Miss Peru Wins World Beauty Title
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Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, was crowned Miss World 2004 at a glittering event held in China. Miss Dominican Republic Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodriguez was the first runner-up, and Miss USA Nancy Randall was third.
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Riyo Mori, a 20-year-old dancer from Japan who hopes to someday open an international dance school, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 Monday night.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won Argentina's election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman president, television exit polls showed.
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Argentina on course for first elected woman president after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declares victory.
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BARDOLINO, Italy -- Swiss racer Karin Thurig won the women&#39;s world time trial title at the championships in Bardolino, to claim her first major international crown.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday to become the first woman elected to lead the country, television exit polls showed.
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Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, an aspiring high school teacher, was crowned Miss World 2004 on Saturday night in this southern Chinese beach resort.
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MUMBAI: Miss India United Kingdom, Amrita Hunjan, beat contestants from 14 other countries at a gala event held at a luxury hotel here to wrest the title of Miss India Worldwide 2005.
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Photos: A look at the whiskered winners who stood out in last week's annual beard and mustache competition
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Samba group Beija Flor was declared champion of Brazil's carnival for the fifth time in six years Wednesday, wowing judges with extravagant floats featuring winged dancers and rich, green jungle displays.
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Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, has been named as Miss World 2004, at the beauty pageant held in China. Miss Mantilla Garcia, 20, beat 14 other finalists which included 22-year-old Brisbane resident Sarah Davies.
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Yelena Isinbayeva wins the battle of the Russians and sets a new world record.
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China chose its first Miss Artificial Beauty on Saturday, giving the crown to a 22-year-old from the northeastern city of Jilin who couldn't have done it without the help of her plastic surgeon.
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Mia Hamm and the rest of the Fab Five of women&#39;s soccer from the United States had just enough left in their thirtysomething legs for one more title, beating Brazil 2-1 on Thursday in extra time to win the Olympic gold medal in their final
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Maria Sharapova beats Lindsay Davenport in a final set tie-break to win the Pan Pacific Open.
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Women from 86 countries prepared to sashay in bikinis and evening gowns Sunday &#151; and perhaps talk a little about world peace &#151; for the final competition in the Miss Universe pageant, held in the United States for the first time in eight years.
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Organizers of Miss World have applied to local authorities for holding the 55th final contest of the beauty pageant in Sanya, a seaside city on the southern tip of Hainan Province