Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant, will be held at the Crown Convention Center (Diamond Bay Resort) in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008 where outgoing titleholder Riyo Mori will crown her successor.

More than 80 contestants are expected to compete in the event which will be broadcast via NBC and Telemundo to TV outlets in more than 180 countries.

The final presentation show is on July 8, the dress rehearsal on July 13 and the live telecast on July 14. Most activities are being held successively in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Nha Trang.

Complete results:
1) Venezuela - Dayana Mendoza
2) Columbia - Taliana Vargas
3) Dominican Republic - Marianne Cruz
4) Russia - Vera Krasova
5) Mexico - Elisa Najera

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Country : Contestants

Last delegates have been selected.

Albania : Matilda Mecini

Angola : Lesliana Pereira

Antigua and Barbuda : Athina James

Argentina : Silvana Belli

Aruba : Tracey Nicolaas

Australia : Laura Dundovic

Bahamas : Sacha Scott

Belgium : Alizée Poulicek

Bolivia : Katherine David Céspedes

Brasil : Natália Anderle

Canada : Samantha Tajik

Cayman Islands : Rebecca Parchment

China : Wei Ziya

Colombia : Taliana Vargas

Costa Rica : María Teresa Rodríguez

Croatia : Snježana Lončarević

Curaçao : Jenyfeer Mercelina

Cyprus : Demitra Sergiou

Czech Republic : Eliška Bučková

Denmark : Marie-Sten Knudsen

Dominican Republic : Marianne Cruz

Ecuador : Doménica Saporitti

Egypt : Yara Naoum

El Salvador : Rebeca Moreno

Estonia : Julia Kovaljova

Finland : Satu Sinikka

France : Laura Tanguy

Georgia : Gvantsa Daraselia

Germany : Madina Taher

Ghana : Yvette Nsiah

Greece : Dionisia Koukiou

Guam : Siera Robertson

Guatemala : Jennifer Chiong

Hondurus : Diana Barraza

Hungary : Jázmin Dammak

India : Simran Kaur Mundi

Indonesia : Putri Raemawasti

Ireland : Lynn Kelly

Israel : Shunit Faragi

Italy : Claudia Ferraris

Jamaica : April Jackson

Japan : Hiroko Mima

Kazakhstan : Alfina Nasyrova

Korea : Sun Lee

Kosovo : Zana Krasniqi

Malaysia : Levy Li

Mauritius : Marie-Anne Olivia Carey

Mexico : Elisa Nájera Gualito

Montenegro : Daša Živković

Netherlands : Charlotte Labee

New Zealand : Samantha Powell

Nicaragua : Thelma Rodríguez

Nigeria : Stephanie Ofoeka

Norway : Mariann Birkedal

Panama : Carolina Dementiev

Paraguay : Giannina Rufinelli

Peru : Karol Castillo

Philippines : Jennifer Barrientos

Poland : Barbara Tatara

Puerto Rico : Ingrid Rivera

Russia : Vera Krasova

Serbia : Bojana Boric

Singapore : Shenise Wong

Slovakia : Sandra Manáková

Slovenia : Anamarija Avbelj

South Africa : Tansey Coetzee

Spain : Claudia Moro

Sri Lanka : Aruni Rajapakse

Switzerland : Amanda Ammann

Tanzania : Amanda Ole Sulul

Thailand : Gawintra Pothijakra

Trinidad and Tobago : Anya Ayoung-Chee

Turkey : Sinem Sülün

Turks & Caicos : Angelica Lightbourne

Ukraine : Eleonora Masalab

United Kingdom : Lisa Lazarus

Uruguay : Paula Díaz

USA : Crystle Stewart

Venezuela : Dayana Mendoza

Vietnum : Nguyen Thùy Lâm