Hot Favorites for Miss Universe 2008 (Final List)

FINAL LIST OF HOT FAVORITES FOR MISS UNIVERSE 2008
(Based on the combined scores of Mykiru, invited global guests, pageant reviews and Mykiru's online poll results.)
July 13, 2008


1. VENEZUELA Dayana Mendoza


2. MEXICO Elisa Najera


3. PUERTO RICO Ingrid Rivera


4. USA Crystle Stewart


5. COLOMBIA Taliana Vargas


6. INDIA Simran Kaur


7. PANAMA Carolina Dementiev


8. AUSTRALIA Laura Dundovic


9. SOUTH AFRICA Tansey Coetzee


10. THAILAND Gavintra Photijak


11. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Anya Ayoung-Chee


12. BRAZIL Natalia Anderle


13. KOSOVO Zana Krasniqi


14. PHILIPPINES Jennifer Barrientos


15. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Marianne Cruz



CLOSE SHOTS:


16. BELGIUM Alizee Poulicek


17. CZECH REPUBLIC Eliška Bučková


18. ALBANIA Matilda Mecini


19. VIETNAM Lam Thuy Nguyen


20. NORWAY Mariann Birkedal


STRONG ALTERNATES:

21. KOREA Sun Lee
22. INDONESIA Putri Raemawasti
23. GREECE Dionissia Koukiou
24. FRANCE Laura Tanguy
25. CANADA Samantha Tajik
26. COSTA RICA Maria Teresa Rodriguez
27. NICARAGUA Thelma Rodriguez
28. PERU Karol Castillo
29. IRELAND Lynn Kelly
30. SINGAPORE Shenise Wong


RANKING OF OTHER CANDIDATES:

31. JAPAN Hiroko Mima
32. RUSSIA Vera Krasova
33. KAZAKHSTAN Alfina Nasyrova
34. ARUBA Tracey Nicolaas
35. SPAIN Claudia Moro
36. FINLAND Satu Toumisto
37. BAHAMAS Sacha Scott
38. ISRAEL Shunit Faragi
39. ECUADOR Domenica Saporitti
40. CROATIA Snježana Lončarević
41. CHINA Wei Ziya
42. UKRAINE Eleonora Masalab
43. JAMAICA April Jackson
44. ARGENTINA Silvana Belli
45. NIGERIA Stephanie Oforka
46. CAYMAN ISLANDS Rebecca Parchment
47. TURKS & CAICOS Angelica Lightbourne
48. ANGOLA Lesliana Pereira
49. BOLIVIA Katherine David
50. GUAM Siera Robertson
51. EGYPT Yara Naoum
52. SLOVAK REPUBLIC Sandra Manakova
53. GERMANY Madina Taher
54. URUGUAY Paula Diaz
55. ITALY Claudia Ferraris
56. SERBIA Bojana Boric
57. PARAGUAY Giannina Rufinelli
58. SLOVENIA Anamarija Avbelj
59. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Athina James
60. TURKEY Sinem Sulun
61. SRI LANKA Aruni Rajapakse
62. HONDURAS Diana Barraza
63. MONTENEGRO Daša Živković
64. EL SALVADOR Rebeca Moreno
65. MALAYSIA Levy Li
66.5 CURACAO Jenyfeer Mercelina
66.5 UNITED KINGDOM Lisa Lazarus
68. MAURITIUS Olivia Carey
69. GEORGIA Gvantsa Daraselia
70. TANZANIA Amanda Ole Sulul
71. POLAND Barbara Tatara
72. SWITZERLAND Amanda Ammann
73. DENMARK Marie Sten-Knudsen
74. GUATEMALA Jennifer Chiong
75. HUNGARY Jazmin Dammak
76. NEW ZEALAND Samantha Powell
77. GHANA Yvette Nsiah
78. CYPRUS Dimitra Sergiou
79. ESTONIA Julia Kovaljova
80. NETHERLANDS Charlotte Labee

MYKIRU'S ONLINE POLL RESULTS (2,805 total unique votes)
Winner: Mexico
Runners Up: Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, USA, Colombia
Finalists: India, South Africa, Kosovo, Panama, Brazil
Semi-finalists: Dominican Republic, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand

Goodluck to all the ladies and thank you to those who participated on Mykiru's list of favorites.


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