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Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The current Miss World is Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand who was crowned on 31 May 2025 in Hyderabad, India.

HistoryEdit

20th centuryEdit

In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the controversy.

The pageant was originally planned as a Pageant for the Festival of Britain, but Morley decided to make the Miss World pageant annual.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark,<ref name="Keith Lovegrove 1967">Template:Cite book</ref> and all future pageants were held under that name. But because of the controversy arising from Håkansson's crowning in a bikini, countries with religious traditions threatened not to send delegates to future events, and the bikini was condemned by the Pope.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Objection to the bikini led to its replacement in all future pageants<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=magnanti>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> with more modest swimwear, and from 1976 swimsuits were replaced by evening gowns for the crowning.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Håkansson remains the only Miss World crowned in a bikini.<ref name="Keith Lovegrove 1967"/> In Miss World 2013 all participants wore a one-piece swimsuit plus a traditional sarong below the waist as a compromise with local culture.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Morley announced the Miss World winners in the order No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1. This was intended to keep the tension up, and avoid the anticlimax if Nos. 2 and 3 are announced after the winner.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1959, the BBC began to broadcast the pageant. Its popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World was among the most watched programs of the year on British television.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1970, the contest in London was disrupted by women's liberation protesters armed with flour bombs, stink bombs, and water pistols loaded with ink.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 1970 contest was also controversial when South Africa sent two contestants (one black and one white). Henceforth, South Africa was banned from the contest until apartheid was abolished. More than 18 million people watched the pageant at its peak during the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="Morley">Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the slogan "Beauty With a Purpose", with added tests of intelligence and personality.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1984, BBC1 controller Michael Grade announced that the corporation would cease to broadcast beauty pageants the next January, after it had shown Miss Great Britain, saying, "I believe these contests no longer merit national air time." He added, "They are an anachronism in this day and age of equality and verging on the offensive."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Thames Television broadcast Miss World between 1980 and 1988, when ITV dropped it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During the early 1990s, mainstream television broadcasts of the event declined in popularity after it became "increasingly unfashionable" in the late 1980s. The pageant returned on satellite channel Sky One in 1997,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before moving to Channel 5 for three years (1998–2000).<ref name="Morley"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Eric Morley died in 2000, and his wife, Julia, succeeded him as chair of the Miss World organisation.<ref>Miss World Contest History</ref>

21st centuryEdit

The first black African Miss World winner, Agbani Darego of Nigeria, was crowned in 2001. As part of its marketing strategy, Miss World came up with a "Vote For Me" television special during that edition, featuring the delegates behind the scenes and on the beach, and allowing viewers to phone in or vote online for their favourites. It also sells broadcasters its Talent, Beach Beauty and Sports events as television specials.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ITV broadcast the 2001 pageant from South Africa on digital channel ITV2, with the special airing a week earlier on the main ITV channel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, the pageant was slated to host its final in Abuja, Nigeria. This choice was controversial, as a northern Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, was awaiting death by stoning for adultery under Sharia law there, but Miss World used the publicity surrounding its presence to bring greater global awareness and action to Lawal's plight.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> No British channel agreed to broadcast the event,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and there were objections to the contest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai attended the Miss World 2014 ceremony with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, daughter Aaradhya and mother Brinda Rai.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The pageant has been broadcast on local TV channel London Live since 2014.

Miss World OrganizationEdit

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Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011 at a school in Mumbai, India

The Miss World Organization owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals, a competition that has grown into one of the world's biggest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since its launch in 1951, the Miss World organisation has raised more than £1 billion for children's charities<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> that help disabled and underprivileged children.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Miss World is franchised in more than 100 countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1970s–1990sEdit

The Miss World pageant has been the target of many controversies since its inception.

