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by the way Sanya will be the first Chinese city to receive the Olympic flame

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Azra Akin of Turkey is congratulated by Agbani Darego Miss World 2001 after being crowned Miss World 2002 at London's Alexandra Palace.

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Miss World titleholders

1951 Sweden, Kiki Haakonson
1952 Sweden, May Louise Flodin
1953 France, Denise Perrier
1954 Egypt, Antigone Constanda
1955 Venezuela, Carmen Susana Dujim Zubillaga
1956 Germany, Petra Susanna Schürmann
1957 Finland, Marita Lindahl
1958 South Africa, Penelope Anne Coelen
1959 Holland, Corine Rottschafer
1960 Argentina, Norma Gladys Cappagli
1961 United Kingdom, Rosemarie Frankland
1962 Holland, Catharina Johanna Lodders
1963 Jamaica, Carole Joan Crawford
1964 United Kingdom, Ann Sidney
1965 United Kingdom, Lesley Langley
1966 India, Reita Faria
1967 Peru, Madeleine Hartog Bell
1968 Australia, Penelope Plummer
1969 Austria, Eva Rueber-Staier
1970 Jennifer Josephine Hosten
1971 Brazil, Lucia Tavares Petterle
1972 Australia, Belinda Roma Green
1973 United States, Marjorie Wallace
1974 United Kingdom, Helen Morgan -- resigned-- succeeded by
South Africa, Anneline Kriel
1975 Puerto Rico, Wilnelia Merced
1976 Jamaica, Cynthia Jean Cameron "Cindy" Breakspeare
1977 Sweden, Mary Ann Catrin Stävin
1978 Argentina, Silvana Rosa Suárez
1979 Bermuda, Gina Ann Casandra Swainson
1980 Germany, Gabriella Brum --resigned-- succeeded by
Guam, Kimberley Santos
1981 Venezuela, Carmen Josefina "Pilin" Leon Crespo
1982 Dominican Republic, Mariasela Álvarez Lebrón
1983 United Kingdom, Sarah-Jane Hutt
1984 Venezuela, Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal
1985 Iceland, Hólmfríður "Hófi" Karlsdóttir
1986 Trinidad and Tobago, Giselle Jeanne Marie Laronde
1987 Austria, Ulla Weigerstorfer
1988 Iceland, Linda Pétursdóttir
1989 Poland, Aneta Beata Kręglicka
1990 United States, Gina Marie Tolleson
1991 Venezuela, Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez
1992 Russia, Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina
1993 Jamaica, Lisa Hanna
1994 India, Aishwarya Rai
1995 Venezuela, Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano
1996 Greece, Irene Skliva
1997 India, Diana Hayden
1998 Israel, Linor Abargil
1999 India, Yukta Mookhey
2000 India, Priyanka Chopra
2001 Nigeria, Ibiagbanidokibubo "Agbani" Asenite Darego
2002 Turkey, Azra Akin
2003 Ireland, Rosanna Davison
2004 Peru, María Julia Mantilla García
2005 Iceland, Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
2006 Czech Republic, Taťána Kuchařová

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Trivia

Actress and Oscar Best Actress Halle Berry was a semifinalist in 1986 while Michelle Yeoh represented Malaysia in 1983

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OMG ! Thats a lot ! Anyway , Asian countries love to send girls with mixed parentage because only then will they get a chance of winning. Take Miss World for an example, besides India, no other Asian country has won.

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For all our Gay members out there, heres MR WORLD

http://www.mrworld.tv/

[Ahmet]

olympian, on Nov 16 2007, 07:26 PM, said:

its actually 4 out of the last 5 years.

Why though? Is there no other city in the world that's interested in hosting the event other than Sanya?

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Ahmet, on Nov 17 2007, 07:14 AM, said:

Why though? Is there no other city in the world that's interested in hosting the event other than Sanya?

not really but Sanya wanted and in some way Miss World is credited for increase in tourism in Sanya.

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Miss World contestants are in Beijing. They visited some Olympic venues and tonight two more semi-finalist will be known. The winner of Miss World Talent and Top Model.

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Here's a clip of the Miss World delegates in Beijing