Miss xxxx wins Miss World [spoilers]

BBC News ^ | December 7, 2002 | BBC News

[MadIvan]

Hit the history link above, then "view original", to see the article. Don't want to spoil it for those who wanted to watch tonight.

Or you can just read the comments :-)

[Tennessee_Bob]

Miss France just called me here at the house and offered to surrender...what a quandry, don't know what to do next!

[Sabertooth]

More important info...

Miss World 2002 Contestants

ALBANIA Anjeza Maja, 21 5'9"	ALGERIA Lamia Saoudi, 22 6'	AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS Hailey Cagan	ANGOLA Rosa Muxito, 21 5'9"	ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Zara Razzaq	ARGENTINA Tamara Henriksen 5'11"
ARUBA Rachelle Oduber, 21 6'1"	AUSTRALIA Nicole Gazal, 23 5'7"	BAHAMAS T'Shura Ambrose, 25 5'7"	BARBADOS Natalie Webb, 20 5'11"	BELGIUM Sylvie Doclot, 22 5'9"	BELIZE Karen Russell, 24 5'6"
BOLIVIA Alejandra Montero, 17 5'7"	BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Daniela Vins, 17 5'9"	BOTSWANA Lomaswati Dlamini, 20 5'7"	BRAZIL Taisa Thomsen, 20 5'11"	BULGARIA Desislava Guleva, 18 5'9"	CANADA Lynsey Bennett, 22 5'8"
CHILE Daniela Casanova, 22 5'10"	CHINA Wu Ying-Na, 17 5'7"	COLOMBIA Natalia Peralta, 21 5'9"	CROATIA Nina Slamic, 18 5'10"	CURACAO Ayannette Statia, 19 5'9"	CYPRUS Angela Drousiotou, 21 5'8"
CZECH REPUBLIC Katerina Smrzova, 23 5'11"	ECUADOR Jessica Angulo 5'8"	ENGLAND Danielle Luan, 21 5'8"	ESTONIA Triin Sommer, 19 5'6"	FINLAND Hanne Hynynen, 21 5'9"	FRANCE Caroline Chamorand, 21 5'9"
GHANA Shaida Buari, 20 6'2"	GIBRALTAR Damaris Hollands, 21 5'6"	GREECE Katerina Georgiadou, 21 5'10"	GUYANA Odessa Phillips	HOLLAND Elise Boulogne, 20 5'9"	HONG KONG CHINA Victoria Jolly, 20 5'7"
HUNGARY Renata Rosz, 21 5'10"	INDIA Shruti Sharma, 22 5'8"	IRELAND Lynda Duffy 5'9"	ISRAEL Karol Lowenstein 5'8"	ITALY Susanne Zuber, 21 5'8"	JAMAICA Danielle Ohayon, 18 5'6"
JAPAN Yuko Nabeta	KAZAKHSTAN Olga Sidorenko, 19 5'11"	KENYA Maryanne Kariuki	KOREA Yu-Kyung Chang	LATVIA Baiba Svarca, 20 5'9"	LEBANON Bethany Kehdy, 21 5'10"
LITHUANIA Oksana Semenishina 5'11"	MACEDONIA Jasna Spasovska	MALAYSIA Mable Ng Chin Mei	MALTA Joyce Gatt 5'11"	MEXICO Blanca Zumarraga, 20 6'	NAMIBIA Ndapewa Alfons 6'1"
NEW ZEALAND Rachel Huljich 5'9"	NICARAGUA Hazel Calderon, 24 5'7"	NIGERIA Chinenye Ochuba, 18 6'	NORTHERN IRELAND Gayle Williamson 5'8"	NORWAY Katrine Sorland, 21 5'10"	PERU Marina Mora, 22 5'11"
PHILIPPINES Katerine Manalo, 21 5'7"	POLAND Marta Matyjasik, 20 5'11"	PUERTO RICO Cassandra Polo, 18 5'10"	ROMANIA Cleopatra Popescu, 23	RUSSIA Anna Tatarintseva, 24 5'7"	SCOTLAND Paula Murphy 5'8"
SINGAPORE Sharon Cintamani, 23	SLOVAKIA Eva Veresova, 22 5'9"	SLOVENIA Natasa Krajnc, 21 5'10"	SWAZILAND Nozipho Shabangu	SWEDEN Sofia Hedmark, 20 5'6"	TANZANIA Angela Damas, 20 5'9"
THAILAND Ticha Leungpairoj, 21 5'8"	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Janelle Rajnauth, 21 5'5"	TURKEY Azra Akin, 20 5'10"	UGANDA Rehema Nakuya, 20 5'7"	UKRAINE Iryna Udovenko, 21 5'7"	UNITED STATES Rebekah Revels, 22 5'6"
URUGUAY Natalia Figueras, 21 5'9"	VENEZUELA Goizeder Azua, 18 5'10"	VIETNAM Pham Thi Mai Phuong, 17 5'7"	WALES Michelle Bush, 22 5'7"	YUGOSLAVIA Ana Sargic, 19 5'10"	ZIMBABWE Linda Van Beek, 20 5'9"

