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{{Beauty pageant
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{{Infobox CityIT |
| winner =
image_skyline = Cagliari_porto.jpg|
| represented =
img_coa = Cagliari-Stemma.png|
| date = November 8, 2008
official_name = Comune di Cagliari|
| presenters =
name=Cagliari|
| acts =
region = [[Sardinia]] |
| delegates =
province = [[Province of Cagliari|Cagliari]] (CA) |
| venue = [[The Venetian Macao]], [[Macau]]
elevation_m = 4 |
| broadcaster =
area_total_km2 = 85.45 |
| congeniality =
population_as_of = [[August 31]], [[2005]]|
| photogenic =
population_total = 160770|
| debuts =
metro_population = 500000
| withdraws =
population_density_km2 = 1881.42 |
| returns =
timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1 |
coordinates = {{coord|39|14|47|N|09|03|27|E|}} |
mapx=39.016|
mapy=9.209|
frazioni = Pirri, Poetto, Giorgino |
telephone = 070 |
postalcode = 09100 |
gentilic = Cagliaritani|
saint = [[Saturninus of Cagliari|St. Saturninus]]|
day = [[October 30]] |
mayor = [[Emilio Floris]] ([[Forza Italia]])|
website = [http://www.comune.cagliari.it/ www.comune.cagliari.it] |
}}
}}
'''Miss International 2008''', The 48th Miss International Beauty Pageant will be held at the [[Venetian Macao|Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel]], in [[Macau]] on November 8, 2008. About over 60 contestants are expected to attend the event. [[Priscila Perales]] from [[Mexico]] will crown her successor at the final night.<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Macau Daily Times|title=Beauty queen's ten-year reign comes to an end |url=http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8305&Itemid=28|accessdate=2008-03-14}}</ref>


==Expected contestants==
'''Cagliari''' ({{lang-sc|'''Casteddu'''}}) is the capital of the island of [[Sardinia]], a region of [[Italy]]. Cagliari's Sardinian name '''Casteddu''' literally means ''the castle''. It has about 160,000 inhabitants, or about 500,000 including the suburbs ([[metropolitan area]]): [[Elmas]], [[Assemini]], [[Capoterra]], [[Selargius]], [[Sestu]], [[Monserrato]], [[Quartucciu]], [[Quartu Sant'Elena]].
==History==
===Early history===
Cagliari has been inhabited since prehistoric times. It occupies a favourable position between the sea and a fertile plain, and is surrounded by two [[swamps]] (which afforded defences from enemies from inner lands) and is close to high and green mountains (to which people could evacuate if everything else was lost). Some testimonies of prehistoric inhabitants were found in [[Monte Claro]] and in [[Cape Sant'Elia]].


As of October 7, 2008; 66 delegates had been selected.
Under the name of '''Karalis''' it was established around the 7th century BC as one of a string of [[Phoenicia]]n trading colonies in [[Sardinia]], including [[Sulcis]], [[Nora, Italy|Nora]], and [[Tharros]], that were founded from [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]]. Its foundation is expressly assigned to the [[Carthaginians]] ([[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] x. 17. § 9; [[Claudian]], ''B. Gild.'' 520); and from its opportune situation for communication with [[Africa]] as well as its excellent port, it doubtless assumed under their government the same important position it occupied under the Romans. It passed with the rest of the island first sothhe ther utyr they. No mention of it is found on the occasion of the Roman conquest of the island; but during the [[Second Punic War]], it was the headquarters of the praetor, T. Manlius, from whence he carried on his operations against [[Hampsicora]] and the Carthaginians ([[Livy]] xxiii. 40, 41), and appears on other occasions also as the chief naval station of the Romans in the island, and the residence of the praetor (''Id.'' xxx. 39).
[[Image:Cagliari municipio viaroma.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cagliari City Hall.]]
[[Image:Cagliari16.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Bastion of Saint Remy.]]
[[Image:Cagliari via-roma 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Via Roma]]
[[Florus]] calls it the ''urbs urbinum'', or capital of Sardinia, and represents it as taken and severely punished by [[Gracchus]] (ii. 6. § 35), but this statement is wholly at variance with the account given by Livy, of the wars of Gracchus, in Sardinia, according to which the cities were faithful to Rome, and the revolt was confined to the mountain tribes (xli. 6, 12, 17). In the [[Caesar's civil war|Civil War]] between [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] and [[Pompey]], the citizens of Caralis were the first to declare in favor of the former, an example soon followed by the other cities of Sardinia (Caes. ''B.C.'' i. 30); and Caesar himself touched there with his fleet on his return from Africa. (Hirt. ''B. Afr.'' 98.) A few years later, when Sardinia fell into the hands of [[Menas]], the lieutenant of [[Sextus Pompeius]], Caralis was the only city which offered any resistance, but was taken after a short siege. ([[Cassius Dio|Dion Cass.]] xlviii. 30.)


