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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Miss World 2009 contestants attend the Miss World 2009 photocall at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 9, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    China's Miss World contestant Yu Sheng poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestant from Germany Stefanie Peeck, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Miss World contestant from England, Katrina Hodge, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Miss England, Katrina Hodge, 21, poses, left, during a photo session for Miss World contestants in London, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, and is seen, right, in an undated Ministry of Defence image released Saturday Nov. 7, 2009, in her uniform as a Lance Corporal Military Clerk with the Adjutant General Corps. Hodge, who earned the nickname "Combat Barbie" during a posting in Iraq by her colleagues, was first runner-up in the 2009 national Miss England contest, and has now been given leave to represent England in the Miss World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2009. The current Miss England, Rachel Christie relinquished her crown following a recent arrest over an apparent nightclub brawl,(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Adrian Harlen) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY**
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Miss Ireland Laura Patterson attends photocall for the contestants of Miss World 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 9, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Katherine Brown, Miss Scotland, Katrina Hodge, Miss England, Cherie Gardiner, Miss Northern Ireland, Lucy Whitehouse, Miss Wales and Laura Patterson, Miss Ireland attend a photocall for the contestants of Miss World 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 9, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    Miss World contestant from, Japan Eruza Sasaki, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Holland's Miss World contestant Avelon-Chanel Weyzig poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestant from the United States, Lisa-Marie Kohrs, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Miss World contestant from Italy, Alice Taticchi, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Miss World contestants pose for photographs during a photocall to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Tatum Keshwar, Miss South Africa and Katrina Hodge, Miss England attend the Miss World 2009 photocall at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 9, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Miss Ireland Laura Patterson, Miss Northern Ireland Cherie Gardiner attend a photocall for the contestants of Miss World 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 9, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    Russia's Miss World contestant, Ksenia Shipilova, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Norway's Miss World contestant Sara Skjoldnes poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestant from India Pooja Chopra poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    New Zealand's Miss World contestant Magdalena Schoeman poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestant from South Africa Tatum Keshwar poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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    Miss World contestants, from left, South Africa's Tatum Keshwar, Scotland's Katharine Brown, England's Katrina Hodge, Northern Ireland's Cherie Gardiner, Wales' Lucy Whitehouse and Laura Patterson from Ireland pose for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestants pose for photographs during a photocall to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    Miss World contestants pose for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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