  • In 1970, feminist protesters threw flour bombs during the live event at London's Royal Albert Hall, momentarily alarming the host, Bob Hope.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • The 1973 winner, Marjorie Wallace, was stripped of her title on 8 March 1974 because she had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job. Miss World's organizers did not elect someone to serve in her place.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • In 1976, several countries boycotted the pageant because it included both a white and a Black contestant from South Africa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> South Africa competed for the last time in 1977, before returning in 1991 as apartheid disintegrated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • The 1980 winner, Gabriella Brum of Germany, resigned one day after winning, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. A few days later it emerged that she had been forced to resign after it was discovered that she had posed naked for a magazine.<ref name="Pageantopolis - Miss World 1980">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Nigeria 2002Edit

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In the year leading up the finals in Nigeria, several European title holders lobbied their governments and the EU parliament to support Amina Lawal's cause.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A number of contestants followed the lead of Kathrine Sørland of Norway in boycotting the contest (despite the controversy, Sørland became a semifinalist in both the Miss World and Miss Universe contests), while others, such as Costa Rica, were instructed by their national governments and parliaments not to attend. Among the other boycotting nations were Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Panama, Belgium and Kenya. There was further controversy over the possibly suspended participation of France and South Africa, which might or might not have been due to the boycott.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lawal asked that contestants not suspend their participation in the contest, saying that it was for the good of her country and that they could, as the representative of Sweden had earlier remarked, make a much stronger case for her on the ground in Nigeria.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Despite the increasing international profile the boycott was garnering in the world press, the contest proceeded in Nigeria after being rescheduled to avoid taking place during Ramadan, with many prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one of the world's most influential national directors, said, "there is no question about it [the participation of Miss Venezuela in the contest]." But the trouble did not end there. A ThisDay (Lagos, Nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting that Muhammad would probably have chosen one of his wives from among the contestants had he been alive to see it resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in which over 200 people were killed in the city of Kaduna and many houses of worship were burned by religious zealots.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Because of these riots, the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following widely circulated reports that Canada's and Korea's representatives had withdrawn from the contest and returned to their respective countries out of safety concerns. A fatwa urging the beheading of the woman who wrote the offending words, Isioma Daniel, was issued in Nigeria, but was declared null and void by the relevant Saudi Arabian authorities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Upon the pageant's return to Britain, many of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norway, Kathrine Sørland, who was ironically tipped in the last few days as the favourite for the crown she had previously boycotted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The eventual winner of the pageant was Azra Akın of Turkey, the first predominantly Muslim country to hold the title since Egypt in 1954.<ref name="Pageantopolis - Miss World">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Indonesia 2013Edit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In Miss World 2013, protests by Islamic groups began a few weeks before the contest began, resulting in the pageant's finale and all pre-pageant activities being isolated to Hindu-majority Bali.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

China 2015Edit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada, was not given a visa to travel in China and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the 2015 pageant, and was declared persona non grata by the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa for openly criticizing China's human rights violations. The Miss World Organization later allowed her to compete at Miss World 2016.<ref name=theglobeandmail27471171>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=theglobeandmail27476426>Template:Cite news</ref>

Thailand 2020 and cancellationEdit

Template:See also After the 2019 pageant, the organization chose Thailand as the host country of Miss World 2020, to be held in Phuket. But due to the spread of COVID-19, most national organizations and the Miss World organization agreed to cancel the 2020 pageant to assure the delegates' safety.