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No mention of it occurs in history under the [[Roman Empire]], but it continued to be regarded as the capital of the island, and though it did not become a colony, its inhabitants obtained the rights of Roman citizens. ([[Pliny the Elder|Plin.]] iii. 7. s. 13; [[Strabo]] v. p. 224; [[Pomponius Mela|Mela]], ii. 7; [[Antonine Itinerary|Itin. Ant.]] pp. 80, 81, 82, ''etc.'') After the fall of the Western Empire it fell, together with the rest of Sardinia, into the hands of the [[Vandals]], but appears to have retained its importance throughout the Middle Ages.
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! Country !! Contestant !! Age !! Height(ft) !! Hometown
|-
| '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' || Yesica Di Vincenzo<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/argentina.htm]</ref><ref>[http://www.termenses.com.ar/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255 MISS ARGENTINA 2008 AGUSTINA QUINTEROS (La Pampa) ]</ref> ||20 || 5'8" || [[Mar del Plata]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Aruba}}''' || Nuraysa Lispier<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/aruba.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'8" || [[Oranjestad|San Nicolaas]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Australia}}''' || Kristal Hammond<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/australia.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'10" || [[Waroona]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Bahamas}}''' || Amy Knowles<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title=Miss Bahamas Universe 2008 |url=http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/march/bahamas.htm|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.missbahamas.org/m01.html Miss Bahamas org. - Amy Knowles]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/bahamas.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'7" || [[San Salvador Island]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Belarus}}''' || Tatiana Ryneiskaya<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/belarus.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'9" || -
|-
| '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' || Charlotte Van De Vijver<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/belgium.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'9" || [[Oost-Vlaanderen]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Bolivia}}''' || Paula Andrea Peñarrieta<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/bolivia.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'10" || [[Cochabamba]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Brazil}}''' || Vanessa Vidal<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title= Miss Brazil Universe 2008|url=http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/april/bra_final.htm}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/brazil.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'10" || [[Fortaleza]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Canada}}''' || Elena Semikina<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/canada.htm]</ref> || 25 || 6'1" || [[Toronto]]
|-
| '''{{flag|China}}''' || Chang Wei Liu<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/china.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'9" || [[Beijing]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Colombia}} '''[[Miss Colombia 2007|Colombia]]''' || [[María Cristina Díaz-Granados]]<ref>{{cite website|publisher=RCN|title=Taliana María Vargas Carrillo, la nueva Señorita Colombia|url=http://www.canalrcn.com/programas/concursoNacionalDeBelleza2007/|accessdate=2007-11-12}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/colombia.htm]</ref> || 20 || 5'8" || [[Valledupar]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' || Mónica González<ref>[http://edwinrosario.blogspot.com/ Miss International Costa Rica 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/costarica.htm]</ref> || 18 || 5'9" || [[Heredia]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Czech Republic}}''' || Zuzana Putnářová<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title=Miss Czech Republic 2008|url=http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/march/czech.htm|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/czechrepub.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'11" || [[Ostrava]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' || Claudia Peña<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Clave Digital|title=Claudia Peña es electa Miss República Dominicana Internacional 2008|url=http://www.clavedigital.com/ocio/Protagonistas.asp?Id_Articulo=325|accessdate=2007-10-12}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/dominicanrep.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'11" || [[Bonao]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' || Jennifer Pazmiño<ref>{{cite website|publisher=El Universo|title=Miss Ecuador 2008|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/14/0001/1065/D18A29E6C2FF4E0A861FE9D1B6E0F8C2.aspx|accessdate=2008-03-14}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/ecuador.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'11" || [[Guayaquil]]
|-
| '''{{flag|El Salvador}}''' || Georgina Cisneros<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Missosology|title=Miss International 2008 Coverage 2008|url=http://missosology.org/mi08/delegates/con01.php|accessdate=2008-09-16}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/elsalvador.htm]</ref> ||20 || 5'7" || [[San Salvador]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Estonia}}''' || Kardi Nogu<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/estonia.htm]</ref> || 20 || 5'9" || [[Tallinn]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Ethiopia}}''' || Nardos Desta <ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/ethiopia.htm]</ref> || 20 || 5'9" || [[Addis Ababa]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Finland}}''' || Jaana Taanila<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title=Miss Finland Universe and International 2008|url=http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/feb/fin.htm|accessdate=2008-02-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/finland.htm]</ref> || 18 || 5'10" || [[Haukipudas]]
|-
| '''{{flag|France}}''' || Vicky Michaud<ref>{{cite website|title=Miss International 2008 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/intlbeautypageant/competitioninfo.html}}</ref><ref>[http://missfrance.tf1.fr/missfrance/les-miss/0,,3632301,00-miss-bourgogne-.html Miss France org. - Vicky Michaud]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/france.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'6" || [[Bourgogne|Paray Le Monial]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Germany}}''' || Katja Bondarenko<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/germany.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'9" || [[Niedersachsen]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Greece}}''' || Sofia Roditi<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Antenna TV|title=Λαμπερός 19ος Διαγωνισμός Ομορφιάς |url=http://www.ant1online.gr/showbiz/News/Pages/20085/5f631485-372b-48ba-b40c-025bca305036.aspx|accessdate=2008-05-27}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/greece.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'9" || [[Athens]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}''' || Marika Oculi Leborgne<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Antenna TV|title=Miss International Guadeloupe |url=http://www.karimages.net/photos/grand/missinternational.gp08-026.jpg}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/guadeloupe.htm]</ref> || 19|| 6'2" || [[Deshaies]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Guatemala}}''' || Yohana Marroquín<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/guatemala.htm]</ref> || 19|| 5'7" || [[Jalapa]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Hawaii}}''' || Serena Karnagy <ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/hawaii.htm]</ref> || 18 || 5'5" || [[Honolulu]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Honduras}}''' || Alejandra Mendoza<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/honduras.htm]</ref> || 17 || 175 || [[El Progreso]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Hong Kong}}''' || Sire Ma<ref>[http://misshk.tvb.com/2008/profile_11.html]</ref> || 20 || 5'3 1/2" || [[Chongqing]]
|-
| '''{{flag|India}}''' || Radha Bhrahmbhatt<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/india.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'11" || [[Northwood, London|Northwood]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Indonesia}}''' || Duma Riris Silalahi<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Puteri Indonesia|title=Raema dan Duma menyambut datangnya Obor Olimpiade||url=http://www.puteri-indonesia.com/}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/indonesia.htm]</ref> ||24 || 5'7" || [[Medan]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Japan}}''' || Kyoko Sugiyama<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Miss International @ Charmpress|title=Woman from Kanagawa was crowned Miss Japan International 2008.|url=http://www.geocities.jp/intlbeautypageant/livenews_2007_12.html|accessdate=2007-10-15}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/japan.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'9" || [[Kanagawa]]
|-
| '''{{flag|South Korea|name=Korea}}''' || Min-jeong Kim<ref>[http://misskorea.hankooki.com/misskorea_2008/main.php Miss Korea International 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/korea.htm]</ref> || 19|| 5'7" || [[Daegu]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Latvia}}''' || Kristina Djadenko<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/latvia.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'8" || [[Riga]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' || Jessica Michelle Kahawaty<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/lebanon.htm]</ref> || 20 || 5'9" || [[Sydney]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Liberia}}''' || Telena Casell<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/liberia.htm]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/liberia.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'7" || [[Monrovia]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Macau|name=Macau}}''' || Florence Loi<ref>[http://www.missmacaupageant.com/finalists/index.html Miss Macau 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/macau.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'5" || [[Macau]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' || Zi Wei Tham<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/malaysia.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'9" || -
|-
| '''{{flag|Martinique|local}}''' || Violène Grainville<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/martinique.htm]</ref> || 18 || 5'6" || [[Fort-de-France]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' || [[Lorenza Bernot Krauze]]<ref>[http://www.esmas.com/nuestrabellezav2/noticias/713675.html Lorenza Bernot, representante de México en Miss Internacional 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/mexico.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'9" || [[Cuernavaca]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Mongolia}}''' || O. Khulangoo<ref>[http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/sept/mongolint.htm Miss Mongolia International 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/mongolia.htm]</ref> ||20 || 5'9" || [[Ulan Bataar]]
