PageantCast News Desk: BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Alejandra Andreu of Spain Wins Miss International 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Alejandra Andreu of Spain Wins Miss International 2008

18-year-old Alejandra Andreu from Spain bested 62 other contestants from around the world to become the 48th Miss International.

Starmometer's pick, Miss Colombia, ended up winning first runner-up.

Here's the complete results of the 2008 Miss International Pageant which was held at The Venetian in Macau Saturday night:

MISS INTERNATIONAL 2008:
SPAIN, Alejandra Andreu

1st Runner Up:
COLOMBIA, Maria Cristina Diaz Granados

2nd Runner Up:
POLAND, Anna Tarnowska

3rd Runner Up:
CHINA, Chang Wen Liu

4th Runner Up:
CZECH REPUBLIC, Zuzana Putnarova

The Top 12 finalists were announced in alphabetical order. All of them took part in a "dance competition" of some sort wherein they had to jump on a small stage and strut their stuff to the music of “When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat Dolls and “4 Minutes” by Madonna among others (4 Minutes is a good song for Miss Earth by the way).

The Top 12:

CHINA
COLOMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
JAPAN
LEBANON
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PUERTO RICO
SPAIN
TURKEY
VENEZUELA

SPECIAL AWARDS:

MISS PHOTOGENIC: Spain

BEST NATIONAL COSTUME: Aruba

MISS NATURAL BEAUTY: Belarus

MISS FRIENDSHIP: El Salvador

Tomorrow, Spain's delegate for Miss Earth 2008 is also a very strong candidate that could deliver a back-to-back victory to this European country. Our Top 16 pick for Miss Earth 2008 coming right up...