Miss Universe 2008: Gambling 911 gives its top 10 list

Online gambling website Gambling 911 has published their top 10 favorites in Miss Universe 2008. Here are they:

Miss Dominican Republic:
Miss Dominican Republic, Marianne Cruz: Twenty three year old Mariane Cruz comes up with +2000 odds according to BetUS.com. For every $100 she has a payout potential of $2000 at BetUS.com.Mariane Cruz wants to become a renowned fashion designer. Her favorite designer is Oscar De La Renta. Mariane worked as one of the top models in her country. Along with modeling she has been attending school and doing different jobs to support her family.

Miss Norway:
Twenty one year old Mariann Birkedal is 5 feet 8 inches long. In her school prom night, she wore her grand mother’s wedding dress. Marian loves to eat cereal and egg in the breakfast. She also has a boyfriend.

Miss Mexico:
Twenty one year old Elisa Najera is 6 feet tall. She is probably the tallest girl in the bunch and possesses a great body which won her the Swimwear competition. Elisa is very passionate about cooking and has plans to open her own restaurant and manage it. Her mother is also a chef. Elisa specializes in dessert.

Miss Ireland:
Twenty year old Lynn Kelly is 5 feet 8 inches tall. She has got great accent. Lynn is also a sleep walker. Another interesting thing about Lynn is that she can not do without Vaseline. A professionally trained Irish dancer she has visited many countries. Lynn was also elected as the voice of the young Ireland. As a dancer, one of her major moment was dancing for the European Parliament. Her future plan is to become a lawyer.

Miss Venezuela:
Earlier, Dayana Mendoza rocked Venezuela now she is rocking in the Miss Universe 2008. Twenty two year old Dayana is 5 feet 10 inches tall. She is the most favorite among oddsmakers. Dayana wants to get into interior designing and advertising. An independent girl, Dayana has been living in different countries since she was 15.

Miss USA:
Twenty six year old Crystle Stewart is 5 feet 9 inches long. She is an athlete. She wanted to know the judges that she is a college graduate, a business owner, a professional teacher and a humanitarian. A funny fact about Crystle is that she sleeps like a vampire with her hands across her chest.

Miss Ukraine:
Nineteen year old Eleonara Masalab is 5 feet 11 inches tall. She is a person with purpose and her future plan is to have her own television programme and directing it.

Miss Panama:
Nineteen year old Carolina Dementiev Justavino is 5 feet 9 inches tall. When asked about what is the best gift she has ever received, her reply was her life, because, it makes her who she is today. Carolina is 10-1 favorite at Sportsbook.com.

Miss Albania:
Nineteen year old Matilda Mcini is 5 feet 10 inches tall. This blond haired girl loves to play basket ball. At the age of sixteen, she was chosen as the leader of her professional basketball team, Tirana. It was one of her proudest accomplishments.

Miss Israel:
Twenty one year old Shunit Faragi is 5 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and blue eye. She did two years of military service which is one of her proudest accomplishments.

Miss Universe 2008: Meet the contestants (1)

This year, eighty contestants are participating in Miss Universe 2008. Miss Universe is one of the longest running and most prestigious beauty pageants in the world. Every year, hundreds and thousands of woman come to participate in the competition. Winning the competition can really change a woman’s life. Along with name and fame, she receives money as well. Here are the first ten contestants:

Miss Ghana:
Name: Miss Yvette Nsiah
Height: 5'7"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Accra
Age: 21 years old
Size: 170cm
A major in Africana studies, Miss Ghana, Miss Yvette Nsiah wants to become a recording and performing artist in music and movie. She also plans to become an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. Miss Yvette Nsiah enjoys singing and writing songs. She believes that music is the world’s greatest communicator and some of the most powerful messages come in the form of songs. She also enjoys experimenting with artistry and fashion.

Miss Mauritius:
Name: Miss Marie-Anne Olivia Carey
Height: 5'7"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Vacoas
Age: 19 years old
Size: 170cm
Miss Mauritius, Miss Marrie-Anne Olivia Carey loves to take care of homeless people with her grandmother. She also enjoys travelling and taking care of animals. Miss Marrie-Anne wants to be a restaurant owner. She wants to manage her own restaurant. Before coming to Miss Universe, she used to be a tomboy. This competition has made her more matured and more feminine.

