112 most beautiful women from around the globe will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa this Saturday for the 2009 Miss World pageant. The contest will be broadcast live to an estimated one billion people.
Pooja Chopra is representing India in Miss World 2009 and former Miss World and Bollywood super star, Priyanka Chopra is one of the judges.
Eruza Sasaki from Japan, Perla Beltran Acosta from Mexico and Mariatu Kargbo from Sierra Leone are some of the contestants who came tops in the early events.
The U.S is being represented by Lisa-Marie Kohrs, a broadcast journalism major at Pepperdine University.
Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia, will be there to hand over her crown.
The event will be hosted by Chinese TV presenter Angela Chow, South African former beauty queen Michelle McLean, and Miss World official Steve Douglas
You can see profiles of all 112 finalists at: http://www.missworld.com/index.php?option=com_contestant&view=allcontestant&Itemid=84
