Miss Peru takes Miss World crown
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Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.
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Germany won the FIFA Under-19 Women&#39;s World Championship on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over China. The United States finished third, beating Brazil 3-0 in the earlier game.
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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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[World News]: Sanya, Dec 4 : Miss Peru Maria Julia Mantilla-Garcia was Saturday crowned Miss World 2004 in this scenic Chinese beach city.
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AUSTRALIAN Sarah Davies has missed out on being crowned Miss World 2004 at the finals of the beauty pageant in China. Twenty-year-old Miss Peru was crowned today in the southern Chinese resort town of Sanya
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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 five years.
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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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Argentina on course for first elected woman president after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declares victory.
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The winner of a Bolivian beauty contest for indigenous women was stripped of her title moments after her coronation when judges noticed she was wearing false plaits, organizers said on Saturday.
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The model will represent India at the Miss World 2006 pageant.
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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
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 28 -- The presidency of Argentina was handed from husband to wife Sunday, as first lady Cristina FernÃÂ¿ndez de Kirchner crushed 13 opposition candidates on the promise of adhering to the political principles that made President NÃÂ¿stor Kirchner one of Latin America's most popular...
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - American Steve Nyman claimed his first World Cup race win on Saturday, powered to victory by an old pair of Italian skis that once belonged to local hero Kristian Ghedina.
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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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SANYA, ChinaâMiss Philippines Maria Karla Bautista made it to the top five of the Miss World 2004 competition Saturday in one of the most respectable finishes of the country in the annual pageant.
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BEIJING - A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties." Feng Qian received a $6,000 country club membership after being picked from among 20 finalists, who ranged in age from 18 to 62.
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Marlies Schild kept the Austrian women on course for a clean sweep of the 2007 Alpine ski World Cup titles on Sunday by taking the slalom crown with her sixth win of the season, in Sierra Nevada, Spain.