weight and Height: 170 5'7"
Hometown: Holland Town


Miss Argentina
Name: Maria Silvana Belli
Age: 19
Height: 175 5'8"
Hometown: Rawson


Country: Australia
Name: Laura Dundovic
Age: 21
Weight and Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Sydney


Country: Bahamas
Name: Sacha Scott
Age: 19
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Nassau


Country: Belgium
Name: Alizée Poulicek
Age: 21
Height: 174 5'8"
Hometown: Huy


Country: Bolivia
Name: Katherine David Céspedes
Age: 19
Height: 175 5'9"

Hometown: San Ignacio de Velasco

Country: Brazil
Name: Natália Anderle
Age: 21
Height: 180 5'9"
Hometown: Encantado


Country: Canada
Name: Samantha Tajik
Age: 25
Height: 178 5'10"
Hometown: Toronto


Country: Cayman Islands
Name: Rebecca Parchment
Age: 25
Height: 177 5'10"
Hometown: West Bay


Country: China
Name: Ziya Wei
Age: 25
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Chongqing


Country: Colombia
Name: Taliana Vargas
Age: 20
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Santa Marta


Country: Costa Rica
Name: María Teresa Rodríguez
Age: 21
Height: 168 5'6"
Hometown: Alajuela


Country: Croatia
Name: Snježana Lončarević
Age: 24
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Zagreb


Country: Curaçao J
Name: Jenyfeer Mercelina
Age: 19
Height: 168 5'6"
Hometown: Willemstad


Country: Cyprus
Name: Demitra Sergiou
Age: 23
Height: 183 6'0"
Hometown: Limassol


Country: Czech Republic
Eliška Bučková
18 179 5'11"
Strážnice


Miss Denmark
Name: Maria Sten-Knudsen
Age: 18
Height: 182 6'0"
Hometown: Copenhagen


Country: Dominican Republic
Name: Marianne Cruz
AgeL: 23
Height: 181 5'11"
Hometown: Salcedo


Country: Ecuador
Name: Doménica
Saporitti
19
173 5'8"
Guayaquil


Country: Egypt
Name: Yara Naoum
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Cairo


Country: El Salvador
Name: Rebeca Moreno
Age: 22
Height: 160 5'3"
Hometown: San Salvador


Country: Estonia
Name: Kadri Nõgu
Age: 21
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Saaremaa


Country: Finland
Name: Satu Tuomisto
Age: 21
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Akaa


Country: France
Name: Laura Tanguy
Age: 20
Height: 179 5'11"
Hometown: Angers


Country: Germany
Name: Madina Taher
Age: 21
Height: 172 5'8"
Hometown: Elmshorn


Country: Ghana
Name: Yvette Nsiah
Age: 20
Height: 170 5'7"
Hometown: Accra


Country: Greece
Name: Dionysia Koukiou
Age: 22
Height: 178 5'10"
Hometown: Athens


Miss Georgia
Name: Gvantsa Daraselia


Country: Guam
Name: Siera Robertson
Age: 18
Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Yona


Miss Georgia
Name: Gvantsa Daraselia


Country: Guatemala
Name: Jennifer Chiong
Age: 24
Height: 168 5'6"
Hometown: Quetzaltenango


Country: Honduras
Name: Diana Barraza
Age: 21
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Tegucigalpa


Country: Hungary
Name: Jazmin Dammak
Age: 24
Height: 174 5'8"
Hometown: Budapest


Country: India
Name: Simran Kaur Mundi
Age: 22
Height: 177 5'10"
Hometown: Mumbai


Country: Indonesia
Name: Putri Raemawasti
Age: 21
Height: 171 5'7"
Hometown: Blitar


Country: Ireland
Name: Lynn Kelly
Age: 20
Height: 173cm 5'8"
Hometown: Dublin


Country: Israel
Name: Shunit Faragi
Age: 21
Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Kiryat Tiv'on


Country: Italy
Name: Claudia Ferraris
Age19
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Bergamo


Country: Jamaica
Name: April Jackson
Age: 18
Height: 183 6'0"
Hometown: Ocho Ríos


Country: Japan
Name: Hiroko Mima
Age: 21
Weight and Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Tokushima


Country: Kazakhstan
Name: Alfina Nasyrova
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Almaty


Country: Korea
Name: Lee Ji Sun
Age: 25
Weight and Height: 170 5'7"
Hometown: Seoul


