Despite my earlier comments about an "acquired win" for Miss SA, Tatum Keshwar, at the Miss World 2009 finals next month, a token runner-up spot appears to be all that is on the cards. Although she has made the Top 12 in both the Beach Beauty and Top Model competitions at the pageant, she has not placed in either of these categories that are supposedly her "strengths".
It might just be "smoke and mirrors" to make any potential "win" (thereby securing a free pass to World Cup activities for the MWO) less conspicuous. Only time will tell.