Miss World 2008#Contestants

{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}}

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = Miss World 2008 (2) (close-up).jpg

| caption = Ksenia Sukhinova

| winner = Ksenia Sukhinova{{cite web | title=Russian crowned Miss World 2008 | website=ABC News | date=14 December 2008 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-12-14/russian-crowned-miss-world-2008/239168 | access-date=22 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/75616/Russian-crowned-as-Miss-World-2008|title=Russian crowned as Miss World 2008|work=Daily Express|date=14 December 2008 |access-date=26 January 2016}}

| represented = Russia

| date = 13 December 2008

| presenters = {{Hlist|Tumisho Masha|Angela Chow}}

| acts = {{Hlist|Alesha Dixon|McFly}}

| entrants = 109

| placements = 15

| venue = Sanndton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|E!|SABC 3|Challenge}}

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Estonia|Grenada|Macedonia|Nepal|Panama|Romania|Slovenia|Suriname}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Antigua and Barbuda|Barbados|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Egypt|Honduras|Portugal|Saint Lucia|Seychelles|Taiwan|Uruguay|Zambia}}

| before = 2007

| next = 2009

}}

Miss World 2008 was the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 December 2008.

Zhang Zilin of China crowned Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time Russia has won the title.

Background

= Date and location =

Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in neighbouring South Ossetia, the Miss World Organization decided to move the pageant away from Eastern Europe.

= Selection of participants =

== Replacements ==

Janina San Miguel was replaced by first Runner-up of Binibining Pilipinas, Danielle Castaño due to Janina's personal decision to give up her crown.{{cite web|last=Rogers |first=Gregory |title=Janina San Miguel |website=Voice Observer |date=16 January 2016 |url=http://voiceobserver.com/2016/01/16/janina-san-miguel.html |access-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128231224/http://voiceobserver.com/2016/01/16/janina-san-miguel.html |archive-date=28 January 2016 }}

== Returns, and, withdrawals ==

This edition saw the return of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Honduras, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Taiwan, Uruguay and Zambia; Seychelles, which last competed in 1999, Antigua and Barbuda, Egypt and Honduras in 2004, Taiwan in 2005 and Barbados, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Uruguay and Zambia in 2006.

Estonia, Grenada, Macedonia, Nepal, Panama, Romania, Slovenia and Suriname, withdrew from the competition.

Results

= Placements =

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss World 2008

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1st Runner-Up

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2nd Runner-Up

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Top 5

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Top 15

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== Continental Queens of Beauty ==

Winners were as follows:[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081213/wl_africa_afp/lifestylemissworldwomensafrica_081213202121 Russian crowned Miss World 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216041012/https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081213/wl_africa_afp/lifestylemissworldwomensafrica_081213202121 |date=16 December 2008 }}

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Continental Group

! Contestant

Africa

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Americas

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Asia & Oceania

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Caribbean

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Europe

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== Order of Announcements ==

Top 15

  1. {{flagu|Russia}}
  2. {{flagu|Mexico}}
  3. {{flagu|Barbados}}
  4. {{flagu|Iceland}}
  5. {{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}
  6. {{flagu|Venezuela}}
  7. {{flagu|Ukraine}}
  8. {{flagu|Croatia}}
  9. {{flagu|Brazil}}
  10. {{flagu|Angola}}
  11. {{flagu|Kazakhstan}}
  12. {{flagu|Puerto Rico}}
  13. {{flagu|Spain}}
  14. {{flagu|South Africa}}
  15. {{flagu|India}}

Top 5

  1. {{flagu|India}}
  2. {{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}
  3. {{flagu|Angola}}
  4. {{flagu|Russia}}
  5. {{flagu|South Africa}}

