Miss World 2008 News
Mea Culpa, Says Miss Vietnam Organizers
Tran Thi Thuy Dung, Miss Vietnam World 2008 will no longer be heading for Johannesburg for Miss World contest. VietNamNet Bridge reported that Chief organiser Duong Xuan Nam and Head of the Government Office’s Cultural and Social Department Chu Tien Duc held a brief press conference to announce that it was the organizers fault after allowing Tran Thi Thuy Dung to join the contest despite being a high school undergraduate. Duong Xuan Nam also exonerated the beauty queen from any wrong doing.
Nam said Tran Thi Thuy Dung didn’t violate the contest’s rules because the organisers only insisted contestants be studying at high school, not that they had to have graduated from high school. However, the Ministry of Information, Sports and Tourism who sets the eligibility standards says that the contestants should hold a high school diploma.
Vietnam is now scrambling to find a replacement delegate as the arrival of candidates to South Africa nears.
Miss Earth 2007 Semifinalist to Represent Martinique at Miss World 2008
The beautiful Elodie Delors will represent Martinique with the 58th edition of Miss World in South Africa. At 18 years of age, she shone at the Miss Earth 2007 pageant where she landed as semi-finalist.
Miss Vietnam World Crowned
September 1 - Hoi An
Tran Thi Thuy Dung won the Miss Vietnam World crown in a fantastic televised finals night. She hails from the city of Đà Nẵng and earned the right to represent this Southeast Asian country at Miss World 2008 pageant to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Phan Hoang Minh Thu finished as first runner-up while Nguyen Thuy Vân is second runner up.
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