[Man of the Right]

The least beautiful of these women is extraordinarily beautiful. Might as well spin the roulette wheel to choose the winner.

[Man of the Right]

Miss Colombia is going to be a dentist. Why can't my dentist look like that?

[Thinkin' Gal]

How many contestants were really men? Maybe the Muslims in Nigeria knew something we didn't. It could go a long way in explaining the rioting.

[dennisw]

Miss GIBRALTAR has my vote. Same for miss India.

[uglybiker]

Why can't my dentist look like that?

Uhh...'cause your dentist is a guy?

Don't worry. A few operations and hormone treatments will cure that.

[constitutiongirl]

Miss Bahamas looks like she may have been a man at one time.:) They are all very beautiful, though. I think we should have a Mr. Freeper competition that features real men, not grotesque body builders or gay men that wax their legs.

[Go Gordon]

Oh Canada !!!!

[laredo44]

I was raised in the Netherlands by my parents who are both of Turkish Decent and I have a little sister. I have finished my secondary education and would like to on to study at the academy for Art & design and languages. At the age of four I began to take ballet lessons and since then it became my passion, I also enjoy modern dance, street dance and the belly dance. My hobbies are: drawing, reading and playing the German flute. In sport I like swimming, running and general fitness

What, no obligatory throwaway line about how much she wants to help to her native land to which she'll never return 'cause, well, to be blunt, she's way too good for, now?

[laredo44]

Miss Turkey, raised in the Netherlands. Friggin' opportunist.

[xm177e2]

They gave the prize to a Muslim country for political reasons. Left-wingers are pathetic--if you threaten them a little, they'll give you a lot. The more violence and terror you throw at them, the more they'll bend over backwards to try to accomodate you or make you feel less malice towards them. All they are doing is reinforcing terrorist behavior by giving out rewards every time terrorists blow something up or riot or whatever. The left is PATHETIC.

[xm177e2]

A lot of the Lebanese living abroad are Christians and they hate what Muslims did to Lebanon.

[Sabertooth]

A lot of the Lebanese living abroad are Christians and they hate what Muslims did to Lebanon.

Yep. That's why I equivocated. Some friends growing up were Lebanese Catholics.

[Rate_Determining_Step]

POLAND
Marta Matyjasik, 20
5'11"

Boing!

(ooops!)

Ping!

[KQQL]

This is good news for Muhammmad......She is probably a muslim.....he can marry her now...........

* Although Turkey is not a Radical Islamic state....I bet it's good enough for Muhammad....

[A_perfect_lady]

Wow, what pretty girls! Yet, Miss Gibraltar in particular gave me a whap between the eyes. She made me think of Olivia Hussey, I remember her from the 1968 Zefferelli version of Romeo & Juliet. Can you see it?

[habs4ever]

These women are amazons.I did notice, after careful analysis, that whoever selected the photos did a superb job in picking the best one for each woman.Almost ALL the photos are the superior shot of each girl.I also know many ladies that are much prettier than any of the contestants.

btw, Miss Yugo is a lil too petite, if you know what i mean ;-)

[Turk2]

Beauty contests are held several times every year in Turkey. How do you think Miss Turkey was picked?

[habs4ever]

Miss Gibralter looks too bored.Miss Hussey is prettier :-)