|-
| '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' || Rhonda Grant<ref>[http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/sept/nzint.htm GlobalBeauties.com - From New Zealand to Macau]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/newzealand.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'10" || [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Norway}}''' || [[Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge]]<ref>[http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/may/nor.htm GlobalBeauties.com - Norway will have new pageant for Miss Universe]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/norway.htm]</ref> ||20 || 5'10" || [[Molde]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Panama}}''' || Alejandra Arias<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Mundo Miss|title=Miss Panamá International 2008|url=http://mundomiss.blogcindario.com/2008/06/00273-miss-panama-internacional-2008.html}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/panama.htm]</ref> ||20 || 5'9" || [[Panama City]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Paraguay}}''' || Rossana Galeano<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Belleza Paraguaya|title=Renunció Marilé Barrios|url=http://bellezaparaguaya.com/2008/?p=75}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/paraguay.htm]</ref> ||19 || 5'7" || [[Eusebio Ayala]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Peru}}''' || Massiel Vidal<ref>{{cite website|title=MISS PERU INTERNACIONAL 2008 ES |url=http://perubeauties.blogspot.com/2008/06/miss-peru-internacional-2008-es.html}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/peru.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'7" || [[Lima]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Philippines}}''' || Patricia Fernandez<ref>{{cite website|title=Bb Pilipinas 2008 |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/83937/Jennifer-Barrientos-crowned-Bb-Pilipinas-Universe}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/philippines.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'6" || [[Quezon City]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Poland}}''' || Anna Tarnowska<ref>{{cite website|publisher=MM Szczecin|title=Ania Tarnowska I Vice Miss Polonia!|url=http://www.mmszczecin.pl/news/8223/Ania+Tarnowska+I+Vice+Miss+Polonia!.html|accessdate=2007-09-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/Poland.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'10" || [[Szczecin]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}''' || [[Miriam Pabon]]<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/mimiofficialfanclub MySpace.com - Mimi's Official Fan Club - 23 - Fille - www.myspace.com/mimiofficialfanclub<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/boricua_concursara__en_miss_international/196773 » Primera Hora<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/puertorico.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'7" || [[Las Piedras, Puerto Rico|Las Piedras]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Congo|name=Republic of Congo}}''' || Blanda Eboundit<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/repogcongo.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'10" || [[Brazzaville]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Russia}}''' || Ekaterina Grushanina<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/russia.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'10" || [[Chelyabinsk]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Serbia}}''' || Sanja Radinovic<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/serbia.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'9" || -
|-
| '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' || Tok Wee Ee <ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/singapore.htm]</ref> || 18 || 5'5" || [[Singapore]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Slovakia}}''' || Lenka Sýkorová<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Bleskovky|title=Miss Slovensko 2008 je 19-ročná Edita Krešáková|url=http://www.bleskovky.sk/cl/15/232735/Miss-Slovensko-2008-je-19-rocna-Edita-Kresakova|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/slovakrep.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'8" || [[Bratislava]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Spain}}''' || Alejandra Andreu<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Telecinco|title=Miss Spain 2008 |url=http://www.telecinco.es/aquihaytomate/detail/detail1748.shtml|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/spain.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'8" || [[Zaragoza]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}''' || Faith Landers<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Daily Mirror|title=Faith Landers - Miss Sri Lanka 2008|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=9956|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pageanthub.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=9 Miss Sri Lanka 2008 - Faith Landers]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/srilanka.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'5" || [[Colombo]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Suriname}}''' || Rocxana Vrede<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/suriname.htm]</ref> || 21 || - || [[Paramaribo]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' || Jenny Jansson<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Miss Sweden Organization|title=Miss International Sweden 2008 |url=http://www.missnorway.no/se/default.asp}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/sweden.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'6" || [[Nässjö]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Taiwan}}''' || Ting Yen Yu<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/taiwan.htm]</ref> || 24 || 5'7" || [[Taipei]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Tanzania}}''' || Jamillah Nyangasa<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Missosology.Org|title=Miss International Tanzania Beauty Talks |url=http://missosology.org/mi08/bt/tanzania.php}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/tanzania.htm]</ref>
|| 23 || 5'11" || [[Kilimanjaro]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' || Panasrom Kumkit<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/thailand.htm]</ref> || 19 || 5'7" || [[Hat Yai]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' || Gülsün Uslu<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title=Miss Turkey 2008|url=http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2008/march/tuk.htm}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/turkey.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'10" || [[Izmir]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Ukraine}}''' || Yulia Galichenko<ref>{{cite website|publisher=|title=Miss Ukraine International 2008 |url=http://www.kp.ua/daily/280808/52905}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/ukraine.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'10" || [[Mariupol']]
|-
| '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' || Nieve Jennings<ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/uk.htm]</ref> || 21 || 5'9" || [[Bishopbriggs]]
|-
| '''{{flag|USA}}''' || [[Kelly Best]]<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Global Beauties|title=Miss International USA 2008 |url=http://globalbeauties.com/news/2008/june/usaint.htm|accessdate=2008-06-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/usa.htm]</ref> || 22 || 5'9" || [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Venezuela}}''' || [[Dayana Colmenares]]<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Union Radio|title=Miss Venezuela 2007 |url=http://www.unionradio.com.ve/Noticias/Noticia.aspx?noticiaid=215587|accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/venezuela.htm]</ref> || 23 || 5'9" || [[Maracay]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Vietnam}}''' || Cao Thùy Dương<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Charm Press|title=Miss International 2008 - Vietnam|url=http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/vietnam.htm|accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref> || 20 || 5'7" || [[Hanoi]]
|-
| '''{{flag|Zambia}}''' || Chipo Mulubisha<ref>{{cite website|publisher=Charm Press|title=Miss International 2008 - Zambia|url=http://www.geocities.jp/missinternationalcoverage/zambia.htm|accessdate=2008-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite website|publisher=The Post|title=Chipo becomes Miss Tourism|url=http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45986|accessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref> || 20 || 5'6" || -
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==Upcoming national competitions==
Claudian describes the ancient city as extending to a considerable length towards the promontory or headland, the projection of which sheltered its port: the latter affords good anchorage for large vessels; but besides this, which is only a well-sheltered road-stead, there is adjoining the city a large salt-water lake, or lagoon, called the [[Stagno di Cagliari]], communicating by a narrow channel with the bay, which appears from Claudian to have been used in ancient times as an inner harbor or basin. (Claud. ''B. Gild.'' 520-24.) The promontory adjoining the city is evidently that noticed by Ptolemy ({{polytonic|Κάραλις πόλις καὶ ἄκρα}}), but the Caralitanum Promontorium of [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] can be no other than the headland, now called [[Capo Carbonara]], which forms the eastern boundary of the [[Gulf of Cagliari]], and the southeast point of the whole island. Immediately off it lay the little island of Ficaria (Plin. ''l. c.''; Ptol. iii. 3. § 8), now called the [[Isola dei Cavoli]].
National pageants are expected to be held on these dates.<ref>http://www.geocities.jp/intlbeautypageant/competitioninfo.html</ref>
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==National pageants notes==
===''Giudicato'' of Cagliari===
{{main|Giudicato of Cagliari}}
[[Image:Grattacieli porto cagliari.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Darsena, skyline.]]
Subsequently ruled in turn by the Vandals and the [[Byzantine Empire]], Cagliari became the eponymous capital of an independent kingdom or ''giudicato'', ruled by a ''giudice'' or ''judike'' (literally "judge"). However, there is some evidence that during this period of independence from external rule, the city was deserted because it was too exposed to attacks by [[Moors|Moorish]] [[pirate]]s from the sea. Apparently many people left Cagliari and founded a new town (named ''Santa Igia'') in an area close to the Santa Gilla swamp on the west of Cagliari, but distant from the sea. The ''giudicato'' of Cagliari comprised a large area of the Campidano plain, the mineral resources of the Sulcis region and the [[mountain]] region of [[Ogliastra]]. There were other three independent and autonomous ''[[giudicati]]'' in Sardinia: [[Giudicato of Logudoro|Logudoro]] (or Torres) in the northwest, [[Giudicato of Gallura|Gallura]] in the northeast, and in the east the most famous, the long-lived [[Giudicato of Arborea]], with [[Oristano]] as its capital.


