Odds on the winner of Miss World 2008 are available at Paddy Power, with contestants from Denmark, Ecuador and Mexico currently leading the betting market.
Miss Denmark Lisa Lents, Miss Ecuador Marjorie Cevallos Veras and Miss Mexico Anagabriela Espinoza are all priced at 12/1 to win the famous beauty pageant in Johannesburg on December 13th.
Meanwhile, those predicting a home win for Miss South Africa, 23-year-old Tansey Coetzee, can get odds of 50/1.
Fans of Miss World will know that the 2007 contest was won by China's Zi Lin Zhang, with a victory for this year's Miss China, 24-year-old Beijing resident Yan Ling Mei rated at 80/1.
At 20/1, Miss England Laura Coleman is the most fancied out of the home nations with Paddy Power, while odds of 33/1 are available on Miss Ireland Sinead Noonan.
Glasgow's Stephanie Willemse, also known as Miss Scotland, can be backed at 66/1, with Miss Wales Chloe-Beth Morgan an outsider at 125/1.
Originally scheduled to take place in Kiev, December's final was moves to Johannesburg due to the recent crisis in Georgia and South Ossetia.