Contestants

File:Miss World 2008 Map.PNG

Miss World 2008 had a total of 109 contestants.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
CountryContestantAge{{Efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}HometownRegional
{{flag|Albania}}Egla Harxhi{{Cite news|date=5 October 2021|title=Nuset e famshme shqiptare të Francës, Nga Liri Begeja te Egla Harxhi dhe Hueyda El Saied|trans-title=Famous Albanian Brides of France, From Liri Begeja to Egla Harxhi and Hueyda El Saied|url=https://fjala.al/2021/10/05/nuset-e-famshme-shqiptare-te-frances-nga-liri-begeja-te-egla-harxhi-dhe-hueyda-el-saied/|website=Fjala Albania|language=Albanian|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116100215/https://fjala.al/2021/10/05/nuset-e-famshme-shqiptare-te-frances-nga-liri-begeja-te-egla-harxhi-dhe-hueyda-el-saied/|url-status=live}}17TiranaEurope
{{flag|Angola}}Birgite dos Santos{{cite news|title=Lesliana Pereira tem tudo para fazer história no Miss Universo |url=http://www.angop.ao/noticia.asp?ID=607208 |access-date=22 May 2008 |publisher=Angola Press }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}18LuandaAfrica
{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}Athina James18St. John'sCaribbean
{{flag|Argentina}}Agustina Quinteros{{cite news|title=La representante pampeana es Miss Internacional Argentina 08 |url=http://www.diariopanorama.com/diario/noticias/2008/04/19/a-18703.html |date=19 April 2008 |access-date=7 May 2008 |publisher=Diario Panorama |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423063846/http://www.diariopanorama.com/diario/noticias/2008/04/19/a-18703.html |archive-date=23 April 2008 }}18Santa RosaAmericas
{{flag|Aruba}}Christina Trejo{{cite web|url=http://www.missaruba.aw/index.php |title=Miss Aruba |access-date=22 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615004625/http://www.missaruba.aw/index.php |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}20Tanki FlipCaribbean
{{flag|Australia}}Katie Richardson{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23515031-5013404,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916102506/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C25197%2C23515031-5013404%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2008 |work=The Australian |access-date=7 May 2008 |date=10 April 2008 |title=Girl from the Gong to take on the world |first=James |last=Madden }}20Albion ParkAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Austria}}Kathrin Krahfuss{{cite news|title=Miss Austria Wahl 2008 im Magna Racino Ebreichsdorf (NÖ) |publisher=Wien-konkret |url=http://www.wien-konkret.at/lifestyle/miss-wahlen/miss-austria2008/ |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511034730/http://www.wien-konkret.at/lifestyle/miss-wahlen/miss-austria2008/ |archive-date=11 May 2008 }}23GrazEurope
{{flag|Bahamas}}Tinnyse Johnson21NassauCaribbean
{{flag|Barbados}}Natalie Griffith{{cite news|title=Crowd pleasers |url=http://www.nationnews.com/story/326180192090445.php |publisher=The Nation Newspaper |date=17 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111024444/http://www.nationnews.com/story/326180192090445.php |archive-date=11 November 2007 }}18BridgetownCaribbean
{{flag|Belarus}}Volha Khizhynkova{{cite web|url=http://naviny.by/rubrics/style/2008/05/02/ic_news_119_290117/ |title="Мисс Беларусь-2008" стала 21-летняя Ольга Хижинкова из Витебска |access-date=22 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917175026/http://naviny.by/rubrics/style/2008/05/02/ic_news_119_290117/ |archive-date=17 September 2009 }}21VitebskEurope
{{flag|Belgium}}Alizée Poulicek{{cite web|publisher=Vrtnieuws.net |title=Blondine Alizée Poulicek is Miss België |url=http://www.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.net/cultuurmedia/media/071215MissBelgie |access-date=15 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217010704/http://www.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.net/cultuurmedia/media/071215MissBelgie |archive-date=17 December 2007 }}21BrusselsEurope
{{flag|Belize}}Charmaine Chinapen21Belize CityAmericas
{{flag|Bolivia}}Jackelin Arias18Santa CruzAmericas
{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}Tanja Vujičić18NevesinjeEurope
{{flag|Botswana}}Itseng Kgomotso{{cite news|title=New Miss Botswana Pledges To Make A Difference|work=Mmegi|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/2007/December/Monday17/6.php|date=17 December 2007|access-date=7 May 2008|last=Mooketsi|first=Lekopanye|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507232624/http://www.mmegi.bw/2007/December/Monday17/6.php|archive-date=7 May 2008|url-status=dead}}19GaboroneAfrica
{{flag|Brazil}}Tamara Almeida23IpatingaAmericas
{{flag|Bulgaria}}Julia Yurevich19KozloduyEurope
{{flag|Canada}}Leah Ryerse20HamiltonAmericas
