Miss World 2009 Favorites (as of November 10, 2009)

Mykiru's Hot Favorites for Miss World 2009
as of November 10, 2009


1. MEXICO, Perla Judith BELTRAN




2. PUERTO RICO, Jennifer COLON ALVARADO


3. SOUTH AFRICA, Tatum Lucy KESHWAR

4. FRANCE, Chloe MORTAUD
5. BRAZIL, Luciana REIS
6.5 UKRAINE, Ievgeniia TULCHEVSKA
6.5 BELGIUM, Zeynep SEVER
8. BELARUS, Yulia SINDZEYEVA
9. ITALY, Alice TATICCHI
10. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Ana CONTRERAS
11. MALAYSIA, Thanuja ANANTHAN
12. BARBADOS, Leah MARVILLE
13.5 PHILIPPINES, Marie Ann UMALI
13.5 INDIA, Pooja CHOPRA
15. USA, Lisa-Marie KOHRS


CLOSE SHOTS:

16. VENEZUELA, Maria VELIZ
17. NETHERLANDS, Avalon-Chanel WEYZIG
18. SPAIN, Carmen FERNÁNDEZ
19. AUSTRIA, Anna HAMMEL
20.5 NAMIBIA, Happie NTELAMO
20.5 NEW ZEALAND, Magdalena SCHOEMAN


STRONG ALTERNATES:

22. PANAMA, Nadege VASQUEZ
23.5 PORTUGAL, Marta CADILHA
23.5 IRELAND, Laura PATTERSON
25.5 ISRAEL, Adi RUDNITZKY
25.5 MONGOLIA, Battsetseg BATBAATAR
27.5 CROATIA, Ivana VASILJ
27.5 SIERRA LEONE, Mariatu KARGBO
29.5 GUATEMALA, Alida REYES
29.5 SLOVAKIA, Barbora FRANEKOVA



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Johan Santos does macho dancing for Rica Paras

Johan Moriel Santos (with a cut-out mask of Piolo Pascual) performed a macho dance for Rica Paras during the latter's 27th birthday celebration inside the PBB house.

As expected, Rica was very much delighted with the birthday present and watching her in the video, she almost could not resist the urge.

As for Johan, he needs to learn more... Good start!!!

Watch Johan Santos macho dancing for Rica Paras...


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Pinoy Big Brother Magazine - Special Commemorative Issue

A special commemorative issue of Pinoy Big Brother Magazine is coming out soon on your favorite magazine and newsstands.

Since it's a season of "double up", the magazine will also have two covers.

On the first cover is three of the most successful PBB ex-housemates: Zanjoe Marudo from Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 1 and Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson from Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 1.

Where's Sam Milby? Sam is still the #1 most successful of them all.

While the second cover features the lovely hosts of PBB Double Up: Mariel Rodriguez, Toni Gonzaga and Bianca Gonzales.

The magazine will also have the PBB Double Up housemates in their never-before-seen personal photos as well as a special feature on the season's new loveteams: Funny Pair Jason and Melisa, Sexy Chemistry of Tom and Princess and the Unlikely Tandem of Rob and Rica.

The PBB Magazine costs P95.00.

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Mommy Dionisia Pacquiao inside the PBB house

Yes, the real "Aling Dionisia" visited the PBB Double Up housemates.

Mommy Dionisia Pacquiao, star of the Star Cinema film "Ang Tanging Pamilya" was inside the PBB house yesterday and spent some time with the housemates.

And there, she finally met her "long lost daughter" Melisa 'Melay' Cantiveros. But too bad, the Manny Pacquiao deadringer (Delio Dimaculangan) was already evicted from the house.

Not only Manny and Aling Dionisia are represented in the house, but also Manny's wife Jinky (Rica Paras) and trainer Freddie Roach (Rob Stumvoll).

Who among the housemates is Ara Mina?

While inside the Big Brother House, Mommy Dionisia led the housemates in their morning exercise and also taught them how to do ballroom dancing.

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Miss World 2009 Candidates

One hundred twelve (112) candidates are competing for the Miss World 2009 title.

They have already arrived in London over the weekend and graced the 16th World Travel Awards 2009 held yesterday.

On the coming days, they will fly to Johannesburg in South Africa where the coronation night (December 12) will be held.

Eight of the candidates are familiar faces in the pageantry as they have just competed in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant held in the Bahamas last August. They are Misses Belgium, France, Lebanon (photo above), Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, South Africa and Uruguay.

Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar and Miss France Chloé Mortaud both made it to the Top 10 finalists of Miss Universe 2009 while Miss Belgium Zeynep Sever was one of the Top 15 semi-finalists.

