The Miss Universe 2008 Pageant

The whole world again witnessed the 80 amazing beauties from all over the world from the very recent Miss Universe 2008. The night of glamour that was centered in Vietnam was viewed by over 1 Billion people around the globe supporting their respective representative. Each delegate gave their best and most of all, showed the real power of the modern woman.

The show started with the 80 delegates proudly wearing their National Costume. From there, different races of different culture showcased the best of their respective country. After the National Costume, the top 15 finalist was then selected based on the pre-pageant that happened some days before the coronation night. And so here are the lucky 15 of Miss Universe 2008:

From left to right:
VENEZUELA, KOSOVO, MEXICO
VIETNAM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA
JAPAN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ITALY
COLOMBIA, RUSSIA, HUNGARY
CZECH REPUBLIC, USA, SPAIN

After selecting the top 15, the show proceeded in the first round of competition for that night, the swimsuit competition. Only the top 15 were the ones who showed their beautiful an gorgeous in this round. After a while, the top ten was then chosen from the 15 based on the swimsuit competition. The top ten beauties were:

KOSOVO
AUSTRALIA
SPAIN
MEXICO
COLOMBIA
USA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RUSSIA
ITALY
VENEZUELA

The second round followed with the top ten in their elegant evening gowns. Like last year, the delegate from USA was again the eye catcher of the night after she feel down on her butt to the floor while starting her catwalk with her gown. USA is indeed making their own identity! :) And so after that spectacular round, the top 5 finalist were announced and they were the beauties from:

COLOMBIA
VENEZUELA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MEXICO
RUSSIA

Riyo Mori, the Miss Universe 2007 from Japan also made her last walk as the Miss Universe. She is pretty much gorgeous in her simple and sexy tuxedo outfit that was really much talked about for being the first beauty queen to walk on the stage in pants! Special awards were also given to some of the contestants. Miss El Salvador was awarded as Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand as the Best in National Costume. The last round which was the question and answer portion was the finale and the most thrilling part for all the contestants and the spectators. All 5 of them did a good job while answering the simple question from the judged they've picked. From the answers of the 5 candidates comes the new Miss Universe! The show ended with the five amazing candidates ranked as follows:

4th Runner Up
Miss Mexico

3rd Runner Up
Miss Russia


2nd Runner Up
Miss Dominican Republic


1st Runner Up
Miss Colombia


and the

Miss UNIVERSE 2008
Miss Venezuela

Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza, waved her success as she made her victory walk and very much ready for her duties and obligations as the new Miss Universe!