Brazil wins Top Model of the World contest

Débora Lyra, 19, the representative of Brazil, won the title Top Model of the World 2009 this Saturday in Berlin, Germany.

Débora hails from the state of Espírito Santos and she was a 2009 Miss Earth Brazil's runner-up last November.

The 1st runner-up was Yolimar Sanchez (USA), and the 2nd runner-up was Diana Ivancheva (Bulgaria).

The other two finalists came from Poland and the Dominican Republic.

Semi-finalists were the candidates from Honduras, Zimbabwe, Kosovo, Sweden, Armenia, Belarus and Bolivia.

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Top Model of the World 2009

Top Model of the World is an international search for the ultimate model. This search started in 1993 in Miami, Florida.

Some of the famous beauty queens who joined and became winners in this contest are Jacquiline Aguilera, Natascha Borger and Natalia Guimaraes.

In 2006, Natalia was the winner but she resigned in order to represent Brazil at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico. She ended up as a runner up to Riyo Mori of Japan. Michelle de Leon of the Philippinews who was her runner up was elevated as the winner in that year.

The current winner is from Brazil again (Thanks to HerbertBrasil who corrected us. We initially thought Debora is from Germany.), Debora Lyra.

Top Model of the World 2009 was set in Germany. The winners were crowned last 4 April 2009. Here are some pictures of the contestants.

 

  

  

 

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