{{flag|Cayman Islands}}Nicosia Lawson25George TownCaribbean
{{flag|Chile}}Nataly Chilet23SantiagoAmericas
{{flag|China}}Mei Yan Ling{{cite web|title=Yan Ling Mei Gallery |url=http://www.miss-china.cn/bbs/thread-654-1-1.html |access-date=31 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817051947/http://www.miss-china.cn/bbs/thread-654-1-1.html |archive-date=17 August 2008 }}25DalianAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Colombia}}Katherine Medina18MedellínAmericas
{{flag|Costa Rica}}Amalia Matamoros19NaranjoAmericas
{{flag|Croatia}}Josipa Kusić{{cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/hr/moda-i-ljepota/clanak.php?id%3D162088 |title=Javno - Moda i ljepota - VIDEO: Imo?anka Josipa Kusi? Je Miss Hrvatske |access-date=8 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828204134/http://www.javno.com/hr/moda-i-ljepota/clanak.php?id=162088 |archive-date=28 August 2008 }}20ZagrebEurope
{{flag|Curaçao}}Norayla Francisco{{cite news|publisher=Extra |title=JENIFEER MERCELINA KORONA KOMO MISS UNIVERSO KORSOU |url=http://www.extra.an/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1195&Itemid=36 |date=3 March 2008 |access-date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923172512/http://www.extra.an/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1195&Itemid=36 |archive-date=23 September 2008 }}23WillemstadCaribbean
{{flag|Cyprus}}Mari Vasileiou18LarnacaEurope
{{flag|Czech Republic}}Zuzana Jandová{{cite web|publisher=Nova.cz|title=Miss České republiky 2008|url=http://www.nova.cz/|access-date=16 March 2008}}20KarvináEurope
{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}Christelle Mbila{{cite web|title=Christelle Mbila, miss RDC 2008|date=August 2008 |publisher=Radio Okapi|url=https://www.radiookapi.net/sans-categorie/2008/08/01/christelle-mbila-miss-rdc-2008|access-date=4 August 2008}}18KinshasaAfrica
{{flag|Denmark}}Lisa Lents{{Cite news|date=13 October 2009|title=Lisa Lents løj sig til Miss-titel|trans-title=Lisa Lents lied to get the Miss title|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/underholdning/dkkendte/article4201101.ece|website=Ekstra Bladet|language=Danish|archive-date=21 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421155410/https://ekstrabladet.dk/underholdning/dkkendte/article4201101.ece|url-status=live}}21CopenhagenEurope
{{flag|Dominican Republic}}Geisha Montes De Oca21Santo DomingoCaribbean
{{flag|Ecuador}}Marjorie Cevallos{{cite web|publisher=El Universo |title=Miss Ecuador 2008 |url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/14/0001/1065/D18A29E6C2FF4E0A861FE9D1B6E0F8C2.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629201751/http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/14/0001/1065/D18A29E6C2FF4E0A861FE9D1B6E0F8C2.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2012 |access-date=14 March 2008 }}22GuayaquilAmericas
{{flag|Egypt}}Sanaa Ismail Hamed{{cite web|publisher=AIPS media|title=Miss Egypt 2008|url=http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=2794&tp=n|access-date=26 November 2008|archive-date=15 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115181214/http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news|url-status=dead}}24AlexandriaAfrica
{{flag|El Salvador}}Gabriela Gavidia18La LibertadAmericas
{{flag|England}}Laura Coleman22LeicesterEurope
{{flag|Ethiopia}}Hibret Fekadu18Addis AbebaAfrica
{{flag|Finland}}Linda Wikstedt19HelsinkiEurope
{{flag|France}}Laura Tanguy{{cite web|url=http://missfrance.tf1.fr/missfrance/news/0,,3676128,00-miss-pays-loire-representera-france-miss-univers-.html|title=Miss France 2016 – Site officiel|work=tf1|access-date=22 January 2016}}20AngersEurope
{{flag|Georgia}}Khatuna Skhirtladze18TbilisiEurope
{{flag|Germany}}Anne Katrin Walter21Dahme-SpreewaldEurope
{{flag|Ghana}}Frances Takyi-Mensah{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111162055/http://www.soulhouronline.com/Soulhour/newsdetails.asp?id=3689&cat_id=12 Miss Ghana 2007/8]}}22ElminaAfrica
{{flag|Gibraltar}}Krystel Robba22GibraltarEurope
{{flag|Greece}}Aggeliki Kalaitzi{{cite news|publisher=Antenna TV |title=Λαμπερός 19ος Διαγωνισμός Ομορφιάς |url=http://www.ant1online.gr/showbiz/News/Pages/20085/5f631485-372b-48ba-b40c-025bca305036.aspx |access-date=27 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528013115/http://www.ant1online.gr/showbiz/News/Pages/20085/5f631485-372b-48ba-b40c-025bca305036.aspx |archive-date=28 May 2008 }}24ThessalonikiEurope
{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}Frédérika Charpentier23Basse-TerreCaribbean
{{flag|Guatemala}}Maribel Arana23Guatemala CityAmericas
{{flag|Guyana}}Christa Simmons23GeorgetownAmericas
{{flag|Honduras|1949}}Gabriela Zavala23San Pedro SulaAmericas
{{flag|Hong Kong}}Skye Chan24Hong KongAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Hungary}}Szilvia Freire24BudapestEurope
