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From Reuters
Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday at a tightly guarded ceremony in Bali, Indonesia,
after the contest was plagued by protests from Muslim hardliners and fears that extremist groups could try to disrupt the event.
U.S.-born Megan Young, a 23-year-old studying digital film, accepted the crown from last year's winner, Wenxia Yu of China, and promised to "be the best Miss World ever".
Thousands of members of the radical Islam Defenders Front took to the streets over the past month to protest holding the pageant in Indonesia,
the world's most populous Muslim country, calling it "pornography".
The protests forced organizers to move the event from a venue outside Jakarta to Nusa Dua in southern Bali, a predominantly Hindu resort island.
Event organizers announced in June that contestants would eschew bikinis this year in favour of sarongs and one-piece swimwear to avoid causing offence.
The new Miss World will spend the next year travelling to represent the Miss World Organization and help raise money for its charitable causes.
Marine Lorphelin, a 20-year-old medical student from France, took second place. From Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter, 23, also a medical student, came third.
Here are the bevvy of beauties (the contestants)
Albania Ersela KURTI
Angola Maria CASTELO
Argentina Maria Teresa KUSTER
Aruba Larisa LEEUWE
Australia Erin HOLLAND
Austria Ena KADIC
Bahamas De'Andra BANNISTER
Barbados Regina RAMJIT
Belarus Maryia VIALICHKA
Belgium Nomie HAPPART
Belize Idolly Louise SALDIVAR
Bermuda Katherine ARNFIELD
Bolivia Maria Alejandra CASTILLO
Bosnia & Herzegovina Sanda GUTIC
Botswana Rosemary KEOFITLHETSE
Brazil Sancler FRANTZ KONZEN
British Virgin Islands Kirtis MALONE
Bulgaria Nansi KARABOYCHEVA
Cameroon Denise Valrie AYENA
Canada Camille MUNRO
Cape Verde Christina SPENCER
Chile Camila ANDRADE
China PR Wei Wei YU
Chinese Taipei Cinzia CHANG
Colombia Daniella OCOR
Costa Rica Yarly MARIN
Cote D'Ivoire Assata DIA
Croatia Lana GRŽETIĆ
Curaao Xafira URSELITA
Cyprus Kristy Marie AGAPIOY
Czech Republic Lucie KOVANDOVA
Denmark Malene Riis SRENSEN
Dominica Leslassa ARMOUR-SHILLINGFORD
Dominican Republic Joely BERNAT
Ecuador Laritza PARRAGA
El Salvador Paola Vanessa AYALA HERNANDEZ
England Kirsty HESLEWOOD
Equatorial Guinea Restituta Mifumu NGUEMA
Ethiopia Genet TSEGAY TESFAY
Fiji Caireen ERBSLEBEN
Finland Maija KERISALMI
France Marine LORPHELIN
Gabon Brunilla Novela EKOUMBI MOUSSADINGOU
Georgia Tamar SHEDANIA
Germany Amina SABBAH
Ghana Carranzar NAA OKAILEY SHOOTER
Gibraltar Maroua KHARBOUCH
Greece Athina PIKRAKI
Guadeloupe Sheryna VAN DER KOELEN
Guam Camarin MENDIOLA
Guatemala Karla Loraine QUINTO
Guinea Mariama DIALLO
Guinea-Bissau Heny TAVARES
Guyana Ruqayyah BOYER
Haiti Ketsia Lioudy ICIENA
Honduras Monica Alexis ELWIN GOUGH
Hong Kong China Jacqueline WONG
Hungary Annamria RAKOSI
Iceland Sigridur Dagbjort ASGEIRSDOTTIR
India Navneet DHILLON
Indonesia Vania LARISSA
Ireland Aoife WALSH
Italy Sarah BADERNA
Jamaica Gina HARGITAY
Japan Michiko TANAKA
Kazakhstan Ainura TOLEUOVA
Kenya Wangui GITONGA
Korea Min Ji PARK
Kosovo Antigona SEJDIU
Kyrgyzstan Zhibek NUKEEVA
Latvia Eva DOMBROVSKA
Lebanon Karen GHRAOUI
Lesotho Mamahlape Caroline MATSOSO
Lithuania Rūta Elžbieta MAZUREVIČIŪTĖ
Macau China
Macedonia FYRO Kristina SPASENOSKA
Malaysia Melinder BHULLAR
Malta Donnha BORG
Martinique Julie LEBRASSEUR
