Miss World 2010, the 60th Miss World pageant, will be held on 6 November 2010 possibly in Vietnam. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar will crown her successor at the end of the event. As part of the hosting agreement, organisers have agreed to spend over US$10 million hosting charitable activities in all parts of Vietnam. It is also said to be the biggest Miss World pageant ever with the participation of about 120 girls from all over the world and all Miss World titleholders from the past are invited to join the event.
Expected contestants
As of December 28, 2009, 13 delegates have been selected.
Miss World 2010 contestants Profile/Biodata:Miss World 2010 Contestants
Country
Contestant
Age
Height
(cm)
Height
(ft)
Hometown
Angola - Aruba - Austria - Belgium - Cape Verde - Costa Rica - Czech Republic - Ecuador - France - Ghana - Israel - Japan - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Luxembourg - Malawi - Mauritius - Mexico - New Zealand - Philippines - Russia - Rwanda - Slovakia - South Africa - Turkey - Uruguay - Venezuela - Zimbabwe
Angola - Evanilde Jorge
Aruba - Kimberly del Valle Kuiperi
21
172
5'7.5"
Tanki Leendert
Austria - Valentina Schlager
18
174
5'8"
Klagenfurt
Belgium - Cilou Annys
18
178
5'10
Bruges
Bulgaria - Romina Andonova
21
176
5'9.5"
Sofia
Cape Verde - Joceline Fortes - not confirmed
22
-
-
São Vicente
Costa Rica - Dayana Aguilera
19
175
5'9"
Palmares
Czech Republic - Veronika Machová
19
178
5'10"
Rokycany
Ecuador - Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco
20
173
5'8"
Ambato
France - Malika Ménard
22
176
5'9.5"
Caen
Ghana - Mimi Areme
20
173
5'8"
Volta
Guatemala - Ana Lucía Mazariegos Pellegrini
19
175
5'9"
Antigua Guatemala
India - Nicole Faria
20
175
5'9"
Bangluru
Israel - Shavit Wiesel
20
180
5'11"
Be'eri
Japan - Hiroko Matsunaga
18
171
5'7"
Fukuoka
Kazakhstan - Symbat Madyarova
18
173
5'8"
Almaty
Latvia - Ludmila Voroncova
19
Luxembourg - Shary Thuyns
19
-
-
Mamer
Malawi - Ella Kabambe
22
-
-
Chanco
Mauritius - Dalysha Doorga
22
173
5'8"
Goodlands
Mexico - Anabel Solís Sosa
22
180
5'11"
Mérida
New Zealand - Cody Carlece Yerkovich
18
182
5'11.5"
Kaitaia
Philippines - Czarina Catherine Gatbonton
19
170
5'7"
Malolos
Russia - Irina Antonenko
18
178
5'10"
Yekaterinburg
Rwanda - Grace Bahati
18
176
5'9.5"
Nyanza
Slovakia - Marína Georgievová
18
173
5'8"
Banská Bystrica
South Africa - Nicole Flint
21
172
5'8"
Pretoria
Turkey
Gizem Memiç
19
178
5'8"
Ankara
Uruguay - Eliana Olivera
22
175
5'9"
Montevideo
Turkey - Gizem Memiç
19
178
5'8"
Ankara
Venezuela - Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez
22
178
5'10"
Maracaibo
Zimbabwe - Samantha Tshuma
21
-
-
Bulawayo
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Miss Martinique 2010 Contestants
Miss Martinique 2010 (April 28): Meet the contestants. Winners will compete in Miss World, Miss Tourism Queen, Miss International and Miss Earth.
Martinique Queens pageant will be held on April 28.
WINNER will represent Martinique in Miss World 2010 pageant.
Here are some finalists in costumes.
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Romina Andonova will represent Bulgaria in Miss World 2010.
Romina Andonova, 21, 1.76 m-tall, from Sofia, won the Miss Bulgaria 2010 title at the Rainbow Plaza in Sofia. Jana Thraupidae was the first runner-up and Zornitsa Petkova was the second runner-up.
“I am very excited, this is something I did not expect,” Romina said in her first comment after the show. Romina has pledged to make her best to represent Bulgaria in a fitting manner at the beauty pageant Miss World later this year.
The beauty was born in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and is currently studying biology at the Sofia University. She says she loves animals and modern ballet, with which she has been professionally involved for four years already.
