| GRAND SLAM PAGEANT NEWS (October
2007) |
| Miss Martinique 2007 |
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October 20,
2007. Three new beauty queens from the island
of Martinique were chosen as representatives
to three grand slam pageants. Elodie Delor
was crowned Miss Earth Martinique, Vanessa
Beauchaints was selected as Miss World Martinique,
and Vilolene Grainville as Miss International
Martinique. |
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| Miss Earth China 2007 |
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October 19,
2007. The charm of Fu Jing Jing captures
the Miss Earth China title and gave her
the opportunity to represent the world's
most populous nation to the 7th Miss Earth
Pageant. Jing Jing who stands 175 cm tall
will have only a day to rest and immediately
fly to Manila. Miss Earth China 2007 became
the most popular national beauty contest
in China since last year's queen Zhou Mei
Ting's placement in the Miss Earth semi-finals. |
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| MISS INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
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October 15,
2007. Miss Mexico, Priscila Perales, was
crowned Miss International 2007 at the Prince
Park Tower, in Tokyo, Japan. Priscila is
the first Mexican to win this competition,
and the 2nd to win a grandslam title (Lupita
Jones, the first, was Miss Universe 1991).
Priscila had already competed in Miss Universe
2006, in Los Angeles, where she placed among
the 10 finalists. The first runner-up was
Miss Greece, Despina Vlepaki, and Belarus,
a country which participated in Miss International
for the first time, had the 2nd runner-up
represented by Yulia Sindzeyeva. |
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| Miss Japan International 2008 |
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October 15,
2007. Hisako Shirata, the 24-year-old from
Kochi Prefecture, 170cm tall model and actress
who won Miss Japan International contest.
She will represen Jpan in the 2008 Miss
International contest. |
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| Miss World Chile 2007 |
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October 15,
2007. Bernardita Zúñiga Huesbe,
a Chilean model won the Miss World Chile
2007 beauty contest. She also won the "Miss
Silhouette" special award. She'll be
flying to Sanya, China for the Miss World
finals on December. |
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| Miss Tibet 2007 |
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October 14,
2007. Tenzing Dolma, a 21-year-old BPO executive,
is Miss Tibet 2007. Dolma, working in Delhi,
was chosen ahead of Karnataka's Tsering
Yanjom, who was named the first runner-up,
while Sikkim's Diki Dolma was the second
runner-up at a glittering function held
at Macleodganj in Himachal Pradesh. The
winners were also chosen on the basis of
over 11,000 votes received from across the
world through the Internet and SMS. Dolma
will represent Tibet in the Miss Earth Pageant
on November. Last year's winner Chering
Tsungtak crowned Dolma. |
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| Miss Switzerland 2007 |
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October 14,
2007. Amanda Ammann won the Miss Switzerland
2007-pageant against fifteen other delegates.She
represented St. Gallen. Amanda is 20 years
old and stands 5 feet 6 inches tall. She
is a student of international Affairs in
Geneve. She will represent Switzerland in
Miss Universe 2008. Sabrina Knechtli and
Claudia Wambululu was 1st and 2nd runners-up,
respectively. |
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| Mis Makedonija 2007 |
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October 12,
2007. Jana Stojanovska is the new Mis Makedonija
(Miss Macedonia). The 22 year-old model
from Skopje will represent Macedonia to
the Miss World beauty pageant. Jana was
also Miss Earth Macedonia back in 2005. |
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| Miss World Sweden 2007 |
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October 9,
2007. The new Miss World Sweden is Annie
Oliv was crowned at a café opera
in Stockholm. The 19 year-old beauty is
originally from Gislaved in Smaland but
currently resides in Gothenburg. Annie will
be Sweden's bet to Miss World 2007. |
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| Miss Benelux 2008 |
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October
8, 2007. Barbara Vanden Bus wins the Miss
Benelux 2008 title and automatically qualifies
as Miss Earth Belgium 2008. Melanie De Laat
was Miss Earth Netherlands and Nadia Pereira
was Miss Earth Luxembourg, they will all
compete for the Miss Earth crown next year.The
Miss Benelux 2008 contest had 35 candidates:
4 from Luxembourg, 13 from the Netherlands
and 18 from Belgium. |
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| Miss Nederland 2007 |
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October
7, 2007. Melissa Sneeks from the province
of Zuid-Holland is the new Miss Nederland
(Miss Netherlands World) and will represent
her country at the Miss World Pageant on
December 1 in China. On the same event,
Miss Noord-Holland was first runner-up while
Miss Groningen was second runner-up. |
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| Miss Mondo Italia 2007 |
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October
6, 2007. Giada Wiltshire, a student of Casal
Fiumanese (Bologna) has been crowned Miss
Mondo Italia 2007. The 17 year-old beauty
queen stands 1.81 cm and is all set to represent
Italy to Miss World in Sanya, China this
December. |
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| Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2007 |
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October
5, 2007. Elisa Najera, 21 years old , of
Guanajuato was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mexico
2007 and will represent her country at the
Miss Universe pageant next year. Nineteen
year-old Ana Gabriela Espinoza of Nuevo
Leon was selected Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Mundo (Miss Mexico World). |
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