Washington, December 13: Gibraltar’s Kaiane Aldorino was Saturday crowned Miss World 2009 at a dazzling pageant in Johannesburg.
The 23-year-old from the British overseas territory on the southern tip of Spain was chosen by judges over rivals from 111 nations.
Mexico’s Perla Beltran was first runner-up and Tatum Keshwar from host nation South Africa was third.
Several hundred million people around the world watched the beauty pageant on television, according to its British organizers.
–Agencies