The 15 Semifinalists of Miss World 2008 has just been announced...

They are…

Fast Track Winners:

MEXICO, Espinoza Marroquin Anagabriela
RUSSIA, Kseniya Sukhinova
BARBADOS, Natalie Olivia Griffith
ICELAND, Alexandra Helga Ivarsdottir
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, Gabriella Walcott

Selected by the Board of Judges:

BRAZIL, Tamara Almeida Silva
VENEZUELA, Hannelly Quintero
UKRAINE, Irina Zhuravskaya
CROATIA, Josipa Kusic
ANGOLA, Brigith dos Santos
KAZAKHSTAN, Alfina Nassyrova
PUERTO RICO, Ivonne Orsini
SPAIN, Patricia Yurena Rodriguez Alonjo
SOUTH AFRICA, Tansey Coetzee
INDIA, Parvathy Omanakuttan

This Year’s Board of Judges:

1. Aminurta Kang, Theatre Stage Director, China and North America
2. Krish Naidoo, International Ambassador for Miss World
3. Pearl Luthuli, Group Executive Public Commercial Services SABC
4. Julia Morley, Chairman and CEO of Miss World LTD
5. Lindiwe Mahlangu, Chief executive of the Joburg Tourism Company
6. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Chairperson of African Fashion International
7. Graham Cooke, President of World Travel
8. Winelia Merced Forsyth, Former Miss World and President of her own charity in Puerto Rico

The FINAL FIVE are:

India
Trinidad and Tobago
Angola
Russia
South Africa