As a little child Romina was part of the singing group “Bon Bon” and has shared the stage with a number of Bulgarian pop stars, including Geogi Hristov, Neli Rangelova, Orlin Goranov.
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Miss Bulgaria 2010
Romina Andonova, 21, 1.76 m-tall, from Sofia, won the Miss Bulgaria 2010 title at the Rainbow Plaza in Sofia. She will represent Bulgaria in Miss World 2010. Jana Thraupidae was the first runner-up and Zornitsa Petkova was the second runner-up.
Special thanks to World of Misses and Edwin Toledo
Miss Bulgaria 2010
April 23, 2010. Romina Andonova, 21 years old, won the national beauty title of Bulgaria at the Rainbow Plaza. The new Miss Bulgaria will compete at the 60th Miss World beauty pageant. Jana Thraupidae and Zornitsa Petkova were declared as the 1st and 2nd runners-up. No Bulgarian delegate will be sent to Miss Universe this year.
Miss Bulgaria (Мис България) 2010 video clips
Miss Bulgaria (Мис България) 2010 result :
Winner, Romina Andonova, will compete in Miss World 2010.
1st Runner Up, Yana Thraupidae, will compete in Miss Universe 2010.
2nd Runner Up, Zornitsa Stoycheva
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Miss Bulgaria 2010 Highlight video clips
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Guatemala City, GUATEMALA - The election of Miss Guatemala 2010 happened last Saturday night, and the winners were:
Miss International Guatemala 2010: Jessica Scheel, Retalhuleu
Miss Guatemala World 2010: Lucía Mazariegos, Sacatepéquez
Miss Guatemala Universe 2010: Alejandra Barillas, Zacapa
1st Runner-Up: Karen Remón, Santa Rosa
2nd Runner-Up: Claudia García, Chimaltenango
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Miss Guatemala Universe 2010, Miss Zacapa, Alejandra Barrillas
Miss Guatemal International 2010, Miss Retalhuleu, Jessica Schel
Miss Guatemal World 2010, Miss Sacatepéquez, Lucia Marzariegos
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April 24, 2010. The Miss Guatemala 2010 finals took place at Hotel Crowne Plaza Américas in Guatemala City. The event crowned three grand slam beauty queens: Alejandra José Barillas of Zacapa as Miss Guatemala for Miss Universe, Ana Lucía Mazariegos of Sacatepéquez as Miss Guatemala World and Jessica María Scheel of Retalhuleu as Miss Guatemala International.
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-Miss Guatemala 2010 (April 24): Meet the contestants. Winners will compete in Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International 2010.
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Miss Bulgaria 2010
Romina Andonova, 21, 1.76 m-tall, from Sofia, won the Miss Bulgaria 2010 title at the Rainbow Plaza in Sofia. She will represent Bulgaria in Miss World 2010. Jana Thraupidae was the first runner-up and Zornitsa Petkova was the second runner-up.
Special thanks to World of Misses and Edwin Toledo
Miss Bulgaria 2010
April 23, 2010. Romina Andonova, 21 years old, won the national beauty title of Bulgaria at the Rainbow Plaza. The new Miss Bulgaria will compete at the 60th Miss World beauty pageant. Jana Thraupidae and Zornitsa Petkova were declared as the 1st and 2nd runners-up. No Bulgarian delegate will be sent to Miss Universe this year.
Miss Slovakia 2010
Bratislava - Miss Slovakia 2010 is Marina Georgievova (C). She will represent her country in Miss World 2010. The 1st runner-up was Martina Davidova (L), who will compete in Miss International 2010, and the 2nd runner-up was Tatiana Kohutova (R).
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Kaitaia teen to represent NZ at Miss World
A Northland teen of Maori and Croation heritage will represent New Zealand at the Miss World beauty pageant in November.
Cody Yerkovich, 18, of Kaitaia, beat 15 other finalists to claim the Miss New Zealand title at Auckland's Sky City Convention Centre.
"I'm really happy...I feel quite privileged to be able to represent Northland and put it on the map," she told the Northern Advocate.
Ms Yerkovich left Kaitaia College last year and is planning to study for a business management degree.
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Before the Miss World pageant at a yet to be named venue, Ms Yerkovich will be a guest at the Miss Argentina contest next month, do charity work in the Solomon Islands, and take part in the Model of the World competition in China.
- NZPA
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Miss Turkey 2010
Gizem Memic (photo), from Ankara, is the new Miss Turkey. She will represent her country in the Miss World pageant later this year.