Miss Netherlands Avalon-Chanel Weyzig was also one of the favorites but failed to make the cut.

Another interesting woman is participating in Miss World 2009.

She is Miss England Katrina Hodge who was just a last-minute replacement to Rachel Christie who voluntarily resigned after she got involved in a brawling incident in a night club.

The new Miss England is a soldier (Lance Corporal) and is set to be sent to Afghanistan after her Miss World 2009 stint.

Here are the official candidates for Miss World 2009:

ALBANIA, Armina MEVLANI
ANGOLA, Nadia SILVA
ARGENTINA, Evelyn ALBALAT
ARUBA, Nuraisa LISPIER
AUSTRALIA, Sophie LAVERS
AUSTRIA, Anna HAMMEL
BAHAMAS, Joanna BROWN
BARBADOS, Leah MARVILLE
BELARUS, Yulia SINDZEYEVA
BELGIUM, Zeynep SEVER
BELIZE, Norma LARA
BOLIVIA, Flavia ARZABE
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Andrea SARAC
BOTSWANA, Sumaiyah MAROPE
BRAZIL, Luciana REIS
BULGARIA, Antonia PETROVA
CANADA, Lena MA
CHINA PR, Sheng YU
COLOMBIA, Daniela LALINDE
COSTA RICA, Angie LORIA
COTE D'IVOIRE, Dacoury GNAGO
CROATIA, Ivana VASILJ
CURACAO, Chantelle TOMASSEN
CYPRUS, Chrystalla TSIALI
CZECH REPUBLIC, Aneta VIGNEROVA
DENMARK, Nadia PEDERSON
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Ana CONTRERAS
ECUADOR, Gabriela QUIŃONES
EGYPT, Samah SHALABY
EL SALVADOR, Elena BARDI
ENGLAND, Katrina Hodge
ETHIOPIA, Lula WELDEGEBRIEL
FINLAND, Sanna KANKAANPÄÄ
FRANCE, Chloe MORTAUD
GEORGIA, Tsira SUKNIDZE
GERMANY, Stefanie PEECK
GHANA, Mawuse APPEA
GIBRALTAR, Kaiane ALDORINO
GREECE, Alkisti ANYFANTI
GUADELOUPE, Beatrice BLAISE
GUATEMALA, Alida REYES
GUYANA, Kaierouann RADIX
HONDURAS, Blaise MASEY
HONG KONG CHINA, Sin Ting LAU
HUNGARY, Orsolya SURDÜLT
ICELAND, Guðrún RUNARSDOTTIR
INDIA, Pooja CHOPRA
INDONESIA, Kerenina HALIM
IRELAND, Laura PATTERSON
ISRAEL, Adi RUDNITZKY
ITALY, Alice TATICCHI
JAMAICA, Kerrie BAYLIS
JAPAN, Eruza SASAKI
KAZAKHSTAN, Dina NURALIYEVA
KENYA, Fiona KONCHELLAH
KOREA, Joori KIM
LATVIA, Ieva LASE
LEBANON, Martine ANDRAOS
LIBERIA, Shu-rina WIAH
LITHUANIA, Vaida PETRASKAITE
LUXEMBOURG, Diana NILLES
MACEDONIA FYRO, Suzana SALKINI
MALAYSIA, Thanuja ANANTHAN
MALTA, Shanel DEBATTISTA
MARTINIQUE, Ingrid ITTRÉ
MAURITIUS, Anais VEERAPATREN
MEXICO, Perla BELTRAN
MOLDOVA, Maria BRAGARU
MONGOLIA, Battsetseg BATBAATAR
MONTENEGRO, Marijana POKRAJAC
NAMIBIA, Happie NTELAMO
NEPAL, Zenisha MOKTAN
NETHERLANDS, Avalon-Chanel WEYZIG
NEW ZEALAND, Magdalena SCHOEMAN
NIGERIA, Glory CHUKU
NORTHERN IRELAND, Cherie GARDINER
NORWAY, Sara SKJOLDNES
PANAMA, Nadege VASQUEZ
PARAGUAY, Tamara ZAPATTINI
PERU, Claudia SARRIO
PHILIPPINES, Marie Ann UMALI
POLAND, Anna JAMRÓZ
PORTUGAL, Marta CADILHA
PUERTO RICO, Jennifer COLON
ROMANIA, Loredana SALANTA
RUSSIA, Ksenia SHIPILOVA
SCOTLAND, Katharine BROWN
SERBIA, Jelena MARKOVIC
SIERRA LEONE, Mariatu KARGBO
SINGAPORE, Pilar ARLANDO
SLOVAKIA, Barbora FRANEKOVA
SLOVENIA, Tina PETELIN
SOUTH AFRICA, Tatum KESHWAR
SPAIN, Carmen FERNÁNDEZ
SRI LANKA, Gamya WIJAYADASA
SURINAME, Zoureena RIJGER
SWAZILAND, Nompilo MNCINA
SWEDEN, Erica HARRISON
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Ashanna ARTHUR
TAHITI, Nanihi BAMBRIDGE
TANZANIA, Miriam KABULA
THAILAND, Pongchanok KANKLAB
TURKEY, Ebru SAM
UGANDA, Maria NAMIIRO
UKRAINE, Ievgeniia TULCHEVSKA
URUGUAY, Cinthia REYNA
USA, Lisa-Marie KOHRS
VENEZUELA, Maria VELIZ
VIETNAM, Thi TRAN
WALES, Lucy WHITEHOUSE
ZAMBIA, Sekwila MUMBA
ZIMBABWE, Vanessa SIBANDA

