The Miss Universe 2008 pageant is currently being held in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. Check out our Top 12 picks, or the candidates that we think are most likely to penetrate the semi-finals.

PUERTO RICO Ingrid Rivera	VENEZUELA Dayana Mendoza
COLOMBIA Taliana Vargas	USA Crystle Stewart
SOUTH AFRICA Tansey Coetzee	ALBANIA Matilda Mecini
BRAZIL Natalia Anderle	CZECH REPUBLIC Eliška Bučková
GREECE Dionissia Koukiou	KOSOVO Zana Krasniqi
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Marianne Cruz	PANAMA Carolina Dementiev

The Miss Universe 2008 pageant coronation night is happening on July 13, 2008, Sunday at 9:00 p.m., live via sattelite on ABS-CBN.