2007 Miss World: Odds and top contestants

The 57th edition of Miss World will take place in Sanya, China on December 1st and the bookmakers have already named their favorites.

2007 Miss World: Odds and top contestants In the spirit of gambling, there are a hand full of events on which the British bookmakers don't offer betting odds. The 2007 Miss World is not one of them, and just a few days before the beauty pageant is scheduled to start, the bookies have named their favorite. Our preferred U.K. licensed online bookmaker Bet 365 (no USA bettor) has named two leaders in the race for the beauty crown - Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimée de la Cruz (picture) listed with odds 4/1 on becoming the 2007 Miss World, and Miss China, Eilin Zi Lin Zhang with betting odds at 13/2.

Miss Dominican Republic: According to the official site of the 2007 Miss World, Aimée de la Cruz was born and grew up in Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, a country filled with colour, culture, and music, with a big African Heritage. Having graduated High School with Honours she worked as a store clerk, and with a lot of hard work and night school, she earned their trust and was promoted to keeping the accounts. Ada’s ambition is to work in the beauty business. Coming from an island it is of no surprise that her favourite food is Seafood! She enjoys: dancing, listening to music, especially salsa, playing volleyball and looking after her pet dog named Bambauna. Personal motto is “Achievement is about hard work and blind faith”.

Miss China: Zi Lin was born in Shi Jia Zhuang City in Hei Bei Province, then moved to the capital, Beijing, Beijing will be host city to the 2008 Olympic Games. She attended the University of Science & Technology and attained a Degree in Business Administration, and is now working as a company secretary. Hobbies and sporting interests include: travel; reading; watching movies, writing, sports; 100 meters jump & hurdle, triple jump, swimming, both classical and folk dancing, and listing to folk music. Her favourite food is; fruit, chocolate, and ice cream. Zi Lin’s personal motto is “Where there’s a will there’s a way”.

Other top contenders for the 2007 Miss World title include Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Jamaica, listed with odds 12/1, followed by Miss USA and Miss Lithuania with betting odds on winning the 2007 Miss World sitting at 14/1, as well as Miss Mexico at 16/1. Miss England is listed with odds 66/1. Click here for a full list of betting odds on the 2007 Miss World contestants.

Published on 11/25/2007