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Miss World 2018

Miss World 2018 was the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China on 8 December 2018.

Miss World 2018
Vanessa Ponce
Date8 December 2018
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueSanya City Arena, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
Entrants118
Placements30
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerVanessa Ponce
Mexico
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At the end of the event, Manushi Chhillar of India crowned Vanessa Ponce of Mexico as Miss World 2018. It is the first victory of Mexico in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from 118 countries and territories competed in the pageant. The pageant was hosted by Fernando Allende, Angela Chow, Megan Young, Stephanie Del Valle, Frankie Cena, and Barney Walsh. Donel Mangena, Dimash Qudaibergen, and American vocal group Sister Sledge performed in this edition.[1]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 2018
Runner-up
Top 5
Top 12
Top 30

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
Europe
Oceania[2]

Challenge events

Head-to-Head Challenge

Round 1

  •   Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
  •   Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
  •   Advanced to the Top 30 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
  •   Advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice.
Group Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 Country 4 Country 5 Country 6
1   Australia   Czech Republic   Ethiopia   Ghana   Mauritius   Peru
2   Barbados   Cayman Islands   France   Georgia   Germany   Paraguay
3   Finland   Latvia   Sierra Leone   South Africa   Venezuela   Wales
4   Equatorial Guinea   Guyana   Iceland   Norway   Philippines   Senegal
5   Canada   Dominican Republic   Gibraltar   Jamaica   Nigeria   Scotland
6   Bangladesh   Brazil   British Virgin Islands   China   Denmark   Ireland
7   Bahamas   Botswana   Chile   Japan   KOR   Zimbabwe
8   Bolivia   Cameroon   Cook Islands   Lebanon   Slovakia   United States
9   Albania   England   Indonesia   Kazakhstan   Malaysia   Rwanda
10   Cyprus   Guadeloupe   Lesotho   Nicaragua   Serbia   Slovenia
11   Armenia   Belize   Guatemala   Italy   Myanmar   New Zealand
12   Egypt   India   Montenegro   Panama   South Sudan   Vietnam
13   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Guam   Luxembourg   Moldova     Nepal —
14   Belarus   Curaçao   Martinique   Netherlands   Puerto Rico   Singapore
15   Austria   Greece   Hungary   Mongolia   Thailand   Ukraine
16   Belgium   Bulgaria   Colombia   Laos   Portugal   Zambia
17   Aruba   Malta   Mexico   Northern Ireland   Russia   Spain
18   Croatia   Haiti   Sri Lanka   Tanzania   Trinidad and Tobago   Turkey
19   Argentina   Ecuador   El Salvador   Kenya   Madagascar   Poland
20   Angola   Guinea-Bissau   Honduras   Hong Kong   Uganda —

Round 2

  •   Advanced to the Top 30 via the Head-to-Head challenge.
Group Country 1 Country 2
1   Mauritius   France
2   Venezuela   Philippines
3   Nigeria   Bangladesh
4   Chile   Lebanon
5   Malaysia   Guadeloupe
6   Myanmar   India
7     Nepal   Singapore
8   Thailand   Bulgaria
9   Mexico   Trinidad and Tobago
10   Argentina   Uganda

Top Model

Miss France, Maëva Coucke won the Top Model Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.

Final result   Contestant
Winner
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 32

Talent

Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.[3]

Final result   Contestant
Winner
  •   Japan – Kanako Date
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 18

Sports

Miss United States, Marisa Butler won the Sports Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.

Final result   Contestant
Winner
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Team Challenge Winner
  • Red Team
Long jump
Athletics (60 metres)
Swimming
Team Blue Team Red Team Yellow Team
Top 18
Reserve

Multimedia

Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018.[4]

Final result   Contestant
Winner
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •   Kenya – Finali Galaiya
Top 10

Beauty With A Purpose

The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award (Miss Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand, Mexico & Vietnam) became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018.
The 25 projects that were shortlisted are:[5]

Final result Contestant
Winner
Top 5
Top 12
Top 25

Global Vote

Final result   Contestant
Winner
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up

World Fashion Designer Award

Miss South Africa, Thulisa Keyi and Miss China, Peirui Mao emerged as the joint winners of the Designer Award.

