Vietnam officially becomes host of Miss Universe 2008

VietNamNet Bridge – Last night Paula Shugart, Chairwoman of the Miss Universe Federation and Nguyen Quoc Toan, Chairman of Vietnam’s Universe JS Company signed an agreement to organise Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam.
The signing ceremony took place under the witness of some Miss Vietnam and Miss USA, particularly current Miss Universe Riyo Mori.
“The organisers will have to do a huge load of work but through some surveys and knowing how Khanh Hoa province has performed in recent beauty contests, I believe that Vietnam will successfully organise Miss Universe 2008,” said Shugart.
The contest, slated for July 2008, will gather 100 beauties from the whole world, who will participate in many charity and tourism activities in Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hue, Ha Long, etc. US billionaire Donald Trump, the founder of this pageant, will attend the final night.
Current Miss Universe Riyo Mori expressed her pleasure to be an Asian representative who won the title this year. She said she expected to return to Vietnam to attend the final night of Miss Universe 2008.
Present at the signing ceremony were also Miss Teen USA Hilary Cruz and Miss USA Rachel Smith, Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy, Pham Thuy Duong, who took part in Miss International 2007 pageant and Truong Tri Truc Diem, Vietnamese representative at Miss Earth 2007.

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