Posted on 09/30/2006 11:07:30 PM PDT by Panerai
WARSAW, Poland Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest on Saturday.
Kucharova defeated 103 other women in voting by a panel of judges and television viewers around the world during a two-hour finals ceremony in the Polish capital.
First runner-up in the 56th edition of the annual beauty pageant was Joana Valentina Boitor, a 17-year-old from Romania. Australia's Sabrina Houssami, 20, was third.
Wearing a long white dress, a teary Kucharova blew kisses to the 2,500 audience members in Warsaw's Congress Hall after she received her diamond crown from Miss World 2005, Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir of Iceland.
Kucharova, a tall high-school student with long blond hair, was born in Trnava and grew up in the town of Opocno. She told the judges she wants to attend university and then become a model. She likes tennis and horse riding and her personal motto is "Always be an optimist."
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Twice!
How did Miss Poland do? I saw pictures and my first thought was that Poland could have done so much better than that.
I think she looks hideous.
Wow, that's Nadia?!?? She looks great!
I remember when she first fled from Romania how tore up she looked. Amazing what freedom can do for your looks.
That's a Czech it would be fun to bounce.
OK, I *OWE* you for that one...
How about "The Czech is in the male"--err, maybe the other way around??
Cheers!
Czech. Mate.
Freedom and lots of $$$ ;-)
Whoa. Czechmate.
That's BEAUTY!
I'm very proud of her.She is very beautiful,smart and has a good heart.I think she will carry out her new Role very well.
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