Miri Park wins air guitar world championship

Miri "Sonyk-Rok" Park from United States has won the Air Guitar World Championship in Oulu, Finland. Guitars roared for the ninth time in Kuusisaari, Oulu - for the next year the pacifism of the Air Guitar will be spread by Miri "Sonyk-Rok" Park. Sonyk-Rok won the title of Air Guitar World Champion in the Oulu Music Video Festival evening celebration, which became a true spectacle on August 27th. The five competitors who made it through to the final from the qualifying round on Thursday night fought the final battle with the reigning champ David "C-Diddy" Jung and the national champions from Australia, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, United States, Finland, Ireland, and Germany. Sonyk-Rok's Air Guitar skills captivated the jury as well as the audience. Besides worldwide fame and glory, her performance to Hot for Teacher by Van Halen earned her a handmade Finnish Flying Finn guitar worth 2,500 euros and a VOX BM Special amplifier designed, donated and signed by Queen guitarist Brian May. Miri Park's performance in Conan O'Brien's show can be at the moment seen at the US Air Guitar Championships site. Categories at del.icio.us/hunjang: music ∙ Korea-Finland