Saturday, December 15, 2007

Miss World 2008 to be held in Ukraine

by Alexandra Matoshko, Kyiv Post Guide Editor

Dec 12 2007, 22:21

International beauty pageant Miss World is taking place in Kyiv next year
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Beauty will save the world – at least it looks like it might be the only thing around to save it, since whatever happens, beauty contests never cease taking place, all year round. And I’m not even talking about the local, Ukrainian contests, but the number of global ones seems to be growing just the same.

Ukraine has of late taken active part in the beauty pageant movement, and not only by sending its gals out there to compete – it’s more than common – but by holding those contests as well. Last autumn it received the Miss Europe contest which was attended by some foreign celebrities, including designer Roberto Cavalli. And now the news is that Miss World 2008 will be held in Ukraine – it was announced at the finale of Miss World 2007, which took place in China and was won by a Chinese. The Ukrainian participant in the pageant didn’t enter the finals, but was included in Top-20 beautiful figures of the contest, which might well mean she will join the army of Ukrainian models storming the world’s major catwalks with great success. As for the reason why next year’s beauty show will take place in Kyiv, it clearly had something to do with Olena Franchuk, founder of the Ukrainian charitable fund ANITSPID, who became the first Ukrainian representative in the Miss World jury of the entire 56 years of the contest’s existence. As it appears, it was just enough to bring the famed contest to Ukraine’s capital.

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