Soft-Spoken 18-Year-Old American Wins Miss World
- Posted on October 30, 2010 at 11:52pm by
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BEIJING (AP) — The newest Miss World is from the United States.
Alexandria Mills, a soft-spoken 18-year-old, was named the winner in Saturday night’s contest in southern China. The tall blonde was a relative surprise winner after speculation focused on other contestants.
Second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.
The host country’s own contestant, Tang Xiao, also was among the final five.
According to a brief biography on the Miss World website, Mills calls Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown, and she recently graduated from high school. She would like to become a teacher.
“I’ve never met a stranger and enjoy meeting new people,” she says in the bio.
For the final, she was wearing a shimmering ivory-colored dress slit up the leg.
Mills takes over the title from Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar, who was named Miss World 2009 at a ceremony in South Africa last December.
Women from more than 100 countries participated in the contest, organizers said.
This is the 60th year of the Miss World Competition, and organizers brought back contestants from past decades to give the night a retrospective theme.
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Comments (43)
Omygod
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 9:39am“I’ve never met a stranger”, she said: A true American.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 9:20amDo you think it helped that a lot of oriental men love tall white women?
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 8:11amCongratulations to Alexandria Mills
USA USA USA
Report Post »Omygod
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 8:03am“I’ve never met a stranger”, she said : A true American indeed.
Report Post »jim1flyer
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 8:39amSounds like a Quaker.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 7:42amcongrats .. she is a very pretty young lady. Lets hope she becomes a great teacher and can teach children about the founding fathers and NOT the history the progressives want to teach
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 7:36amAwwww, made me cry! Congratulations, Miss World, Gina!
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 6:47amGod directs the steps of a Righteous (wo)man. I pray her every continued Blessing
Report Post »in His Name.
Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 5:56pmg.w.dobbs: I’ll say Amen to that!!! :)
Report Post »catllers
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 6:40amhappy days!
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 6:37amThats great news!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 5:33amShe is a cute ……… but I find these contest to be strange at best.
Report Post »capnjack
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 4:47amWell, for a little while the world seemed normal again.
Report Post »Artlife
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 7:36amI know the feeling…
Report Post »ozz
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 3:52amusa usa usa usa :D
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 3:21amHow wonderful, congratulations! Amazing! Go USA!
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 2:15amLibs are gonna hate her: She’s cute, popular, and white. They’ll say she only won because BO is “the Great uniter” of the world!
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 1:40amOne world…one dream…. ????
Report Post »Wartface
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 1:36amI say good for anyone that choose’s to participate in such a grueling competition. To have the character and calm to pace through this type of event at 18 is quite remarkable! I would hope that a young lady like this was the teacher of my children. Good for you young lady! I hope you have a fulfilling life teaching young people and making the world a better place.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 1:33amNever really cared for this stuff, but good for her.
Report Post »valarie
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 1:04amDon’t we have the internet for shopping? What is that ghastly, yellow abortion of a dress on one of the runners up?
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 2:11amLoL!
Report Post »Amazona
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:54amShe’s a beautiful girl, congrats!!!. I hope we get to see meet her on tv or something.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:51amObama will probably redistribute her title to a country that deserves it but was too oppressed by the evil imperialistic USA to win…….
Perhaps Miss Somalia or maybe Miss North Korea will be the lucky recipient of the Messiah’s blessing.
Oh, and in exchange, we‘ll all get taxed to pay for the new winner’s…. everything. After all, we should pay our fair share, being the richest 1-2% in the world.
In all seriousness, congratulations to Miss World.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 3:50amlolololololol
Report Post »sean_m.
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:25amWow! Good news.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:07amMan, Miss China is wearing a dress and a half!
Report Post »Congrats to Miss Mills and I do have to say:
USA, USA, USA, USA….
joseph Fawcett
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:05amCongrats to a beautiful young woman!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »Iamtheoracle
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:02amgood for her. hope she can keep her of her modest charm
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 11:58pmCongradulations.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 1:37amWhat a great deal ………U.S.A
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 9:20amWhat??? No Burka competition…How can you have any competition without a burka event???
Report Post »norway1516
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 3:05pmwell done!
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