Miss US Alexandria Mills, dressed in a crisp white evening gown, was crowned the 60th Miss World 2010 on Saturday evening, defeating more than 100 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony in southern China’s Sanya city. Mills, an 18-year-old from the southern US state of Kentucky, wept as outgoing Miss World Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar placed the tiara on her head and led her to a diamond-shaped throne marking the pageant's 60th anniversary.
The second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.![CHINA/ CHINA/](http://lh3.ggpht.com/__zoKJ77EvEc/TM07iLSBTWI/AAAAAAAAIak/zgvAxHA0ako/miss-world-2010%20%2819%29%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
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Photos: Diario El CarabobeƱo, wisavej