Miss India Parvathay Omanakuttan is first runner up at Miss World 2008

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Miss Russia Ksenya Sukhinova is crowned the 58th Miss World alson at the 2008 Miss world pageant held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first and second runner up are Miss India Parvathay Omanakuttan, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabriel Walcott respectively.

Sukhinova also had won the contest’s top model award and was third in the swimsuit competition. Second runner up was Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Gabrielle Walcott. First runner up was Miss India, Parvathy Omankuttan.

The winner of the event, broadcast live to millions of viewers in 187 countries, has to espouse “beauty with a purpose”, with charity being one of the main focuses of the pageant.

India had high hopes on 21-year-old Parvathy to win the crown that last came to the country in 2000.

India boasts of Miss Worlds like Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000).

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