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Miss World 2009 photo gallery part 2 - Miss USA, Australia, England

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India Headlines Examiner
Miss World contestant from the United States, Lisa-Marie Kohrs, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Miss England, Katrina Hodge, 21, poses, left, during a photo session for Miss World contestants in London, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, and is seen, right, in an undated Ministry of Defence image released Saturday Nov. 7, 2009, in her uniform as a Lance Corporal Military Clerk with the Adjutant General Corps. Hodge, who earned the nickname "Combat Barbie" during a posting in Iraq by her colleagues, was first runner-up in the 2009 national Miss England contest, and has now been given leave to represent England in the Miss World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2009. The current Miss England, Rachel Christie relinquished her crown following a recent arrest over an apparent nightclub brawl,(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Adrian Harlen)Miss England, Katrina Hodge, 21, poses, left, during a photo session for Miss World contestants in London, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, and is seen, right, in an undated Ministry of Defence image released Saturday Nov. 7, 2009, in her uniform as a Lance Corporal Military Clerk with the Adjutant General Corps. Hodge, who earned the nickname "Combat Barbie" during a posting in Iraq by her colleagues, was first runner-up in the 2009 national Miss England contest, and has now been given leave to represent England in the Miss World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2009. The current Miss England, Rachel Christie relinquished her crown following a recent arrest over an apparent nightclub brawl,(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Adrian Harlen)8 photosView the full slideshow ยป
Melinda Heffernan of Australia, a candidate for the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant, and grade VI pupil Jhonalyn De Guzman, strike a similar pose during a break in the tree-planting activity at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

At one point, India had four Miss World winners in seven years.

They were:

2000 Priyanka Chopra India

1999 Yukta Mookhey India

1997 Diana Hayden India

1994 Aishwarya Rai India

However, it has been an eight year drought since.

Here are some of the front runners for the Miss World 2009 pageant going on in Johannesburg, South Africa. The final will be held on Dec. 12th. There are 120 contestants this year.

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Bill Belew was first exposed to the Indian subcontinent on a mission trip to follow up on funds he and his students had sent to rescue children who had been sold into slavery. From elephants in the capital city of Delhi to the Taj, back country, cricket pitch and Bollywood, Bill has a deep...

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