{{flag|Iceland}}Alexandra Ívarsdóttir{{cite news|publisher=MBL|title=Alexandra Helga valin ungfrú Ísland|url=http://www.mbl.is/mm/folk/frettir/2008/05/31/alexandra_helga_valin_ungfru_island/|access-date=30 May 2008}}18ReykjavíkEurope
{{flag|India}}Parvathy Omanakuttan{{cite web | title=Kareena Kapoor judges ethnic beauty pageant in Mumbai | website=The Times of India | date=11 October 2015 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Kareena-Kapoor-judges-ethnic-beauty-pageant-in-Mumbai/articleshow/49301065.cms | access-date=23 January 2016}}{{cite web|work=The Times of India|title=Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2008|url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2928968.cms|access-date=5 April 2008|archive-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211075535/http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2928968.cms|url-status=dead}}21KottayamAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Indonesia}}Sandra Angelia Hadisiswantoro{{cite news|publisher=Inilah |title=Sandra Angelia Jadi Miss Indonesia 2008 |url=http://www.inilah.com/berita.php?id=28164 |access-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514192747/http://inilah.com/berita.php?id=28164 |archive-date=14 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}22SurabayaAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Ireland}}Sinéad Noonan{{cite news|publisher=Bebo|title=Miss Ireland|url=http://www.bebo.com/MissIrelandpageant|access-date=21 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122010819/http://www.bebo.com/MissIrelandpageant|archive-date=22 November 2008|url-status=dead}}21County MeathEurope
{{flag|Israel}}Tamar Ziskind23HaifaAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Italy}}Claudia Russo{{cite news|publisher=Miss Mondo Italia |title=Claudia Russo siciliana di Messina è la nuova Miss Mondo Italia 2008 |url=http://www.missmondo.it/news.asp?id=1212922581 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609193335/http://www.missmondo.it/news.asp?id=1212922581 |archive-date=9 June 2008 }}25MessinaEurope
{{flag|Jamaica}}Brittany Lyons19KingstonCaribbean
{{flag|Japan|1999}}Mizuki Kubodera{{cite news|publisher=Japan Today|title=Miss World Japan goes for the crown|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/arts-culture/view/miss-world-japan-goes-for-the-crown}}21KanagawaAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Kazakhstan}}Alfina Nassyrova{{cite web|url=http://www.time.kz/index.php?newsid=2118|title=Девушки бывают разные – Архив – Общественно-политическая газета "Время"|access-date=22 January 2016}}20AlmatyAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Kenya}}Ruth Kinuthia[http://www.kassfm.co.ke/features.php?section=arts&article=1058 Miss Kenya 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224195914/http://www.kassfm.co.ke/features.php?section=arts&article=1058 |date=24 December 2007 }}22NairobiAfrica
{{flag|Latvia}}Ina Avlasēviča{{cite news|title=Noteikti konkursa 'Mis un Misters Latvija 2006' uzvarētāji |url=http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/cilvekzinas/article.php?id=464332 |publisher=TVNET Zinas |date=27 February 2008 |access-date=8 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925180054/http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/cilvekzinas/article.php?id=464332 |archive-date=25 September 2008 }}{{Cite news|date=21 April 2018|last=Tiļļa|first=Andris|title=30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni|trans-title=30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks|url=https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu|access-date=23 April 2025|website=LA.LV|language=Latvian|archive-date=1 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu|url-status=live}}20DobeleEurope
{{flag|Lebanon}}Rosarita Tawil20BeirutAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Lithuania}}Gabrielė Martirosianaitė18KaunasEurope
{{flag|Malaysia}}Soo Wincci{{Cite web |url=http://clovetwo.com/articles/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F14%2Fcelebstop%2F1780136&sec=celebstop |access-date=15 April 2018 |title=Law graduate crowned Miss World Malaysia 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207095839/http://clovetwo.com/articles/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F14%2Fcelebstop%2F1780136&sec=celebstop |archive-date=7 December 2008 |url-status=usurped}}23SelangorAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Malta}}Martha Fenech18St. Julian'sEurope
{{flag|Martinique|snake}}Élodie Delor18Fort-de-FranceCaribbean
{{flag|Mauritius}}Olivia Carey{{cite news|title=Plusieurs cordes à l'arc d'Olivia Carey|work=L'Express|url=http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=94891|access-date=8 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314071053/http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=94891|archive-date=14 March 2016}}19VacoasAfrica