Puerto Rico 2021 and impact of the COVID-19 pandemicEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}Template:See also The edition was originally scheduled for the end of 2020 but postponed indefinitely due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 8 March 2021, the date was set for 16 December 2021.<ref name="date">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The threat of the Omicron variant had already been detected in some parts of the world during the pre-pageant activities, as the disease started swept across the island. On 14 December, Miss World Indonesia Carla Yules tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution, her roommate Miss World India Manasa Varanasi and five others were classified as suspected cases. Miss World Organization chair Julia Morley confirmed that the delegates were isolated and quarantined and would not be onstage for the final show if they did not produce a negative PCR test.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 15 December, the Puerto Rico Department of Health confirmed 17 positive cases for COVID-19 related to the Miss World pageant activities, including contestants and technical personnel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 16 December, it was announced that Miss World Malaysia Lavanya Sivaji had tested positive for COVID-19.<ref name="auto2"/> She was required to be isolated for 10 days and not permitted onstage during the finals. The finale, originally slated for 16 December, was postponed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During a 16 December Puerto Rico Department of Health press conference, epidemiologist Melissa Marzán confirmed 15 staff and 23 contestant positive cases associated with Miss World. She added that pageant organizers, not the island's authorities, decided to postpone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rescheduled 70th Miss World pageant took place on 16 March 2022, at Puerto Rico's Coca-Cola Music Hall.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/stories/1742997399111394/UzpfSVNDOjMyNzA0OTY5ODY1MTE1ODU=?view_single=true Template:User-generated source</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Recent titleholdersEdit

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Year Country or territory Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap Location Number of entrants
2025 Template:Flag Suchata Chuangsri Miss Thailand World 2025 Hyderabad, India 108
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2023 Template:Flag Krystyna Pyszková Miss Czech Republic 2022 Mumbai, India 112
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2021 Template:Flag Karolina Bielawska Miss Polonia 2019 San Juan, Puerto Rico 97
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Winners galleryEdit

Fast-track eventsEdit

Fast-track events of Miss World is a set of competition to decide the semifinalist or the placement of Miss World. Fast-track events was one of deciding factor to choose semifinalist beside Preliminary Interview by combining those rounds with using points system table. Prior to 2016 the winner of the fast-track events received huge amount of points but not securing semifinalist spot, however since 2016 the points system table in fast-track were abolished. Since then the winners of the "fast-track" competitions automatically make it to the quarter- or semifinals.<ref name="Billings 2013">Template:Cite book</ref> The Miss World fast-track categories are: Beauty With a Purpose, Multimedia Challenge, Sports Challenge, Talent, and Top Model. Miss World Talent added in 2001, Miss World Sports added in 2003, Miss World Top Model added in 2004, Miss World Beauty With a Purpose added in 2005, and Miss World Multimedia added in 2012. There was a fast-track named Miss World Beach Beauty (2003–2015) but it is a discontinued event due to dissatisfaction and cons in many conservative countries, this event was replacing Miss World Best in Swimsuit.

Miss World Beauty With a PurposeEdit

The Beauty with a Purpose is an event established in 1972 that is celebrated before the Miss World pageant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It awards the contestant with the most relevant and important charity project in her nation. The first winner of Beauty With a Purpose was Miss World Korea 2005 Oh Eun-young.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar is the first and only Beauty With a Purpose recipient to win Miss World.

Year Winner Country Placement at Miss World
2005 Oh Eun-young Template:Flag Top 6
2006 Lamisi Mbillah Template:Flag Top 17
2007 Valeska Saab Template:Flag Top 16
Kayi Cheung Template:Flag Top 16
2008 Gabrielle Walcott Template:Flag 2nd Runner-up
2009 Pooja Chopra Template:Flag Top 16
2010<ref name="NewsDay 2010" /> Natasha Metto Template:Flag Top 25
2011 Astrid Yunadi Template:Flag Top 15
Stephanie Karikari Template:Flag
2012 Vanya Mishra Template:Flag Top 7
2013 Ishani Shrestha Template:Flag Top 10
2014<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" /> Julia Gama Template:Flag Top 11
Rafieya Husain Template:Flag Top 11
Koyal Rana Template:Flag Top 11
Maria Rahajeng Template:Flag Top 25
Idah Nguma Template:Flag Top 11
2015 Maria Harfanti Template:Flag 2nd Runner-up
2016 Natasha Mannuela Halim Template:Flag 2nd Runner-up
2017 Manushi Chhillar Template:Flag Miss World 2017
Achintya Holte Nilsen Template:Flag Top 10
Laura Lehmann Template:Flag Top 40
Adè van Heerden Template:Flag Top 10
Đỗ Mỹ Linh Template:Flag Top 40
2018<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Shrinkhala Khatiwada Template:Flag Top 12
2019 Anushka Shrestha Template:Flag Top 12
2021 Shree Saini Template:Flag 1st Runner-up
2023 Leticía Frota Template:Flag Top 8
2025 Monica Kezia Template:Flag Top 40