===Returning countries and territories===
===11th century===
* These countries will be return to Miss International pageant after a long time absence:<ref>http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_lists_a.htm</ref><ref>http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_lists_m.htm</ref>
[[Image:Cagliari Cupole.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Panorama of "Stampace", old district.]]
**Italy (1994).
During the 11th century, the [[Pisa]]n republic which had previously seized the Sulcis region in the south east, conquered the Giudicato of Cagliari and re-built the town itself. Pisa was one of the four Italian "maritime republics" that during the [[Middle Ages]] fought for control of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and its commercial routes. The other [[maritime republics]] were the short-lived [[Duchy of Amalfi]], [[Genoa]], and [[Venice]]. Pisa and Genoa had a keen interest in Sardinia because it was a perfect strategic base for controlling the commercial routes between Italy and [[North Africa]].
**Belgium (1996).
**Hawaii, Zambia ([[Miss International 2004|2004]]).
**Bahamas, Macau and Sweden ([[Miss International 2005|2005]]).
**Martinique and Norway ([[Miss International 2006|2006]]).


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Some of the fortifications that still surround the current district of Castello (Casteddu 'e susu in the Sardinian language) were built by the Pisans, most notably the two remaining white limestone towers designed by architect Giovanni Capula (originally there were three towers that guarded the three gates that gave access to the district). Together with the district of Castello, Cagliari comprised the districts of [[Marina]] (which included the port), [[Stampace]] and [[Villanova]]. Marina and Stampace were guarded by [[walls]], while Villanova, which mainly hosted peasants, was not.
* [http://www.miss-international.org/ '''Official Site''']