Country: Kosovo
Name: Zana Krasniqi
Age: 18
Height: 171 5'7"
Hometown: Pristina


Country: Malaysia
Name: Levy Li Su Lin
Age: 20
Height: 170 5'7
Hometown: Terengganu


Country: Mauritius
Name: Marie-Anne Olivia Care
Age: 19
Height: 169 5'6"
Hometown: Vacoas


Country: Mexico
Name: Elisa Nájera
Age: 21
Height; 184 6'1"
Hometown: Celaya


Country: Montenegro
Name: Daša Živković
Age: 19
Height: 179 5'11"
Hometown: Nikšić


Country: Netherlands
Name: Charlotte Labee
Age: 22
Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Den Haag


Country: New Zealand
Name: Samantha Powell
Age: 20
Height: 178 5'10"
Hometown: Paraparaumu


Country: Nicaragua
Name: Thelma Rodríguez
Age: 19
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Chinandega


Country: Nigeria
Name: Stephanie Oforka
Age: 19
Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Port Harcourt


Country: Norway
Name: Mariann Birkedal
Age: 21
Height: 73 5'8"
Hometown: Stavanger


Country: Panama
Name: Carolina Dementiev
Age: 19
Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Panama City


Country: Paraguay
Name: Giannina Rufinelli
Age: 21
Height: 172 5'8"
Hometown: Luque


Country: Peru
Name: Karol Castillo
Age: 18
Height: 182 6'0"
Hometown: Trujillo


Country: Philippines
Name: Jennifer Barrientos
Place of Birth: San Mateo Rizal
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Age: 22
Country: 173 5'8"
Hometown: San Mateo


Country: Poland
Name: Barbara Tatara
Age: 24
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Lodz


Country: Puerto Rico
Name: Ingrid Rivera
Age: 24
Height: 174 5'8"
Hometown: Dorado


Country: Russia
Name: Vera Krasova
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Moscow


Country: Serbia
Name: Zorana Tasovac
Age: 19
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Kikinda


Country: Singapore
Name: Shenise Wong
Age: 26
Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Singapore


Country: Slovak Republic
Name: Sandra Manáková
Age: 19
Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Bratislava


Country: Slovenia
Name: Anamarija Avbelj
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Lukovica


Country: South Africa
Name: Tansey Coetzee
Age: 23
Height: 174 5'8"
Hometown: Johannesburg


Country: Spain
Name: Claudia Moro
Age: 22
Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Madrid


Country: Sri Lanka
Name: Faith Landers
Age: 22
Height: 168 5'6"
Hometown: Colombo


Country: Switzerland
Name: Amanda Ammann
Age: 21
Height: 168 5'6"
Hometown: Abtwil


Country: Tanzania
Name: Amanda Sululu
Age: 21
Height: 174 5'8"
Hometown: Arusha


Country: Thailand
Name: Kawintra Phothichak
Age: 22
Weight and Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Chonburi


Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Name: Anya Ayoung-Chee
Age: 26
Height: 173 5'8"
Hometown: Maraval


Country: Turkey
Name: Sinem Sülün
Age: 19
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Istanbul


Country: Turks & Caicos
Name: Angelica Lightbourne
Age: 20
Height: 170 5'7"
Hometown: Providenciales


Country: Ukraine
Name: Eleonora Masalab
Age: 19
Height: 178 5'10"
Hometown: Kharkiv


Country: United Kingdom
Name: Lisa Lazarus
Age: 20
Height: 177 5'10"
Hometown: Swansea


Country: Uruguay
Name: Paula Andrea Díaz
Age: 19
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Ciudad de la Costa


Country: USA Crystle Stewart
Age: 26
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Missouri City


Country: Venezuela
Name: Dayana Mendoza
Age: 22
176 5'9"
Hometown: Caracas


Country: Vietnam
Name: Nguyen Thuy Lam
Age: 21
Weight and Height: 50.6kg and 170cm 5'7"
Body measurement: 85-62-89

Special Awards of The Miss Universe 2008:

Pictures of The Top 5 - Best in Bikini - Queen of Vinpearl


Winner: Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico

Top 5 finalists:

Picture of the top 5 finalists Miss Unverse 2008 on July 14, 2008


Taliana Vargas, Colombia,


Simran Kaur, Miss India,


Claudia Moro, Miss Spain


Crystle Stewart, Miss USA

Miss Universe 2008 Top 15 on July 14, 2008 broadcast live:

1. Miss Venezuela
2. Miss Kosovo
3. Miss Mixico
4. Miss Vietnam
5. Miss South Africa
6. Miss Australia
7. Miss Japan
8. Miss Dominican Republic
9. Miss Italy
10. Miss Colombia
11. Miss Russia
12. Miss Hungary
13. Miss Czech Republic
14. Miss USA
15. Miss Spain

Top 10 Miss Universe 2008 has been announced: Who are they?



