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Contestants in the Miss World 2009 beauty pageant posed for pictures during a visit to Johannesburgs Soccer City stadium. Holding the official Fifa ball for next years World Cup tournament Miss Northern Ireland Cherie Gardiner and Miss New Zealand Magdalena Shoeman posed for the photographers. The month-long tour of South Africa culminates with the crowning of the new Miss World on Saturday in Johannesburg, amid accusations that the metropolitan municipality is cash-strapped. It has come under fire for spending R45-million to host the final leg for the second year running. Speaking about the World Cup draw, Miss Australia Sophie Lavers said: I think that it is awesome that weve qualified. We have been drawn in Group D against Germany, Serbia and Ghana. I think that we can win well I hope we can win. Its our yearMiss Ghana, Mawuse Appea, disagreed with her by saying: We were the first African country to qualify for the World Cup with the exception of the host country South Africa.