Miss World TalentEdit

Miss World Talent is a talent or fast-track competition in which contestants show their abilities in singing, dancing, poetry, etc.<ref name="Namibian Sun 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Introduced in Miss World 1978, the winner of the event automatically makes it into the semifinals starting 2016. The award returned at Miss World 2001.

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2001 Stephanie Chase Template:BAR
2002 Rebekah Revels Template:USA Top 10
2003 Irina Onashvili<ref name="AFP 2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag<ref name="AFP 2003"/> Top 20
2004 Shermain Jeremy<ref name="Getty Images 2016-3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag<ref name="Getty Images 2016-3"/> Top 15
2005 Kmisha Counts<ref name="Getty Images 2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag<ref name="Getty Images 2005"/> Top 15
2006 Catherine Jean Milligan<ref name="Brankin 2016">Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="Brankin 2016"/> Top 17
2007 Irene Dwomoh<ref name="Ghana 2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:GHA<ref name="Ghana 2007"/> Top 15
2008 Natalie Griffith<ref name="News18 2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:BAR Top 15
2009 Lena Ma<ref name="TEC 2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:CAN<ref name="TEC 2009"/> 4th Runner-up
Mariatu Kargbo Template:SLE<ref name="TEC 2009"/> Top 16
2010 Emma Britt Waldron<ref name="Independent.ie 2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

{{#invoke:flag Ireland}}<ref name="dna 2010"/> 3rd Runner-up
2011 Gabriela Pulgar<ref name="GMA 2016-3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:CHITemplate:Efn<ref name="GMA 2016-3"/> Top 20
2012 Yu Wenxia<ref name="India Today 2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref name="Umbao 2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag<ref name="India Today 2012"/><ref name="Umbao 2012"/> Miss World 2012<ref name="CTVNews 2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

2013 Vania Larissa<ref name="International Business Times UK 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:IDN<ref name="International Business Times UK 2013"/> Top 10
2014 Dewi Liana Seriestha<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref name="singh 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:MAS<ref name="singh 2014"/> Top 25
2015 Lisa Punch<ref name="Simi John 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref name="Horton 2015">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Template:GUY<ref name="Simi John 2015"/><ref name="Horton 2015"/> Top 11
2016 Bayartsetseg Altangerel Template:MNG Top 11
2017 Michela Galea Template:Flag Top 40
2018 Kanako Date Template:Flag Top 30
2019 Toni-Ann Singh Template:Flag Miss World 2019
2021 Burte-Ujin Anu Template:Flag Top 40
2023 Imen Mehrzi Template:TUN Top 40
2025 Monica Kezia Sembiring Template:IDN Top 40

Miss World Top ModelEdit

The Miss World Top Model is a modeling fast-track competition.<ref name="India Today 2009-5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was first held in 2004, but not in 2005–2006. It has been held since 2007; since 2016 the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the semifinals.

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2004 Yessica Ramírez Template:MEX Top 15
2007 Zhang Zilin Template:Flag Miss World 2007
2008<ref name="Manago 2008" /> Ksenia Sukhinova {{#invoke:flag }} Miss World 2008<ref name="Manago 2008" />
2009 Perla Beltrán Template:MEX 1st Runner-up
2010<ref name="NewsDay 2010" /> Mariann Birkedal {{#invoke:flag Norway}} Top 7
2011 Zhanna Zhumaliyeva Template:KAZ Top 15
2012 Atong Demach Template:SSD Top 7
2013 Megan Young<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:PHI Miss World 2013
2014<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" /> Isidora Borovčanin Template:Flag
2015<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Mireia Lalaguna Template:SPN Miss World 2015
2016 Jing Kong Template:Flag Top 11
2017 Ugochi Ihezue Template:Flag Top 15
2018 Maëva Coucke Template:Flag Top 12
2019 Nyekachi Douglas Template:Flag Top 5
2021 Olivia Yacé Template:Flag 2nd Runner-up
2023 Axelle René Template:Flag Top 40
2025 Nandini Gupta Template:Flag Top 20
Jasmine Gerhardt Template:Flag Top 20
Selma Kamanya Template:Flag Top 8
Aurélie Joachim Template:Flag 3rd Runner-up