Final result   Contestant
Winners
Top 5

Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award

Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.[6]

Final result   Contestant
Winner
  •   Kenya – Finali Galaiya
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up

Contestants

118 contestants competed for the title:[7]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
  Albania Nikita Preka[8][designations 1] 22 Lezhë
  Angola Nelma Ferreira 20 Luanda
  Argentina Victoria Soto 25 Concepción del Uruguay
  Armenia Arena Zeynalyan 25 Yerevan
  Aruba Nurianne Arias 24 Oranjestad
  Australia Taylah Cannon 23 Melbourne
  Austria Izabela Ion[replacements 1] 24 Bregenz
  Bahamas Brinique Gibson 22 New Providence
  Bangladesh Jannatul Ferdous Oishee 18 Pirojpur
  Barbados Ashley Lashley 19 Bridgetown
  Belarus Maria Vasilevich 21 Minsk
  Belgium Angeline Flor Pua 23 Antwerp
  Belize Jalyssa Arthurs[10][designations 2] 18 Santa Elena
  Bolivia Vanessa Vargas 22 Cochabamba
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Anđela Paleksić 20 Sarajevo
  Botswana Moitshepi Elias 24 Gaborone
  Brazil Jéssica Carvalho 22 Parnaíba
  British Virgin Islands Yadali Thomas Santos 22 Tortola
  Bulgaria Kalina Miteva 19 Sofia
  Cameroon Aimee Caroline Nseke 22 Yaoundé
  Canada Hanna Begovic 19 Toronto
  Cayman Islands Kelsie Woodman Bodden 22 Grand Cayman
  Chile Anahi Hormazabal 19 Santiago
  China Mao Peirui 26 Yinchuan
  Colombia Laura Osorio 22 Medellín
  Cook Islands Reihana Koteka-Wiki 26 Rarotonga
  Croatia Ivana Mudnić Dujmina 17 Dubrovnik
  Curaçao Nazira Colastica 18 Willemstad
  Cyprus Andriánna Fiakká 19[11] Nicosia
  Czech Republic Kateřina Kasanová 19 Prague
  Denmark Tara Jensen[replacements 2] 18 Hvidovre
  Dominican Republic Denise Romero 24 Higüey
  Ecuador Nicol Ocles 21 Pimampiro
  Egypt Mony Helal[12][13][designations 3] 26 Cairo
  El Salvador Metzi Solano[designations 4] 27 Santa Ana
  England Alisha Cowie 19 Newcastle
  Equatorial Guinea Silvia Adjomo Ndong 20 Malabo
  Ethiopia Soliyana Abayneh 22 Addis Ababa
  Finland Jenny Lappalainen[14][designations 5] 23 Helsinki
  France Maëva Coucke 24 Ferques
  Georgia Nia Tsivtsivadze 24 Tbilisi
  Germany Christine Keller 24 Düsseldorf
  Ghana Nana Ama Benson 23 Accra
  Gibraltar Star Farrugia 22 Gibraltar
  Greece Maria Lepida 20 Patras
  Guadeloupe Morgane Thérésine 22 Le Gosier
  Guam Gianna Sgambelluri 18 Hagåtña
  Guatemala Elizabeth Gramajo[15] 22 Guatemala City
  Guinea-Bissau Rubiato Nhamajo[16][designations 6] 23 Bafatá
  Guyana Ambika Ramraj 19 Georgetown
  Haiti Stephie Morency 26 Port-au-Prince
  Honduras Dayana Sabillón 23 Siguatepeque
  Hong Kong Wing Wong[17] 25 Kowloon
  Hungary Andrea Szarvas 20 Vésztő
  Iceland Erla Ólafsdóttir[18][designations 7] 24 Reykjavík
