Talk:Miss Universe 2008

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Miss Belize

I am concern that it is stated that Miss Belize Universe will not beinghttp://www.pageantsbelize.com/null_void_mbw08.html participated in this years page. According to the following linkhttp://www.pageantsbelize.com/null_void_mbw08.html it was Miss Belize World who was disqulifies. Can someone please help me better understand the posting of Belize's non participation please?

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This article is part of WikiProject Beauty Pageants, a WikiProject related to beauty pageants, their contestants and winners.

This article is speculative at best. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and I'm not convinced this article is necessary as yet. I am going to delete the "upcoming national competitions" for all those without dates... but this article has major problems, needs sourcing, and is fairly dubious. PageantUpdater User Talk Review me! 21:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so Pageant Updater. This page is quite useful. Though the 2007 pageant is currently being held, but I think since there are already 4 national delegates elected, a page should be created.

Sam72991 01:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] names

The Chinese Miss Universe is Wei, Ziya, written here as Ziya Wei. Zi Ya Wei is not the correct naming convention for Chinese names. Although her name in Chinese characters are probably not needed. Hanfresco 08:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

27th August 2007

It has been reported on globalbeauties.com that Doan Thi Kim Hong, Chairwoman of CIAT Advertisement Company, Miss Universe Organisation’s Vietnamese partner, stated that she has recieved an official letter from the President of the Miss Unvierse Organization Paula Mary Shugart asking for Vietnam to be the host nation for the 2008 pageant. The invitation has been accepted and the pageant will take place in Nha Trang, the capital city of the Khanh Hoa district. This is however subject to the building of a 7,500 seater stadium in Nha Trang as well as the pledge of US$7million for Miss Universe copyrights required by the Miss Universe Organisation. It does seem however that these infastructures and necessities will be met on the confirmation of the Minister of Culture and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and the pledge for sponsorship and funding will be met by a number of Business' and Organizations.

Rioy Mori, Miss Unvierse 2007 is still campaigning for the Miss Unvierse organization to change it's mind and have the pageant be held in Japan, whilst Grenada, Spain has also placed an official bid.

Please see http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2007/aug/vietnam.htm for full details. I think though that it is safe to change this information and list Nha Trang as the host city for Miss Universe 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Latinapussycatdoll (talk • contribs) 18:47, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Mauritania???

Nearly 100% of Mauritania's population is Muslim and that is an Islamic Republic country as Iran,Afghanistan,etcetc...where all beauty pageants are sins!Remember,Mauritania is not a Muslim secular states as Egypt,Indonesia or Turkey!

Where is the source that shows the informations of Miss Mauritania pageant?

Angelo De La Paz 21:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rico

Miss Puerto Rico has not been selected yet they will in November. Ingird Rivera is competing for Dorado but no one has won yet for Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tigerfn (talk • contribs) 15:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] politic issue

due to some chinese people randomly change the title and the national flag of taiwan, so i strongly expect this page should be protected and locked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.74.17 (talk) 05:12, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Malaysia

Where the Miss Malaysia. So late for the Miss Universe Malaysia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.34.53 (talk) 03:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contestants???

Why do you remove Ghana, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago in the Miss Universe 2008 list??? Does it mean that they lost their franchises towards the Miss Universe Org.??? When will some of the countries return to the pageant??? I don't think that Miss Universe is the best pageant ever in the world...because Miss World and Miss Earth have exceeded a number of delegates by 86.

58.69.64.178 (talk) 04:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)User:Raymarcbadz 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The date

Why is July 28, 2008 the date of the pageant? The link provided (the press release) does not show prove of the official final pageant date. I removed the unsourced claim. Please provided evidence or links to back up the date.

Sam72991 (talk) 02:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Taiwan

Any links to support the date that the Miss Taiwan pageant will be held on June 3, 2008? Why is there no evidence but just claims?

Sam72991 (talk) 22:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Tanzania

Will there be a representative at the Universe 2008 contest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.85.118.42 (talk) 01:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misses Norway & Georgia

What happened with Miss Georgia?

And, Miss Norway for Miss Universe is Lisa Marie. Miss Norway 2008 will be compete en Miss Universe 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Duilius (talk • contribs) 04:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NORWAY

OK, why someone is deleted the correction about Miss Norway?

Miss Norway 2007, will be compete in Miss Universe 2008.

