Reigning Miss Russia Kseniya Sukhinova has just been crowned Miss World 2008 in the 58th Miss World Pageant held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008.
Beauty pageant has never been universally accepted, generally we behold the beauty of the pageants and enjoy watching the contest on television but there are people who are unhappy with the way beauty contest is run. Besides, there has been countless allegations of corruptions and vote buying in most beauty pageant contests.
To say the truth, Miss World bears no significance to most of us. However, winning the title or just participating in the contest may be a significant part of the contestants’ life experience. Miss World represents a symbol to the rest of us, to the whole world, something wholesome and beautiful and we are supposed to come together and behold the beauty of the pageants regardless of race and social status.
Therefore it is not surprising that Miss World is often sent to do charity work and to spread the important message of unity and world peace. Ironically, the Miss World Organization decided to hold the event in South Africa instead of the originally planned venue in Kiev, Ukraine due to the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia concerning South Ossetia. Perhaps the organization is concerned about the safety of the pageants, spectators and other workers involved. No matter, perhaps the newly crowned Miss World could still help to spread the spirit of peace to the two countries in particular and to the world in general after this.
109 pageants from all over the world competed for Miss World 2008, marking the biggest turnout in the 58 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous record of 107 during Miss World 2004. Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin of the People’s Republic of China crowned her successor Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as the brand new Miss World.
Ksenia Sukhinova is a Siberian blonde who represented Russia to Miss World 2008 after winning the 2007 Miss Russia Pageant exactly a year ago (December 14, 2007 in Moscow). She is the second Russian contestant to win Miss World, the first was Julia Kourotchkina in 1992. Unfortunately she was unable to represent Russia at Miss Universe 2008 due to her college work, so her 2nd runner-up, Vera Krasova, replaced her in the pageant. Vera is the 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 2008.
Click here to see the photos of some of the contestants of Miss World 2008
December 14th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
like to know how come miss India get a longer to speak and miss Trinidad get lest then miss India to speak i think they cheat miss Trinidad…. miss Trinidad and miss India answer was the best … i still don’t understand how Miss Russia, won her answer was so poor ? I’ve lost all faith in Miss world. the the whole world know they cheat miss Trinidad ..and they are watching…. it was on radio this morning what they did to Miss Trinidad .
issues with the bias unmannerly male host who clearly was supporting miss south Africa. this man had no manners whatsoever.. he just pulled away the mic from Trinidad mid sentence….. it was shocking not to mention rude!!
they should do a RECOUNT… they will never do a recount Because if they do one and they found out there was a mistake they will feel ashamed and ever one will be laughing at Miss world
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flowerhorn Reply:
December 15th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Hi Tony,
I pity those contestants who were treated unfairly, if that is the case. Like I wrote above, there is no 100% fool-proof method to determine the real Miss World. Perhaps all contestants who were there are all the winners?
Unfortunately I cannot comment further on the bias allegations, I did not watch the event myself. Maybe you can write to the Miss World Organization to file a formal complaint against the host? The title and the results cannot be revoked, but at least with a formal complaint, we would see better hosts in the next Miss World.
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December 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Dear Tony,
I highly suggest that u check your grammar before posting your comment because to tell you frankly….it’s bad!
Dear web administer,
Gosh.I think you should edit people’s comments first before approving them…i mean those with horrible english.
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