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Miss Universe '08 Contestants in Vietnam

July 14: Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, shows her tears after being crowned as Miss Universe 2008 during the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 14: From Left, Tailana Vargas, Miss Colombia, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, Marianne Cruz Gonzalez, Miss Dominican Republic, Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico, Vera Krasova, Miss Russia are named into top five during the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants, including Miss Colombia Taliana Vargas, foreground left, Miss USA Crystle Stewart, center, and Miss Indonesia Putri Raemawasti, foreground right, participate in a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam. This year's Miss Universe competition will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam on Sunday, July 13, 2008.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants are seen during a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam. The contestants will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam on Sunday, July 13, 2008.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants are seen during a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants are seen during a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants are seen during a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants are seen during a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 11: Miss Universe 2008 contestants participate in a stage rehearsal in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 8: Contestants pose during the Swimsuit segment of the 2008 Miss Universe Presentation Show in Nha Trang, Vietnam. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
July 4: Siera Robertson, Miss Guam 2008, poses for a photo in her BSC swim wear at Diamond Bay Resort & Golf, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 6: Contestants rehearse for the July 14 Miss Universe competition at Diamond Bay Resort and Golf in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 4: Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, poses for a photo in her BSC swim wear at Diamond Bay Resort & Golf, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 8: Miss USA Crystle Stewart, competes in BSC swimwear and Nina footwear during the Swimsuit segment of the 2008 Miss Universe Presentation Show at the Crown Convention Center, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 8: Miss USA Crystle Stewart competes in BSC swimwear and Nina footwear during the Swimsuit segment of the 2008 Miss Universe Presentation Show in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 2: Karol Castillo, Miss Peru 2008, second from left, takes advantage of the shade as she waits with other contestants, including Miss Serbia, Bojana Boric, who poses poolside at Diamond Bay Resort and Golf in Nha Trang City, Vietnam.
July 2: The contestants gather poolside at Diamond Bay Resort and Golf to pose in their swimwear in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 2: Zana Krasniqi, Miss Kosovo 2008; Levy Li Su Lin, Miss Malaysia 2008; Olivia Carey, Miss Mauritius 2008; Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico 2008, and Dasa Zivkovic, Miss Montenegro 2008, gather poolside at Diamond Bay Resort and Golf for a photo session.
July 2: Contestants blow a kiss at the cameras at Diamond Bay Resort and Golf in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
July 1: Miss USA 2008, Crystle Stewart, is photographed during filming for the opening of the 2008 Miss Universe Competition at Wonderpark in Nha Trang.
July 1: Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007, is filmed for the opening of the 2008 Miss Universe Competition at Wonderpark, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 30: Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, participates in the Miss Universe 2008 contestant parade in Nha Trang City, Vietnam.
June 30: Madina Taher, Miss Germany 2008; Jazmin Dammak, Miss Hungary 2008, and Yvette Nsiah, Miss Ghana 2008, participate in the Miss Universe 2008 contestant parade in Nha Trang City, Vietnam.
June 30: Ingrid Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2008, poses for a photo in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 28: Ingrid Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2008, poses in her BSC Swimwear at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Ingrid will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 28: Miss Germany 2008, Madina Taher, poses for a photo during a boat tour of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Taher will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 28: Miss Brazil 2008, Natalia Anderle; Miss Switzerland, 2008 Amanda Ammann, and Miss Japan 2008, Hiroko Mima, pose at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.
June 28: Miss Colombia 2008, Taliana Vargas, poses aboard a boat in Vietnam. Vargas will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 28: Miss Ukraine 2008, Eleonora Masalab, poses aboard a boat in Vietnam.
June 28: From left: Alfina Nassyrova, Miss Kazakhstan 2008; Vera Krasova, Miss Russia 2008; Amanda Ole Sulul, Miss Tanzania 2008; Eleonora Masalab, Miss Ukraine 2007, and Jennifer Barrientos, Miss Philippines 2008, during a boat tour of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14.
June 28: Natalia Anderle, Miss Brazil 2008, poses at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Natalia will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14.
June 28: From left: Miss Vietnam 2008, Lam Thuy Nguyen; Miss Venezuela 2007, Dayana Mendoza, and Miss USA, Crystle Stewart, pose at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 28: Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, poses in her BSC Swimwear at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Crystle will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 28: From left: Natalia Anderle, Miss Brazil 2008; Hiroko Mima, Miss Japan 2008; Amanda Ammann, Miss Switzerland 2008; Lam Thuy Nguyen, Miss Vietnam 2008; Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2008; Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008; Sun Lee, Miss Korea 2008; Vera Krasova, Miss Russia 2008, and Ingrid Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2008, pose in their BSC Swimwear at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.