{{flag|Mexico}}Anagabriela Espinoza{{cite news|title=Elisa Nájera, Nuestra Belleza México |publisher=Milenio |url=http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/10/06/130824/ |access-date=8 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020517/http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/10/06/130824/ |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}20MonterreyAmericas
{{flag|Moldova}}Iana Varnacova17ChişinăuEurope
{{flag|Mongolia}}Chinbatyn Anun23Ulan BatorAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Montenegro}}Mariana Mihajlović18PlavnicaEurope
{{flag|Namibia}}Marelize Robberts{{cite web|title=Miss Namibia 2008 |publisher=The Shebeen |url=http://www.theshebeen.org/open-forum/22422-miss-namibia-2008-marelize-robberts.html |access-date=7 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109201451/http://www.theshebeen.org/open-forum/22422-miss-namibia-2008-marelize-robberts.html |archive-date=9 January 2009 }}21WindhoekAfrica
{{flag|Netherlands}}Carmen Kool22ArnhemEurope
{{flag|New Zealand}}Kahurangi Taylor{{cite news|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10507975&ref=rss|title=Student crowned Miss New Zealand|date=5 May 2008|access-date=8 May 2008}}18AucklandAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Nigeria}}Adaeze Igwe{{cite web|publisher=Silverbird Group |title=Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2008 |url=http://mbgn.silverbirdgroup.com/contestant_details.php?c_id=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330195732/http://mbgn.silverbirdgroup.com/contestant_details.php?c_id=5 |archive-date=30 March 2008 }}18AwkaAfrica
{{flag|Northern Ireland}}Judith Wilson23EnniskillenEurope
{{flag|Norway}}Lene Egeli{{cite web|url=http://www.side2.no/tv/article1775606.ece|title=LENE EGELI, FRØKEN NORGE- Hun ble Frøken Norge|author=Linn Sollied Madsen|work=Nettavisen|access-date=22 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928214808/http://www.side2.no/tv/article1775606.ece|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}21StavangerEurope
{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}Gabriela Rejala{{cite news|publisher=ABC Digital |title=Anoche eligieron nuevas bellezas paraguayas 2008 |url=http://www.abc.com.py/articulos.php?pid=404546&ABCDIGITAL=aaf45b023505d4d0365b5a4cdaf8101f |access-date=6 April 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}19ÑembyAmericas
{{flag|Peru}}Annmarie Dehainaut{{cite news|title=ANNMARIE DEHAINAUT SE CORONÓ COMO MISS PERÚ WORLD 2008 |publisher=Peru.com |url=http://www.peru.com/Entretenimiento/idocs/2008/7/12/DetalleDocumento_528244.asp |date=12 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713200556/http://www.peru.com/Entretenimiento/idocs/2008/7/12/DetalleDocumento_528244.asp |archive-date=13 July 2008 }}18LimaAmericas
{{flag|Philippines}}Danielle Castaño{{cite news|title=UST alumna wins Bb. Pilipinas crown |work=The Manila Times |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/10/yehey/top_stories/20080310top4.html |date=10 March 2008 |access-date=8 May 2008 |last=Pangilinan |first=Ed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328013303/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/10/yehey/top_stories/20080310top4.html |archive-date=28 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}19Quezon CityAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Poland}}Klaudia Ungerman20WysieradzEurope
{{flag|Portugal}}Andreia Rodrigues24LisbonEurope
{{flag|Puerto Rico}}Ivonne Orsini[http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/tv/flash/de_san_juan_la_corona/383993 De San Juan la corona] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328232237/http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/tv/flash/de_san_juan_la_corona/383993 |date=28 March 2008 }}20BayamónCaribbean
{{flag|Russia}}Ksenia Sukhinova21TyumenEurope
{{flag|Saint Lucia}}Joy-Ann Biscette22CastriesCaribbean
{{flag|Scotland}}Stephanie Willemse{{cite news|work=The Hamilton Advertiser|title=Stunning Lisa takes second place at final|url=http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2008/05/28/stunning-lisa-takes-second-prize-at-final-51525-20988150/|access-date=27 May 2008}}19GlasgowEurope
{{flag|Serbia}}Nevena Lipovac19BelgradeEurope
{{flag|Seychelles}}Elena Angione22MahéAfrica
{{flag|Sierra Leone}}Tyrilla Gouldson{{cite news|last=Sesay|first=Babatunde|title=Miss Sierra Leone 2008 off to South Africa|url=http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/article.php3?id_article=3343|access-date=28 July 2010|newspaper=The Patriotic Vanguard|date=13 November 2008}}24FreetownAfrica
