July 31, 2008. Twenty-four year-old Yan Ling Mei was chosen as the new Miss China and will be the representative of the most populous nation to the 58th Miss World pageant in Kiev, Ukraine this October.

July 30, 2008. Nataly Chilet Bustamante, a 23 year-old veterinary student from Santiago, was chosen by the Chilean Charm to represent Chile in Miss World 2008. Nataly was a Miss Earth Chile titleholder and a finalist in the Miss Earth pageant back in 2005. Coincidentally, her grandparent is from Ukraine - where ther Miss World finals will be held.

July 26, 2008. Twenty year-old Tiffany Simelane is the new Miss Swaziland. She was crowned during the controversial finals night held at the Royal Swazi Sun’s Convention Centre. Simelane will represent Swaziland in Miss World. Outgoing queen Nkosingiphile Dlamini cried during her final walk and has exposed unlikely experiences during her reign to press members

July 26, 2008. A new Miss Belize World was chosen and she is 21-year old Charmaine Chinapen who is a model and aspiring neurosurgeon at St Johns University in New York. She will represnt Belize in the Miss World 2008 pageant in Kiev, Ukraine on October 4th.

July 26, 2008. Nametso Ngwako, a second year broadcasting student at Limkokwing University was crowned Miss Earth Botswana at Maitisong. The 19 year old beauty old who hails from Serowe beat 11 other contestants to scoop the title and have the opportunity to represent her country in Miss Earth 2008. Dimakatso Gopane, Lucia Matlhatsa and Seneo Sesinyi settled for Miss Botswana Air, Miss Botswana Water and Miss Botswana Fire, respectively.

July 26, 2008. Khatuna Skhirtladze, 18 years old from Tbilisi, was crowned the new Miss Georgia 2008 during the finals held at the city of Batumi participated by 22 candidates. Khatuna will represent Georgia in Miss World 2008 in Kiev, the Ukraine. The 1st runner-up Lika Ordzhonikidze will compete in Miss Universe 2009 while Christina Dzidziguri was chosen as 2nd runner-up.

July 25, 2008. Sofia Larina, a 20 year-old student of the Siberian State University of Railway Communication, who was representing the Kemerovo region, won the Krasa Rossii (Russian Beauty) 2008 title. The other winners were Vice Miss Ekaterina Kopylova (of Tver) and the II Vice Miss was Zhanna Vlasevskaya (St.Petersburg).

July 25, 2008. The new Nuestra Belleza Mundo El Salvador and will have the opportunity to represent El Salvador in Miss World 2008 is Gabriela Gavidia. The 18 year-old beauty won the crown during the final event organized by Telecorporación Salvadoreña with 15 finalists paticipating. Teresa Gomez, Raquel Sources, Bleise Masey and Dew Creek were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th runners-up, respectively.

July 25, 2008. Geisha Natalie Montes de Oca Robles of Distrito Nacional was crowned Miss Mundo Dominicana 2008 in Sto.Domingo. Last year, she was the first runner-up in the same event. She will now be sent to Kiev, Ukraine for the 58th Miss World finals.

July 25, 2008. Tamara Almeida Silva of Minas Gerais is the new Miss Mundo Brasil 2008. The 22 year-old beauty won the coveted title during the national finals helad at the Echo Resort de Angra two Kings in Rio de Janeiro. the 1st runner-up was Vivian Noronha while Anelize Garcia was the 2nd runner-up. Almeida will represent Brazil in Miss World 2008.

July 25, 2008. Seventeen year-old beauty Gabriele Martirosianaite from Kauno will be representing Lithuania in the 58th Miss World pageant in Ukraine. She won the title during the event held at the Niujorkas Club in Vilnius where Evelina Sinkeviciute and Monika Balionyte ended as the runners-up.

July 24, 2008. Rochelle Adriana Korea won the Derana Miss Sri Lanka 2008 during the national pageant headed by the Derana TV and Upali Newspaper. The first runner-up was Saumiya Meeella and the second runner-up was Nilakshi Sadareka Pathirana. Korea will represent Sri Lanka in Miss World 2008.

July 19, 2008. Chloe Beth Morgan was crowned Miss Wales 2008. The 22-year-old sales assistant, who lives in Cwmbran, scooped the prize against 56 other finalists. She recently qualified as a fitness instructor and will represent Wales in Miss World in the Ukraine later this year. In second place was Leila James, aged 21 from Cardiff, and third was Lauren Knowles, 17, from Prestatyn.

July 19, 2008. Edelweiss Cheung was the winner of the Miss Hong Kong 2008 pageant finals held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Skye Chan and Sire Ma were the runners-up in the said event. Cheung will compete in Miss World in Ukraine while Chan will go to Miss International in Macau.

July 18, 2008. Frédérika Charpentier is the new Miss Guadeloupe World after winning the Miss Guadeloupe International 2008 pageant. The representatives for Miss Earth and Miss International will be chosen among the runners-up.

July 18, 2008. The Miss England 2008 winner was Laura Coleman, 22, from Cerby. She will be sent to represent England to Miss World in Ukraine. Chloe Marshall, 17, from Surrey was the first runner-up and Vanessa Lansom, 23, from Nottingham was the second runner-up. The 2008 Miss England finals was held at Troxy in East London.

July 18, 2008. The four grand slam beauties for Bolivia were crowned during the 2008 Miss Bolivia contest organized by Promociones Gloria. Dominique Peltier (Cochabamba) won the ultimate title Miss Bolivia 2008 and will have the opportunity to compete in Miss Universe 2009. The other crowned beauties were: Jackelin Arias (Beni) as Miss Bolivia Mundo, Laura Olivera (Tarija) as Miss Bolivia Internacional and Paula Penarrieta (Cochabamba) as Miss Bolivia Tierra. Nicole Añes (Litoral) was also chosen as Miss Bolivia Continente Americano, while Susana Vaca (Santa Cruz), Carolina Urquiola (La Paz) and Patricia Núñez (Chuquisaca) were the runners-up.

July 13, 2008. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza won the 5th Miss Universe crown for her country. She beat 79 other beauties from all over the globe during the finals of the very first Grand Slam Pageant for 2008 at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam. This year's runners-up were: Taliana Vargas (Colombia), Marianne Cruz-Gonzales (Dominican Republic), Vera Krasova (Russia) and Elisa Najera (Mexico).

July 15, 2008. Kathya Kathiuska Saldaña Grouse, a 20 year-old Public Administration student was proclaimed as the new Miss World Panama 2008 at the Centro de Convenciones del Hotel in Panama. She will represent her nation in Miss World 2008 in Ukraine.