* [http://www.geocities.jp/intlbeautypageant/ Miss International @ Charmpress]
In 1089, [[Constantine I of Cagliari|Constantine Salusio de Lacon]] appeared with the title of ''rex et iudex Caralitanus'' ("King and Judge of Cagliari").

[[Image:Cagliari Roman Amphitheatre 2003.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Roman Amphitheatre.]]
[[Image:Largo Carlo Felice.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Largo Carlo Felice]]

===14th century===
During the 14th century the kingdom of Aragon conquered Cagliari after a battle against the Pisans and advanced its plan to conquer all of Sardinia. When Sardinia was finally conquered by [[Aragon]], Cagliari (during the Catalan domination the city was called ''Càller''), became the administrative capital of the vice-kingdom of Sardinia, which later came under the rule of the [[Spanish empire]]. Many agree that the Spanish domination was a period of decadence for Cagliari and Sardinia.

===18th century===
During the 18th century, after a brief rule of the [[Austria]]n Habsburgs, Cagliari and Sardinia came under the [[House of Savoy]] in 1720. As ruler of Sardinia, the Savoys took the title of kings of the Sardinian kingdom. The Sardinian kingdom comprised Savoy and [[Nice]] (currently in [[France]]), [[Piedmont]] and [[Liguria]], as well as Sardinia. Although Sardinian by name, the kingdom had its capital in Turin, in mainland Italy, where the Savoys resided. The parliament was also in [[Turin]] and its members were mainly aristocrats from [[Piedmont]] or the mainland.

By the end of the 18th century, after the [[French Revolution]], France tried to conquer Cagliari because of its strategic role in the Mediterranean sea. A French army landed in the Poetto beach and moved towards Cagliari, but the French were defeated by Sardinians who decided to defend themselves against the revolutionary army. People from Cagliari hoped to receive some concession from the Savoys in return for their defending the town: for example, aristocrats from Cagliari asked for a Sardinian representative in the [[parliament]] of the kingdom. When the Savoys refused any concession to the Sardinians, inhabitants of Cagliari rose up against the Savoys and expelled all representatives of the kingdom and people from Piedmont. This insurgence is celebrated in Cagliari during the "Die de sa Sardigna" (Sardinian Day) on the last weekend of April. However the Savoys regained control of the town after a brief period of [[Autonomous entity|autonomous]] rule.
{{wide image|Cagliari panorama.jpg|900px|Panorama of "Villanova" district}}

===Modern age===
From the 1870s, with the [[Italian unification|unification]] of Italy, the city experienced a century of rapid growth. Many outstanding [[building]]s were erected by the end of the 18th century during the office of Mayor [[Ottone Bacaredda]]. Many of these buildings combined influences from [[Art Nouveau]] together with the traditional Sardinian taste for flower decoration: an example is the [[white marble]] [[City Hall]] near the port. Ottone Bacaredda is also famous for the violent repression of one of the earlier worker strikes in the beginning of the 20th century.
[[Image:Cagliari Porto Zona Est.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Zone East of Cagliari port.]]

During [[World War II]] Cagliari was heavily bombed by the [[Allies]] in February 1943. In order to escape from the [[bombardment]]s and the misery of the destroyed town, many people left Cagliari and moved to the country or rural villages, often living with friends and relatives in overcrowded houses. This flight from the town is known as "sfollamento" (deserting).

After the [[Armistice with Italy|Italian armistice]] with the [[Allies]] in September 1943, the [[Wehrmacht|German Army]] took control of Cagliari and the island, but soon retreated peacefully in order to reinforce their positions in mainland Italy. The [[United States|American]] Army then took control of Cagliari. Cagliari was strategically important during the war because of its location in the Mediterranean Sea. Many airports were near Cagliari ([[Elmas]], [[Monserrato]], [[Decimomannu]], currently a [[NATO]] airbase) from which airplanes could fly to Northern Africa or mainland Italy and [[Sicily]].

After the war, the population of Cagliari rebounded and many apartment blocks were erected in new residential districts, often created with poor planning as for [[recreational areas]].
{{wide image|Cagliari_fonsarda.jpg|600px|Panorama of "Fonsarda" district}}

===Projects for the future===

In the last years a great urban development was started in Cagliari. New projects include the new [[Betile]] museum for Nuragic and modern art, designed by the Prizker Award winner [[Zaha Hadid]]: it will rise on the Sant'Elia promenade. Another already started project is the Cagliari metro: the first line is already running from Piazza Repubblica to Monserrato, one of Cagliari suburbs, and will be soon connected to University campus; works for other lines to all the city suburbs and the airport will be soon started. The promenade from the old harbour to Sant'Elia will be totally restored. The old port in Via Roma, now to be used only as tourist and cruise port (where the cruise terminal is already finished), will be closed to ferry-boats, which will be moved to the new port in “porto canale”.