Miss Norway 2008, will be elected at april 19, going to go to Miss Universe 2009.

Please, respect the correction.

--Alex Duilius (talk) 05:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)Alex Duilius

[edit] Who does not compete as Miss Universe Pageant 2008

Many country do not complete as Miss Universe Pageant long years. They will return to the pageant?

[edit] The information of the union of franchises in Chile is old!

In the section "no shows" someone is affirming that in Chile the franchises will join, for the choice of Miss Chile Universe 2009. This news is of February, 2008 and nowadays our franchise doesn't have owner, as reported the web www.chileancharm.com. What happens now is not clear yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loudspeaker (talk • contribs) 16:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Loudspeaker (talk) 23:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC) I don't understand why this information continues appearing. The union of franchises already failed many months ago and there's no official information about our national contest for miss universe.

[edit] Malta?

I've deleted the content saying that Malta will return to the competition because there's absolutely no source confirming that. I wanted to request the source but I don't know how to do it that is why I deleted it. Tony0106 (talk) 20:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry -- there are no reliable sources that I have ever been able to find, despite the fact that there is a rumoured contestant. Just keep removing it, you're doing a good job :) PageantUpdater talk • contribs 20:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why Slovak Republic?

Why Slovakia competes under the name of Slovak Republic. The Slovak Republic was a Nazi-puppet state during World War II. Why are you guys using that name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.135.55 (talk) 11:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Is not a desicion of Wikipedia, or someone of us. The Miss Universe Organization use that name.--Alex Duilius (talk) 01:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)Alex Duilius

[edit] And why, also?

Why does the edit page carry this message --  -- without directing editors to the wiki policies that preclude us from using a site such as this one? Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 02:43, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Because you can't put wikilinks or other links into hidden messages. I guess I could just put the url in... PageantUpdater talk • contribs 03:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Who decided that the example url I gave above fails SPS and RS? If it does fail, then doesn't that also apply to anything that comes from pageant organisers?Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 03:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I warn you to assume good faith and read the relevant policies. On the verge of assuming bad faith myself, I think there appeares to be a possible a conflict of interest issue here as well. Read the policy: "self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, forum postings, and similar sources are largely not acceptable". Futhermore, I cannot find any evidence that work from this site has been published in reliable third party publications. Looks pretty cut and dried to me. Regardless, we can get a third party in to comment if you wish. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 04:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't be so insufferably arrogant. You warn me to assume good faith and then say you think there appears to be a COI here. I have never had any connection with any beauty pageant anywhere, at any time, in any fashion. What about you? And as for your quaint self publishing policy, a press release from one of your approved pageant organisers is dutifully published by the lazy media and instantly becomes a reliable source according to you, yet an accurate report on a reliable website is not accepted by you. Pathetic. Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 09:57, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

For the record, I too have never had any connection with any beauty pageant at any time. As for the rest of your comments, I am referring this discussion and more specifically the issue of references in this article (in relation to your questions) to a third party. Cheers. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 10:12, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I am the person to whom this discussion was referred. Looking at the two sources named on my talk page (Global Beauties and MissContest, I note that MissContest is a blog, and therefore is not to be used as a source. As for Global Beauties, I don't see anything to indicate it is not a reliable source, but I still wouldn't advocate using it. seresin ( ¡? ) 03:44, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Tanzania 2008

Who is she? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrmeadows4u2no (talk • contribs) 22:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Belize????

Miss Belize

[edit] Miss Italy 2008

Missing data - she's 5'9 (175 cm) and hails from Bolzano. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fra77 (talk • contribs) 17:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding references

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The section where you can add your comments is Talk:Miss Universe 2008#And why, also? EdJohnston (talk) 14:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I couldn't get it to work, didn't know what I was doing wrong with the syntax and didn't get any replies when I asked for help at the talk page ;)... thanks for fixing for me :) PageantUpdater talk • contribs 20:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Vietnam

The representative from Vietnam, Nguyen Thuy Lam, is 1,72m/5'8 tall and 20 years old (Her birthday is 10/9/1987) according to the official Miss Universe Vietnam website: http://hoahauhoanvuvn.com/?tabid=45&ctl=2&itemid=2049 And not 1,70m/5'7 and 21 years old. Please change. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.123.255.59 (talk) 18:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)