The runner-up, Serenay Sarikaya, won the title 'Miss Turkey Universe'.
The 2nd runner-up, Dondu Sahin, will compete in Miss Earth 2010, and Dilay Korkmaz, the 3rd runner-up, will go to Miss International 2010.
The winner, Gizem Memic, is a student of Interior Design at one of the best universities of the Turkish capital. "She represents the diversity of the Turkish people, I believe she has all it takes to represent Turkey well in Miss World", commented Nick C, GB's correspondent in Turkey and New Zealand.
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Miss Austria 2010
Valentina Schlager, 18, was crowned Miss Austria 2010 at a pageant held at the American Chance Casino in Kleinhaugsdorf. The 1.72 m beauty will represent the country at the Miss World 2010 pageant in November. The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Mirja Roth and Isabella Innerebner, respectively.
Ceska Miss 2010
18-year old Jitka Válková, the televoting winner, was crowned Ceska Miss (Czech Miss) Universe on March 20th at a spectacular event held in Prague.
Jitka, who stands 1.69 m tall, comes from Nárameč, a small town in the region. She will represent the Czech Republic in Miss Universe 2010 to take place later in the year.
Meanwhile, the judges'choice was 19-year old Veronika Machová from Rokycany, who was crowned Ceska Miss World. Veronika is 1.78 m tall and will travel to the Miss World 2010 contest in November.
12 women competed in the pageant. Courtesy of Novinky.cz and Ceska Miss
Miss World Costa Rica 2010
The Miss World Costa Rica 2010 finals took place at the Beacon Escazu in San Jose on March 18th.
Winner was 19-year-old Dayana Aguilera (left) of Palmares. She will represent Costa Rica in Miss World 2010 in November.
Alejandra Alvarez (right) won Miss Earth Costa Rica 2010 and will go to Miss Earth 2010.
Mariela Aparicio was appointed Miss Costa Rica International 2010 and will go to Miss International 2010 this November in Shanghai, China.
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Vietnam welcomes Miss World 2010
60th Miss World Final to be held November 6th, 2010
The 60th Miss World festival celebrations will be held in Vietnam between the 3rd October and Saturday 6th November.
In 2009, Julia Morley, Ksenia Sukhinova (Miss World 2008), Zhang Zilin (Miss World 2007), Tatana Kucharova (Miss World 2006) and Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia (Miss World 2004) visited Vietnam on a fundraising tour, helping to generate over VND8 billion (US $450,000) to support children in need and local community projects by assisting in fundraising for RAAS (Rare Antibody Antigen Supply, Inc.).
Founded by company president Kieu Hoang, RAAS supplies blood and plasma products, as well as vaccines and other much-needed medical goods, utilising state-of-the-art screening equipment and investing in biotechnology developments. Kieu Hoang has dedicated himself to improving the circumstances of many disadvantaged children and families in Vietnam; with the support of Miss World, RAAS has been able to bring great change to the lives of hundreds of Vietnamese people.
The 120 nations represented in the Miss World Festival 2010 will also tour Vietnam, following in the fundraising foot-steps of Julia Morley, Mr Kieu Hoang and our Miss World winners, to raise money to help sick and disadvantaged children. They will play a fundamental role in bringing ‘Beauty With A Purpose’ to the fore.
During the festival, the Miss World 2010 contestants will travel around the country, sampling the many rich delights Vietnam has to offer, participating in a number of special events, as well as joining in with the celebrations for the 1000 year anniversary of the city of Hanoi.
Julia Morley, Chairman of Miss World Limited:
“The incredible charity activities conducted by RAAS, and the wish of Mr. Kieu Hoang to bring the Miss World pageant to Vietnam positively influenced my decision to bring the Festival to Vietnam. I hope the pageant will bring many good things to Vietnam by showcasing its breathtaking beauty to the world.”
The beauties will arrive in Vietnam on October 3rd, and will participate in 5 weeks of activities including tours, galas, photoshoots and preliminary events, leading up to the spectacular final on November 6th. All former Miss World titleholders have been invited to attend the 60th anniversary of the biggest beauty pageant on the planet.
Miss Israel 2010
Shavit Wiesel will compete in Miss World
HAIFA, MARCH 8 - Shavit Wiesel, 20 (photo), of Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel was crowned Miss Israel 2010 on Monday.
