MISS UNIVERSE 2008

Miss Universe 2008

2008 July 14 (live telecast July 13 in Americas)

Crown Convention Center, Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa VIE

80 participants

Results

1  VENEZUELA    Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada

2  COLOMBIA    Taliana Maria Vargas Carrillo

3  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC    Marianne Elizabeth Cruz González (winner American Continent '07)

4  RUSSIA    Vera Viktorovna Krasova

5  MEXICO   Elisa Nájera Gualito

Top 10

AUSTRALIA   Laura Dundovic

ITALY   Claudia Ferraris

KOSOVO   Zana Krasniqi

SPAIN   Claudia Moro Fernández

USA   Crystle Danae Stewart

Top 15

CZECH REPUBLIC   Eliska Buckova

HUNGARY   Jazmin Dammak

JAPAN   Hiroko Mima

SOUTH AFRICA   Tansey Simone Coetzee (Top 5 World '08)

VIETNAM   NGUYEN Thuy Lam

Awards

Miss Amity   EL SALVADOR

Miss Photogenic   (not awarded)

Best National Costume   THAILAND

Most Beautiful Figure   MEXICO

Miss Ao Dai (Vietnam's national costume)   VENEZUELA

Remainder

ALBANIA   Matilda Mecini (Tourism Queen Int'l '06)

ANGOLA   Lesliana Massoxi Amaro Gomes Pereira (World '08)

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA   Athina James (World '08)

ARGENTINA   Silvana Maria Belli Vega

ARUBA   Tracey Marion Jeniree Nicolaas

BAHAMAS   Sacha Scott

BELGIUM   Alizée Poulicek (World '08)

BOLIVIA   Katherine David Céspedes

BRAZIL   Natálya Alberto Anderle

CANADA   Samantha Tajik

CAYMAN ISLANDS   Rebecca Parchment (World '07)

CHINA   WEI Ziya

COSTA RICA   Maria Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez

CROATIA   Snjezana Loncarevic

CURACAO   Jenyfeer Natividad Mercelina (Hispanoamericana '08)

CYPRUS   Dimitra Sergiou

DENMARK   Marie Sten-Knudsen

ECUADOR   Doménica Francesca Saporitti Hinojosa

EGYPT   Yara Naoum

EL SALVADOR   Rebeca Moreno

ESTONIA   Julia Kovaljova

FINLAND   Satu Sinikka Tuomisto

FRANCE   Laura Tanguy (World '08)

GEORGIA   Gvantsa Daraselia

GERMANY   Madina Taher

GHANA   Yvette Nsiah

GREECE   Dionysia Koukiou

GUAM   Siera Monique Robertson

GUATEMALA   Clara Jennifer Chiong Estrada

HONDURAS   Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda

INDIA   Simran Kaur Mundi

INDONESIA   Gracia Putri Raemawasti

IRELAND   Lynn Kelly

ISRAEL   Shunit Faragi

JAMAICA   April Jackson

KAZAKHSTAN   Alfina Robertovna Nassyrova (Top 15 World '08)

KOREA   LEE “Sun” Ji-seon

MALAYSIA   Levy Li Su Lin

MAURITIUS   Marie-Anne Olivia Carey (World '08, Tourism Queen Int'l '08)

MONTENEGRO   Dasa Zivkovic (3rd RU Tourism Queen Int'l '08)

NETHERLANDS   Charlotte Labee

NEW ZEALAND   Samantha Powell

NICARAGUA   Thelma Guisselle Rodríguez Flores

NIGERIA   Stephanie Oforka

NORWAY   Mariann Birkedal (5th RU World '10)

PANAMA   Carolina Dementiev Justavino

PARAGUAY   Giannina Nereida Ruffinelli Rojas

PERU   Karol Stephanie Castillo Pinillos (Hispanoamericana '09, Top 10 Tourism Queen of the Year Int'l '10)

PHILIPPINES   Jennifer Tarol Barrientos

POLAND   Barbara Tatara (Earth '07)

PUERTO RICO   Ingrid María Rivera Santos (2nd RU World '05)

SERBIA   Bojana Boric

SINGAPORE   Shenise Wong Yan Yi (Asia Pacific '99, International '02, World '05)

SLOVAK REPUBLIC   Sandra Manakova

SLOVENIA   Anamarija Avbelj

SRI LANKA   Aruni Madusha Rajapakse (SF International '07)

SWITZERLAND   Amanda Ammann

TANZANIA   Amanda Ole Sululu

THAILAND   Gavintra Photijak

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO   Anya Ayoung-Chee

TURKEY   Sinem Sulun

TURKS & CAICOS   Angelica Lightbourne

UKRAINE   Eleonora Gennadyivna Masalab

UNITED KINGDOM   Lisa Lazarous

URUGUAY   Paula Andrea Díaz Galione (3rd RU Hispanoamericana '08)