- Miss Switzerland 2008
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Miss Switzerland 2008 Date September 26, 2008 Entertainment Giusy Ferreri, Garou and Gabriella Cilmi Broadcaster La 1, Télévision Suisse Romande and SRG SSR idée suisse Entrants 16 Winner Whitney Toyloy
VaudThe Miss Switzerland 2009 pageant was held on September 26, 2008. There were 16 candidates representing the cantons of the country that were competing for the national crown. The winner will enter in Miss Universe 2009 and Miss World 2009. Not all the contestants came from the canton they were originally from.
Whitney, who is the daughter of an American father, stands 177 cm and will represent Switzerland in Miss Universe 2009. Switzerland stopped sending representatives to Miss World in 2005, and it is unknown if the alpine country will return to it in 2008.[1]
Contents
Results
Final Results Contestant Miss Switzerland 2008 - Vaud - Whitney Toyloy
1st Runner-up - Zürich - Rekha Datta
2nd Runner-up - Basel Landschaft - Lisa Panigada
Semi-Finalists - Berne - Emilie Lindblom
- Thurgau - Dominique Knill
- Basel Stadt - Alessia Novak
Quarter-Finalists Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Whitney Toyloy (Vaud)
- Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - Alessia Novak (Basel Stadt)
Candidates
Canton Contestant Age Height Hometown Aargau Stefanie Frei[2] 22 1.80 Brugg Basel Landschaft Lisa Panigada[3] 22 1.68 Sementina Basel Stadt Alessia Novak[4] 21 1.81 Basel Berne Emilie Lindblom[5] 21 1.71 Bern Fribourg Céline Roscheck[6] 25 1.83 Villars-sur-Glâne Geneva Fiona Fariña[7] 20 1.72 Geneva Graubünden Nathalie Schillinger[8] 22 1.73 Schiers Lucerne Selver Yavuz[9] 20 1.70 Windisch Neuchâtel Katja Diethelm[10] 24 1.70 Zürich Solothurn Diana Knezevic[11] 22 1.76 Grenchen Thurgau Dominique Knill[12] 21 1.82 Frauenfeld Ticino Lucile Epper[13] 24 1.80 Cademario Valais Alexandra Feybli[14] 19 1.75 Zürich Vaud Whitney Toyloy[15] 18 1.77 Yverdon Zug Nancy Kabika[16] 24 1.76 Geneva Zürich Rekha Datta[17] 20 1.72 Winkel References
External links
Categories:- Miss Switzerland
- 2008 beauty pageants
- 2008 in Switzerland
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