The Israel's Maiden of Beauty title was awarded to Bat-El Jubi; Adi Sassi was named Miss Teen Israel; and the Miss Congeniality title was given to Shel Arazi. Gal Erez was named Israel's Queen of Grace. (Photo: El Jubi, 1st RU; Erez, 2nd RU; Wiesel, winner)
Wiesel, 1.80 m tall, is an Israel Defense Forces soldier serving in the Teleprocessing Branch and has had a steady boyfriend for the past five years. After her army discharge she intends on volunteering and has expressed a interest in working with children with special needs. She will compete at the Miss World 2010 pageant in Vietnam.
Bat-El Jubi is a 21-year old hotel receptionist from Afula, and stands 1.72 m tall; she will compete in Miss Universe 2010, while Gal Erez (18, 1.73 m) will travel to the Miss Earth contest in Vietnam.
During the ceremony, which was held in Haifa and hosted by model and presenter Hila Nachshon, singer Harel Skaat - Israel's representative to the Eurovision song contest - and 1973 Eurovision winner Anne-Marie David performed a duet in French. Other performances included that of singers Maya Bouskila and Moshe Peretz.
Among the judges were LaIsha women's magazine editor Miriam Nofech-Moses, model and actress Agam Rodberg, singer Amir Faye Guttman and model and presenter Ilanit Levy.
Monday's event marked the contest's 60th anniversary and allowed the audience to vote and influence the judges' choices for the first time. YNet
Miss Russia 2010
Stunning Irina Antonenko captures the coveted crown
18-year old Irina Antonenko, from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday. Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000.
The title of first vice-miss went to Irina Sharipova, representing Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan. Olga Kononenko of another Urals city, Chelyabinsk, was named second vice-miss.
1.78 m Antonenko is expected to represent Russia at both the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants this year, as long as her schedule allows it.
Miss World 2008 Kseniya Sukhinova, Miss Russia 2009 Sofya Rudneva and Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez attended the pageant as honored guests.
RIA Novosti
Miss Belgium 2010
Winner will participate in Miss Universe and Miss World
BRUSSELS - Cilou Annys, and 18-year-old model from Bruges, was crowned Miss Belgium 2010 and will representa her country in Miss Universe and Miss World 2010. She is 1.78 m-tall.
The 1st runner-up was Lien Arnouts, and the 2nd runner-up was Binta Telemans.
Rounding out the top 5, were Elke Vandeborre and Claudia Scheelen.
Congratulations to the new Miss Belgium!
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Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010 Samantha Tshuma flanked by Chido Mashaya from Harare who was crowned first princess while Tafadzwa Mugazambi from Masvingo was the second runner up.
The 20-year-old rose to glory after shrugging off stiff competition from 24 other contestants.
She takes over from the reigning queen, Vanessa Sibanda, who did the nation proud by engaging in a number of ambassadorial roles in marketing the country as a safe tourist destination.
Chido Mashaya from Harare was crowned first princess while Tafadzwa Mugazambi from Masvingo was the second runner up.
The Miss Personality title went to Nyaradzo Nhogonhema, while Michelle Gonah got the Face of Zimbabwe award, sponsored by G-tide.
Clad in gold and white nightwear Tshuma captured nearly everyone’s attention and endeared herself with the crowd, as she gracefully went through her steps, while beaming a confident smile.
She sailed through the question and answer segment with ease, and luck seemed to have been on her side, as her answers were drowned by cheers from the crowd.
It was clear from the beginning that she was destined for victory the moment she stepped on the ramp. The crowd simply loved her style and the loudest cheers she received from the crowd whenever she went on stage sealed the fate for the remaining 24 other participants who took part in the grand finale.
When the judges announced her as the winner there was a rapturous response from the 7 000 or so
audience who had packed the auditorium.There was no doubt that she was the best pick for
the night.
The crowning moment was more than an ululating and cheering affair- it was done in style.The top three women received “the highest honour” in the land for such an event when they were escorted by the Presidential Guard, during the crowning moment, while being serenaded with music from a ZNA music band.
Samantha who clung to her natural sweeping broom (mutsvairo) throughout the contest was
delighted at her success.
“I feel overwhelmed and excited, that’s all I can say,” she said while tears of joy trickled on her face.
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HARARE - Samantha Tshuma, 21 from Bulawayo, was crowned Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010 at the Harare Convention Center. She will represent Zimbabwe in Miss World 2010. First runner-up is Chido Mashaya and second runner-up is Tafadzwa Muchemanyi.
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