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Group 2 Best in Evening Gown - Miss Earth 2009

The Miss Earth 2009 Group 2 beauties finally had their preliminary gown competition last night, November 09, at the Greenbelt 5 in Ayala, Makati City.

Just like in Groups 1 and 3, 5 beauties were also named Best in Evening Gown from Group 2.

They were:

(in no particular order)

Miss USA, Amy Diaz


Miss Philippines, Sandra Seifert


Miss Korea, Park Ye-ju


Miss Italy, Luna Isabella Voce


Miss India, Shriya Kishore

Delegates who competed from Group 2 were: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chinese Taipei, England, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Serbia, Slovak Republic, South Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, Turks & Caicos, USA and Wales.

The Top 5 finalists from Group 2 will compete against the Top 5 from Groups 1 and 3 on November 16 at PAGCOR Grand Theater in Parañaque City. And one of them will be awarded Miss Earth 2009 Best in Evening Gown.

In the past editions of Miss Earth, all winners of Best in Evening Gown award made it to the finals.

The Top 15 Finalists for Best in Evening Gown:
(in alphabetical order)

Brazil, Larissa Ramos
Colombia, Alejandra Castillo Múnera
Cuba, Jamillette Gaxiola
Guam, Maria Luisa Santos
India, Shriya Kishore
Italy, Luna Isabella Voce
Korea, Park Ye-ju
Mexico, Natalia Quiñónes Perez
Paraguay, Gabriela Mercedes Rejala
Philippines, Sandra Seifert
Poland, Izabela Wilczek
Spain, Alejandra Echevarria
Thailand, Rujinan Phanseethum
USA, Amy Diaz
Venezuela, Jessica Barboza

Photos courtesy of Jory Rivera/OPMB Worldwide

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Aside from Miss Philippines Sandra Seifert, one Miss Earth '09 candidate is also Pinay.

But unlike Seifert who is half-German, Miss Guam Maria Luisa Santos is a full-blooded Filipina.

Her parents are originally from Las Piñas City in Metro Manila.

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Miss Trinidad & Tobago and Miss Japan alleged video scandal

Two Miss Universe 2008 contestants were being talked about over a scandalous video that hit online last weekend.

The said video tape features one guy and two girls doing explicit acts together.

According to those who have seen the video, the girls look like two Miss Universe 2008 candidates.

Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 2008 Anya Ayoung-Chee and Miss Japan Universe 2008 Hiroko Mima are the ones being referred to by the reports.

I have already heard of this news two days ago that a beauty queen from Trinidad & Tobago has a video scandal online, but I did not take it too seriously until I've learned a recent news that another beauty queen also stars with Miss T&T in the said video.

That's more shocking, especially that the guy in the video is believed to be Wyatt Gallery (pictured below), a photographer and boyfriend of Miss T&T, who according to isyuseros around the world did modeling portfolios for the two beauty queens.

Both Miss T&T and Miss Japan competed in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Vietnam and maybe that's where they got close with each other.

Miss Japan was among the Top 15 semi-finalists while Miss T&T failed to make the cut.

The sex video is scattered all over the net and it's clear that the two girls in question are aware that their "deeds" were being filmed.

According to some reports, there are allegedly more than five existing scandalous videos of Miss T&T and her boyfriend, with Miss Japan appearing only in one video.

In fact, one popular video site has already uploaded three of those videos.

Sample shots:

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Taylor Lautner shirtless pics for 'New Moon'

Taylor Lautner is a hunkified werewolf "Jacob Black" in the upcoming film "The Twilight Saga: New Moon".

"New Moon" will hit theaters on November 20, 2009.

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