Agustina Quinteros is Miss Argentina 2008

Agustina Quinteros, a 17 year-old, 1.75m tall beauty queen of La Pampa was crowned last Saturday as the new Miss Argentina 2008 at a beauty pageant held at Rio Hondo (Santiago del Estero) where she beated 24 of the most beautiful women of Argentina. Agustina will represent her country at the Miss World 2008 pageant in Kiev, Ukraine, next October.

Runners-up of the Beauty Pageant wearing their exquisite pageant dress were Miss Santiago del Estero, Brenda Gandini (1st), Miss Tucuman, Camila Solorzano (2nd), and Miss Buenos Aires, Yesica Di Vincenzo (3rd).

Completing the 10 finalists were the contestants from La Rioja, Cordoba, Corrientes, San Juan, Salta and Chubut.

The Beauty Pageant was held annualy and organized by Belleza Argentina since 2004, which sends representatives to Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Atlantico International, among others. Delegates of this year's pageant also got the chance to travel Argentina.

* fotos caseras - Winner of Miss Argentina Beauty Pageant 2008