Albania's representative to Miss World 2008

Egla Harxhi, the 17 year-old who stands 174cm. tall will be the representative of Albania in the Miss World 2008 beauty pageant in October.

Egla was born and grew up in Tirana, Albania. She plans to study architecture, followed by interior design after graduating high school. She can speak three languages -- Albanian, English and Italian. Egla loves to travel, enjoys playing volleyball, watching movies, reading books, dancing, music and fashion, she also has a special talent in painting.

She believes in her personal motto: "Not everything that shines is gold!'.

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