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Miss Gibraltar Kaian Aldorino, 22, was elected Miss World 2009 from the 112 candidates in a competition held Saturday in South Africa.

Miss Gibraltar Kaian Aldorino, 22, was elected Miss World 2009 from the 112 candidates in a competition held Saturday in South Africa.

"Thank you South Africa is the most wonderful time of my life," she said with tears in his eyes. The representative of Mexico, Perla Beltran, won second place at Thatum Keshwar, the representative of South Africa.

The competition was broadcast live Saturday from Midrand, a suburb north of Johannesburg. African drums, dance rhythms, local choirs and orchestra have succeeded under the supervision of Angela Chow, a Chinese presenter. The organization said the ceremony has been seen worldwide by one billion viewers.

Miss World 2008, the Russian Ksenia Soukhinova handed the crown to the lucky winner.

Applicants had arrived November 14 in South Africa where they visited the parks and the biggest tourist attractions. They marched while supporters waved flags and loudly affirmed their support.

Miss India, Pooja Chopra, acclaimed, has won the category to reward the beauty queens who had a charitable in their country. She was a finalist candidates with Barbados and Guatemala.

Miss England was dubbed "the Barbie combatant" by the British media. Katrina Hodge, 22, has served in the British army in Iraq and received one month's leave to enter the contest.

Sunny Kerenina Halim, Miss Indonesia, has also been removed after having been at the center of a court battle last minute, the South African newspaper Mail and Guardian had referred to his membership in an American church, The Family International, described by accusations sexual abuse on children.

Miss World The company tried unsuccessfully Saturday to ban the legal publication of the article on the website of the newspaper. "The Mail and Guardian has sullied the reputation of a young woman for no reason," responded the organization

"The company Miss World has blatantly attempted to intimidate us by threatening us having to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in damages," responded the editor of the Mail and Guardian, Nic Dawes, recalling that had offered the company a right of reply.

The city of Johannesburg has spent 90 million rand (12 million dollars) to host this competition. The next competition for the Miss World 2010 will take place in Vietnam.

The first Miss World was Kiki Hakansson of Sweden in 1951.

India and Venezuela are two countries that have produced the most winners, with 5 titles each.