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(VIDEO) Interviews with contestants of the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant in Grand Bahama
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
Aug 16, 2009 - 11:36:15 PM

The Bahamas Weekly News Team is pleased to take you behind the scenes of Miss Universe 2009 for you to experience the next best thing to being with them on Grand Bahama Island in The Bahamas.

In this segment we present interviews with Miss France - Chloe Mortaud, Miss Namibia - Happle Ntelamo, Miss USA - Kristen Dalton, Miss Jamaica - Carolyn Yapp, Miss Spain - Estibaliz Pereira and Miss Argentina - Johanna Lasic.  Coming up  is our video coverage of the swimsuit competition segment (not a slide show, actual video footage).

The interviews in this segment are prefaced by a 20 second introduction by Ms. Vernice Walkine, Director General Ministry of Tourism and Aviation who provides a progress report on the tremendous high marks that the Bahamas is receiving from the contestants and administrators of The Miss Universe Organization.

The contestants praise The Bahamas as a Paradise with warm and friendly people.

(VIDEO) Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza Interview in Grand Bahama


(VIDEO) Miss Bahamas, Kiara Sherman Interview in Grand Bahama


Wikipedia facts about The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent, English-speaking country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 rocks. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the United States of America, north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Caribbean Sea, and northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its size is almost 14,000 km² with an estimated population of 330,000. Its capital is Nassau. It remains a Commonwealth realm.

The closest island to the United States is Bimini, which is also known as the gateway to the Bahamas. The island of Abaco is to the east of Grand Bahama, also known as the "Big Island". The southeasternmost island is Great Inagua. Other notable islands include the Bahamas' largest island, Andros Island, and Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island, San Salvador Island, Acklins, Crooked Island, Exuma and Mayaguana. Nassau, the Bahamas capital city, lies on the island of New Providence.

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