Miss Earth 2008 Candidates

After 4 years of absence, Hungary returns in the 2008 Miss Earth with Krisztina Polgár as its official delegate.

On its 8th year, the Miss Earth beauty pageant will have a record-breaking ninety-one (91) candidates by which ten (10) of them are competing for the first time in Miss Earth.

Miss Earth 2008 beauty pageant will be held in Indonesia, Guam and the Philippines, which is also a "first" for Miss Earth to be held in three countries.

This year's theme is "Discover the 8th Wonder of the Earth".

The Miss Earth 2008 finals is slated on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines.

Last year, Miss Earth pageant destinations were Korea Vietnam and the Philippines with Jessica Nicole Trisko of Canada as the winner.

Here's the initial list of candidates for Miss Earth 2008:

Albania, Rudina Suti
Argentina, Camila Solórzano Ayusa
Armenia, Arpine Atoyan
Australia, Rachael Smith-Como
Bahamas, Garnell Storr
Belgium, Barbara van de Bussche
Bhutan, Tsokye Karchung
Bolivia, Carolina Urquiola
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Alisa Zlatarevic
Botswana, Nametso Ngwako
Brazil, Tatiane Alves
Canada, Denise Garrido
China, Ying Kun Zhou
Colombia, Mariana Rodríguez
Congo, D.R., Olga Tkishala Yumba
Congo Republic, Katissia Kouta
Costa Rica, Wendy Cordero
Cuba, Jessica Silva
Czech Republic, Hana Svobodová
Dominican Republic, Diana Flores
Ecuador, Andrea Carolina León
El Salvador, Teresita Gomez
England, Caroline Duffy
Finland, Minna Nikkila
France, Charlotte Lagauzere
Georgia, Sopiko Svimonishvili
Germany, Dayana Schult
Ghana, Sara Adoley Addo
Greece, Ria Antoniou
Guadeloupe, Jennifer Desbouiges
Guam, Jennifer Neves
Guatemala, Heidi García
Honduras, Kenia Melissa Andrade
Hong Kong, Chen Yu
Hungary, Krisztina Polgár
India, Tanvi Vyas
Indonesia, Hedhy Kurniati
Israel, Lin Mor
Italy, Caterina Pasquale
Jamaica, Simone Burke
Japan, Akemi Fukumura
Korea, Seo Seol-hee
Kosovo, Yllka Berisha
Latvia, Anita Baltruna
Lebanon, Sara Assi
Liberia, Marit Woods
Lithuania, Ingrida Kazlauskaite
Luxembourg, Nadia Neves Pereira
Macau, Qian Wei Na
Malaysia, Audrey Ng
Malta, Maria Galea
Martinique, Violene Grainville
Mexico, Abigail Elizalde
Netherlands, Melanie de Laat
New Zealand, Rachel Crofts
Nicaragua, Thelma Rodríguez
Nigeria, Uko Ezinne
Northern Ireland, Gemma Michelle Walker
Pakistan, Nosheen Idrees
Panama, Shassia Ubillus
Peru, Giuliana Zevallos
Philippines, Karla Paula Henry
Poland, Karolina Filipkowska
Puerto Rico, Natalie Cuevas
Romania, Ruxandra Popa
Russia, Anna Mezentseva
Rwanda, Cynthia Akazuba
Scotland, Courtney St. John
Serbia, Bojana Traljic
Singapore, Ivy Leow Kian Peng
Slovak Republic, Martina Tóthová
Slovenia, Sara Franceskin
South Africa, Matapa Maila
South Sudan, Nok Nora Duany
Spain, Adriana Reverón
Suriname, Priscilla Yhap
Sweden, Fanny Blomé
Switzerland, Nasanin Nuri
Tahiti, Vahinetua Flaccadori
Taiwan ROC, Yin Yin Tsai
Tanzania, Miriam Odemba
Thailand, Piyaporn Deejing
Turkey, Demet Karadeniz
Turks & Caicos, Sessily Pratt
Uganda, Victor Daisy Nabagereka
Ukraine, Olga Bilousova
USA, Jana Murrell
Venezuela, Daniela Torrealba
Vietnam, Phan Thị Ngọc Diễm
Wales, Jamie Lee Williams
Zambia, Esther Sitali Banda

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