Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest. Kucharova defeated 103 other women in voting among a panel of judges and from television viewers around the world during a two-hour finals ceremony in the Polish capital.
Wearing a long white dress, a teary Kucharova blew kisses to the 2,500-strong audience in Warsaw`s Congress Hall after she received her diamond crown from Miss World 2005, Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir of Iceland.
Kucharova, a tall high-school student with long blond hair, was born in Trnava and grew up in the town of Opocno. She told the judges that she wanted to attend university and then become a model. She likes tennis and horse riding and her personal motto is "Always be an optimist".
Wearing a long white dress, a teary Kucharova blew kisses to the 2,500-strong audience in Warsaw`s Congress Hall after she received her diamond crown from Miss World 2005, Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir of Iceland.
Kucharova, a tall high-school student with long blond hair, was born in Trnava and grew up in the town of Opocno. She told the judges that she wanted to attend university and then become a model. She likes tennis and horse riding and her personal motto is "Always be an optimist".
