Miss Universe Slovenia 2008

Miss Universe Slovenia 2008
Date	May 9, 2009
Venue	Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Entrants	16
Withdrawals	Brezovica, Dolenjske Toplice, Dravograd, Laško, Ravne na Koroškem, Velenje, Vrhnika
Returns	Maribor
Winner	Anamarija Avbelj Lukovica

Miss Universe Slovenia 2008, the 8th Miss Universe Slovenia pageant held at Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 17, 2008. Miss Universe Slovenia, Tjaša Kokalj, will crown her successorat the end of this event. About 16 delegates are expected to compete.

The winner was the representative for Slovenia at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

In the final round, Anamarija Avbelj, was crowned Miss Universe Slovenia 2008 by Tjaša Kokalj, Miss Universe Slovenia 2007.^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe Slovenia 2008	Lukovica - Anamarija Avbelj
1st Runner-up	Maribor - Vanesa Štefanovski
2nd Runner-up	Žalec - Klara Kobe

Delegates

Vanesa Štefanovski - (Maribor) Renata Humar - (Domžale) Ksenija Kaloper - (Ljubljana) Maja Tripunovič - (Zagorje ob Savi) Anamarija Avbelj - (Lukovica) Karmela Miškič - (Litija) Anja Gorišek - (Jesenice) Sara Jug - (Šempeter-Vrtojba)

Andreja Tišler - (Maribor) Suzana Grlič - (Celje) Klavdija Kolmančič - (Žiri) Klara Kobe - (Žalec) Živa Kuralt - (Koper) Tara Zupančič - (Bled) Nina Batista - (Domžale) Polona Gril - (Maribor)

Historical significance

• Lukovica won the pageant for the first time.
• Municipalities who also entered the top 16 previous year were Celje, Koper and Ljubljana.

Trivia

Returns

• Maribor last complete in 2006.

Withdraws

• Brezovica, Dolenjske Toplice, Dravograd, Laško, Ravne na Koroškem, Velenje and Vrhnika did not complete in Miss Universe Slovenia 2008.

References

1. Miss Universe Slovenia 2008 was crowned!

External links

• Official Website