Miss World 2005 contestants showcase their special talents and skills in the Talent Show rehearsals that are being held in Sheraton Sanya Resort�s Ballroom.

The Talent Show is a very important event which provides the winner a guaranteed place in the Miss World 2005 Grand Final to be held on December 10, 2005.

Interesting performances such as traditional dancing from Miss Thailand and Miss Slovakia are worth watching, Miss Wales and Miss Cyprus are truly amazing with their superior singing abilities and beautiful poetry were rendered by Miss Netherlands and Miss St. Lucia.

Traditional costumes were proudly worn by Miss Nepal and Miss Vietnam who presented cultural dances.

Various belly dancing performances were delivered by Miss Serbia and Montenegro, Miss Lebanon. Miss Canada and Miss England.

Martial Arts Skills were shown by Miss Korea who surprised everyone with her taekwondo skills especially when she split the wood with her powerful kick and Miss Costa Rica who showed off her skills in karate.

The huge variety of talents and skills of the Miss World 2005 contestants are being unfolded one by one at the Sheraton Sanya Resort Ballroom. The Resort boasts the largest, most impressive and technologically advanced ballroom in Yalong Bay. It is able to accommodate over 1,400 attendees and with the adjacent gardens, the ballroom and the pre-function are ideally suited for pre-dinner cocktails or breakout space.

Complementing the ballroom there are 11 additional various sized meeting rooms, technologically equipped with cutting edge audio visual equipments ideally suited for different purposes.

For more information on Sheraton Sanya Resort, please visit www.sheraton.com/sanya.

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