JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — Russia’s Kseniya Sukhinova won the Miss World 2008 crown on Saturday in a glittering African-themed pageant where she outshone 108 other international beauties and pledged to “help people.” “And Miss World 2008 is Russia,” announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event. The second runner up...
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On a fantastic catwalk outside the Beverley Hills, Southern Sun, Umhlanga Rocks, with breathtaking views of Durban`s Golden Mile as a backdrop, Mexico smile spoke a thousand words. The representative of Mexico had triumphed in Saturday`s the World`s Beach Beauty, the first of the Fast Track events at this year`s 58th Miss World Festival....
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MEERUT, Uttar Pradesh: A court here yesterday remanded in judicial custody a former beauty queen for the alleged murder of her parents, officials said. Priyanka Singh, 25, once feted as ‘Miss Meerut’, is accused of throttling her mother in a fit of rage and stabbing her father when he tried to intervene on November...
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MEERUT: In a bizarre case, two women aged about 25 each and belonging to broken homes, allegedly strangled the parents of one of the women, who had been Miss Meerut in 2005 and also participated in other beauty pageants. Both women were on Monday evening arrested from Meerut’s TP Nagar area and booked for...
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The streets can be hard, but heroic people are harder still. Former homeless person Johanna King, National American Miss Virginia 2008-09 will be competing for the National Title in Anaheim, CA during Thanksgiving week. Just as few once thought Sen. Barack Obama could become President or Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin could say the things...
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Giorgia Palmas - 1st runner-up Miss World 2000