Miss Universe 2008
| Miss Universe 2008 | |
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| Date | 14 July 2008 |
| Presenters | Jerry Springer, Mel B |
| Entertainment | Lady Gaga |
| Venue | Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang, Vietnam |
| Broadcaster |
NBC, Telemundo (international) VTV (official broadcaster) |
| Entrants | 80 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Kosovo |
| Withdrawals | Barbados, Belize, Bulgaria, Guyana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, US Virgin Islands, Zambia |
| Returns | Cayman Islands, Ghana, Guam, Ireland, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, UK, Vietnam |
| Winner |
Dayana Mendoza Venezuela
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| Congeniality |
Rebeca Moreno El Salvador
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| Best National Costume |
Gavintra Photijak Thailand
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Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 2008 at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned by Riyo Mori of Japan at the event's conclusion. Eighty contestants competed in this year which was broadcast and distributed globally via NBC in English and Telemundo in Spanish to TV outlets in more than 180 countries. The pageant was watched by a live audience of 7,500 and nearly a billion television viewers worldwide.
This is the first major US-based television production to take place in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. This is also the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition. This pageant was held in a contemporary Communist state for the first time as well.
The final presentation show was on 8 July, the dress rehearsal on 13 July, and the live telecast on 14 July. Most activities were held successively in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Hanoi, Danang, Hoi An, Ha Long and finally Nha Trang.
Jerry Springer, tabloid talk show host and host of NBC's America's Got Talent, and Melanie Brown, a.k.a. "Scary Spice", member of the UK pop group Spice Girls and host of TLC's The Singing Office, presented this year's competition.
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