Miss World Sports ChallengeEdit

Miss World Sports or Sportswoman is a title and award given to the winner of a sports event at Miss World. It is a fast-track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatic entry into the semifinals. In 2005, there was no Miss Sports winner because it was held as a continental team competition. Starting in 2006, the individual competition returned.

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2003 Nazanin Afshin-Jam Template:CAN 1st Runner Up
2004 Amy Guy Template:WAL Top 15
2005 Asia-Pacific Asia Team Challenge
2006 Malgosia Majewska Template:CAN Top 17
2007 Abigail McCarry Template:USA Top 15
2008 Alexandra Ívarsdóttir<ref name="Manago 2008" />+ {{#invoke:flag Iceland}}<ref name="Manago 2008" />+ Top 15
2009 Erusa Sasaki Template:JAP Top 16
2010<ref name="NewsDay 2010" />+ Lori Moore<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>+

Template:NIR<ref name="dna 2010" />+ Top 25
2011 Marianly Tejeda Template:DOM
2012 Sanna Jinnedal {{#invoke:flag Sweden}} Top 30
2013 Jacqueline Steenbeek<ref name="Rappler 20132">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>+

Template:NED<ref name="Rappler 20132" />+ Top 20
2014<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" />+ Krista Haapalainen<ref name="John 2014" />+ {{#invoke:flag Finland}}<ref name="John 2014" />+ Top 25
2015 Steffi Van Wyk<ref name="John 2015-1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref name="Adina 2015">Template:Cite news</ref>+

Template:NAM<ref name="John 2015-1" /><ref name="Adina 2015" />+
2016 Natalia Short Template:COK Top 20
2017 Aletxa Mueses Template:DOM Top 40
2018 Marisa Butler Template:USA Top 30
2019 Rikkiya Brathwaite Template:Flag Top 40
2021 Karolina Vidales Template:Flag Top 6
2023 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag Top 40
2025 Eliise Randmaa {{#invoke:flag Estonia}} Top 40

Multimedia Award (Social Media Award)Edit

Miss World Multimedia or Social Media Award is a title and award given to the winner of a Multimedia Challenge. It is a fast-track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatic entry into the semifinals. The score is based on the contestant's likes on Mobstar and Facebook.

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2012 Vanya Mishra {{#invoke:flag India}} Top 7
2013 Navneet Dhillon {{#invoke:flag India}} Top 20
2014 Elizabeth Safrit Template:USA 2nd Runner-up
2015 Hillarie Parungao Template:PHL Top 11
2016 Catriona Gray Template:PHL Top 5
2017 Enkhjin Tseveendash Template:MGL Top 15
2018 Shrinkhala Khatiwada Template:NEP Top 12
2019 Anushka Shrestha Template:NEP Top 12
2021 Olivia Yacé Template:CIV 2nd Runner-up
2023 Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương Template:Flag Top 40
2025 Issie Princesse Template:Flag Top 40
Mayra Delgado Template:Flag Top 40
Andrea Nikolić Template:Flag Top 40
Suchata Chuangsri Template:Flag Miss World 2025

