11/29 - Mexico wins Beach Beauty Fast Track

DURBAN, November 29th - The Beach Beauty 2008 event took place at the beach of the Beverly Hills resort in Umhlanga Rocks, with the participation of this year's 109 contestants vying for the Miss World title.

Miss Mexico, Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquin, was the winner of the coveted award. Her trophy was presented by reigning Miss World Zilin Zhang, along with South African actor and presenter Tumisho Masha.

Miss Mexico is now one of this year's semi finalists, so she can now sit and relax waiting for the finals on December 13th.

The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Misses South Africa (Tansey Coetzee) and Russia (Ksenia Sukhinova), respectively.

The top 3 finalists were announced among a group of 10 beauties, which included the contestants from Angola, India, Lebanon, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain and Venezuela.

Completing the Top 25 semi finalists were the delegates from Australia, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Paraguay, Serbia, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay and Zimbabwe.

It is worth mentioning that Mexico also won Best in Swimsuit awards at other major beauty contests this year. Congratulations!

See photos of the Competition