All About Ksenia Sukhinova: Miss World 2008 Winner

(This entry was originally published in this blog December 2008 and it is based on the information of that time.)

Miss Russia Ksenia Sukhinova 2008 has won the title of Miss World 2008 as the Russian beauty queen impressed the judges with her stunning look and talent. When the name of the Miss World 2008 winner was announced by the hosts, Ksenia Sukhinova became overly excited and delighted. In the presence of a number of globally recognized celebrities including actors, actresses and stars of other professions, the grand final turned into a big gather of world stars. The three-hour long grand final was telecast live in more than 180 countries across the world through more than 350 television broadcasters. The glittering ceremony was watched by about 2 billion audience.

Miss World is one of the most popular beauty contests in the world and has huge attraction to the people as well as to the young aspiring models who want to show their beauty, skill and talent to the world. Miss World 2008 was the 58^th Miss World Final since the inception of the beauty pageant by Eric Morley in 1951. This year the final of the beauty pageant took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Though initially the Miss World 2008 was supposed to take place at Kiev, Ukraine, the beauty contest was later shifted to Johannesburg, South Africa due to political tension between Georgia and Russia.

The grand final was started with the beauty queens coming on the stage wearing evening gown. Then two hosts Taiwanese television presenter, actress, Angela Chao, and South African actor, TV presenter, Tumisho Masha, welcomed everybody in the final. Popular British band group Mcfly and English singer Alesha Dixon performed in the grand ceremony and entertained the present as well as the television audiences. Then the hosts started to announce the names of the winners of 5 Fast Track events in which the winners of four events: Miss World Beach Beauty, Miss World Top Model, Miss World Sports and Miss World Talent- were earlier announced. Only the winner of Miss World Beauty With a Purpose event was not unveiled earlier. This coveted award, which is awarded for charity and philanthropic activities in the society, went to Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2008 Gabrielle Walcott, defeating Miss Hungary 2008 Szilvia Freire, Miss Kenya 2008 Ruth Kinuthia and Miss Mexico 2008 Anagabriela Espinoza. The winners of the 5 Fast Track events were automatically qualified for the semi final. Following the announcement of 5 Fast Track Event winners, 10 other semi finalists were announced. Here, I am giving the full list of top 15 semi finalists:

Top 15 Semi Finalists
Country	Contestant Name
Miss World Beach Beauty	Miss Mexico Anagabriela Espinoza
Miss World Top Model	Miss Russia Ksenia Sukhinova
Miss World Sports	Miss Iceland Alexandra Ivarsdottir
Miss World Talent	Miss Barbados Natalie Griffith
Miss World Beauty With a Purpose	Miss Trinidad & Tobago Gabrielle Walcott
6th Semi Finalist	Miss Venezuela Hannelly Quintero
7th Semi Finalist	Miss Ukraine Irina Zhuravskaya
8th Semi Finalist	Miss Croatia Josipa Kusic
9th Semi Finalist	Miss Brazil Tamara Almeida
10th Semi Finalist	Miss Angola Brigith dos Santos
11th Semi Finalist	Miss Kazakhstan Alfina Nassyrova
12th Semi Finalist	Miss Puerto Rico Ivonne Orsini
13th Semi Finalist	Miss Spain Patricia Rodríguez
14th Semi Finalist	Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee
15th Semi Finalist	Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan

The designer award went to Miss USA Lane Lindell. After that, all of the top 15 semi finalists walked on the ramp in front of the judges and audience. On the basis of their performance, the top five finalists were decided by the judges. The top five finalists were Miss Angola Brigith dos Santos, Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan, Miss Russia Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee and Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabrielle Walcott.

Then came the question answering session and the judges asked one question to each of the five finalists of Miss World 2008. However, the questions were not same. On the basis of their answers, judges decided the winner of the competition. The winner of the second runner up title was first announced, followed by first runner up and the winner of the competition. The second runner up title went to Miss Trinidad & Tobago Gabrielle Walcott and the first runner up went to Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan. Here, I am giving 10 important information about Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova:

1. Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova is a Russian Model.
2. Ksenia Sukhinova was crowed by Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin from China.
3. The Russian beauty queen, Ksenia Sukhinova, was born in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia in 1987.
4. With 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78 m) of height, the blonde looks stunning.
5. Ksenia Sukhinova’s eye color is blue.
6. Ksenia Sukhinova, representing Tyumen, won the Miss Russia 2007 title on 14 December 2007 at the Gostinom Yard, in Moscow, Russia, defeating 50 other contestants.
7. She was also supposed to take part in the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant, but could not compete in the competition because of her college work. So, Vera Krasova, the second runner up of Miss Russia 2007 beauty pageant, replaced Ksenia Sukhinova in Miss Universe 2008 and finished as the third runner up in the competition.
8. Ksenia Sukhinova, the winner of Miss World 2008, also won the title of the Fast Track event- Miss World Top Model 2008- on December 3, 2008.
9. Besides winning the Miss World Top Model event, Ksenia Sukhinova was also the second runner up of Miss World Beach Beauty event, finishing behind first runner up Miss South Africa and winner Miss Mexico.
10. Interestingly, Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin was also the winner of the fast track event, Miss World Top Model, and was the second runner up of the Miss World Beach Beauty event.