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Miss World 2009 contestants officially unveiled

$450 000 Raised for the Variety International Children's Fund

London: On Monday night 120 Miss World nations came together for the Miss World Charity Dinner in aid of the Variety International Children’s Fund. Guests were invited to The Grosvenor House Hotel in London for a fantastic evening of world class entertainment to see this year’s Miss World contestants introduced on stage for the first time.

Invited guests were amazed by the spectacular display of auction gifts brought in by this year’s Miss World finalists as they arrived.

The contestants helped to raise over $450,000 for Variety International Children's Fund.
Before dinner was served the Miss World contestants were presented on stage in their groups before joining guests at their tables for dinner. As guests dined giant screens showcased what a spectacular Miss World final destination Johannesburg will be.

The Wycombe Orpheus choir entertained guests as they ate their first course before Lindiwe Mahlangu CEO of Johannesburg Tourism Company, gave a speech expressing Johannesburg’s excitement at staging this year’s Miss World and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The Charity Auction was the highlight of the night with gifts from competing countries going under the hammer. This year’s gifts were the best we have ever seen with a luxury holiday from Bahamas and a surfboard from the USA proving popular with the guests. Other incredible prizes included a rare necklace from New Zealand and signed Usain Bolt running shoes from Jamaica which added an incredible $13,000 to the monies raised for Variety International Children’s Fund.

The cast of Grease the musical closed the evening with a selection of songs from the one of the most popular shows currently gracing the West End stage.

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Miss World 2009 Beauty Pageant will take place at the Gallagher Convention Centre on the 12 December 2009 from 15h00 to 19h00.

Miss World 2009 contestants touch down in Johannesburg
Posted by MyNaijaNews
November 14, 2009 at 8:00am

113 of the world’s most beautiful women touched down in Johannesburg today, with a warm African welcome from signers and dancers, for the start of the Miss World Festival culminating in a not-to-be-missed extravaganza at Gallagher Convention Centre on December 12 when one woman will be crowned Miss World 2009.
Also in the entourage is the reigning Miss World, (Russian) Kseniya Sukhinova, who will be handing over her title and many South Africans hoping that Tatum Keshwar will be in the running to take the crown.

Miss World is the benchmark for beauty across cultures. To date the most titles awarded to a country are India and Venezuela (5); United Kingdom (4); Iceland, Jamaica and Sweden (3) and South Africa joining seven other countries who have won the title twice.

The City of Gold will be hosting this spectacle for the second year running and will be showcasing its charms as well as those of the 113 represented countries.

The contestants have a busy month-long schedule before the finale. Jozi residents will be able to get a good look at the gorgeous contestants when the pay visits to various events across the city including trips to Soweto and Soccer City as well as the Johannesburg Zoo for the Miss World Children’s Christmas Party.

It’s not only the City of Gold who will be exposed to their charms. They take an extensive nationwide tour including a visit to the Eastern Cape from November 16 to 18 where they will participate in the Miss World Sport Final before returning to Joahnnesburg for the Miss World World Talent Final on November 22. They travel to Kwa-Zulu Natal from November 23 to 25 for the Miss World Beach Beauty Final and then are back in Johannesburg for the Miss World Fashion final on 28 November.

Then the attention shifts to the Miss World contest itself – now in its 59th year –which is a live two hour broadcast on SABC 3 from Gallagher Estate starting at 17h00 on Saturday December 12.

Visit www.joburgtourism.com and www.missworld.com for more information.

The full list of the 2009 Miss World contestants:

Albania: Armina Mevlani
Angola: Gercinalda da Silva
Argentina: Evelyn Manchon Albalat
Aruba: Nuraisa Lispier
Australia: Sophie Lavers
Austria: Anna Hammel
Bahamas: Joanna Brown
Barbados: Leah Marville
Belarus: Yuliya Sindzeyeva
Belgium: Zeynep Sever
Belize: Norma Lara
Bolivia: Flavia Foianini Arzabe
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Andrea Sarac
Botswana: Sumaiyah Marope
Brazil: Luciana De Souza Reis
Bulgaria: Antoniya Petrova
Canada: Yanbing Ma
China Pr: Sheng Yu
Colombia: Daniela Lalinde
Costa Rica: Angie Alfaro Loria
Cote D’ivoire: Dacoury Gnago
Croatia: Ivana Vasilj
Curacao: Chantalle Thomassen
Cyprus: Chrystalla Tsiali
Czech Republic: Aneta Vignerova
Denmark: Nadia Pedersen
Dominican Republic: Ana Contreras Sosa
Ecuador: Gabriela Ulloa Quinones
Egypt: Samah Ahmed Shalaby
El Salvador: Elena Tedesco
England: Katrina Hodge
Ethiopia: Lula Weldegebriel
Finland: Sanna Kankaanpaa
France: Chloe Mortaud
Georgia: Tsira Suknidze
Germany: Stefanie Peeck
Ghana: Comfort Appea
Gibraltar: Kaiane Aldorino
Greece: Alkisti Anyfanti
Guadeloupe: Beatrice Blaise
Guatemala: Alida Boer Reyes
Guyana: Kaierouann Radix
Honduras: Blaise Masey
Hong Kong China: Sin Ting Lau
Hungary: Orsolya Serdult
Iceland: Gudrun Runarsdottir
India: Pooja Chopra
Indonesia: Kerenina Halim
Ireland: Laura Patterson
Israel: Adi Rudnitzky
Italy: Alice Taticchi
Jamaica: Kerrie Baylis
Japan: Eruza Sasaki
Kazakhstan: Dina Nuraliyeva
Kenya: Fiona Konchellah
Korea: Joo Ri Kim
Latvia: Ieva Lase
Lebanon: Martine Andraos
Liberia: Shu-Rina Wiah
Lithuania: Vaida Petraskaite
Luxembourg: Diana Nilles
Macedonia FYRO: Suzana Al Salkini
Malaysia: Thanuja Ananthan
Malta: Shanel Debattista
Martinique: Ingrid Littre
Mauritius: Deanna Veerapatren
Mexico: Perla Beltran Acosta
Moldova: Maria Bragaru
Mongolia: Battsetseg Batbaatar
Montenegro: Marijana Pokrajac
Namibia: Namasiku Ntelamo
Nepal: Zenisha Moktan (Lama)
Netherlands: Avalon Weijzig
New Zealand: Magdalena Schoeman
Nigeria: Glory Chuku
Northern Ireland: Cherie Gardiner
Norway: Sara Skjoldnes
Panama: Nadege Herrera Vasquez
Paraguay: Tamara Sosa Zapattini
Peru: Claudia Carrasco Sarrio
Philippines: Marie Umali
Poland: Anna Jamroz
Portugal: Marta Ferreira Cadilha
Puerto Rico: Jennifer Colon Alvarado
Romania: Loredana Salanta
Russia: Kseniya Shipilova
Scotland: Katharine Brown
Serbia: Jelena Markovic
Sierra Leone: Mariatu Kargbo
Singapore: Pilar Arlando
Slovakia: Barbora Franekova
Slovenia: Tina Petelin
South Africa: Tatum Keshwar
Spain: Carmen Garcia Fernandez
Sri Lanka: Appukuttige Wijayadasa
Suriname: Zoureena Rijger
Swaziland: Nompilo Mncina
Sweden: Erica Harrison
Tahiti – French Polynesia: Nanihi Bambridge
Tanzania: Miriam Martin
Thailand: Pongchanok Kanklab
Trinidad & Tobago: Ashanna Arthur
Turkey: Ebru Sam
Uganda: Maria Namiiro
Ukraine: Ievgeniia Tulchevska
United States: Lisa-Marie Kohrs
Uruguay: Claudia Vanrell
Venezuela: Maria Veliz Pinto
Vietnam: Tran Thi Huong Giang
Wales: Lucy Whitehouse
Zambia: Dorothy Mumba
Zimbabwe: Vanessa Sibanda

Our Delegate Zoureena Rijger worked very hard to get her act ready for the Miss World Pageant.

She will also participate during the traditional dance