TOP 10 MISS UNIVERSE 2008 ARE:

1. Miss Kosovo
Name: Zana Krasniqi
Age: 18
Height: 171 5'7"
Hometown: Pristina

2. Miss Australia
Name: Laura Dundovic
Age: 21
Weight and Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Sydney

3. Miss Spain
Name: Claudia Moro
Age: 22
Height: 180 5'11"
Hometown: Madrid

4. Miss Mexico
Name: Elisa Nájera
Age: 21
Height; 184 6'1"
Hometown: Celaya

5. Miss Colombia
Name: Taliana Vargas
Age: 20
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Santa Marta

6. Miss USA
Crystle Stewart
Age: 26
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Missouri City

7. Miss Dominican Republic
Name: Marianne Cruz
AgeL: 23
Height: 181 5'11"
Hometown: Salcedo

8. Miss Russia
Name: Vera Krasova
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Moscow

9. Miss Italy
Name: Claudia Ferraris
Age19
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Bergamo

10. Miss Venezuela
Name: Dayana Mendoza
Age: 22
176 5'9"
Hometown: Caracas

Latest results of Top 5 Miss Universe 2008:


1, Miss Colombia
Name: Taliana Vargas
Age: 20
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Santa Marta


2. Miss Venezuela
Name: Dayana Mendoza
Age: 22
176 5'9"
Hometown: Caracas


3. Dominican Republic
Name: Marianne Cruz
AgeL: 23
Height: 181 5'11"
Hometown: Salcedo


4. Miss Mexico
Name: Elisa Nájera
Age: 21
Height; 184 6'1"
Hometown: Celaya


5. Miss Russia
Name: Vera Krasova
Age: 20
Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Moscow

Miss Congeniality 2008 is:


Miss El Salvado
Name: Rebeca Moreno
Age: 22
Height: 160 5'3"
Hometown: San Salvador

Best National Costume is:


Miss Thailand
Name: Kawintra Phothichak
Age: 22
Weight and Height: 176 5'9"
Hometown: Chonburi


Video clips of the Miss Universe 2008 results on July 14, 2008 (Thank you and credits to: noiteaforavideos Channel)

Top 10Miss Universe 2008 Evening Gown Scores

Miss Colombia (Taliana Vargas) 9.829
Miss Venezuela (Dayana Mendoza) 9.697
Miss Mexico (Elisa Najera) 9.429
Miss Dominican Republic (Marianne Cruz Gonzalez) 9.036
Miss Russia (Vera Krasova) 8.471
Miss Kosovo (Zana Krasniqi) 8.264
Miss Spain (Claudia Moro) 8.200
Miss USA (Crystle Stewart) 8.050
Miss Italy (Claudia Ferraris) 7.729
Miss Australia (Laura Dundovic) 7.557

TOP 5 MISS UNIVERSE 2008 HAS BEEN REVEALED. THEY ARE:


From Left, Tailana Vargas, Miss Colombia, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, Marianne Cruz Gonzalez, Miss Dominican Republic, Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico, Vera Krasova, Miss Russia are named into top five during the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in Nha Trang,Vietnam, Monday, July 14, 2008.



4TH RUNNER-UP: MISS MEXICO
3RD RUNNER-UP: MISS RUSSIA


2ND RUNNER-UP - MISS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Name: Marianne Cruz
AgeL: 23
Height: 181 5'11"
Hometown: Salcedo


Picture of Miss Colombia, Taliana Vargas - 1st runner-up and the winner is Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza.

1ST RUNNER-UP - MISS COLOMBIA
Name: Taliana Vargas
Age: 20
Height: 175 5'9"
Hometown: Santa Marta







Pictures of the new Miss Universe 2008 - Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza

WINNER OF MISS UNIVERSE 2008 IS MISS VENEZUELA
Name: Dayana Mendoza
Age: 22
176 5'9"
Hometown: Caracas


The newly crowned Miss Universe 2008 is Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza. Congratulations to all the winners of Miss Universe 2008.

(Thank you and credits to wikipedia.org and all sources for the inforamtion and pictures of Miss Universe 2008 held live in Vietnam on July 14, 2008)

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