  India Anukreethy Vas 20 Tiruchirappalli
  Indonesia Alya Nurshabrina 22 Bandung
  Ireland Aoife O'Sullivan 23 Bandon
  Italy Nunzia Amato 21 Naples
  Jamaica Kadijah Robinson 23 Saint Elizabeth
  Japan Kanako Date 21 Tokyo
  Kazakhstan Ekaterina Dvoretskaya[19] 20 Atyrau
  Kenya Finali Galaiya 24 Nairobi
  Laos Kadoumphet Xaiyavong 21 Oudomxay
  Latvia Daniela Gods-Romanovska[20][designations 8] 21 Riga
  Lebanon Mira Al-Toufaily[21][designations 9] 26 Beirut
  Lesotho Rethabile Thaathaa[22] 21 Maseru
  Luxembourg Cassandra Lopes Monteiro[replacements 3] 18 Luxembourg City
  Madagascar Miantsa Randriambelonoro[23] 20 Antananarivo
  Malaysia Larissa Ping 19 Lutong
  Malta Maria Ellul[24] 24 Valletta
  Martinique Larissa Segarel[25] 20 Fort-de-France
  Mauritius Murielle Ravina 22 Port Louis
  Mexico Vanessa Ponce 26 Mexico City
  Moldova Tamara Zareţcaia 21 Chișinău
  Mongolia Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa[26] 21 Ulaanbaatar
  Montenegro Natalija Glušcević 18 Podgorica
  Myanmar Han Thi 21 Yangon
  Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada[27] 26 Kathmandu
  Netherlands Leonie Hesselink 26 Amsterdam
  New Zealand Jessica Tyson 25 Auckland
  Nicaragua Yoselin Gómez Reyes 23 Boaco
  Nigeria Anita Ukah 23 Owerri
  Northern Ireland Katharine Walker 23 Belfast
  Norway Madelen Michelsen 19 Oslo
  Panama Solaris Barba 19 Panama City
  Paraguay Maquenna Gaiarín 22 Asunción
  Peru Clarisse Uribe[replacements 4] 22 Chincha Alta
  Philippines Katarina Rodriguez 26 Davao City
  Poland Agata Biernat 29 Zduńska Wola
  Portugal Carla Rodrigues 25 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Dayanara Martínez 25 Canóvanas
  Russia Natalya Stroeva[28][replacements 5] 19 Yakutsk
  Rwanda Liliane Iradukunda 19 Western Province
  Scotland Linzi McLelland 24 East Kilbride
  Senegal Aïssatou Filly 22 Dakar
  Serbia Ivana Trišić[30] 24 Belgrade
  Sierra Leone Sarah Laura Tucker 24 Bonthe
  Singapore Vanessa Peh 23 Singapore
  Slovakia Dominika Grecová 20 Bratislava
  Slovenia Lara Kalanj 18 Ljubljana
  South Africa Thulisa Keyi[31] 26 East London
  South Korea Bo Ah Cho 25 Seoul
  South Sudan Florence Thompson[32] 19 Juba
  Spain Amaia Izar 21 Agoitz
  Sri Lanka Nadia Gyi 18 Colombo
  Tanzania Queen Elizabeth Makune 22 Dar es Salaam
  Thailand Nicolene Limsnukan 20 Bangkok
  Trinidad and Tobago Ysabel Bisnath 26 Port of Spain
  Turkey Sevval Sahin 19 Istanbul
  Uganda Quiin Abenakyo 22 Mayuge
  Ukraine Leonila Guz 19 Kherson
  United States Marisa Butler[designations 10] 24 Standish
  Venezuela Veruska Ljubisavljević 27 Caracas
  Vietnam Trần Tiểu Vy 18 Quảng Nam
  Wales Bethany Harris 20 Newport
  Zambia Musa Kalaluka[33] 20 Lusaka
  Zimbabwe Belinda Potts 21 Harare