All Sant'elia district will be changed, the old ruined palaces will be demolished and a new district designed by [[Rem Koolhaas]] will rise. Also the Stadium will be demolished and rebuilt as a new stadium, with 25,000 covered seats, usable for concerts and events too. On the promenade will also rise a great amphitheatre (20,000 seats) for concerts, as well as an aquarium where now is the old salt production plant. Other projects include the new district near the Santa Gilla pond (Piazza Santa Gilla), a luxurious beauty-center on the Poetto beach, where now is the old abandoned “Marino” hospital, the new university campus, designed by [[Paulo Mendes da Rocha]], and the new “Parco della musica”, a great park with an amphitheatre and fountains, channels and water-games, between T-hotel and the Civic Theatre; the latter will be finished by the end of the year, while the other works will be finished by 2010-2011.

==Demographics==
In 2007, there were 158,041 people residing in Cagliari, located in the province of Cagliari, [[Sardegna]], of whom 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 13.36 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 21.87 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06 percent (minors) and 19.94 percent (pensioners). The average age of Cagliari residents is 46 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Cagliari declined by 3 percent, while [[Italy]] as a whole grew by 3.56 percent.[http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html] The current birth rate of Cagliari is 6 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. This trend is proportionally inverse with Cagliari metropolitan areas and suburbs, where most younger families move.

As of 2006, 98.09% of the population was [[Italian people|Italian]]. The largest immigrant group came from [[East Asia]]: 0.72%, and other [[Europe]]an nations: 0.50%. The overwhelming majority of persons are [[Roman Catholic]].

==Main sights==
[[Image:Cattedrale di Cagliari-corretta.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Cagliari Cathedral.]]
The old part of the city (called ''Castello'', the castle) lies on top of a [[hill]], with a wonderful view of the Gulf of Cagliari (also known as Angels Gulf). Most of its city walls are intact, and feature the two 13th century white lime-stone towers, St. Pancras Tower and the Elephant Tower. The local white lime-stone was also used to build the walls of the city and many buildings. [[D. H. Lawrence]], in his lively memoir of a voyage to Sardinia, ''[[Sea and Sardinia]]'', undertaken in January 1921, described the effect of the warm Mediterranean sun-light on the white lime-stone city and compared Cagliari to a "white Jerusalem".
[[Image:Cattedraleca30.jpg|thumb|In the Cathedral: a marble lion destroys a serpent, 12th century.|250px]]
[[Image:BasilicadiBonaria.jpg|thumb|250px|Bonaria.]]
[[Image:Cathedral in Cagliari.jpg|thumb|The historic district "Castello".|250px]]

The [[Cagliari Cathedral|Cathedral]] was restored in the 1930s turning the former Baroque façade into a [[Medieval Pisan]] style façade, more akin to the original appearance of the [[Church (building)|church]]. The bell tower is original. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with a pulpit (1159-1162)[http://www.storiarte.altervista.org/album/sardegna/ambone.jpg] sculpted for the [[Cathedral of Pisa]] but later donated to Cagliari. The crypt houses the remains of martyrs found in the Basilica of San Saturno (see below). Near the Cathedral is the palace of the Provincial Government (which used to be the island's governor's palace before 1900). In Castello is also the [[Sardinian Archaeological Museum]], the biggest and most important regarding the [[prehistoric]] [[Nuragic civilisation]] of Sardinia. Finally, Castello hosts many craftsmen workshops in its tightened and scenic lanes.

The ''Basilica di San Saturnino'' is one of the most important Palaeo-Christian monuments in Sardinia. Dedicated to the martyr killed under [[Diocletian]]'s reign, [[Saturninus of Cagliari]] (patron saint of the city), it was built in the 5th century. Of the original building the central part remain and the dome, to which two armes (one with a nave and two aisles) was added. A Palaeo-Christian crypt is also under the church of ''San Lucifero'' (1660), dedicated to [[Saint Lucifer]], a bishop of the city. This has a Baroque façade with ancient columns and sculpted parts, some of which found in the nearby [[necropolis]].

The ''Chiesa della Purissima'' is a church from the 16th century.

The Sanctuary of [[Our Lady of Bonaria]] was built by the Aragonese in 1324-1329 during the siege to the Castle in which the Pisan had took shelter. It has a small Gothic portal in the façade and in the interior houses a wooden statue of the Madonna, which was thrown off by a Spanish ship and landed at the feet of the Bonaria hill. The cloister of the convent is home to the Marinery Museum.

The other early districts of the town (Marina, Stampace, Villanova) retain much of their original appeal and still seem to function as distinct villages within the town.

Considerable other remains of the ancient city are still visible at Cagliari, the most striking of which are those of the Roman Amphitheatre, carved into a block of rock (the typical lime-stone on which Cagliari is built), and of an aqueduct; the latter a most important acquisition to the city, where fresh water is scarce. There exist also ancient cisterns of vast extent: the ruins of a small circular temple, and numerous sepulchres on a hill outside the modern town, which appears to have formed the necropolis of the ancient city. (Smyth's ''Sardinia'', pp. 206, 215; Valery, ''Voyage en Sardaigne'', c. 57.) The Amphitheatre still stages open-air operas and concerts during the summer. <!--Also in [[Sutri]] is an Amphitheatre carved in the rock-->
[[Image:Cagliari(albe).jpg|thumb|left|350px|Elephant Tower.]]

The districts built in the 1930s spot some nice examples of [[Art Deco]] architecture and some controversial examples of Fascist [[neoclassicism]], such as the Justice Court (Palazzo di Giustizia) in the Republic Square. The Justice Court is close to the biggest town park, Monte Urpinu, with its pine trees and artificial lakes. The park includes a vast area of a hill. The [[Orto Botanico dell'Università di Cagliari]], the city's [[botanical garden]], is also of interest.

