Monday, July 14, 2008

miss venezuela is miss universe 2008



the 57th miss universe beauty pageant, was held at the diamond bay resort in nha trang, vietnam on July 14, 2008 where dayana mendoza, miss venezuela, was crowned by last year's titleholder riyo mori of japan. eighty contestants competed in the event which was broadcasted and distributed globally in more than 180 countries.


the pageant was watched by a live audience of 7,500 and nearly a billion television viewers worldwide. this is also the first time that the miss universe pageant was broadcasted in 1080i and man, i wish i had HD down here. oh yeah, my man, jerry springer and melanie brown, a.k.a. “scary spice” was holding it down as the presentors in this year’s competition which was pretty entertaining. there's really not much to talk about here except this is just gonna be a picture entry.



Final Results

Miss Universe 2008
Venezuela - Dayana Mendoza

1st Runner-up
Colombia - Taliana Vargas


2nd Runner-up
Dominican Republic - Marianne Cruz


3rd Runner-up
Russia - Vera Krasova

4th Runner-up
Mexico - Elisa Najera



Finalists
Australia- Laura Dundovic


Italy - Claudia Ferraris


Kosovo - Zana Krasniqi

Spain - Claudia Moro

USA - Crystle Stewart


Semifinalists
Czech Republic - Eliška Bučková


Hungary - Jázmin Dammak


Japan - Hiroko Mima


South Africa - Tanzey Coetzee


Vietnam - Nguyễn Thùy Lâm

Ain't representing without giving props to my girl, Miss China, Ziya Wei.

1 comment:

Miss Tiffie said...

Miss Japan scares me.

Miss China is gorrrrgeeeeous tho :] Hehehe...