WARSAW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Miss Czech Republic, Tatana Kucharova, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw.
Seventeen-year-old Miss Romania, Ioana Valentina Boitor, was first runner-up. Second runner-up was Miss Australia, Sabrina Houssami.
Others in the final six:
Miss Angola, Stiviandra Oliveira
Miss Brazil, Jane Sousa Borges Oliveira
Miss Jamaica, Sara Lawrence
Final 17*:
Canada, Malcorzata Majewska
Mexico, Karla Veronica Jimenez Amescua
Venezuela, Alexandra Federica Guzman Diamante
Puerto Rico, Thebyam Carrion Alvarez
Ghana, Lamisi Mbillah
Namibia, Anna Svetlana Nashandi
Scotland, Nicola Mclean
Northern Ireland, Catherine Jean Milligan
India, Natasha Suri
Vietnam, Thuy Mai Phuong
Philippines, Anna Maris Igpit
*the final 16 was expanded because of a preliminary round draw ((Reporting by Katarina Stoltz; Writing by Matt Reynolds; Reuters Messaging: matt.reynolds.reuters.com@reuters.net, tel. +48 22 653 9715))
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