Miss World Beach Beauty (Discontinued Event)Edit

Miss World Beach Beauty was a swimsuit or fast-track competition.<ref name="Manago 2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Beach Beauty event started in 2003, when the Miss World Organization first held fast-track events to automatically give a semifinal spot to some of the delegates. This event allowed the Miss World delegates (over 100) to have a chance to be in the semifinals. The winner made the semifinals automatically. The Beach Beauty event showcased different swimsuits designed by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced. In 2013,The Beach Beauty event replaced swimsuit with Balinese sarong. While in 2015, the organisation eliminated the swimsuit competition from the pageant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2003 Rosanna Davison<ref name="AFP 2003"/> {{#invoke:flag Ireland}}<ref name="AFP 2003"/> Miss World 2003<ref name="Harding 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

2004 Nancy Randall<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:USA 2nd Runner-up
2005 Yulia Ivanova<ref name="Getty Images 2005-2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

{{#invoke:flag }}<ref name="Getty Images 2005-2"/> Top 15
2006 Federica Guzmán<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News 2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Flag<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News 2006"/> Top 17
2007 Ada De La Cruz<ref name="Jamaica Gleaner News 2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:DOM<ref name="Jamaica Gleaner News 2007"/> Top 16
2008 Anagabriela Espinoza<ref name="Manago 2008" /> Template:MEX Top 15
2009 Kaiane Aldorino<ref name="India Today 2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:GIB<ref name="India Today 2009"/> Miss World 2009<ref name="NY Daily News 2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

2010<ref name="NewsDay 2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Yara Lasanta Template:PUR<ref name="dna 2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Top 25
2011 Alize Lily Mounter<ref name="GMA News Online 2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:ENG Top 7
2012 Sophie Moulds<ref name="Sinha 2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Olivia Asplund<ref name="John 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Miss World hosts and artistsEdit

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Year Hosts Artists
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 Eric Morley
1959 Bob Hope
1960 Bob Hope Herald Trumpeters of the Royal Artillery<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1961 1962, David Coleman, Peter West Bob HopeTemplate:Cn
1963 Peter West
1964 Michael Aspel
1965 David Jacobs, Michael Aspel Ronnie Carroll, Lionel Blair<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1966 Peter West, Michael Aspel The Three Monarchs, Mark Wynter<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1967 Simon Dee, Michael Aspel Malcolm Roberts, Los Zafiros<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1968 Michael Aspel, commentary by Keith Fordyce Gene Pitney<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1969 Michael Aspel, Pete Murray Frank Ifield, The Roy Budd Trio, Lionel Blair<ref>Template:Cite journal BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
1970 Bob Hope,<ref name="Hylton 2015">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Kurmelovs 2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> Michael Aspel, Keith Fordyce

