Miss Mauritius

Miss Mauritius Universe 2009 is Anaïs Veerapatren. She was born on 26 June 1986 is a Mauritian law-firm trainee who was crowned Miss Mauritius in 2008, and came third in the Miss East Africa competition the same year.


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Miss Malaysia

Miss Malaysia Universe 2009 is Joannabelle Ng. Age 21, from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah is a full-time model. After winning Sabah’s Top Model Search, JoannaBelle has since appeared in numerous fashion shows, print advertisements and television commercials. She was one of Seventeen magazine’s Cover Girl Search finalists in September 2005, and named as one of FHM magazine’s Girl Next Door Top 10.

Her distinct Chinese-Indian looks also saw her emerging as 1st runner up in the 2008 Miss Cheong Sam Malaysia competition.


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Miss Lebanon

Miss Lebanon Universe 2009 is Martine Andraos. She is the reigning Miss Lebanon. She was crowned Miss Lebanon on June 26, 2009 in a broadcast held LIVE in Beirut, Lebanon on LBC.


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Miss Puerto Rico

Miss Puerto Rico Universe is Mayra Matos Pérez. She is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder. In 2006, Mayra won the title of Miss Teen International. In October of 2008, Mayra won the title of Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009, representing the city of Cabo Rojo, she also won the award for Most Beautiful Face.


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Miss Venezuela

Miss Venezuela Universe 2009 is Stefanía Fernández. She was born on September 4, 1990. She won the Miss Venezuela 2008 title in a pageant held in Caracas, Venezuela on September 10, 2008. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008. Fernández also won the "Miss Elegance", "Best Body" and "Best Face", titles.

She became the second Miss Trujillo to win that title since the Miss Venezuela pageant first began in 1952. The first was Bárbara Palacios, Miss Venezuela 1986 and Miss Universe 1986. Stefanía is of Spanish Galician, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish origin; she practices tennis and swim. Her mother is Nadia Krupij Holojad and her father is Carlos Fernández, who was kidnapped in 2005 in Barinas, Venezuela, for five days.


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Miss Kosovo

Miss Kosovo Universe 2009 is Marigona Dragusha. She is a pageant titleholder from Kosovo. On 4 April 2009, Marigona won the title of Miss Kosovo Universe. This will be the second time in which Kosovo sends a representative to participate at Miss Universe; at Miss Universe 2008, Zana Krasniqi, made it into the Top 10 finalists, finishing in 6th place overall.


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Miss Korea

Miss Korea Universe 2009 is Ree Na. She is the winner of Miss Korea 2008.


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Miss Japan

Miss Japan Universe 2009 is Emiri Miyasaka. A Japanese model, born on June 16, 1984, is a native of Tokyo, Japan. Miyasaka speaks English well, having spent ten months in California attending school. She placed 2nd runner-up at Miss International Japan 2008.


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Miss Jamaica

Miss Jamaica Universe 2009 is Carolyn Yapp. A 25-year-old interior designer, was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2009 to loud cheers and prolonged applause from the small audience in attendance at The Refuge at Villa Ronai last Thursday. The coronation was a private affair, attended by the family and friends of the contestants, as well as producers and organisers from Pulse, licensees for the Jamaica preliminary to Miss Universe.


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Miss Italy

Miss Italy Universe 2009 is Laura Valenti. She was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, the winner of the Miss Universo Italia 2009 pageant that was held at the Palariccione in Riccione, Emilia-Romagna on May 24, 2009.

Laura stands 5 ft 9 in (1.75m) and she's 25. She's a model and a professional dancer. She practiced rhythmic gymnastic competitively from 1994 to 1997 and was subsequently accepted into the ballet company at the prestigious and world-renown Teatro alla Scala in Milan, taking part in the productions of the Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Carmen, La Sylphide, Rigoletto and Cinderella among others. As a model, she's taken part in campaigns for Swarovski and will be the face for an upcoming ad campaign for Coin, a famous Italian luxury goods department store.


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Miss Israel

Miss Israel Universe 2009 is Yulia Liubianitzki. The Beautiful girl 19-year old Adi Rodnitzki was crowned Miss Israel 2009 or Israel's Queen of Beauty (IQB) at the beauty pageant held on March 18th in Haifa, Israel. Lovely 20 candidates completed for this event.



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Miss Ireland

Miss Ireland Universe 2009 is Diana Donnelly. Newly Beauty Queen crowned Miss Universe Ireland 2009. A glamorous model 20 year-old Diana Donnelly was crowned Miss Universe Ireland 2009 during the pageant held in Dublin, the capital of Ireland last Friday 26 Jun 2009.



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Miss Indonesia

Miss Indonesia Universe 2009 is Zivanna Letisha Siregar. She was born in Jakarta on February 16, 1989. She was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 2008 on August 15, 2008 by her predecessor, Putri Raemawasti.

She is the former winner of Elite Model Look Indonesia, and compete in Elite Model Look Asia Pacific 2006 in China. She is faculty of economics student in University of Indonesia, majoring at economic. She hopes to be an economist in the future.


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Miss India

Miss India Universe 2009 is Ekta Choudhry. She is the winner of the prestigious Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009 title. She is the granddaughter of Delhi's First chief minister Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav.


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Miss Iceland

Miss Iceland Universe 2009 is Ingibjörg Ragnheiður Egilsdóttir. She was born in Austurland on Iceland, the current 1-runner up at the Miss Iceland pageant.


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Miss Hungary

Miss Hungary Universe 2009 is Zsuzsa Budai. Zsuzsa Budai finished as first runner-up to Orsolya Serdült in the A Királynő 2009 (The Queen of 2009) pageant held at the capital city of Budapest. The towering 181 beauty is just 21 years old and hails from Budapest.


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Miss Zambia

Miss Zambia Universe 2009 is Andella Chileshe Matthews. A stunning 20 year old, Sports Science and Management student, was crowned Miss Zambia UK 2008 at a glittering celebrity packed event held on 24 October 2008 at the TROXY in London.

Andella beat seven other finalists at a combined event, which celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Miss Zambia UK Beauty Pageant and the 44th Anniversary of Zambian Independence.


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Miss Honduras

Miss Honduras Universe 2009 is Bélgica Suárez. She was the 1st runner-up Miss Honduras 2008 and Miss Honduras Continente Americano 2008.


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Miss Guyana

Miss Guyana Universe 2009 is Jenel Cox. She was crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2009


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Miss Vietnam

Miss Vietnam Universe 2009 is Võ Hoàng Yen. A Vietnamese model, beauty queen and actress. She won Vietnam Supermodel 2008 and is the 1st runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2008.


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