{{flag|Singapore}}Faraliza Tan22SingaporeAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Slovakia}}Edita Krešáková{{cite web|publisher=Bleskovky|title=Miss Slovensko 2008 je 19-ročná Edita Krešáková|url=http://www.bleskovky.sk/cl/15/232735/Miss-Slovensko-2008-je-19-rocna-Edita-Kresakova|access-date=4 April 2008}}19SeňaEurope
{{flag|South Africa}}Tansey Coetzee[http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=656554 Miss SA 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916194250/http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=656554 |date=16 September 2008 }}23JohannesburgAfrica
{{flag|South Korea}}{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}}Choi Bo-in22SeoulAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Spain}}Patricia Rodríguez[http://www.telecinco.es/aquihaytomate/detail/detail1748.shtml Miss Spain 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303160748/http://www.telecinco.es/aquihaytomate/detail/detail1748.shtml |date=3 March 2008 }}18Granadilla de AbonaEurope
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}Rochelle Correa24ColomboAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Swaziland}}Tiffany Simelane[http://www.observer.org.sz/main.php?id=45697§ion=entertain Miss Swaziland 2008/2009]20MhlambanyatsiAfrica
{{flag|Sweden}}Jennifer Palm Lundberg22SigtunaEurope
{{flag|Taiwan}}{{Efn|Also known as the Republic of China}}Jamie Lin24TaichungAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Tanzania}}Nasreen Karim[https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214551/http://www.misstanzania.co.tz/past_winners.htm Miss Tanzania Past Winners]22MwanzaAfrica
{{flag|Thailand}}Ummarapas Jullakasian{{cite web|work=Thai Post |title="Mim" to compete in Miss World 2008 |url=http://www.thaipost.net/index.asp?bk=xcite&iDate=31/Jul/2551&news_id=161788&cat_id=200200 |access-date=31 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814003446/http://www.thaipost.net/index.asp?bk=xcite |archive-date=14 August 2007 }}23NonthaburiAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}Gabrielle Walcott{{cite web|publisher=Miss Trinidad & Tobago|title=Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2007 |url=http://www.ctntworld.com|access-date=24 February 2008}}23Petit ValleyCaribbean
{{flag|Turkey}}Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu{{cite web|url=http://www.haberturk.com/haber.asp?id=63759&cat=140&dt=2008/03/28|title=İşte Türkiye'nin en güzel kızı|date=28 March 2008|work=haberturk.com|access-date=22 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216083722/http://www.haberturk.com/haber.asp?id=63759&cat=140&dt=2008%2F03%2F28|archive-date=16 December 2008|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|last=Üyesi|first=Onedio|date=13 February 2019|title=Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?|trans-title=They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?|url=https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Onedio|language=Turkish|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}19IstanbulEurope
{{flag|Uganda}}Dora Mwima18TororoAfrica
{{flag|Ukraine}}Iryna Zhuravska{{cite web|url=http://www.vazhno.ru/interesting/article/11548/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629201805/http://www.vazhno.ru/interesting/article/11548/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2012 |title=Важно.ru |access-date=22 January 2016 }}18KyivEurope
{{flag|United States}}Lane Lindell18TampaAmericas
{{flag|Uruguay}}Fatimih Dávila20MontevideoAmericas
{{flag|Venezuela}}Hannelly Quintero[http://www.panorama.com.ve/09especiales/new-especial/miss11.html Miss World Venezuela 2008]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}23Ocumare del TuyAmericas
{{flag|Vietnam}}Dương Trương Thiên Lý{{Cite news|date=1 July 2024|last=Anh|first=Y.|title=Dương Trương Thiên Lý dự thi Hoa hậu Thế giới 2008|trans-title=Dương Trương Thiên Lý competes in Miss World 2008|url=https://nld.com.vn/van-hoa-van-nghe/duong-truong-thien-ly-du-thi-hoa-hau-the-gioi-2008-245831.htm|website=Báo Người Lao Động|language=vi|archive-date=21 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421154203/https://nld.com.vn/van-hoa-van-nghe/duong-truong-thien-ly-du-thi-hoa-hau-the-gioi-2008-245831.htm|url-status=live}}19Đồng ThápAsia & Oceania
{{flag|Wales}}Chloe-Beth Morgan{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/tm_headline=miss-wales-2008-crowned%26method=full%26objectid=21373503%26print_version=1%26siteid=91466-name_page.html|title=WalesOnline: News, sport, weather and events from across Wales|work=walesonline|access-date=22 January 2016}}22CwmbranEurope
{{flag|Zambia}}Winfridah Mofu19LusakaAfrica
{{flag|Zimbabwe}}Cynthia Muvirimi[http://allafrica.com/stories/200712170201.html Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2007]. All Africa.25HarareAfrica