Cagliari has one of the longest beaches in an Italian town. The [[Poetto beach]] stretches for 13&nbsp;km and was famous for its white fine-grained sand. A recent controversial intervention to save the beach from erosion has slightly altered the original texture of the sand.

==Economy==
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Cagliari has one of the largest fish markets in all of Italy with a vast array of fish for sale to both the public and trade. It's the main commercial and industrial center of the island, with many major Italian factories within its provincial boundaries, the great communications provider [[Tiscali]] has its headquarter in town, and one of the biggest container terminals of the Mediterranean sea.

Tourism is also one of the main economical intakes of the city.

==Transport==

* [[Cagliari-Elmas Airport|International Airport (Cagliari-Elmas, Mario Mameli)]]
* Passengers and commercial port, cruise terminal
* Highway to Sassari - Porto Torres (SS131/E35) and Olbia (SS131 Diramazione Centrale Nuorese)
* Train station, connected to Iglesias and Carbonia, Olbia and Golfo Aranci and to Sassari and Porto Torres through Ozieri-Chilivani joint
* Metro, from piazza Repubblica to Monserrato; by 2009 it will reach the university campus and the Policlinico Hospital. Then it will connect all the suburbs.
* Bus and tram transport into the city and suburbs operated by C.t.m. Spa.
* Coach transport for all regional destination operated by ARST/FdS/FMS

==Sport==
Cagliari is home to the football team [[Cagliari Calcio]], winner of the Italian league championship in 1970, with the team led by one of the greatest Italian strikers of all times, [[Gigi Riva]]. Cagliari is an ideal location for water sports such as [[surfing]], [[kitesurfing]], [[windsurfing]] and [[sailing]] due to strong and reliable favourable winds. [[Hiking]] is also popular.

===Sport plans===
Sport plans in Cagliari:
*Sant`Elia stadium
*PalaRockfeller
*Terramaini Olympionic pool

==Climate==

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Cagliari has a Mediterranean Climate, with hot and dry summers and very mild winter. Its climate is comparable to the South-Californian one, but it is often refreshed by north-westerly winds. It is close to other beautiful seaside locations, such as Maddalena Beach, Chia or Villasimius, still relatively unspoilt by tourism and is also close to mountain parks, such as Monte Arcosu or Maidopis, with large forests and wildlife (Sardinian deers, wild boars, etc.).

==Culture==
Cagliari has some peculiar gastronomic traditions. Many dishes are based on the wide variety of fish and sea food available, for example, ''burrida''. Although it is possible to trace influences from Spanish cuisine, Cagliaritanian food has a distinctive and unique character. Very good [[wines]] are also part of Cagliaritanians' dinners: excellent wines are in fact produced in the nearby vineyards of the Campidano plain.

Life in Cagliari has been vividly depicted by [[Sergio Atzeni]], who set many of his novels and short stories, such as ''Bakunin's Son'', in ancient and modern Cagliari.

A church in Cagliari gives its name to [[Buenos Aires]]. The Spaniard who founded Buenos Aires visited the church of Bonaria (fair winds) and asked for help from the Mary of Bonaria, to whom the church is dedicated. The church faces the sea and was allegedly built where a sailor landed after the Mary of Bonaria appeared in the midst of a tempest and saved the sailor and his ship from sinking.

It is the seat of the [[Archdiocese of Cagliari]].

The main opera house of Sardinia, [[Teatro Lirico (Cagliari)|Teatro Lirico]], has its quarters in Cagliari<ref>[http://www.teatroliricodicagliari.it/ Teatro Lirico Web-site]</ref>.

==Sleep==

==Nightlife==
Cagliari is a tourist city, and especially in summer a lot of clubs and pubs are goals for youth and tourists, pubs and night-clubs are concentrated in the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, a central street in Stampace district, near to the port and Castello district, as for clubs they are mostly on the Poetto beach, or in Viale Marconi. Very famous are clubs outside the city, just like "Tsunami" in [[Santa Margherita di Pula]], and "Peyote" in [[Villasimius]].

==Consulates==
Consulates located in Cagliari:

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==Sister cities==

* {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
* {{Flagicon|Kenya}} [[Nanyuki]], [[Kenya]]
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Pisa]], [[Italy]]
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Vercelli]], [[Italy]]
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Padua]], [[Italy]], 2002
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Biella (BI)|Biella]], [[Italy]], 2003

== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanmichele.JPG|Baroque church of San Michele
Image:Cagliari_Porta_Cristina.jpg|Porta Cristina
Image:Stazione_Cagliari_FS_2.jpg|Rail Station
Image:Cagliari13.jpg|Castello
Image:AUT_2553.JPG|Altar of Sant'Agostino church (XVI century) in Cagliari
Image:Cagliari_via_roma.jpg|Porticoes of Via Roma
Image:Cagliari12.jpg|Looking out of the Bastion San Remy
Image:Basilicabonaria2.jpg|Basilica of Bonaria
</gallery>


==References==
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==Notes==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.comune.cagliari.it Official website]
* [http://www.casteddu.com Casteddu.com (English)]
* [http://www.casecagliari.it Case Cagliari : Real Estate Info]
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Revision as of 05:48, 11 October 2008

Miss International 2008
DateNovember 8, 2008
VenueThe Venetian Macao, Macau

Miss International 2008, The 48th Miss International Beauty Pageant will be held at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, in Macau on November 8, 2008. About over 60 contestants are expected to attend the event. Priscila Perales from Mexico will crown her successor at the final night.[1]

Expected contestants

As of October 7, 2008; 66 delegates had been selected.

