Miss World 2019
Miss World 2019, the 69th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2019 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. Vanessa Ponce of Mexico crowned her successor Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica at the end of the event. This is Jamaica's fourth Miss World title, and its first since 1993.
Background
The official announcement was made on 19 February 2019, in Bangkok, by Miss World President Julia Morley, CEO Tanawat Wansom of TW Pageants and guest Ashwani Kumar Rai. They announced a mid-December date for the contest. However, on 2 July 2019, Morley and Vanessa Ponce, the reigning Miss World, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan. Morley officially announced that the pageant will be held on Saturday, 14 December 2019, at ExCeL London and that Miss World 2020 will be held in Thailand in order to celebrate Miss World’s 70th anniversary. The 2019 opening ceremony was held in London on 20 November. Contestants then competed in a series of fast track events around London.Result
Continental Queens of Beauty
Judges
The judges' panel for Miss World 2019 were:- Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Pageant Organization
- Piers Morgan – Renowned TV presenter, talk show host, a former judge at Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent
- Mike Dixon – Musical Director
- Deborah Lambie – Miss World New Zealand 2015
- Dame Zandra Rhodes – Renowned London Fashion designer
- Marsha-Rae Ratcliff, OBE
- Svestoslav Kolchagov, Creative Director and Designer of
- Emilio Barba, Creative Director and Designer of
- Lady Wilnelia Forsyth – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
- Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia
- Carina Tyrrell – Miss England 2014
- Kamal Ibrahim – Mister World 2010 from Ireland
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 40 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
- Advanced to the Top 40 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
- Advanced to the Top 40 via judges' choice.
Group | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Country 4 | Country 5 | Country 6 |
1 | Albania | England | Guyana | Honduras | Peru | |
2 | Cook Islands | Guatemala | Ireland | Italy | Myanmar | Russia |
3 | British Virgin Islands | Iceland | Laos | Nicaragua | South Sudan | Venezuela |
4 | Armenia | Bolivia | Bulgaria | Kazakhstan | Mongolia | South Africa |
5 | Hong Kong | Moldova | Singapore | Spain | Sri Lanka | |
6 | Brazil | Curaçao | Denmark | Ecuador | Malta | Northern Ireland |
7 | Equatorial Guinea | Hungary | Malaysia | Trinidad and Tobago | United States | Wales |
8 | Chile | Croatia | France | New Zealand | Paraguay | Scotland |
9 | Canada | Czech Republic | Indonesia | Portugal | Sierra Leone | Tunisia |
10 | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | Mexico | Nepal | Poland | Tanzania |
11 | Colombia | Costa Rica | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Nigeria |
12 | Belgium | Jamaica | Panama | Slovenia | Turkey | US Virgin Islands |
13 | Australia | El Salvador | Georgia | Guinea Bissau | Puerto Rico | Slovakia |
14 | Bahamas | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Haiti | India | Thailand |
15 | Antigua and Barbuda | Barbados | China | Greece | Samoa | Sweden |
16 | Argentina | Belarus | Finland | Kenya | Macau | Ukraine |
17 | Aruba | Dominican Republic | Ghana | Philippines | Rwanda | rowspan=3 |
18 | Cambodia | Mauritius | Montenegro | Uganda | Vietnam | - |
19 | Angola | Bangladesh | Ethiopia | Kyrgyzstan | Senegal | - |
Round 2
- Advanced to the Top 40 via the Head-to-Head challenge.
