Tanvi Vyas is from Vadodara, Gujarat. She was one of the contestants of Femina Miss India 2008, a beauty pageant organized by Femina, a women’s magazine and Pantaloons, a multi format retailer in India.
Tanvi was crowned with the the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth title after the original title winner Harshita Saxena surrendered the crown. She will now represent India at the Miss Earth pageant to be held in December 2008.
Zi Lin Zhang A Chinese Miss World Contestant, a stunning 23-year-old business administration graduate from the People’s Republic of China, bested 105 other global beauties to win the 57th annual Miss World contest. Zhang’s victory makes history in more ways than one. She is now the first international Grand Slam titleholder from her country, and more importantly, the first Asian woman NOT from India to capture the elusive Miss World title. 1st Runner-Up is Angola’s Micaela Reis, a Miss Universe 2007 semi-finalist who overcame the odds and outdid her previous placing, while 2nd Runner-Up is Mexico’s Carolina Moran Gordillo, whose elegance and quiet competitiveness placed her high in the Beach Beauty and Top Model events prior to the finals.
Rounding up the five finalists are Trinidad and Tobago’s Valene Maharaj and a surprise finish from Sweden’s Annie Oliv. It is interesting to note that although the Continental Queens of Beauty weren’t announced this year, the top five was still diversely represented by five different regions: Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and the Caribbean.
Laura Tanguy, (born August 2, 1987 in Angers), was elected second runner-up of Miss France 2008. She is the back of the Miss France 2008 under Valérie Bègue for all official representations alongside Genevieve de Fontenay, as well as for the regional elections qualifiers Miss France 2009, and in elections international Miss World and Miss Universe to recall Valérie Bègue has emerged his private suggestive photos in a magazine in scandal, two weeks after her coronation
