In sea blue ao dai, with crystals, Miss World 2008 and Miss World 2004 stood in a flower-decorated car featuring the Nereid and waved to thousands of spectators who attended the Nha Trang carnival on June 9 in the evening.

Miss World 2008 and Miss World 2004

The two beauty queens and Miss Indonesia 2009, who posed in a yellow ao dai decorated with dragon patterns, were cheered by the Vietnamese crowds. Their presence in Vietnamese ao dai made the carnival more beautiful.

Thousands of dancers and amateur artists joined the carnival, highlighting the changes in Nha Trang from its beginning days as a series of small fishing villages to the city of today.

Held at 2/4 Square, Tran Phu Street, the carnival was a part of the Nha Trang Sea Festival 2009 and the closing event of the US-based RAAS group’s “Charity Footprint” programme, which ran from May 26 to June 9 throughout many provinces of Vietnam.

At the carnival, RAAS director Hoang Kieu announced that the Miss World Organization will kick off the Miss World 2010 in Vietnam with “Ambassador Night” in Hanoi. The final and crowning ceremony will take place in Nha Trang and after that another celebration will be held in HCM City.

The Miss World 2010 pageant, with around 130 representatives from all over the world, will have many activities in Ha Long, Hue city, Da Nang and Can Tho to advertise Vietnam to the world.

A performance by kids.

Miss Indonesia 2009

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