Miss Venezuela comes Miss Universe 2008

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2008	Venezuela - Dayana Mendoza
1st Runner-up	Colombia - Taliana Vargas
2nd Runner-up	Dominican Republic - Marianne Cruz
3rd Runner-up	Russia - Vera Krasova
4th Runner-up	Mexico - Elisa Najera
Finalists	Australia - Laura Dundovic Italy - Claudia Ferraris Kosovo - Zana Krasniqi Spain - Claudia Moro USA - Crystle Stewart
Semifinalists	Czech Republic - Eliška Bučková Hungary - Jázmin Dammak Japan - Hiroko Mima South Africa - Tanzey Coetzee Vietnam - Nguyễn Thùy Lâm

With help from(With Thanks):http://en.wikipedia.org

The Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008-Crown Winner-Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza:

1st Runner-up

Miss Colombia_Taliana Vargas-Miss Universe 2008-1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up

Miss Dominican Republic_Marianne Cruz_miss universe 2008_2nd runner up:

3rd Runner-up

Miss Russia Krasova_miss universe 2008_3rd Runner-up:

4th Runner-up

Miss Mexico_Elisa Nájera_Miss universe 2008_4th Runner-up:

Finalist Beauties

Finalist 1

Miss Australia_Laura Dundovic_Miss Universe 2008_Finalist-:

Finalist 2

2.Claudia Ferraris, Miss Italy 2008_miss Universe 2008 Finalist.:

Finalist 3.

Miss Kosovo-Zana Krasniqi:

Finalist 4.

Miss Spain-Claudia Moro:

Finalist 5

Miss USA Crystle Stewart:

Miss Universe 2008

Semi-Finalist Beauties

Semi-Finalist 1.

Miss Czech Republic Eliška Bučková:

Semi-Finalist 2.

Miss Hungary Jázmin Dammak:

Semi-Finalist 3.

Miss Japan- Hiroko Mima:

Semi-Finalist 4.

Miss South Africa Tanzey Coetzee:

Semi-Finalist 5.

Miss Vietnam Nguyễn Thùy Lâm:

Special Awards

Final Competition Night

Miss Congeniality: Rebeca Moreno (El Salvador):


Best National Costume: Gavintra Photijak (Thailand)


[For the first time since the award's inception, no Miss Photogenic Award was given.]

Best in Bikini - Queen of Vinpearl

Winner: Elisa Najera (Mexico)

Taliana Vargas (Colombia)

Final Competition Scores

[hide]Country	Swimsuit	Evening Gown
Venezuela	9.327 (2)	9.697 (2)
Colombia	9.433 (1)	9.829 (1)
Dominican Republic	8.983 (6)	9.036 (4)
Russia	8.414 (7)	8.471 (5)
Mexico	9.071 (5)	9.429 (3)
Kosovo	8.120 (8)	8.264 (6)
Spain	9.150 (4)	8.200 (7)
USA	9.207 (3)	8.050 (8)
Italy	7.671 (10)	7.729 (9)
Australia	7.814 (9)	7.557 (10)
Czech Republic	7.386 (11)
Hungary	7.229 (12)
South Africa	7.133 (13)
Japan	7.100 (14)
Vietnam	7.050 (15)

Special Awards

Final Competition Night

• Miss Congeniality: Rebeca Moreno (El Salvador)
• Best National Costume: Gavintra Photijak (Thailand)
• For the first time since the award's inception, no Miss Photogenic Award was given.

Best in Bikini - Queen of Vinpearl

• Winner: Elisa Najera (Mexico)
• Top 5 finalists: Taliana Vargas (Colombia), Simran Kaur (India), Claudia Moro (Spain), Crystle Stewart (USA).^[7]

Best in Áo dài

• Winner: Dayana Mendoza (Venezuela)
• Runner-ups: Simran Kaur (India), Nguyễn Thùy Lâm (Vietnam), Gavintra Photijak (Thailand), Alfina Nasyrova (Kazakhstan).^[8][9]

Best National Costume (Vietnamese version)

• Top 10 finalists: Matilda Mecini (Albania), Taliana Vargas (Colombia), Marianne Cruz (Dominican Republic), Simran Kaur (India), Zana Krasniqi (Kosovo), Elisa Najera (Mexico), Karol Castillo (Peru), Tansey Coetzee (South Africa), Dayana Mendoza (Venezuela), Nguyễn Thùy Lâm (Vietnam).^[10]

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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2008, takes a boat tour of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam on June 28, 2008. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam at the Crown Convention Center on July 14, 2008 at 8 AM UCT (airing LIVE on NBC in the United States on July 13, 2008 at 9 PM (ET/delayed PT). HO/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

Dayana Mendoza representando al estado Amazonas, resulto electa Miss Venezuela 2007 en el certamen de belleza celebrado en el poliedro de Caracas.

Felicidades Dayana.

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Dec 2007 design.Miss SL Universe 2008 Pageant , Dayana Mendoza, that held by Mr. Frolic Mills, founder of THE BEST OF SL Magazine, finally finished & the Miss Greece won the Crown for Miss SL Universe 2008!

The main concept of these jewelries are flowers that represent the most beautiful lady in the Universe with love, kindness, Sparkling, intelligent & natural beauty.