Miss World 2009 Candidates

One hundred twelve (112) candidates are competing for the Miss World 2009 title.

They have already arrived in London over the weekend and graced the 16th World Travel Awards 2009 held yesterday.

On the coming days, they will fly to Johannesburg in South Africa where the coronation night (December 12) will be held.

Eight of the candidates are familiar faces in the pageantry as they have just competed in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant held in the Bahamas last August. They are Misses Belgium, France, Lebanon (photo above), Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, South Africa and Uruguay.

Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar and Miss France Chloé Mortaud both made it to the Top 10 finalists of Miss Universe 2009 while Miss Belgium Zeynep Sever was one of the Top 15 semi-finalists.

Miss Netherlands Avalon-Chanel Weyzig was also one of the favorites but failed to make the cut.

Another interesting woman is participating in Miss World 2009.

She is Miss England Katrina Hodge who was just a last-minute replacement to Rachel Christie who voluntarily resigned after she got involved in a brawling incident in a night club.

The new Miss England is a soldier (Lance Corporal) and is set to be sent to Afghanistan after her Miss World 2009 stint.

Here are the official candidates for Miss World 2009:

ALBANIA, Armina MEVLANI
ANGOLA, Nadia SILVA
ARGENTINA, Evelyn ALBALAT
ARUBA, Nuraisa LISPIER
AUSTRALIA, Sophie LAVERS
AUSTRIA, Anna HAMMEL
BAHAMAS, Joanna BROWN
BARBADOS, Leah MARVILLE
BELARUS, Yulia SINDZEYEVA
BELGIUM, Zeynep SEVER
BELIZE, Norma LARA
BOLIVIA, Flavia ARZABE
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Andrea SARAC
BOTSWANA, Sumaiyah MAROPE
BRAZIL, Luciana REIS
BULGARIA, Antonia PETROVA
CANADA, Lena MA
CHINA PR, Sheng YU
COLOMBIA, Daniela LALINDE
COSTA RICA, Angie LORIA
COTE D'IVOIRE, Dacoury GNAGO
CROATIA, Ivana VASILJ
CURACAO, Chantelle TOMASSEN
CYPRUS, Chrystalla TSIALI
CZECH REPUBLIC, Aneta VIGNEROVA
DENMARK, Nadia PEDERSON
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Ana CONTRERAS
ECUADOR, Gabriela QUIŃONES
EGYPT, Samah SHALABY
EL SALVADOR, Elena BARDI
ENGLAND, Katrina Hodge
ETHIOPIA, Lula WELDEGEBRIEL
FINLAND, Sanna KANKAANPÄÄ
FRANCE, Chloe MORTAUD
GEORGIA, Tsira SUKNIDZE
GERMANY, Stefanie PEECK
GHANA, Mawuse APPEA
GIBRALTAR, Kaiane ALDORINO
GREECE, Alkisti ANYFANTI
GUADELOUPE, Beatrice BLAISE
GUATEMALA, Alida REYES
GUYANA, Kaierouann RADIX
HONDURAS, Blaise MASEY
HONG KONG CHINA, Sin Ting LAU
HUNGARY, Orsolya SURDÜLT
ICELAND, Guðrún 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, Joori KIM
LATVIA, Ieva LASE
LEBANON, Martine ANDRAOS
LIBERIA, Shu-rina WIAH
LITHUANIA, Vaida PETRASKAITE
LUXEMBOURG, Diana NILLES
MACEDONIA FYRO, Suzana SALKINI
MALAYSIA, Thanuja ANANTHAN
MALTA, Shanel DEBATTISTA
MARTINIQUE, Ingrid ITTRÉ
MAURITIUS, Anais VEERAPATREN
MEXICO, Perla BELTRAN
MOLDOVA, Maria BRAGARU
MONGOLIA, Battsetseg BATBAATAR
MONTENEGRO, Marijana POKRAJAC
NAMIBIA, Happie NTELAMO
NEPAL, Zenisha MOKTAN
NETHERLANDS, Avalon-Chanel WEYZIG
NEW ZEALAND, Magdalena SCHOEMAN
NIGERIA, Glory CHUKU
NORTHERN IRELAND, Cherie GARDINER
NORWAY, Sara SKJOLDNES
PANAMA, Nadege VASQUEZ
PARAGUAY, Tamara ZAPATTINI
PERU, Claudia SARRIO
PHILIPPINES, Marie Ann UMALI
POLAND, Anna JAMRÓZ
PORTUGAL, Marta CADILHA
PUERTO RICO, Jennifer COLON
ROMANIA, Loredana SALANTA
RUSSIA, Ksenia 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 FERNÁNDEZ
SRI LANKA, Gamya WIJAYADASA
SURINAME, Zoureena RIJGER
SWAZILAND, Nompilo MNCINA
SWEDEN, Erica HARRISON
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Ashanna ARTHUR
TAHITI, Nanihi BAMBRIDGE
TANZANIA, Miriam KABULA
THAILAND, Pongchanok KANKLAB
TURKEY, Ebru SAM
UGANDA, Maria NAMIIRO
UKRAINE, Ievgeniia TULCHEVSKA
URUGUAY, Cinthia REYNA
USA, Lisa-Marie KOHRS
VENEZUELA, Maria VELIZ
VIETNAM, Thi TRAN
WALES, Lucy WHITEHOUSE
ZAMBIA, Sekwila MUMBA
ZIMBABWE, Vanessa SIBANDA