Miss Universe 2008 Pre-Pageant Favorites

As the 80 candidates of Miss Universe 2008 start arriving today, June 17, 2008, in Vietnam, let's have a close watch at these 20 pre-pageant favorites if they are indeed as gorgeous as in their photos and will live up to expectations until the finals night on July 14, 2008 at Crown Convention Center, Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

VENEZUELA Dayana Mendoza


PUERTO RICO Ingrid Rivera


COLOMBIA Taliana Vargas


MEXICO Elisa Najera


TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Anya Ayoung-Chee


PANAMA Carolina Dementiev


SOUTH AFRICA Tansey Coetzee


INDIA Simran Kaur


NICARAGUA Thelma Rodriguez


BRAZIL Natalia Anderle


PHILIPPINES Jennifer Barrientos


BELGIUM Alizee Poulicek


INDONESIA Putri Raemawasti


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Marianne Cruz


GREECE Dionissia Koukiou


CZECH REPUBLIC Eliška Bučková


USA Crystle Stewart


ALBANIA Matilda Mecini


ECUADOR Domenica Saporitti


AUSTRALIA Laura Dundovic

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