Country Contestant Age Height(ft) Hometown
 Argentina Yesica Di Vincenzo[2][3] 20 5'8" Mar del Plata
 Aruba Nuraysa Lispier[4] 23 5'8" San Nicolaas
 Australia Kristal Hammond[5] 22 5'10" Waroona
 Bahamas Amy Knowles[6][7][8] 22 5'7" San Salvador Island
 Belarus Tatiana Ryneiskaya[9] 21 5'9" -
 Belgium Charlotte Van De Vijver[10] 24 5'9" Oost-Vlaanderen
 Bolivia Paula Andrea Peñarrieta[11] 19 5'10" Cochabamba
 Brazil Vanessa Vidal[12][13] 24 5'10" Fortaleza
 Canada Elena Semikina[14] 25 6'1" Toronto
 China Chang Wei Liu[15] 21 5'9" Beijing
Colombia Colombia María Cristina Díaz-Granados[16][17] 20 5'8" Valledupar
 Costa Rica Mónica González[18][19] 18 5'9" Heredia
 Czech Republic Zuzana Putnářová[20][21] 21 5'11" Ostrava
 Dominican Republic Claudia Peña[22][23] 19 5'11" Bonao
 Ecuador Jennifer Pazmiño[24][25] 19 5'11" Guayaquil
 El Salvador Georgina Cisneros[26][27] 20 5'7" San Salvador
 Estonia Kardi Nogu[28] 20 5'9" Tallinn
 Ethiopia Nardos Desta [29] 20 5'9" Addis Ababa
 Finland Jaana Taanila[30][31] 18 5'10" Haukipudas
 France Vicky Michaud[32][33][34] 21 5'6" Paray Le Monial
 Germany Katja Bondarenko[35] 21 5'9" Niedersachsen
 Greece Sofia Roditi[36][37] 24 5'9" Athens
 Guadeloupe Marika Oculi Leborgne[38][39] 19 6'2" Deshaies
 Guatemala Yohana Marroquín[40] 19 5'7" Jalapa
 Hawaii Serena Karnagy [41] 18 5'5" Honolulu
 Honduras Alejandra Mendoza[42] 17 175 El Progreso
 Hong Kong Sire Ma[43] 20 5'3 1/2" Chongqing
 India Radha Bhrahmbhatt[44] 19 5'11" Northwood
 Indonesia Duma Riris Silalahi[45][46] 24 5'7" Medan
 Japan Kyoko Sugiyama[47][48] 23 5'9" Kanagawa
 Korea Min-jeong Kim[49][50] 19 5'7" Daegu
 Latvia Kristina Djadenko[51] 24 5'8" Riga
 Lebanon Jessica Michelle Kahawaty[52] 20 5'9" Sydney
 Liberia Telena Casell[53][54] 24 5'7" Monrovia
 Macau Florence Loi[55][56] 23 5'5" Macau
 Malaysia Zi Wei Tham[57] 23 5'9" -
 Martinique Violène Grainville[58] 18 5'6" Fort-de-France
 Mexico Lorenza Bernot Krauze[59][60] 19 5'9" Cuernavaca
 Mongolia O. Khulangoo[61][62] 20 5'9" Ulan Bataar
 New Zealand Rhonda Grant[63][64] 23 5'10" Napier
 Norway Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge[65][66] 20 5'10" Molde
 Panama Alejandra Arias[67][68] 20 5'9" Panama City
 Paraguay Rossana Galeano[69][70] 19 5'7" Eusebio Ayala
 Peru Massiel Vidal[71][72] 22 5'7" Lima
 Philippines Patricia Fernandez[73][74] 22 5'6" Quezon City
 Poland Anna Tarnowska[75][76] 23 5'10" Szczecin
 Puerto Rico Miriam Pabon[77][78][79] 23 5'7" Las Piedras
 Republic of Congo Blanda Eboundit[80] 22 5'10" Brazzaville
 Russia Ekaterina Grushanina[81] 22 5'10" Chelyabinsk
 Serbia Sanja Radinovic[82] 19 5'9" -
 Singapore Tok Wee Ee [83] 18 5'5" Singapore
 Slovakia Lenka Sýkorová[84][85] 21 5'8" Bratislava
 Spain Alejandra Andreu[86][87] 19 5'8" Zaragoza
 Sri Lanka Faith Landers[88][89][90] 22 5'5" Colombo
 Suriname Rocxana Vrede[91] 21 - Paramaribo
 Sweden Jenny Jansson[92][93] 21 5'6" Nässjö
 Taiwan Ting Yen Yu[94] 24 5'7" Taipei
 Tanzania Jamillah Nyangasa[95][96] 23 5'11" Kilimanjaro
 Thailand Panasrom Kumkit[97] 19 5'7" Hat Yai
 Turkey Gülsün Uslu[98][99] 21 5'10" Izmir
 Ukraine Yulia Galichenko[100][101] 23 5'10" Mariupol'
 United Kingdom Nieve Jennings[102] 21 5'9" Bishopbriggs
 USA Kelly Best[103][104] 22 5'9" Troy
 Venezuela Dayana Colmenares[105][106] 23 5'9" Maracay
 Vietnam Cao Thùy Dương[107] 20 5'7" Hanoi
 Zambia Chipo Mulubisha[108][109] 20 5'6" -

Upcoming national competitions

National pageants are expected to be held on these dates.[110]

National pageants notes

Returning countries and territories

  • These countries will be return to Miss International pageant after a long time absence:[111][112]
    • Italy (1994).
    • Belgium (1996).
    • Hawaii, Zambia (2004).
    • Bahamas, Macau and Sweden (2005).
    • Martinique and Norway (2006).

External links

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  112. ^ http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_lists_m.htm
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