81 contestants will compete in Miss Universe 2008:
Country Contestant Age Height (cm) Height (ft) Hometown
Albania Matilda Mecini 19 176 5'9" Shkodra
Angola Lesliana Pereira[4] 20 172 5'8" Mbanza-Kongo
Antigua and Barbuda Athina James 18 180 5'11" St. John's
Argentina Silvana Belli 19 175 5'8" Rawson
Aruba Tracey Nicolaas[5] 20 170 5'7" Holland Town
Australia Laura Dundovic[6] 21 181 5'11" Sydney
Bahamas Sacha Scott[7] 19 165 5'5" Nassau
Belgium Alizée Poulicek[8] 21 174 5'8" Huy
Bolivia Katherine David Céspedes[9] 19 173 5'8" San Ignacio de Velasco
Brazil Natália Anderle[10] 22 175 5'9" Encantado
Canada Samantha Tajik[11] 25 178 5'10" Toronto
Cayman Islands Rebecca Parchment[12] 25 178 5'10" West Bay
China Wei Ziya[13] 25 175 5'9" Chongqing
Colombia Taliana Vargas[14] 20 178 5'10" Santa Marta
Costa Rica María Teresa Rodríguez[10] 21 168[10] 5'6" Alajuela
Croatia Snježana Lončarevi17][18] 23 183 6'0" Limassol
Czech Republic Eliška Bučkov21] 19 173 5'8" Guayaquil
Egypt Yara Naoum[22][23][24] 20 176 5'9" Cairo
El Salvador Rebeca Moreno[25] 22 161 5'3" San Salvador
Estonia Julia Kovaljova 22 179 5'10" Tallinn
Finland Satu Tuomisto[26] 21 175 5'9" Akaa
France Laura Tanguy[27] 20 176 5'9" Angers
Georgia Gvantsa Daraselia 18 171 5'7" Tbilisi
Germany Madina Taher[28] 21 173 5'8" Elmshorn
Ghana Yvette Nsiah[29] 21 170 5'7"[29] Accra
Greece Dionissia Koukiou[30] 22 178 5'10" Athens
Guam Siera Robertson[31] 18 178 5'10" Yona
Guatemala Jennifer Chiong[32] 25 168 5'7" Quetzaltenango
Honduras Diana Barrasa[33] 22 179 5'10" Tegucigalpa
Hungary Jázmin Dammak[34] 24 173 5'8" Budapest
India Simran Kaur Mundi[35] 22 175 5'9" Mumbai
Indonesia Putri Raemawasti[36] 21 170 5'7" Blitar 
Ireland Lynn Kelly[37] 20 173 5'8" Dublin
Israel Shunit Faragi[38] 21 173 5'8" Kiryat Tiv'on
Italy Claudia Ferraris[39] 19[39] 172 5'8" Bergamo[39]
Jamaica April Jackson[10] 19 183 6'0" Ocho Ríos
Japan Hiroko Mima[40] 21 173 5'8"[40] Tokushima
Kazakhstan Alfina Nassyrova[41] 20 176 5'9" Almaty
Korea Sun Lee[42] 25 169 5'7" Seoul
Kosovo Zana Krasniqi[43] 19 170 5'7" Pristina
Malaysia Levy Li[44] 20 170 5'7 Terengganu
Mauritius Marie-Anne Olivia Carey[45] 19 169 5'7" Vacoas
Mexico Elisa Nájera[46] 21 184 6'0" Celaya
Montenegro Daša Živkovi49] 21 178 5'10"[49] Paraparaumu
Nicaragua Thelma Rodríguez[50] 19 175 5'9" Chinandega
Nigeria Stephanie Oforka[51] 20 180 5'11" Port Harcourt
Norway Mariann Birkedal[52] 21 173 5'8" Stavanger
Panama Carolina Dementiev[53] 19 174 5'9" Panama City
Paraguay Giannina Rufinelli[54] 22 171 5'7" Luque
Peru Karol Castillo[55] 18 182 6'0" Trujillo
Philippines Jennifer Barrientos[56] 22 172 5'8" San Mateo
Poland Barbara Tatara[57] 24 175 5'9" Lodz
Puerto Rico Ingrid Rivera[58] 24 174 5'9" Dorado
Romania Laura Redac
Russia Vera Krasova[59] 20 177 5'10" Moscow
Serbia Bojana Borić 21 178 5'10" Sremska Mitrovica
Singapore Shenise Wong[60] 26 173 5'8" Singapore
Slovakia Sandra Manákov63] 23 174 5'9" Johannesburg
Spain Claudia Moro[64] 22 180 5'11" Madrid
Sri Lanka Aruni Rajapaksha 24 170 5'7" Kandy
Switzerland Amanda Ammann[65] 21 168 5'6" Abtwil
Tanzania Amanda Ole Sulul[66] 21 172 5'8" Arusha
Thailand Gavintra Photijak[53] 21 177 5'10" Chonburi
Trinidad and Tobago Anya Ayoung-Chee[67] 26 173 5'8" Maraval
Turkey Sinem Sülün[68] 19 173 5'8" Istanbul
Turks & Caicos Angelica Lightbourne[69] 19 163 5'4" Providenciales
Ukraine Eleonora Masalab[70] 19 178 5'10" Kharkiv
United Kingdom Lisa Lazarus[71] 20 178 5'10" Swansea
Uruguay Paula Díaz[72] 19 175 5'9" Ciudad de la Costa
USA Crystle Stewart[73] 26 175 5'9" Missouri City
Venezuela Dayana Mendoza[74] 22 178 5'10" Caracas
Vietnam Nguyễn Thůy Lâm[75] 20 169[76] 5'7" Thái Běnh
but how come it will be held in Vietnam?
Wasn't 2005 held in Thailand?
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