April 28, 2008. A model from New York, Yvette Nsiah has been selected as Miss Universe Ghana in Accra. The 20 year-old beauty will compete in Vietnam this July. Daisy Asare Akoto came out as1st runner-up while Joyce Akagbo was the 2nd runner-up.

April 28, 2008. 26 year-old Canadian-Persian beauty Samantha Tajik won the Miss Universe Canada 2008 and will now compete at Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam. Last year, Samantha placed as 3rd runner-up in the Miss Universe Canada contest and gave her the chance to compete in the International Model of the Year 2007 in Korea where she won.

April 27, 2008. 20 year-old Hinatea Boosie won the 2008 Miss Tahiti contest and gave her the opportunity to compete in Miss France and possibly in Miss Earth 2008. The 1st Dauphine was Vaihere Merpaut, Manavarii Ravetupu was the 2nd Dauphine and Vahinetua Flaccadori was the 3rd Dauphine.

April 26, 2008. Communications and Public Affairs student Diana Barrasa, 21 years old, was proclaimed as the new Señorita Honduras. She will be flown to Vietnam for the 57th annual Miss Universe contest in July.

April 24, 2008. Miss Cuba Marlyn Sanchez, was the winner of the 2008 Caribbean Queen title during the PJD2 Caribbean Pageant. A total of 28 ladies took part in the Pageant.

April 23, 2008. Iryna Zhuravska, 18 years old, won the Miss Ukraine beauty contest held at the National Palace in Kiev. She is related to the Deputy Mayor of Kiev. She will compete in Mis World in her home country.

April 21, 2008. Twenty-one year-old Lene Egeli from Stavanger won the 2008 Froken Norge competition. She will compete in Miss World in Ukraine this October. Mariann Birkedal was the runner-up in the said event.

April 20, 2008. Samantha Powell, 20, representing Horowhenua, is the newly crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 in a ceremony at the Novotel Ellerslie, near Auckland City. Hannah Matthews of Auckland was the 1st runner-up, followed by the 2nd runner-up Rhonda Grant of Palmerston North.

April 19, 2008. Agustina Quinteros, the representative of La Pampa, won the Miss Argentina 2008 title during the Belleza Argentina finals night held at the City of Río Hondo. She will represent her country in Miss World this year. The runners-up: Ana Belén Regatuso (1st) and Camila Solorzano (2nd) will compete in Miss International and Miss Earth.

April 13, 2008. Miss Rio Grande do Sul, Nat ália Anderle was crowned Miss Brazil Universe 2008 at the event held in the Citibank Hall, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Vanessa Vidal, a deaf candidate from Ceara, was named as the 1st runner-up and will compete in Miss International Beauty Pageant 2008 to be held in Macau.

April 12, 2008. April Jackson, an eighteen year-old Jamaican-British beauty, was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2008. The runners-up were Doneika Plowright (1st) and Rebecca Silvera (2nd). The competition was held at the National Indoor Sports Arena with international RnB star Keyshia Cole as the special guest.

April 12, 2008. Harshita Saxena on Friday surrendered her Miss India Earth title, paving way for Tanvi Vyas, who is now the new Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2008. Tanvi will now be representing India in Miss Earth, according to Femina Miss India Director Sameer Soni. Harshita Saxena, who was crowned last week, has landed in trouble for breaching contract with her previous modeling agency Gladrags. Gladrags President Maureen Wadia claimed that Harshita had no authority to participate in any other beauty contest, without permission.

April 11, 2008. 21-year old Maria Teresa Rodriguez was crowned Miss Costa Rica at the conclusion of a nationwide televised ceremony. Maria Teresa, who is a former Miss Teen International, will represent her country at Miss Universe and at the International Coffee Queen. The runner-ups were Marylin Marin and Diana Mackenzie.

April 11, 2008. Miss Texas Crystle Stewart won the 2008 Miss USA crown at the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Stewart will represent the USA in the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam. Completing the five finalists were: Leah Laviano of Mississippi (1st runner-up), Tiffany Andrade of New Jersey (2nd runner-up), Lindsey Harrington of Oklahoma (3rd runner-up) and Lauren Merola of Pennsylvania (4th runner-up).

April 10, 2008. Silvia Cornejo, Miss Peru, is the first Latin beauty to be crowned Miss Tourism Queen International. The runners-up were: Miss China Tong He (1st), Miss Canada Sahar Biniaz (2nd), Miss Montenegro Dasa Zivkovic (3rd) and Miss Japan Akemi Fukumura (4th).

April 9, 2008. The 20 year-old University of Wollongong student Katie Richardson has won the title of Miss World Australia. Richardson will now represent Australia at the Miss World competition in Ukraine in September to October.

April 6, 2008. Swiss-Persian beauty, Nasanin Nuri, 20, won the 2008 Miss Earth Schweiz crown and gave her the chance to compete in Miss Earth this year. Her court includes Claudia Wild (Miss Air), Fabienne Stocker (Miss Water) and Amandine Maschio (Miss Fire).

April 6, 2008. Nineteen year-old basketball athlete and model Matilda Mecini was chosen Miss Albania Universe 2008. The contest was organized by Jeta Media Company.

April 6, 2008. Kadri Nõgu, twenty-one years old, won the 2008 Eesti Miss Estonia contest and gave her the chance to represent her country in the 2008 Miss Universe contest. 22 year-old Julia Kovaljova was the 1st Princess while 20 year-old Viktoria Dementjeva was the 2nd Princess.

April 5, 2008. Giannina Ruffinelli, 21, won the the top title Miss Universe Paraguay in the 2008 Belleza Paraguaya finals held in Asuncion. Gabriela Rejala and Marilé Barrios won the Miss World Paraguay and Miss International Paraguay titles, respectively.

April 5, 2008. India's new queens for the top three biggest beauty pageants in the world has been crowned. Parvathy Omanakuttan won the Femina Miss India World title, Simran Kaur Mundi was Femina Miss India Universe and Harshita Saxena was Femina Miss India Earth. They will represent India in their respective grand slam pageants this year.

April 4, 2008. Zana Krasniqi was chosen to represent Kosovo in Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam. Miss Universe Kosovo's national director is Fadil Berisha, who happens to be Miss Universe's official fashion photographer, acquired the franchise.

April 4, 2008. The 2008 Miss Slovensko crown was bagged by model Edita Krešáková. She will represent Slovakia in Miss World this year. The 1st Vice Miss was Kristína Vlková and will compete in Miss International, and Lenka Sýkorová was the 2nd Vice Miss and will participate in the Miss Europe contest.

April 4, 2008. Twenty-one year-old university student Hiroko Mima has taken the title of Miss Universe Japan, beating nine other girls who vied for this coveted title. She’ll be representing Japan at the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam. Miss Mima is a student in the Tokushima prefecture.