| GRAND SLAM PAGEANT NEWS (September
2008) |
| Binibining Pilipinas World 2008 |
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September 30,
2008. Due to unspecified personal reasons,
Janina San Miguel, the official Miss Philippines
World winner renounced her title. The Binibining
Pilipinas Charities replaced her with the
1st runner-up Denielle Castano, who will
be officially sent to South Africa for the
Miss World 2008 finals. |
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| Miss Earth Australia 2008 |
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September 27,
2008. Rachael Smith from Western Australia
was crowned Miss Earth Australia 2008. She
will represent the land downunder at Miss
Earth this October to November. Geraldine
Ivankovic (Australian Capital Territory),
Rhonda Price (New South Wales) and Deanne
Murray (Victoria) were the runners-up. |
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| Miss Earth Vietnam 2008 |
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September 27,
2008. Phan Thi Ngoc Diem will represent
Vietnam at the 8th annual Miss Earth Pageant
in the Philippines, Bali and Guam. Ngoc
Diem, who is a student from South-Central
Khanh Hoa province, was crowned Miss Tourism
Vietnam last August 2nd. |
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| Miss Schweiz 2008 |
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September 27,
2008. Whitney Toyloy, aged 18, from Yverdon
was elected the new Miss Switzerland and
will compete in Miss Universe 2009. Toyloy
has a multicultural background, with her
ancestors coming from the United States,
China, Panama and Switzerland. Rekha Datta
from Winkel, came second, while Lisa Panigada
from Canton Ticino, came third. |
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| Miss Earth Ukraine 2008 |
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September 25,
2008. The new Miss Ukraine Earth 2008 Olga
Bilousova. The 18 year-old beauty is ready
to compete in Miss Earth 2008 in Asia. Kristina
Korobko was the first runner-up and Tatiana
Krushelnitskaya from Krivoy Rog was the
second runner-up. |
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| Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008 |
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September 20,
2008. Karla María Carrillo González
of Jalisco is the 2008 Nuestra Belleza Mexico
winner and will represent Mexico in Miss
Universe 2009. Sinaloan beauties Perla Beltrán
was chosen Miss Mundo Mexico and Laura Zúñiga
Huízar was Miss International Mexico.
They will compete in their respective international
pageants next year. |
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| Miss Mauritius 2008 |
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September 20,
2008. Anaïs Veerapatren was crowned
Miss Mauritius 2008 and will be her country's
delegate to Miss Universe and Miss World
2009 pageants. Laura Grenouille et Rachel
Lacharmante were the 1st and 2nd Dauphines,
repectively. On the same event, Ashvin Chunnoo
won the Mr. Mauritius World title. |
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| Miss Mongolia 2008 |
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September 17,
2008. O. Khulangoo became the winner of
the Miss Mongolia 2008 beauty contest that
was held in Ulaanbaatar. She has also been
awarded with the right to participate in
Miss International contest in Macau. A total
of 21 ladies competed in the final round
of the national pageant. |
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| Miss Italia 2008 |
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September 14,
2008. Miriam Leone, a 23 year-old Music
student from Acireale is Miss Italia 2008.
Italy's biggest national beauty pageant
was held in Salsomaggiore Terme as it celebrate
its 70th year. 99 other contestants competed
in the said event. |
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| Miss Polonia 2008 |
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September 13,
2008. Angelika Jakubowska, 19 years old
from Lubania, is the new Miss Polonia. She
will represent Poland at Miss Universe 2009.
The 1st Vice Miss Ewa Chelminska will compete
in Miss International 2008, while the 2nd
Vice Miss Paulina Kwasniewska will go to
Miss Europe. |
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| Miss Venezuela 2008 |
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September 10,
2008. Miss Trujillo, Stefanía Fernandez,
was crowned the most beautiful woman in
Venezuela and will represent her country
at Miss Universe 2009. The other winners
were Miss Anzoategui, María Milagros
Véliz, as Miss World Venezuela and
will compete in Miss World 2009; and Miss
Monagas, Laksmi Rodríguez, will join
Miss International 2009 after being chosen
as Miss Venezuela International 2008. Miss
Sucre, Natasha Domínguez and Miss
Carabobo, Gabriela Concepción were
the runners-up. |
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| Miss Earth Singapore 2008 |
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September 9,
2008. Information Technology Analyst, Ivy
Leow Kian Peng won the 2008 Miss Earth Singapore
crown and gave her the opportunity to represent
her country at the 8th edition of Miss Earth.
The runners-up were Caron Chin Tze Lin (Miss
Air), Yen Wu Ling (Miss Water) and Chang
Wann Wah (Miss Fire). |
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| Beleza Brasil 2008 |
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September 6,
2008. Tatiane Alves from Minas Gerais was
chosen as the 2008 Beleza Brasil or Miss
Brazil Terra. The special selection was
held to determine Brazil's representative
to Miss Earth 2008 in Manila. Beleza Brasil
will be having its national finals before
the year ends where the winner will compete
in Miss Earth next year. |
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| Miss Macau 2008 |
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September 6,
2008. Florence Loi, 23 year-old marketing
operations trainer, was voted Sunday Miss
Macau 2008 in a show that was held at the
Venetian Macau Resort. She is expected to
participate in the Miss International 2008
pageant on the 8 November in Macau. Second
place went to Portuguese-Chinese Ana Kuan
Barroso, while Cherry Ng came in third. |
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| Miss Continente Americano 2008 |
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September 6,
2008. Miss Mexico Lupita Gonzalez was chosen
as the 2008 winner of the Miss Continente
Americano Beauty Pageant. The finals was
held at Guayaquil in Ecuador participated
by 18 contestants. The 1st runner-up was
Miss Kristina Ruisanchez of Puerto Rico
while Domenica Saporitti of Ecuador was
the 2nd runner-up. |
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| Miss Earth Mexico 2008 |
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September 5,
2008. Abigail Elizalde Romo from Coahuila
won the 2008 Miss Earth Mexico crown during
the national finals held at the Centro de
Convenciones Siglo XXI in Mérida,
Yucatán. She will represent Mexico
at Miss Earth in Manila. The runners-up
were Monica Jimenez (Chihuahua), Karina
Lopez (Jalisco) and Patricia Gomez (San
Luis Potosi). |
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| Millennium Queen 2008 |
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September 3,
2008. Millennium Queen, the national pageant
of Ethiopia for Miss Earth and Miss International
has chosen its delegates for the said grand
slam pageants. Kidan Tesfahun will compete
in Miss Earth in Manila while Nardos Desta
will join in Miss International in Macau.
Both were last year's Millenium Queen winners.
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| Miss Deutschland Earth, International
& Intercontinental 2008 |
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September 1,
2008. Three more Miss Deutschlands were
crowned by the Miss Germany Organization
during a special event to select Germany's
representative to three international pageants.
Dajana Schult was chosen as Miss Earth Deutschland,
Katja Bondarenko was Miss International
Deutschland and Linda Leiste as Miss Intercontinental
Deutschland. |
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| Miss Martinique World 2008 |
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September 1,
2008. Last year's Miss Martinique Earth
and Grand Slam Beauty of the Year Elodie
Delor will represent Martinique at the 58th
Miss World Pageant in Johannesburg, South
Africa. The 18 year-old beauty has been
well-considered to compete again internationally
by the Miss Martinique International Organization
after her successful entry in Miss Earth's
semi-finals in 2007. |
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