Miss Switzerland 2008

Miss Switzerland 2008
Miss Switzerland 2008
Date	September 26, 2008
Entertainment	Giusy Ferreri, Garou and Gabriella Cilmi
Broadcaster	La 1, Télévision Suisse Romande and SRG SSR idée suisse
Entrants	16
Winner	Whitney Toyloy; Vaud

The Miss Switzerland 2009 pageant was held on September 26, 2008. There were 16 candidates representing the cantons of the country that were competing for the national crown. The winner will enter in Miss Universe 2009 and Miss World 2009. Not all the contestants came from the canton they were originally from.

Whitney, who is the daughter of an American father, stands 177 cm and will represent Switzerland in Miss Universe 2009. Switzerland stopped sending representatives to Miss World in 2005, and it is unknown if the alpine country will return to it in 2008.^[1]

Results[]

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Switzerland 2008	Vaud - Whitney Toyloy
1st Runner-up	Zürich - Rekha Datta
2nd Runner-up	Basel Landschaft - Lisa Panigada
Semi-Finalists	Berne - Emilie Lindblom Thurgau - Dominique Knill Basel Stadt - Alessia Novak Ticino - Lucile Epper Zug - Nancy Kabika

Special awards[]

Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Whitney Toyloy (Vaud)
Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Switzerland contestants) - Alessia Novak (Basel-Stadt)

Candidates[]

Canton	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Aargau	Stefanie Frei^[2]	22	1.80	Brugg
Tessin	Lisa Panigada^[3]	22	1.68	Sementina
Basel Stadt	Alessia Novak^[4]	21	1.81	Basel
Berne	Emilie Lindblom^[5]	21	1.71	Bern
Fribourg	Céline Roscheck^[6]	25	1.83	Villars-sur-Glâne
Geneva	Fiona Fariña^[7]	20	1.72	Geneva
Graubünden	Nathalie Schillinger^[8]	22	1.73	Schiers
Lucerne	Selver Yavuz^[9]	20	1.70	Windisch
Neuchâtel	Katja Diethelm^[10]	24	1.70	Zürich
Solothurn	Diana Knezevic^[11]	22	1.76	Grenchen
Thurgau	Dominique Knill^[12]	21	1.82	Frauenfeld
Ticino	Lucile Epper^[13]	24	1.80	Cademario
Valais	Alexandra Feybli^[14]	19	1.75	Zürich
Vaud	Whitney Toyloy^[15]	18	1.77	Yverdon
Zug	Nancy Kabika^[16]	24	1.76	Geneva
Zürich	Rekha Datta^[17]	20	1.72	Winkel

References[]

^ MS09 Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Miss Aargau
^ Miss Basel Landschaft
^ Miss Basel Stadt
^ Miss Bern
^ Miss Fribourg
^ Miss Geneva
^ Miss Graubünden
^ Miss Lucerne
^ Miss Neuchâtel
^ Miss Solothurn
^ Miss Thurgau
^ Miss Ticino
^ Miss Valais
^ Miss Vaud
^ Miss Zug
^ Miss Zürich

External links[]

[1] MS09 Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Miss Aargau

[3] Miss Basel Landschaft

[4] Miss Basel Stadt

[5] Miss Bern

[6] Miss Fribourg

[7] Miss Geneva

[8] Miss Graubünden

[9] Miss Lucerne

[10] Miss Neuchâtel

[11] Miss Solothurn

[12] Miss Thurgau

[13] Miss Ticino

[14] Miss Valais

[15] Miss Vaud

[16] Miss Zug

[17] Miss Zürich

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