Lionel Blair
1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Michael Aspel and David Vine
1975 David Vine and Ray Moore
1976 Sacha Distel, Patrick Lichfield, and Ray Moore
1977 Andy Williams, and Ray Moore
1978 Sacha Distel and Paul Burnett
1979 Sacha Distel, Esther Rantzen, Germaine Greer and Ray Moore
1980 Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers and Anthony Newley Anthony Newley and The Dougie Squires Dancers
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers
1981 – Julio Iglesias and The Dougie Squires Dancers
1982 – The Three Degrees
1983 – Leo Sayer and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1984 – The Drifters and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1985 – Jack Jones and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1986 Peter Marshall and Mary Stävin Five Star and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1987 Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo Rick Astley and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1988 Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo Koreana and Donny Osmond
1989 Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo and John Davidson Aswad
1990 Peter Marshall and Michelle Rocca Jason Donovan and Richard Clayderman
1991 Peter Marshall and Gina Tolleson Indecent Obsession
1992 Billy Dee Williams, Jerry Hall, Deborah Shelton, Doreen Morris and Suanne Braun Abigail Kubheka, Sophia Foster, MarcAlex, Mara Louw, Paul Buckby, Malie Kelly, Leslie Klein-Smith and Soweto String Quartet
1993 Pierce Brosnan,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Doreen Morris, Kim Alexis and Gina Tolleson George Benson, Crissy Caine, Jon Cecil, Sam Marais, PJ Powers and Vicky Sampson
1994 Richard Steinmetz, Suanne Braun and Bronson Pinchot David Abbate, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Johnny Clegg, Free Flight Dance Company and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1995 Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta and Bobbie Eakes Caught in the Act
1996 Richard Steinmetz and Ruby Bhatia Alisha Chinnai
1997 Richard Steinmetz and Khanyi Dhlomo Mkhize Ricky Martin
1998 Eden Harel and Ronan Keating Boyzone and Errol Brown
1999 Ulrika Jonsson and Melanie Sykes Robert Palmer, Westlife and Enrique Iglesias
2000 Jerry Springer and Rebecca de Alba Bryan Ferry, bond, Leonard Cohen and S Club 7
2001 Jerry Springer and Claire Elizabeth Smith Umoja
2002 Sean Kanan and Claire Elizabeth Smith Chayanne and BBMak
2003 Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram<ref name="GulfNews 2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Luis Fonsi, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey and Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe
2004 Troy McClain, Angela Chow and Lisa Snowdon Lionel Richie and Il Divo
2005 Tim Vincent and Angela Chow Alexander O’Neal and Beijing Singing & Dancing Theatre
2006 Tim Vincent, Angela Chow and Grazyna Torbicka Westlife, Robin Gibb and Amici
2007 Fernando Allende and Angela Chow Duncan James, Haikou Artistic Group, The South African Mvezo Choir and No. 9 Primary School of Sanya
2008 Tumisho Masha and Angela Chow McFly, Alesha Dixon, Jeanette Winterson
2009 Angela Chow, Michelle McLean<ref name="The Huffington Post 2010">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Bustillo 2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Umoja, Gang of Instrumentals
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Shayne Ward,<ref name="Eimer 2010">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Dave Koz, Carlos Aponte<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2011 Angela Chow,<ref name="News18 2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Diversity,<ref name="Mason 2011">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Blue,Template:Citation needed Ramin Karimloo
2012 Myleene Klass,<ref name="Getty Images 2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Rodrick Dixon, Huhehaote Youth Horse Cello Troupe
2013 Myleene Klass, Kamal Ibrahim, Daniel Mananta, Amanda Zevannya, Steve Douglas Matt Cardle,<ref name="Fennelly 2013">Template:Cite news</ref> Blue,<ref name="Fennelly 2013"/><ref name="The Express Tribune 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> GIGI Art of Dance, Soerya Soemirat Dance Group, Iskandar Widjaja, Maylaffayza

2014 Tim Vincent, Megan Young,<ref name="Daily Pakistan Global 2015"/> Frankie Cena, Steve Douglas Sky Blu,<ref name="Heller 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2015 Tim Vincent, Megan Young,<ref name="Daily Pakistan Global 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Yu Wenxia,<ref name="Pawar 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2016 Jason Cook, Megan Young, Frankie Cena, Steve DouglasTemplate:Citation needed Rodrick Dixon, Morrison Brothers
2017 Fernando Allende, Angela Chow, Megan Young, Frankie Cena, Barney Walsh, Steve Douglas<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Kristian Kostov, Celine Tam, Jeffrey Li, Zizi
2018 Fernando Allende, Angela Chow, Frankie Cena, Megan Young, Stephanie Del Valle, Barney Walsh Donel Mangena, Dimash Kudaibergen, Sister Sledge
2019 Megan Young, Peter Andre, Stephanie Del Valle, Fernando Allende, Steve Douglas Peter Andre, Lulu
2021 Peter Andre, Fernando Allende Don Omar, Gente de Zona, Victor Manuel, Pedro Capó, and The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra conducted by <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2023 Karan Johar, Megan Young Shaan, Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar, Toni-Ann Singh
2025 Sachin Kumbhar, Stephanie Del Valle Ishaan Khatter, Jacqueline Fernandez

See alsoEdit

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NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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