MISS WORLD 2008

The 58th Miss World was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008. There were 109 contestants from all over the world compete for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 58 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous record of 107 during Miss World 2004 . Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China crowned her successor Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as the brand new Miss World.

Final Results - Contestant Miss World 2008
Russia - Ksenia Sukhinova
1st Runner-up
India - Parvathy Omanakuttan

2nd Runner-up
Trinidad & Tobago - Gabrielle Walcott

Finalists
Angola - Brigith dos Santos
South Africa - Tansey Coetzee

Semi-finalists
Barbados - Natalie Griffith

Brazil - Tamara Almeida

Croatia - Josipa Kusić

Iceland - Alexandra Ívarsdóttir

Kazakhstan - Alfina Nassyrova

Mexico - Anagabriela Espinoza

Puerto Rico - Ivonne Orsini

Spain - Patricia Rodríguez

Ukraine - Irina Zhuravskaya

Venezuela - Hannelly Quintero

Continental Queens of Beauty Beauty Queen of Africa:
Brigith dos Santos (Angola)

Beauty Queen of Americas:
Hannelly Quintero (Venezuela)

Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania:
Parvathy Omanakuttan (India)

Beauty Queen of Caribbean:
Gabrielle Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago)

Beauty Queen of Europe:
Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia)
There were other events for sports, beach beauty, talent, beauty with a purpose and best world dress designer . Award was given for them too on december 13 th .

BANGALORE -NANO CITY OF INDIA

Bangalore has been declared as the 'nano city of India' . Karnataka government announced that it would take measures to encourage research and development in nanoscience and facilitate development of the nanotechnology industry in the state. Declaration has been done in the 'Bangalore Nano 2008' conference-cum-exposition. Nanotechnology which was changing the face of industry and economy, would be a transformative force in India in the coming years.
Bangalore Nano has brought budding entrepreneurs, industry professionals and venture capitalists on a common platform to facilitate networking and business interactions.
Karnataka Home Minister B.S. Acharya said the state government had already allotted 14 acres for setting up India's premier institute of nanoscience and technology in Bangalore with Rs.1-billion (Rs.100 crore) grant from the central government. The nano institute will function under the aegis of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), a deemed university of the Department of Science and Technology.
A nano park and an incubation centre will be set to make Bangalore a full-fledged nano city. As an emerging field, the nanotechnology industry has the potential to become a trillion dollar sector globally in the next decade from around $9 billion currently. Indian government would assist the industry in developing nanotechnology products for common use, with seed capital and institutional loans.
The union ministry of science and technology will soon issue guidelines to the industry for taking up specific projects that will enable mass production of products with nano materials. As part of its national mission to promote nanoscience and nanotechnology, the government has decided to involve the industry in focusing on products that will have mass applications in the areas of safe drinking water, food, healthcare, energy and mobility.

HAND ART

ARTIFICIAL BEACH IN JAPAN

Ocean Dome is situated on Japan’s southernmost Kyushu Island, 1,500 kilometers south of Tokyo. It has a 85-metre long shoreline and many many shops. There are a lot of attractions on this beach like

• the weather is always great, sunny and warm


• lush green tropical forests without rainfalls and humidity but with parrots songs


• nice, white beach with crushed marble pebbles without any bugs and sun burns


• chlorinated salt-free water


• every 15 minutes the volcano becomes active and every hour it produces fire


• incredible waves for surfers

This beach has various entertainment.Many visitors are pleased with this ,

because they consider the beach to be clean,modern and safe.

We can see the same kind of beaches in Monaco, Hong Kong, Paris also.