GlobalBeauties.com - Miss International 2008 Special

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After the pageant, contestants, winners and producers took part in a Press Conference and Party. Photos by Broscoe

Alejandra Andreu is  18 years old and comes from Zaragoza.   She aspires to study visual communications, as she just graduated from high school months ago.

Alejandra, who stands 173 cm tall, finished in third place at the Miss Spain pageant last March, earning her the right to compete in Miss International.

Usually, the 2nd runner up in Miss Spain competed in the Miss Europe pageant but being a unstable contest -last edition took place in 2006-, the organizers decided that Alejandra  was better off competing in the Japanese competition.

She resembles former Miss Switzerland Lauriane Gillieron, a runner-up at Miss Universe 2006.  When asked about beauty secrets, Alejandra says that she keeps a healthy lifestyle, but the most important thing is enjoying life.

Alejandra’s victory marks the third Miss International crown for Spain. Other winners were Pilar Medina (1977) and Silvia de Esteban (1990). It is also the first “grand slam” beauty title for Spain since 1990.

For those wanting to see the Top 12 delegates dancing during the hip hop round, here is a taste thanks to YouTube.  Even though a lot of people did not know how the Hip Hop thing was going to turn out, Kudos to the producers for doing something innovating and above all, ENTERTAINING. (The video shows from Japan onward)

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO

WINNER: SPAIN, Alejandra Andreu

1st Runner Up: COLOMBIA, Maria Cristina Diaz Granados
2nd Runner Up: POLAND, Anna Tarnowska
3rd Runner Up: CHINA, Chang Wen Liu
4th Runner Up: CZECH REPUBLIC, Zuzana Putnarova

SEMI FINALISTS:

ECUADOR
JAPAN
LEBANON
PHILIPPINES
PUERTO RICO
TURKEY
VENEZUELA

SPECIAL AWARDS:

MISS PHOTOGENIC: Spain

BEST NATIONAL COSTUME: Aruba

MISS NATURAL BEAUTY: Belarus

MISS FRIENDSHIP: El Salvador

The Top 12 finalists took part in a “Dance Off” or more like a Table Dance section, where they had to jump on a small stage and show their dancing moves to the rhythm of “When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat Dolls and “4 Minutes” by Madonna among others.

It was a really entertaining section, but I don’t know if fans will like it as part of a beauty pageant’s competition since this performance is part of the final score.

Some of these girls really ROCKED the stage! LOL

Afterwards, the finalists dressed in beautiful qi paos delivered their loooong, rehearsed, “World Peace” (ala Gracie Lou Freebush) speeches. Zzzzzzzzzzzz….

They were announced in alphabetical order

CHINA

COLOMBIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

JAPAN

LEBANON

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

PUERTO RICO

SPAIN

TURKEY

VENEZUELA

Congratulations to all!

9:48 pm in Macau, the contestants just finished the swimsuit parade.  Puerto Rico’s Miriam Pabon rocked the 2nd part of the competition with her stage presence. We wonder what is the judges’ perception.  Norway, Poland, Spain and Vietnam also impressed with their beauty.

With bubbles, acrobats hanging from the roof and pop music, the 63 contestants are showing off their attributes during the swimsuit competition.

SPECTACULAR: Colombia does a more than great performance during the swimsuit competition

It is 9:15 pm in Macau. At this point, the delegates are being introduced in national costumes. The production is very upbeat, modern and elegant. A real change from what we are used to see!