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MISS BRAZIL:
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MISS PERU:
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Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2008
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MISS UNIVERSE 2008: CONTESTANTS:


Natalia Anderle, Miss Brazil 2008
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Kate David, Miss BOLIVIA 2008
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MISS SOUTH AFRICA:

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MISS UNIVERSE 2008: CONTESTANTS:



Dayana Mendoza Venezuela

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
Interior design, photography, advertising, and I enjoy meeting people from every country and learning languages.

What is your career ambition?
Interior design and also advertising, but as Oscar Wilde used to say, "To define oneself is to limit oneself.”

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Being independent from the age of fifteen on, living in different countries by myself without knowing the language at the beginning and without the presence of my parents. Having succeeded in working in different cultures and learning the most from them.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
I was once kidnapped, in what in my country is known as an express kidnapping. It was a very hard experience. I learned to remain calm in a very stressful situation and to try to reach to the human part of our abductors.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I am grateful to life for my family and for the opportunities to grow in different places and learn the most from them. Even in the hardest of times what my family and life has taught me has helped me push through and succeed.

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Maria Silvana Belli Argentina

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
Being a wonderful representative of my country; promoting tourism and the history and traditions of my country. What I most enjoy doing is helping people. I love social activities.

What is your career ambition?
I would like to be a fashion designer.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Helping a poor school in San Juan. I raised money to build a space (meant for multiple uses) for persons of different ages.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
Sometimes I feel I am psychic because I have paranormal experiences.

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Laura Dundovic Australia


What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
My interests range from psychology and humanities to sports and fashion. I love traveling as it enables me to learn about different cultures and meet new people.

What is your career ambition?
My career ambition is to complete my honors degree and become an organizational psychologist. Ideally, I would like to own my own organizational psychology firm.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
My proudest accomplishment is getting into psychology, which, in Australia, is an extremely competitive course.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I set no limits on my abilities. I can achieve whatever I set my mind on accomplishing through my strong determination and self-motivation. I am a perfectionist and I am not happy just succeeding in one field. As such I continue to raise my personal standards not only in my education, but also sports, performing arts and my personal relationships.

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Samantha Tajik Canada

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I enjoy traveling, skating, keeping active, spending time with my puppies and dancing, but above all else, I enjoy making a difference in the lives of others. When I go to bed at the end of a day and can say that I have helped at least one person, then I've had a good day!

What is your career ambition?
My career ambition is to have my own business in the entertainment field. It is both my choices and me striving to achieve that will take me there. From helping out backstage at a runway show, to being the center of attention, everything I do will help me explore and get me closer to my aspiration. With strict discipline and committing to each step I take towards my goal, one day my perseverance will be rewarded.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Breaking down stereotypes and embracing changes in society is what fuels new ideas in progress. My ambition for modeling was obvious to those around me, and my deep desire was strong enough to break down any misconceived ideas. Therefore, my proudest accomplishment would be achieving that degree of positive attitude that helps me get through anything in life.
What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
As Miss Universe Canada, I’ve had the opportunity to fulfill one of my deepest dreams – making a difference in the lives of others, especially through my work with S.O.S. Children’s Villages and the American-Nicaraguan Foundation. Words could never accurately describe what I feel inside, and it has truly been more fulfilling than I could have ever imagined. I will forever be grateful for these experiences, and I know this is something I will continue for the rest of my life.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I believe that everyone is blessed with life and we should not take things for granted. Instead, savor the moments and use our advantages to help others with disadvantages. I would like the judges to know that if I am chosen as Miss Universe 2008, I would be totally committed to the job and the organization behind it. I thrive on challenge and set very high standards for myself. I also possess an intense desire to do my best in anything I get involved with.

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Ziya Wei China

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I am interested in music, literature and traveling. I mostly enjoy being with family and friends.

What is your career ambition?
I would like to own my own brand specializing in art and furniture. In a later stage, once I have the ability and finances, I would like to help others.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
I am a young, independent, and happy Chinese woman.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
When I was in drama school I played many different roles.

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Snjezana Loncarevic Croatia

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I like filming commercials, ice-skating, rollerblading, exercising, dancing, singing, but most of all I like acting in a TV series.

What is your career ambition?
I would like to be a successful actress.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
My proudest personal accomplishment was completing my first degree from college.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?[B]
Becoming Miss Universe Croatia and having the opportunity to be one of the delegates in Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant is one of the biggest challenges in my life.

[B]What do you want the judges to know about you?
Since I became Miss Universe Croatia, I learned that I can only succeed if I work hard, if I am disciplined, humble, optimistic and grateful for everything.

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Dimitra Sergiou Cyprus

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I like to play piano and listen to my favorite songs. Also, I like to go to the cinema. But my favorite hobby is to dance, which I studied at a professional school of dance in Athens, Greece. Also, I enjoy gymnastics, which used to be a part of my daily life. I trained for 15 years.

What is your career ambition?
My aim and my ambitions for the next few years are modeling and also a career in helping children with special needs, which is what I have been studying.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
I received a Gold Medal in Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1998 at the China World Championship. I also placed 6th in Moscow in 1998 at the Olympic Youth Games. I am very proud of my participation in many European and World Championships as an athlete of R.G.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
Winning the Miss Cyprus Competition and representing my county in the Miss Universe Competition. Although I won the competition in my country, I continue to be myself; I am as I was before.

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Yara Naoum Egypt

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I love to paint and design interiors. I love acting as well and I did act in a major Egyptian movie. I also enjoy dancing and the beach a lot.

What is your career ambition?
To be a leader in the interior design field, to have my own company, and to design sets for cinema.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Rewarded for a set design for a project in my college.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
I am funny and have a strange sense of humor.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I am very ambitious, hard working, and find it easy to deal with people from different cultures and backgrounds. I love my country and I am proud to represent it in one of the world’s most prestigious pageants

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Rebeca Moreno El Salvador

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
I love to dance, watch movies, and spend quality time with family and friends.

What is your career ambition?
To work with children to make a difference in their lives, since they are the future of the world.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
Being part of CISV, where I get to learn about other cultures and teach them about my own.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
Three days before my 15th birthday, there was an earthquake in El Salvador. I got the chance to help those who suffered and lost their homes and most of their belongings. Even on the day of my birthday I spent time preparing packages for those in need.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I hope they can learn about my personality. I am a humble, charitable, happy, and a fun person. I love to travel and learn about other cultures.

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Simran Kaur Mundi India

What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
Listening to music, sketching and being around kids.

What is your career ambition?
My career ambition is to open a beauty school, as there is a dearth of such schools in India. I would like to introduce one and help aspirants get the needed grooming and advice, as I know this career well and would like to use it for the benefit of others.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
My proudest personal accomplishment was when I bagged the all rounder trophy in the last year of my schooling.

What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
I got a scar on my right thigh trying to save a little puppy's life. Since then I consider it to be my lucky scar.

What do you want the judges to know about you?
I am aware, focused, disciplined, determined and courageous. I love my family and animals. I love to interact; I would rather be surrounded with people than live in isolation. I am a city girl, very comfortable in front of the camera. I love being around people. Being on stage in front of an audience gives me a high because of the instant reaction.

NB: BOLLYWOOD HERE I COME:

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