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Miss Universe 2008 contestants

Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 earning the title previously held by Japan's Riyo Mori. Following is a complete list of contestants in the pageant.

Matilda Mecini - Albania Lesliana Pereira - Angola Athina James -  Antigua & Barbuda Silvana Belli -  Argentina Tracey Nicolaas -  Aruba Laura Dundovic - Australia Sacha Scott -  Bahamas Alizée Poulicek - Belgium Katherine David Céspedes - Bolivia Natalia Anderle - Brazil Samantha Tajik - Canada Rebecca Parchment -  Cayman Islands Ziya Wei - China Taliana Vargas - Colombia Maria Teresa Rodriguez -  Costa Rica Snježana Loncarevic - Croatia Jenyfeer Mercelina - Curaçao Dimitra Sergiou - Cyprus Eliška Bucková - Czech Republic Marie-Sten Knudsen -  Denmark Marianne Cruz - Dominican Republic Domenica Saporitti -  Ecuador Yara Naoum - Egypt Rebeca Moreno -  El Salvador Julia Kovaljova -  Estonia Satu Tuomisto - Finland Laura Tanguy - France Gvantsa Daraselia - Georgia Madina Taher - Germany Yvette Nsiah - Ghana Dionissia Koukiou - Greece Siera Robertson -  Guam Jennifer Chiong -  Guatemala Diana Barrasa -  Honduras Jazmin Dammak - Hungary Simran Kaur Mundi - India Putri Raemawasti - Indonesia Lynn Kelly - Ireland Shunit Faragi -  Israel Claudia Ferraris -  Italy

April Jackson -  Jamaica Hiroko Mima - Japan Alfina Nassyrova -  Kazakhstan Sun Lee -  Korea Zana Krasniqi - Kosovo Levy Li Su Lin - Malaysia Marie-Anne Olivia Carey -  Mauritius Elisa Nájera - Mexico Daša Živkovic -  Montenegro Charlotte Labee - Netherlands Samantha Powell - New Zealand Thelma Rodriguez - Nicaragua Stephanie Oforka - Nigeria Mariann Birkedal - Norway Carolina Dementiev -  Panama Giannina Rufinelli - Paraguay Karol Castillo - Peru Jennifer Barrientos - Philippines Barbara Tatara -  Poland Ingrid Rivera - Puerto Rico Vera Krasova - Russia Bojana Boric - Serbia Shenise Wong - Singapore Sandra Manáková - Slovak Republic Anamarija Avbelj - Slovenia Tansey Coetzee - South Africa Claudia Moro - Spain Aruni Rajapaksha -  Sri Lanka Amanda Ammann - Switzerland Amanda Ole Sulul - Tanzania Gavintra Photijak - Thailand Anya Ayoung-Chee - Trinidad & Tobago Sinem Sülün - Turkey Angelica Lightbourne -  Turks & Caicos Lisa Lazarus - UK Eleonora Masalab - Ukraine Paula Diaz - Uruguay Crystle Stewart - USA Dayana Mendoza - Venezuela Nguyen Thuy Lam - Vietnam

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