Ms Russia is Miss World, Ms India 1st runner up

Ms Russia is Miss World, Ms India 1st runner up

New Delhi: Miss Russia Kseniya Sukhinova has been crowned Miss World 2008 at a glittering ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa.


Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan finished as the first runner up and Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabrielle Walcott was the second runner-up.


"Miss World 2008 is Russia," announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event.


Sukhinova was crowned after a two-hour spectacle in Johannesburg on Saturday that combined elements of travelogue and reality show, and the kind of flag-waving usually seen at sports events. She beamed as she was crowned.


Sukhinova also had won the contest's top model award and was third in the swimsuit competition. She was a crowd favorite — though not as popular as hometown beauty Miss South Africa, Tansey Coetzee. Coetzee made the final five.