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Again to help out PDogg Pookie and Bell My vote goes to Pookie

next of the final 10, Margaret again, no. 1 Yasmin from Brazil, no. 20 Yumi from Cuba 2nd photo - no. 5 Nong Sammy, Thailand, no. 9 Chanel, Venezuela, no. 15 Karin, Japan 3rd photo - last of the final 10, no. 3 Mariane, Philippines, no. 21 Vanessa, Chile, no. 2 Sahara, Nigeria

belated happy birthday to Ciobha - and I'm happy to see the Irish contingent having a good time in LOS!

Definitely Ae for me! to help out PDogg Here is Rose: and here is the lovely Ae:

1st two photos of no. 15, Karin Fujikawa from Japan winning best evening gown award 3rd photo first of the final 10, no. 17 Alessandra from Germany, no. 23 Dewi from Indonesia, no. 12 Hazel from Philippines, and no. 16, Margaret from Lebanon

There are two categories of staff at Guess Bar - the "service" team who look after drinks, etc. and the "hostess" team - who are there to entertain the customers. The barfines for service staff are more (600 Baht) and for the hostess staff it remains at 500 Baht.

1st photo - no. 14, Silkie O Hara Munro from USA, no. 20, Yuni Carey from Cuba, no. 16, Margaret from Lebanon, and no. 22 Mokha Montrese from USA 2nd photo - no. 22 Mokha waiing for being announced as Miss Congeniality 3rd photo - Mokha receiving the award. 4th photo - no. 20 Yuni Carey announced as Miss Photogenic 5th photo - no. 20 Yuni Carey receiving Miss Photogenic award

GOP means "Grand Old Party" which is a nick name for the Republican Party.

1st photo - no. 17 Alessandra from Germany, no. 23 Dewi from Indonesia and no. 5 Nong Sammy from Thailand 2nd photo - a group shot 3rd photo - no. 15, Karin from Japan, no 13 Malaika from India, no 11 Yannia from Colombia and no. 9 Chanel from Venzuela waiting for the final 10 announcement

More photos, Three of the wait for the final 10 announcement, then a better view of no. 6, Lucky from China and no. 4, Chamilla from Sri Lanka and a partial view of no. 8 Marry De Francy from Italy. Last a better view of no. 22 Mokha Montrese from USA and no. 18, Michelle from Philippines

Once again, sorry about the blurry photos - better ones to come soon after the flash problem was fixed. Here are the last few No. 21 Vanessa from Chile No. 22 Mokha Montrese from USA No. 23 Dewi Fortuna from Indonesia

Unfortunately I had some problems with my flash so the next few photos are not as clear as I would have liked. No. 17, Alessandra Vargas from Germany No. 18, Michelle from Philippines (the last Filipina) No. 19 Estelle Roedrer from France No. 20 Yuni Carey from Cuba

Great photos Stealth - thanks for sharing! The Filipina lb contests are not well publicized, although things are improving with Youtube, etc. There's always a large contingent of Filipinas to Miss International Queen - one of these years, they are bound to win!

No. 14, Silkie O Hara Munro, from USA two of no. 15, Karin Fujikawa from Japan and two of no. 16, Margaret from Lebananon. She was 2nd runner up. There was a nice story about the contest in the Nation, which gave some background on her. Her parents separated when she was young. She was given up for adoption and grew up in Manila, Philippines.

very nice BB :bow: - kind of reminds me of your early photos of Tara.

Almost half way through all the contestants! Next up a couple of no. 10 Varvara Strange from Russia (a first) then no. 11 Yannia from Colombia followed by no. 12 Hazel Andarada the 2nd Filipina and two of no. 13, Malaika from India.

A couple of no. 7 Herika Borges from France No. 8, Marry De Francy from Italy A couple of no. 9, Chanel from Venezuela - she had a cheering section of Thai lbs in the audience!

Yes, I was actually surprised how full the theatre was considering the flooding problems in Bangkok! Some more photos: two of no. 4, Chamila from Sri Lanka followed by two of no. 5, Sirapassorn Atthayakorn (Nong Sammy) from Thailand the eventual winner Then two of no. 6, Lucky from China who won the talent competition.

I was able to get my flight changed to make it in for the contest. Unfortunately the only tickets left were for the balcony seats, which made it difficult to get good shots of the faces, since they were looking down at the judges on the main floor. So without further ado, here are some of the photos from the contest. The first photo is MIQ 2010, Mini from Korea doing an opening number. Followed by two photos of contestant no. 1, Yasmin Dream from Brazil. Then one photo of Sahara from Nigeria (but living in the UK). She was first runner up, and is very tall, well over 6' tall in heels. Last two photos of no. 3, Mariane Arguelles first of two from Philippines.

Yes, you are correct. Nana Plaza is in the Klong Toei district - I checked the address of the post office and it states it is in the Klong Toei district. For anyone visiting Bangkok during the floods - I would recommend you DO NOT use tap water to brush your teeth, until they have sorted out problems with the contamination of the water treatment plant from the floods.

DownLoLarry, if you are thinking about use it to administer the forum, it probably isn't the best device to use. IPad's are designed with light use in mind - browsing the net, word processing, e-mail, etc. I would suggest you buy a low end PC laptop if you want to administer the forum. Also Windows 7 is a great improvement over Vista and more stable than Windows XP.

Qatar Airways is a good airline - on par with Emirates and Etihad. The only drawback would be the stop over in Doha - not really one of the best airports for a transit. However, they are opening a new airport in 2012 that should improve things. Of course without unions, they hire particularly attractive flight attendants.

Some more contestant photos from Miss Ripley's Popular Internet Vote. There are 25 contestants, and some firsts - contestants from China, Russia, Nigeria (although she lives in UK), Lebanon, Cuba and Willis and Fortuna (never heard of the place!). This upcoming week there will be many activities, some free to the public. For those in Pattaya, keep your eyes open and cameras ready!

She likely doesn't have regular access to the internet. I'm sure she'll reply when she has the chance to get back on line! Just for interest - there have been Nepalese lbs competing in Miss International Queen for the last few years. Here are some photos from MIQ 2010 contestant, Meghna Lama (likely a stage name).

Sashy, the price was mentioned in the earlier post as above. Probably around 350-400 Baht from to the airport to Pratunam.