June 22: Miss Universe 2007, Riyo Mori, left, poses with Miss Vietnam 2008, Nguyen Thuy Lam, after the national costumes show at Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Lam will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietname, on July 14.
June 22: Contestants of the 2008 Miss Universe line up with their costumes reflecting their native countries during the National Costume Show at Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The contestants will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang at the Crown Convention Center on July 14.
June 22: Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, poses during the National Costume Show at Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The contestants will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang at the Crown Convention Center on July 14.
June 22: Karol Castillo, Miss Peru 2008, poses during the National Costume Show at Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
June 28: Hiroko Mima, Miss Japan 2008, poses at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Hiroko will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 24: Miss Israel, Shunit Faragi, poses onstage at the Ao Dai Fashion Show, which features the contestants modeling the traditional Vietnamese dress, Ao Dai, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Faragi will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 24: Miss Vietnam, Lam Thuy Nguyen, left, Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, center, Miss Thailand, Gavintra Photijak, second from right, and Miss USA Crystle Stewart, right, greet child performers at rehearsals for the Ao Dai Fashion Show, which will feature the contestants modeling the traditional Vietnamese dress, Ao Dai.
June 24: Miss USA, Crystle Stewart, poses onstage at the Ao Dai Fashion Show, which features the contestants modeling the traditional Vietnamese dress, Ao Dai. Stewart will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place at the Crown Convention Center, in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 22: Shunit Faragi, Miss Israel 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Faragi will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 22: Miss South Africa 2008, Tansey Coetzee, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Coetzee will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Maria Silvana Belli, Miss Argentina 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Belli will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Sun Lee, Miss Korea 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Lee will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Miss Guam, Siera Robertson, competes in a costume reflecting her native country during the National Costume Show in Lions Theater, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 22: Taliana Vargas, Miss Colombia 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Vargas will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Ziya Wei, Miss China 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Wei will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Zana Krasniqi, Miss Kosova 2008, poses for a photo at the Saigon Outlet Mall in Binh Duong on. Zana will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 21: Stephanie Oforka, Miss Nigeria 2008, shops at the Ben Thanh Market during a city tour in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 22: Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Najera will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Ingrid Rivera Santos, Miss Puerto Rico 2008, competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. Santos will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Wardrobe assistants Mark Zappone, left, and Jan Creger, right, help Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart get ready for her Official National Costume Portrait at the New World Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 20: Miss Korea 2008, Sun Lee, poses poolside at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 21: Claudia Ferraris, Miss Italy 2008; Levy Li Su Lin, Miss Malaysia 2008; Rebeca Moreno, Miss El Salvador 2008, and Tracey Nicolaas, Miss Aruba 2008, shop at the Ben Thanh Market during a city tour in Ho Chi Minh City. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.
June 22: Miss Dominican Republic, Marianne Cruz, strikes a pose in a costume reflecting her native country during the National Costume Show in Lions Theater, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.
June 22: Miss Japan, Hiroko Mima, left, and Miss Korea, Sun Lee, right, compete in costumes reflecting their native countries during the National Costume Show in Lions Theater, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 21: Levy Li Su Lin, Miss Malaysia 2008; Snjezana Loncarevic, Miss Croatia 2008; Vera Krasova, Miss Russia 2008; Eleonora Masalab, Miss Ukraine 2008; Julia Kovaljova, Miss Estonia 2008; Samantha Powell, Miss New Zealand 2008; Natalia Anderle, Miss Brazil 2008; Rebeca Moreno, Miss El Salvador 2007, and Jazmin Dammak, Miss Hungary 2008, pose for a photo on top of the Reunification Palace during a city tour in Ho Chi Minh City. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 22: Ingrid Rivera Santos, Miss Puerto Rico 2008, poses for a photo backstage of the National Costume Show being held at the Lions Theatre at the Saigon Factory Outlet Mall in Binh Duong, north of Ho Chi Minh City. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 22: Miss France, Laura Tangua, competes in a costume reflecting her native country during the National Costume Show in Lions Theater, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 20: Miss Australia 2008, Laura Dundovic, poses with members of the Vietnam Swans Australian Rules Football Team at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition which will take place in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
June 22: Miss Ecuador 2008 competes in her National Costume at the Lions Theater in the Saigon Outlet Mall in Ho Chi Minh City. She will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July.