Top Favorites for Miss Universe 2008

This year's Miss Universe Beauty Pageant is one of the toughest so far. The fact that almost all 80 delegates is equally stunning, there's a lot of mini-competitions that's being held before the finals set on July 13th. Meaning, the judges has a lot of opportunities to study the delegates prior to the preliminary competition. So, here are the top favorites that stood out so far:

Miss Venezuela (Dayana Mendoza)
The fact that she's wearing the Venezuela sash, this lady has an oozing sex appeal, nice personality, always energetic specially on stage. And one of the best catwalk skills. Plus, facially beautiful and sexy body. She has proven to be the girl on top and won the second sub-contest, the Ao Dai Fashion Show.

Miss USA (Crystle Stewart)
Although this lady is not so facially beautiful, I've said that because many people specially pageant fans has argue about her winning the Miss USA title this year, Crystle has an amazing body and very sophisticated catwalk. She's also considered a pageant veteran. And specially stood out is her strong personality.

Miss Puerto Rico (Ingrid Marie Rivera)
Ingrid is one of the early favorites this year. She has made headlines all over after winning the Miss Puerto Rico Universe beauty contest, about the pepper spray scandal. She's also one of the favorites during the Miss World 2005 pageant.

Miss Korea (Sun Lee)
Sun Lee is one of Asia's frontrunner. Has an sweet but fierce personality, specially on stage. Many have said that Sun will follow the footsteps of last year's Miss Korea, Honey Lee who finished as 3rd runner-up.

Miss Kazakhstan (Alfina Nassyrova)
Many are surprised that this girl from a country not known to be a "pageant crazy" country is making a statement in this year's competition. She's always been one of the favorites of the press, always posing and looking good at the cameras. She also stood out at the Ao Dai Fashion Show and Vinpearl Swimwear Competition.

Miss India (Simran Kaur)
It's not a surprise that India will do good this year. As most Miss India has proven in the past pageants, Simran continued the "tradition". She has been consistent in every sub-contest that held. She's one of the top 10 best in national costume, one of the top 5 in Ao Dai Fashion Show, and one of the finalists in the Vinpearl Swimsuit Competition. Its for sure Simran will go great in the preliminary competition.

Miss South Africa (Tansey Coetzee)
Standing at 5 feet 10 inches tall, this lady from the rainbow nation is one of Africa's frontrunners. Beautiful in photos, and has a fierce, model-like catwalk skills. It wouldn't be a surprise that she will enter the semi-finals.