Judges

Miss World 2008 contestants were judged based upon the criteria of glamour, beauty, intelligence and poise.{{cite web | title=Miss World 2008: She will not but who will be? | website=New Vision | date=23 January 2016 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1175035/miss-world-2008 | access-date=23 January 2016 | archive-date=27 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060522/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1175035/miss-world-2008 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/stories/Miss-World-2008-Curtain-raiser/articleshow/3808486.cms|title=Miss World 2008: Curtain raiser|work=The Times of India|date=13 December 2008 |access-date=22 January 2016}} Some of the judges were representatives of the Miss World Organization. Some of the contestants, such as Ksenia Sukhinova, communicated with the judges using a translator. Judges for the event were:

  • Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.
  • Wilnelia MercedMiss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
  • Aminurta Kang – Theatre stage director, China and North America
  • Krish Naidoo – International ambassador for Miss World
  • Pearl Luthuli – Group executive public commercial services SABC
  • Lindiwe Mahlangu – Chief executive of the Joburg Tourism Company
  • Precious Moloi-Motsepe – Chairperson of African Fashion International
  • Graham Cooke – President of World Travel

Notes

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=Withdrawals=

  • {{flag|Estonia}} – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  • {{flag|Macedonia}} – Suzana Al-Salkini withdrew due to lack of funding and sponsorship, but she did compete the following year at Miss World 2009.
  • {{flag|Nepal}} – The organiser of the Miss Nepal pageant said it was postponing the contest scheduled for 23 August 2008 to an unknown date, after the Maoist women's wing, which has trained its sights on Miss Nepal, announced a Kathmandu Valley shutdown on the day to prevent the event.
  • {{flag|Panama}} – Kathya Saldaña had problems with the regional organisation and didn't obtain a South African visa in time.
  • {{flag|Romania}} – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  • {{flag|Slovenia}} – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
  • {{flag|Suriname}} – Mireille Nederbiel was not allowed to compete in Miss World by the decision of pageant organizers.

References