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Date Posted: 12:17:04 06/16/08 Mon
Vietnam Ready to Welcome Miss Universe Competitors
17:26' 16/06/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge – Contestants of the Miss Universe 2008 pageant begin arriving in Vietnam as of today, June 16. Up to 40 beauties will arrive at the HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on June 17, said the organising board.
Two competitors came to Vietnam on June 16, Siera Robertson from Guam (18 years old, 1.75m) and Karol Castillo from Peru (18, 1.82m).
On June 17, 40 other competitors and Miss Universe Vietnam Nguyen Thuy Lam (20, 169m) will receive their rooms at the New World Hotel, HCM City.
Among 40 girls who will come to HCM City on June 17 will be the Miss Universes of France, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Seventeen competitors, including those from Czech Republic, India, Australia, Venezuela, the UK, Greece, South Africa, Norway, will arrive in HCM City on June 18.
On June 19, 17 others will come, including the Miss Universes of China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Japan.
The names of over 70 competitors have been announced. The remaining (around 10) will arrive in Vietnam in the following days.
They will stay in HCM City till June 24, then go to Hoi An Town (June 25), Hanoi (June 26), Ha Long (June 27-28) and Nha Trang (June 29-July 15).
Besides participating in fashion shows, parades, on-the-beach and charity activities, competitors will go to some famous landscapes in Vietnam to make a 9-minute video advertising the host country’s tourism.
This video began to be shot on May 5. It will be broadcast on the US’ NBC channel during the 2-hour contest on the morning of July 14 (Vietnam time).
(Source: TP)
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Miss Universe Gets Int'l Buyers' Vote
Alfred Haber Distribution has completed a number of international sales for this year's annual Miss Universe Pageant, which airs on NBC in the US on July 13.
The event, which this year takes place in the Vietnamese city of Nha Trang, has been sold to Seven Network in Australia, Turner Network in Latin America, Fox in Japan, Caracol in Colombia, NonStop in Sweden, Mediacorp in Singapore, Venevision in Venezuela, ABS-CBN in the Philippines, Bangkok Broadcasting in Thailand and Telewizja in Poland.
"The Miss Universe Pageant has been, and continues to be, the most popular televised pageant in the world," said Robert Kennedy, Alfred Haber Distribution's executive VP of worldwide sales.
"Airing this year for the first time ever from Vietnam, this glamorous, two-hour live event is a spectacular salute to the world's most talented and beautiful women."
The 2007 pageant, which was broadcast in more than 125 territories worldwide, was broadcast live from Mexico City, Mexico, and saw Riyo Mori, from Japan, crowned Miss Universe 2007.
Adam Benzine
16 Jun 2008
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