No question, no doubt, Ksenia was the major favorite and she walked away with the crown. She is one of the most beautiful women I’ve seen in all my years covering beauty contests. Tall, poised, regal and beautiful, she did everything as expected.
In the end, the emotion is rolling as Julia Morley is about to [...]
This Year. And so it’s come and gone. I had such grandiose notions of writing the ultimate witty sassy essay THIS YEAR. I was going to make that very insightful comment about who should win and why THIS YEAR. I sat down last night, a glass of South Africa’s Amarula cream liqueur in hand, ready to [...]
With so many radical changes, so many expectations, so many favourites, and rumours, this competition has all the ingredients to be one of the top enjoyments for us fans this year.
Starting with the incredibly huge disappointments of some of the pre-arrival favourites such as Miss Ecuador, whose production team made amazing wonders with Photoshop that sadly, [...]
Another year has gone by, and another Miss World pageant is about to end. It has been such an incredible ride since the contest started last November 16th. This is my 9th year covering the Miss World contest -I started in 2000 when it was held at the Millenium Dome in London- and each time [...]
As the big finale on December 13th approaches, two more fast track winners have been named.
Barbados’ Natalie Olivia Griffith was chosen the winner of the Talent Competition and automatically advances to the Top 15 semi finals. This marks the second time in Miss World history that Barbados makes the finals in the event. (The first [...]
The Gods, the solar system and the spirits within are aligning themselves to what seems to be the triumph of Russia in the 2008 Miss World pageant.
Ksenia Sukhinova just won the “Top Model” fast track event, just like Zi Lin Zhang did last year. Also, Sukhinova was 2nd runner-up in the Beach Beauty event;Zi Ling [...]
After Mexico’s victory in Saturday’s Beach Beauty, the country has another reason to celebrate: It is the only country in the 2000’s decade that has managed five consecutive classifications in the semi finals at Miss World.
It all started in 2004 when Yessica Ramirez Meza (photo) won the “Top Model” fast track award. Then in 2005, [...]
According to the MW Organization web stie, the Top 25 Semifinalists for the Beach Beauty Competition to be held at the Umhlanga Beach Resort in Durban on Saturday, November 29th are as follows (their GB Leaderboard position is next to it if they are in the Top 50):
Angola (#19)
Australia
Colombia (#47)
Croatia
Egypt
India (#13)
Kazakhstan (#32)
Lebanon (#24)
Mexico (#10)
New Zealand
Paraguay [...]
109 beauties to parade in the Finals
As the pageant’s final gets closer, some adjustments were made. The official website of Miss World www.missworld.com, finally edited the list, revealing a correct count of 109 contestants this year. Sadly, two contestants were not able to make it to South Africa at the last minute: Macedonia FYRO (Suzana [...]
As the contestants prepare for the Beach Beauty finals on Saturday, I gathered a list of results since the competition was introduced in 2003. Usually the winner of the crown is among the finalists of this competition. But… usually the winner of this award doesn’t win anything else.
It’s interesting to note that since the women [...]