Mauritius Nathalie LESAGE
Mexico Marilyn CHAGOYA TRIANA
Moldova Valeriya TSURKAN
Mongolia Pagmadulam SUKHBAATAR
Montenegro Ivana MILOJKO
Namibia Paulina MALULU
Nepal Ishani SHRESTHA
Netherlands Jacqueline STEENBEEK
New Zealand Ella LANGSFORD
Nicaragua Luz Mery DECENA RIVERA
Nigeria Anna BANNER
Northern Ireland Meagan GREEN
Norway Alexandra Marie BACKSTRM
Panama Virginia HERNANDEZ
Paraguay Coral RUIZ REYES
Peru Elba FAHSBENDER MERINO
Philippines Megan YOUNG
Poland Katarzyna KRZESZOWSKA
Portugal Elisabete RODRIGUES
Puerto Rico Nadyalee TORRES
Romania Andreea CHIRU
Russia Elmira ABDRAZAKOVA
Samoa Penina Maree PAEU
Scotland Jamey BOWERS
Serbia Aleksandra DOKNIC
Seychelles Agnes GERRY
Singapore Maria-Anna ZENIERIS
Slovakia Karolna CHOMISTEKOVA
Slovenia Maja COTIČ
South Africa Marilyn RAMOS
South Sudan Modong Manuela MOGGA
Spain Elena IBARBIA JIMNEZ
Sri Lanka Iresha Asanki DE SILVA
St Kitts & Nevis Trevicia ADAMS
Suriname Rachel DE LA FUENTE
Sweden Agneta MYHRMAN LILLIESKOLD
Switzerland Cindy WILLINER
Tanzania Brigitte LYIMO
Thailand Kanyaphak PHOKESOMBOON
Trinidad & Tobago Sherrece VILLAFANA
Tunisia Hiba TELMOUDI
Turkey Ruveyda KSUZ
Uganda Stellah NANTUMBWE
Ukraine Anna ZAIACHKIVSKA
United States Olivia JORDAN
Uruguay Mercedes BISSIO DEL PUERTO
US Virgin Islands Petra CABRERA-BADIA
Uzbekistan Ganieva RAKHIMA
Venezuela Karen SOTO
Vietnam Thao LAI HUONG
Wales Gabrielle SHAW
Zambia Christine MWAABA
and the winner is..........http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/Zambia/
My votes would have went to this young lady, Miss Poland.
http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/Zambia/
Anyways, just for fun, how did your country fair, and who do you think should have won?
Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday at a tightly guarded ceremony in Bali, Indonesia,
after the contest was plagued by protests from Muslim hardliners and fears that extremist groups could try to disrupt the event.
U.S.-born Megan Young, a 23-year-old studying digital film, accepted the crown from last year's winner, Wenxia Yu of China, and promised to "be the best Miss World ever".
Thousands of members of the radical Islam Defenders Front took to the streets over the past month to protest holding the pageant in Indonesia,
the world's most populous Muslim country, calling it "pornography".
The protests forced organizers to move the event from a venue outside Jakarta to Nusa Dua in southern Bali, a predominantly Hindu resort island.
Event organizers announced in June that contestants would eschew bikinis this year in favour of sarongs and one-piece swimwear to avoid causing offence.
The new Miss World will spend the next year travelling to represent the Miss World Organization and help raise money for its charitable causes.
Marine Lorphelin, a 20-year-old medical student from France, took second place. From Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter, 23, also a medical student, came third.
Here are the bevvy of beauties (the contestants)
Macau China
and the winner is..........http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/Zambia/
http://static.missworld.com/assets/MissWorld2013BaliIndonesia/280913_WINNER_14.jpg?1380383312
My votes would have went to this young lady, Miss Poland.
http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/Zambia/
Anyways, just for fun, how did your country fair, and who do you think should have won?
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