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2016:

Designations

  1. ^ ALBANIA – Nikita Preka was appointed as "Miss World Albania 2018" by Vera Grabocka after she was reappointed the franchise holder of Miss World in Albania.[9]
  2. ^ BELIZE – Jalyssa Arthurs was appointed as "Miss World Belize 2018" after a closed door ceremony took place organized by Michael Arnold, the national director of Miss World in Belize.
  3. ^ EGYPT – Mony Helal was appointed to represent Egypt by Youseff Sphai after he was reappointed the franchise holder for Miss World in Egypt.
  4. ^ EL SALVADOR – Metzi Solano was appointed as "Miss World El Salvador 2018" after Carlos Jimenez acquired the Miss World franchise in El Salvador. Metsi previously was Miss Supranational El Salvador 2013 and Miss Intercontinental El Salvador 2017.
  5. ^ FINLAND – Jenny Lappalainen was appointed as Miss World Finland 2018 by the national director of Miss Suomi pageant. Lappalainen was crowned the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Suomi 2018 pageant.
  6. ^ GUINEA-BISSAU – Rubiato Nhamajo was appointed to represent Guinea-Bissau, she was previously Miss Guinea-Bissau 2014.
  7. ^ ICELAND – Erla Ólafsdóttir was appointed to represent Iceland by Björn Leifsson, national director of Miss World in Iceland after no national pageant was held.
  8. ^ LATVIA – Daniela Gods-Romanovska was appointed to compete at the Miss World 2018 pageant by Julia Djadenko-Muggler and Kristina Djadenko, the national directors of Miss World in Latvia.
  9. ^ LEBANON – Mira Al-Toufaily was appointed to represent Lebanon after finishing 1st runner-up as the Miss Lebanon 2018 pageant.
  10. ^ UNITED STATES – Marisa Butler was appointed to compete at Miss World 2018 pageant after a video interview selection process was organized by Michael Blakey, after he was appointed the new franchise holder for Miss World in the United States due time constraints in organizing a pageant.

Replacements

  1. ^ AUSTRIA– Izabela Ion was awarded the title of Miss Austria 2018 after the original winner Daniela Zivkov was dethroned by Jörg Rigger, the new national director of Miss Austria pageant for violating the terms and conditions stipulated in her contract. Ion represented the federal state of Vorarlberg at Miss Austria 2018 and was crowned the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
  2. ^ DENMARK – Tara Jensen was crowned the new Miss Denmark 2018 by Lisa Lents, the national director of Miss Denmark pageant after the original winner Louise Sander Henriksen resigned due to personal reason. Jensen was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss Denmark 2018 pageant.
  3. ^ LUXEMBOURG – Cassandra Lopes Monteiro was appointed to compete at Miss World 2018 pageant as a replacement to Kelly Nilles, Miss Luxembourg 2018 by Hervé Lancelin, the president of Miss Luxembourg pageant, because of scheduling conflicts between Miss World 2018 and Miss Luxembourg 2019 pageants. Monteiro was the 3rd runner up at the Miss Luxembourg 2018 pageant.
  4. ^ PERU – Clarisse Uribe was crowned Miss World Peru 2018 by Tito Paz, the national director of the Miss World Peru contest, after the original winner Estefany Mauricci was dismissed for not having her accredited professional degree, which is one of the prerequisites to compete in the national contest. Uribe represented the department of Chincha and was the first finalist in the contest.
  5. ^ RUSSIA – Natalya Stroeva was appointed as Miss World Russia 2018 by Larisa Tikhonova the national director of Miss Russia pageant after the Miss Russia Organization took a collective decision to send Yulia Polyachikhina , the original winner of Miss Russia 2018 pageant only to Miss Universe 2018 so as to avoid scheduling conflicts. Stroeva represented the Republic of Yakutia at Miss Russia 2018 and was the 2nd runner-up at the pageant.[29]

Withdrawals

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External links

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