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Russia's Sukhinova wins Miss World 2008 title

12:14 14/12/2008

JOHANNESBURG, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Kseniya Sukhinova has won the Miss World 2008 title at the international beauties competition in South Africa after beating 108 contestants. (VIDEO)

The top five finalists also included Miss India, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Gabrielle Walcott, Miss Angola, Brigith dos Santos, and Miss South Africa, Tansey Coetzee.

The competition's TV broadcasting was watched by 1 billion viewers from 187 countries, the contest's organizers said.

Twenty-one-year-old Sukhinova from the Tyumen Region in West Siberia is studying for an engineering degree. She won Russia's beauty competition a year ago.

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