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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Photos: A look at the whiskered winners who stood out in last week's annual beard and mustache competition
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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.
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Michaela Dorfmeister sealed Austria&#39;s first Alpine ski World Cup title of the season on Sunday with victory in the super-G in Alberta, Canada.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday, the first woman elected to lead the country.
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A 22-year-old student who said she hopes to become a cosmetic surgeon was crowned the winner yesterday in China&#39;s first pageant for such &quot;manmade beauties.
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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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Miss Czech Republic, an 18-year-old high  school student, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in  Poland's capital Warsaw.
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A 20-year-old dancer from Japan was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday night, marking only the second time her country has won the world beauty title.
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China&#39;s Tang Gonghong was crowned the strongest woman in the world on Saturday and has an Olympic gold medal dangling from her massive neck as the ultimate accolade of her astonishing power.
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It was a year in which Kenya claimed its rightful place on the world scene. The first woman ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize in Africa was a Kenyan and the country hosted a meeting of the UN Security Council.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - The Philippines overhauled South Korea with a four-birdie closing streak to win the Women's World Cup at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday.
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Twenty-year-old Miss Peru was crowned  Miss World on Saturday 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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Maria Julia (L) from Peru is crowned Miss World 2004 at the final of the 54th Miss World Competition held in Sanya, Chinaâs southernmost Province of Hainan Dec. 4, 2004.
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November 19, 2004 was a big day for Aishwarya Rai.ItÂs exactly ten years since she was crowned Miss World.
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Abby Wambach snatched an extra-time  winner as the United States overcame Brazil 2-1 to win Olympic  gold in the women's soccer tournament Thursday, giving Hall of  Famer Mia Hamm the perfect send-off.
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Peru&#39;s 20-year-old Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia began her reign as Miss World 2004 on Sunday after beating 106 other women to the title in China&#39;s second staging of the international beauty pageant.