Vietnam withdraws as the host of Miss World 2010

After the Miss World flag was handled to Vietnam during the Miss World 2009 finals in South Africa, the province of Khanh Hoa and the city of Nha Trang, Vietnam withdrew from hosting the Miss World 2010 beauty pageant. Earlier in January, US-based RAAS group, license holders of Miss World in Nha Trang, Vietnam retired their sponsorship for the pageant after a long dispute of which city, Nha Trang or My Tho, would host the final event. The government of Khanh Hoa could not secure the $10 million US dollars needed to stage the event and rather will focus on hosting a much lesser known international pageant. There is no news on where Miss World 2010 contest will be celebrated as of today.

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