Miss Peru wins world beauty title
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Miss Peru beats off more than 100 beauty contestants to win the Miss World competition in China.
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US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova won the Wismilak International on Sunday at Bali, Indonesia, defeating Germany&#39;s Marlene Weingartner 6-1, 6-4 to advance to No.
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Priscilla Meirelles, a medical student from Brazil, was named Miss Earth 2004 Sunday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). Winners of the Miss Earth beauty pageant, Miss Fire Yanina Gonzalez of Paraguay, Miss Earth Priscilla
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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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PATTAYA, Thailand  - Former Wimbledon champion  Conchita Martinez beat 19-year-old German Anna Lena Groenefeld  6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Thai Open, and then donated  her winning racket to a charity auction to raise money for Thai  tsunami victims.
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Xie Xingfang defended her crown when she   beat world number two Zhang Ning to win an all-Chinese women's   singles final 21-16 21-14 at the world championships in Madrid   on Sunday.
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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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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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Travel: From virgin rainforest to Andean peaks, Peru has an incredible natural heritage
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Outsider Athanasia Tsoumeleka snatched the women&#39;s Olympic 20km race walk title after a thrilling finish to give hosts Greece their first athletics gold of the Games.
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Defending champions Germany reach the Women's World Cup final with a comfortable win over Norway.
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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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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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Miss Czech Republic took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw, the first city in ex-communist East Europe to host the pageant.
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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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Human rights groups hail 'unprecedented' decision to extradite former Peruvian president.
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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.