Miss Nigeria:
Name: Miss Stephanie Oforka
Height: 5'11"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Anambra state
Age: 20 years old
Size: 180cm
A major in Geology, Miss Nigeria, Miss Stephanie Oforka is interested in helping the abused kids all over the world. She also enjoys dancing, cooking and shopping. Miss Stephanie Oforka wants to become a Geologist. Winning the beauty pageant, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria was something unique for Stephanie.

Miss Israel:
Name: Miss Shunit Faragi
Height: 5'8"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Hometown: Kiriat-Tivon
Age: 21 years old
Size: 172cm
Miss Israel, Miss Shunit Faragi has many interests but it is dancing she is most interested in. Fore more than ten years, Shunit Faragi studied modern and classical dancing. She also loves sea-shores and enjoys spending lot of time with her family in the water and sun. Shunit Faragi wants to study accountancy next year. Shunit Faragi also served in the Israeli military for two years and she is very proud of that. She worked at the human resources office and learned a lot during her service.

Miss South Africa:
Name: Miss Tansey Coetzee
Height: 5'10"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Johannesburg
Age: 23 years old
Size: 175cm
Miss South Africa, Miss Tansey Coetzee enjoys spending time with charity organizations and introducing her friends and family to these organizations. Miss Tansey also enjoys travelling and wants to learn about different cultures and traditions. She enjoys going on safaris, bunjee jumping, sky diving, white river rafting. Miss Tansey Coetzee wants have a degree in branding. She wants to launch her own fashion brand and modeling school. She also wants to open a dance school for disadvantaged children.

Miss Tanzania:
Name: Miss Amanda Ole Sulul
Height: 5'6"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Hometown: Arusha
Age: 20 years old
Size: 172cm
A media major, Miss Tanzania, Miss Amanda Ole Sulul wants to become an actress and a role model for other young women. Miss Amanda enjoys dancing, singing, interacting with different people, sharing ideas, traveling, reading and watching movies. Completing her study in Computer Engineering was her proudest accomplishment. While talking about something unique happening to her, she said that she learned to build a maasai hut from cow dung while visiting her grandfather in the village. She helped him to thatch his hut.

Miss Angola:
Name: Miss Lesliana Pereira
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Mbanza-Kongo
Age: 20 years old
Size: 172cm
Miss Angola Miss Leslina Pereira wants to become a lawyer and then a judge. Miss Leslina enjoys working in publicity and show business production and hanging around with her friends. In order to increase awareness among people about HIV/AIDS, Miss Pereira traveled all over Angola and visited hospitals and met people in need of treatment and attention. It was her proudest accomplishment. During the civil war Miss Pereira survived an airplane crash and escaped an invasion in her city. She wants to know the judges that she is a very hard working person who devotes everything to achieve her goals in life.

Miss Egypt:
Name: Miss Yara Naoum
Height: 5'9"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Cairo
Age: 20 years old
Size: 175cm
Miss Egypt, Miss Yara Naoum studied architecture and set designs. She loves to paint and design interiors. She loves acting and acted in some major Egyptian movies. Miss Yara plans to become a big name in the interior design field and have her own company and design sets for cinema. She also enjoys dancing and sea beach. She is very ambitious and hard working and can easily communicate with people from different cultures and backgrounds. Miss Yara Naoum loves her country very much and proud to represent it in one of the most prestigious pageants.

Miss Guatemala:
Name: Miss Jennifer Chiong
Height: 5'7"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Quetzaltenango
Age: 25 years old
Size: 170cm
A communication major, Miss Guatemala, Miss Jennifer Chiong enjoys being a model and a business woman. Miss Jennifer wants open an international modeling agency. Her proudest accomplishment includes receiving a University degree in communication and doing an international modeling on her own merit. Miss Jennifer loves to educate herself about others.

Miss El Salvador:
Name: Miss Rebeca Moreno
Height: 5'3"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Green
Hometown: San Salvador
Age: 22 years old
Size: 160cm
A Bachelor in Mathematics, Miss El Salvador, Miss Rebeca Moreno enjoys dancing, watching movies, and spending quality time with her family and friends. Miss Rebeca Moreno wants to work with children to make a difference in their lives. Her proudest accomplishment includes being part of CISV where she learned about other cultures and taught them her own. Three days before her 15^th birthday, El Salvador was hit by earthquake. Miss Rebeca helped others who suffered and lost their homes in the quake. During her birthday, she prepared packages for the earthquake survivors.

Source:
Miss Universe 2008 official website

Miss Universe official website