Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar was named the new Miss World at a glittering two-hour pageant in Johannesburg that put South Africa in the spotlight and featured traditional dancers and drummers.

"I have no words," she said when asked to describe how she felt. "I am really happy."

The 23-year-old administrative clerk from the British territory on the tip of the Iberian peninsula was a crowd favorite after winning the swimsuit competition.

She joined seven other contestants in the final round of the show. The loudest cheers were reserved for Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar, who was the second runner-up.

COMEDIANS MARK SECOND CITY'S 50TH YEAR

Actor Steve Carell and hundreds of other comedians gathered in Chicago yesterday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Second City.

The improv theater is the place where the star of NBC's "The Office" and other big-name comics got their start. Other alumni include Bill Murray, John Candy, Chris Farley, Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers and Tina Fey.

Yesterday afternoon's red carpet event at the theater on the city's North Side was followed by special performances, panel discussions and screenings.

Alumni of the theater are referred to as Second Citizens.

EX-CHILD ACTOR ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

Former "Family Ties" actor Brian Bonsall has been charged in Colorado with second-degree assault after police say he repeatedly hit a friend in the head with a broken wooden stool.

Police say Bonsall, 28, also was wanted on a warrant for missing a court hearing in 2007 in suspicion of violating bond conditions on another case. In that case, he had been sentenced to two years of probation for assaulting his girlfriend.

Bonsall played the role of the youngest Keaton sibling, Andy, on the 1980s NBC sitcom starring Michael J. Fox.

MOZART'S VIOLIN GETS A WORKOUT IN TOKYO

A child's violin played by Mozart when he was 6 years old resonated with music for the first time in Japan on Friday during a special concert held at the National Art Center in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

The violin is in Japan as part of the "Treasures of the Habsburg Monarchy" exhibition, which is being held at the center and organized by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Japan-Austria treaty of amity.

Made in 1746, it is the first violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was given by his father, and is usually on display at Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg, Austria.

Hiroka Matsumoto, a 14-year-old violinist, played three sonatas written by Mozart when he was 7 to 10 years old.

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