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Miss Trinidad and Tobago placed tird in Miss World 2008 after Russia and India:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> December 13, 2008 has turned out to be a most lucky day for Miss Russia, despite the number 13, widely considered unlucky in many parts of the world. If indeed luck is where fortune meets preparation then turning the number 13 into "lucky 13" were the 15 semi-finalists:
- Second Runner Up, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabrielle Walcott (below with Julia Morley)
- Miss Russia Kseniya Sukhinova (left)
- Miss Mexico Ana Gabriela Espinoza Marroquin
- Miss Iceland Alexandra Helga Ivarsdottir
- Miss Barbados Natalie, Olivia Griffith
- Miss Venezuela Hannely Zulami Quintero Ledezma
- Miss Ukraine Iryna Zhuravska
- Miss Croatia Josipa Kusic
- Miss Brazil Tamara Almeida Silva
- Miss Angola Brigite Santos
- Miss Kazakhstan Alfina Nassyrova
- Miss Puerto Rico Ivonne Orsini Lopex
- Miss Spain Patricia Yurena Rodriguez Alonjo
- Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee
- 1st Runner Up, Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan
The winner and the top five finalists of the ongoing show will be announced in the comments below this story.
The lives of these girls and many of the other 118 young women who took part in the pageant tonight in South Africa will change forever. Careers in modeling will be boosted, careers in acting will begin and many never-heard-about-before young ladies will become icons in their home countries, thanks to the exposure the contest gives them.
However, Miss World continues to be very much about skin, celebrating outer beauty and consolidating stereotypes set by Hollywood and Bollywood. The Miss People's Choice online contest featured most of the girls in bikinis and voters were asked to rate the young women on a scale of 1 to 10.
Ironically, the organizers had to announce this morning at the last minute, "Due to technical reasons beyond our control the Miss People`s Choice will not be included in tonight's Miss World Final." Nonetheless, "Ratings will be announced on the Miss World website on Monday 15 December," fans were told.
What saves the organization from wider feminist condemnation, however, are its charity works and attempts to direct attention to worthy causes.
BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE
The President of the Miss World Organization, Julia Morley (R), coined the phrase 'Beauty With A Purpose' more than 25 years ago and since then more than US$400 million have been raised in its name in support of children's charities across the globe, bringing help and hope to hundreds of thousands in need. Among the many recipients of this outstanding fund-generating activity has been the Nelson Mandela Trust, Canada’s Cops For Cancer, Variety Clubs International, Operation Hunger, and the SOS Children’s Villages which cares for orphaned and abandoned children in 132 countries.
Today, Beauty with a Purpose is the name of a special annual award programme that singles out and recognises the Miss World contestant who is shown, through charitable works, to have made a real difference to people in need in her homeland.
Charity work is an integral part of the Miss World ethos and part of the brief to contenders in each country is that they volunteer their time or fundraise for charity. All of the money raised goes to the nominated cause and the entrants’ records are credited with details of their personal contribution. Their hard work, dedication and above all, results, are what puts them in the running for the Beauty with a Purpose award.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> December 13, 2008 has turned out to be a most lucky day for Miss Russia, despite the number 13, widely considered unlucky in many parts of the world. If indeed luck is where fortune meets preparation then turning the number 13 into "lucky 13" were the 15 semi-finalists:
- Second Runner Up, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabrielle Walcott (below with Julia Morley)
- Miss Russia Kseniya Sukhinova (left)
- Miss Mexico Ana Gabriela Espinoza Marroquin
- Miss Iceland Alexandra Helga Ivarsdottir
- Miss Barbados Natalie, Olivia Griffith
- Miss Venezuela Hannely Zulami Quintero Ledezma
- Miss Ukraine Iryna Zhuravska
- Miss Croatia Josipa Kusic
- Miss Brazil Tamara Almeida Silva
- Miss Angola Brigite Santos
- Miss Kazakhstan Alfina Nassyrova
- Miss Puerto Rico Ivonne Orsini Lopex
- Miss Spain Patricia Yurena Rodriguez Alonjo
- Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee
- 1st Runner Up, Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan
The winner and the top five finalists of the ongoing show will be announced in the comments below this story.
The lives of these girls and many of the other 118 young women who took part in the pageant tonight in South Africa will change forever. Careers in modeling will be boosted, careers in acting will begin and many never-heard-about-before young ladies will become icons in their home countries, thanks to the exposure the contest gives them.
However, Miss World continues to be very much about skin, celebrating outer beauty and consolidating stereotypes set by Hollywood and Bollywood. The Miss People's Choice online contest featured most of the girls in bikinis and voters were asked to rate the young women on a scale of 1 to 10.
Ironically, the organizers had to announce this morning at the last minute, "Due to technical reasons beyond our control the Miss People`s Choice will not be included in tonight's Miss World Final." Nonetheless, "Ratings will be announced on the Miss World website on Monday 15 December," fans were told.
What saves the organization from wider feminist condemnation, however, are its charity works and attempts to direct attention to worthy causes.
BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE
The President of the Miss World Organization, Julia Morley (R), coined the phrase 'Beauty With A Purpose' more than 25 years ago and since then more than US$400 million have been raised in its name in support of children's charities across the globe, bringing help and hope to hundreds of thousands in need. Among the many recipients of this outstanding fund-generating activity has been the Nelson Mandela Trust, Canada’s Cops For Cancer, Variety Clubs International, Operation Hunger, and the SOS Children’s Villages which cares for orphaned and abandoned children in 132 countries.
Today, Beauty with a Purpose is the name of a special annual award programme that singles out and recognises the Miss World contestant who is shown, through charitable works, to have made a real difference to people in need in her homeland.
Charity work is an integral part of the Miss World ethos and part of the brief to contenders in each country is that they volunteer their time or fundraise for charity. All of the money raised goes to the nominated cause and the entrants’ records are credited with details of their personal contribution. Their hard work, dedication and above all, results, are what puts them in the running for the Beauty with a Purpose award.
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