Russian contestant Kseniya Sukhinova has won the Miss World 2008 competition at a ceremony in South Africa.
Trinidad and Tobago's Gabrielle Walcott was second runner-up and India's Parvathay Omanakuttan was first runner-up, from among 109 contestants.
The 2008 Miss World Festival, a record breaking year in the number of contestants taking part, has seen 109 beautiful and talented contestants spend an unforgettable month in South Africa. However, there could only be one winner and the applause rang out in the packed Convention Centre as Julia Morley, Chairman of the Miss World Organisation and of the international panel of judges, announced the winner's name. Kseniya Sukhoinova smile spoke a thousand words to a worldwide TV audience of over 2 billion as she was crowned by last year's Miss World, Zilin Zhang. First runner-up was Trinidad and Tobago followed by India as second runner-up. The other two finalists were South Africa and Angola.
Taken from the Miss World website
In the news section of the Miss World website it also says:
First runner-up was India followed by Trinidad and Tobago as second runner-up. The other two finalists were South Africa and Angola.
So, is she (Gabrielle Walcott) first or second runner-up?
