Miss World 2008 was the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 December 2008.

Zhang Zilin of China crowned Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as her successor at the end of the event.

[1][2] Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in neighbouring South Ossetia, the Miss World Organization decided to move the pageant away from Eastern Europe.

[3] Miss World 2008 contestants were judged based upon the criteria of glamour, beauty, intelligence and poise.

[3] Some of the contestants, such as Ksenia Sukhinova, communicated with the judges using a translator.