Here are the winners on the recently concluded Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant held in Vietnam on July 14, 2008.

Miss Universe 2008: Venezuela – Dayana Mendoza
1st Runner Up: Colombia – Taliana Vargas
2nd Runner Up: Dominican Republic – Marianne Cruz Gonzalez
3rd Runner Up: Russia – Vera Krasova
4th Runner Up: Mexico – Elisa Najera

TOP 10 FINALISTS:

Venezuela – Dayana Mendoza
Colombia – Taliana Vargas
Dominican Republic – Marianne Cruz Gonzalez
Kosovo – Zana Krasniqi
Russia – Vera Krasova
Mexico – Elisa Najera
Spain – Claudia Moro
USA – Crystle Stewart
Italy – Claudia Ferraris
Australia – Laura Dundovic

TOP 15 SEMI-FINALISTS:

Venezuela – Dayana Mendoza
Kosovo – Zana Krasniqi
Mexico – Elisa Najera
Vietnam – Lam Thuy Nguyen
South Africa – Tansey Coetzee
Australia – Laura Dundovic
Japan – Hiroko Mima
Dominican Republic – Marianne Cruz Gonzalez
Italy – Claudia Ferraris
Colombia – Taliana Vargas
Russia – Vera Krasova
Hungary – Jazmin Dammak
Czech Republic – Eliska Buckova
USA – Crystle Stewart
Spain – Claudia Moro

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Best in National Costume: Thailand – Gavintra Photijak
Miss Congeniality: El Salvador – Rebeca Moreno