GRAND SLAM PAGEANT NEWS (December 2009)
Miss Luxembourg 2010
Miss Luxembourg World 2010 December 20, 2009. Shari Thuyns, a nineteen year-old student will represent Luxembourg at 60th Miss World contest in Vietnam. She was chosen over seven other candidates during the finale of the Miss Luxembourg 2010 contest finals held at Chateu d'Uspelt.
Miss Rwanda 2010
Miss Rwanda 2010 December 18, 2009. The new Miss Rwanda contest took place and the winner will compete in Miss World 2010 in Vietnam. The pageant held at the Kigali Serena Hotel had Grace Bahati, an 18 year-old model and student from the Southern Province, as the winner.
Miss Earth Slovenia 2010
Miss Earth Slovenia 2010 December 19, 2009. Ines Draganovic, 18, won the Miss Kongo za Miss Zemlje (Miss Earth Slovenia) 2010 crown at the Casino Kongo. She will be Slovenia's representative to 10th Miss Earth pageant. Sara Jurecic and Nermina Hankic were the 1st and 2nd runners-up, respectively.
Miss Angola 2010
Miss Angola 2010 December 13, 2009. Jurema Ferraz from Namibe will Angola's Miss Universe 2010 candidate after winning the Miss Angola crown. Ivanita Jones from Zaire was the 1st runner-up and will compete in Miss World 2010 in Vietnam. Helena Jacinto of Luanda Sur became the 2nd runner-up of the national contest.
Miss South Africa 2010
Miss South Africa 2010 December 13, 2009. Nicole Flint from Pretoria was crowned as the 52nd Miss South Africa titleholder at the Sun City Superbowl. Matapa Maila, was the 1st Princess of the pageant for the 2nd time around (she was a former Miss Earth South Africa as well); while Lisa Van Zyl placed as the 2nd Princess. Nicole will represent South Africa at Miss Universe and Miss World competitions for 2010.
MIss Japan 2010
Miss jaoan International World 2010 December 13, 2009. Japan's candidates to Miss International and Miss World 2010 has been selected. Twenty-two year-old student Enari Misa was crowned Miss International Japan and will compete in Miss International 2010; while twenty year-old Hiramatsu Manami, who is also a student, was chosen to represent Japan at Miss World 2010.
MISS WORLD 2010
Miss World 2009 December 12, 2009. Kaiane Aldorino bagged the very first international beauty title for Gibraltar at the culmination of the 59th Miss World finals at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. 112 national candidates competed in the said event where Miss Mexico Perla Beltran was chosen as the 1st runner-up, while homecountry representative Tatum Keshwar (South Africa) placed as the 2nd runner-up.

Misses France (Chloé Mortaud), Canada (Lena Ma), Panama (Nadege Herrera) and Colombia (Daniela Ramos) were the rest of the finalists.

Other candidates who entered the semi-finals were Misses Brazil (Luciana Bertolini), India (Pooja Chopra), Japan (Eruza Sasaki), Kazahkstan (Dina Nuraliyeva), Korea (Kim Joo-ri), Martinique (Ingrid Littré), Poland (Anna Jamróz), Sierra Leone (Mariatu Kargbo) and Vietnam (Tran Thi Huong Giang).
Miss France 2010
Miss France 2010 December 5, 2009. Miss Normandie Malika Menard was crowned as the new Miss France in Nice. The 22-year old student will represent France at Miss Universe and Miss World contests in 2010. Virginie Dechenaud of Rhone-Alpes, Mélanie Craignou of Britanny, Emilie Corbi of Provence and Nathalie Ample of Quercy were the runners-up.
Miss Ukraine Universe 2010
Miss Ukraine Universe 2010 December 5, 2009. Anna Poslavskaya, 22 years old, bested 13 other candidates for the Miss Ukraine Universe 2010 crown and title. She will represent Ukraine at the 2010 Miss Universe contest. Last September, she placed as 1st runner-up in the Miss World qualifying pageant Miss Ukraine. The Miss Ukraine Universe contest celebrated its 5th anniversary at the Hotel Intercontinental in Kiev.
 
Grand Slam Pageants
Grand Slam Pageant Calendar
MARCH
16: Miss Panama (Universe, World)
16: Miss Ecuador (Universe, World, International)
17: Miss Nicaragua (Universe)
25: Miss Espanola (Spain Earth)
31: Ceska Miss (Universe, World, Earth)
APRIL
01: Miss Universe Japan
AUGUST
18: MISS WORLD