Group | Country 1 | Country 2 |
1 | BRA | MDA |
2 | NEP | INA |
3 | CHN | VEN |
4 | NGR | BLR |
5 | MEX | UGA |
6 | PHI | TUR |
7 | MGL | GUY |
8 | BAN | IND |
9 | IRL | TTO |
10 | PAR | GEO |
Top Model
Miss Nigeria Nyekachi Douglas won Top Model Competition and become the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up | |
Top 10 | |
Top 40 |
Sports
Miss British Virgin Islands Rikkiya Brathwaite won the Sports Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Team Challenge Winner |
Team | Contestant |
Red Team |
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Yellow Team | |
Green Team | |
Blue Team |
Talent
Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was the winner of the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 5 | |
Top 27 |
Multimedia
Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, was the winner of the Multimedia Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up |
Beauty With A Purpose
For the first time, all 10 finalists were placed in the Top 40 of Miss World 2019 due to their impressive projects and initiatives. Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, received the award and will receive funding from the Miss World Organization for the establishment of her project.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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Top 10 |
Contestants
111 delegates have been confirmed.Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
Albania | Atalanta Kercyku | 20 | Tirana |
Angola | Brezana Da Costa | 24 | Luanda |
Antigua and Barbuda | Taqiyyah Francis | 25 | St. John's |
Argentina | Judit Grnja | 18 | Villa Ángela |
Armenia | Liana Voskerchyan | 20 | Yerevan |
Aruba | Ghislaine Mejia | 20 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Sarah Marschke | 20 | Sydney |
Bahamas | Nyah Bandelier | 18 | Eleuthera |
Bangladesh | Rafah Nanjeba Torsa | 21 | Chittagong |
Barbados | Che Amor Greenidge | 25 | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Anastasia Laurynchuk | 18 | Minsk |
Belgium | Elena Castro Suarez | 19 | Antwerp |
Bolivia | Iciar Díaz Camacho | 20 | Santa Cruz |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ivana Ladan | 20 | Jajce |
Botswana | Oweditse Phirinyane Gofaone | 25 | Gaborone |
Brazil | Elís Miele Coelho | 20 | Serra |
British Virgin Islands | Rikkiya Brathwaite | 22 | Tortola |
Bulgaria | Margo Cooper | 26 | Sofia |
Cambodia | Vy Sreyvin | 20 | Phnom Penh |
Canada | Naomi Colford | 19 | Sydney |
Cayman Islands | Jaci Patrick | 24 | West Bay |
Chile | Ignacia Albornoz Olmedo | 17 | Santiago |
China | Li Peishan | 20 | Beijing |
Colombia | Sara Arteaga Franco | 25 | Medellín |
Cook Islands | Tajiya Eikura Sahay | 26 | Avarua |
Costa Rica | Jessica Jiménez | 25 | San José |
Croatia | Katarina Mamić | 22 | Lika-Senj |
Curaçao | Sharon Meyer | 22 | Willemstad |
Czech Republic | Denisa Spergerová | 18 | České Budějovice |
Denmark | Natasja Kunde | 18 | Copenhagen |
Dominican Republic | Alba Marie Blair | 21 | Jarabacoa |
Ecuador | María Auxiliadora Idrovo | 18 | Guayaquil |
El Salvador | Fatima Mangandi | 27 | Santa Tecla |
England | Bhasha Mukherjee | 23 | Derby |
Equatorial Guinea | Janet Ortiz Oyono | 20 | Malabo |
Ethiopia | Feven Gebreslassie | 22 | Addis Ababa |
Finland | Dana Mononen | 19 | Helsinki |
France | Ophély Mézino | 20 | Morne-à-l'Eau |
Georgia | Nini Gogichaishvili | 24 | Tbilisi |
Ghana | Rebecca Kwabi | 26 | Accra |
Gibraltar | Celine Bolaños | 22 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Rafaela Plastira | 20 | Trikala |
Guadeloupe | Anaïs Lacalmontie | 22 | Basse-Terre |
Guatemala | Dulce María Ramos García | 22 | Cuilapa |
Laila Samati | 21 | Bissau | |
Guyana | Joylyn Conway | 20 | Georgetown |
Haiti | Alysha Morency | 25 | Port-au-Prince |
Honduras | Ana Grisel Romero | 20 | Olanchito |
Hong Kong | Lila Lam | 26 | Hong Kong |
Hungary | Krisztina Nagypál | 22 | Budapest |
Iceland | Kolfinna Mist Austfjörð | 23 | Reykjavík |
India | Suman Rao | 21 | Udaipur |
Indonesia | Princess Megonondo | 19 | Jambi |
Ireland | Chelsea Farrell | 19 | County Louth |
Italy | Adele Sammartino | 24 | Pompei |
Jamaica | Toni-Ann Singh | 23 | Saint Thomas |
Japan | Marika Sera | 17 | Kanagawa |
Kazakhstan | Madina Batyk | 20 | Pavlodar |
Kenya | Maria Wavinya | 19 | Nyandarua |
Korea | Lim Ji-yeon | 20 | Seoul |
Kyrgyzstan | Ekaterina Zabolotnova | 24 | Bishkek |
Laos | Nelamith Xaypannha | 20 | Vientiane |
Luxembourg | Melanie Heynsbroek | 19 | Luxembourg City |
Macau | Yu Yanan | 20 | Macau |
Malaysia | Alexis SueAnn Seow | 24 | Selangor |
Malta | Nicole Vella | 20 | Valletta |
Mauritius | Urvashi Gooriah | 19 | Port Louis |
Mexico | Ashley Alvídrez | 20 | Ciudad Juárez |
Moldova | Elizaveta Kuznitova | 19 | Tiraspol |
Mongolia | Tsevelmaa Mandakh | 22 | Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro | Mirjana Muratović | 19 | Podgorica |
Myanmar | Khit Lin Latt Yoon | 22 | Yangon |
Nepal | Anushka Shrestha | 22 | Kathmandu |
Netherlands | Brenda Felicia Muste | 22 | Arnhem |
New Zealand | Lucy Brock | 24 | Auckland |
Nicaragua | María Teresa Cortéz | 18 | Carazo |
Nigeria | Nyekachi Douglas | 20 | Calabar |
Northern Ireland | Lauren Eve Leckey | 20 | Stoneyford |
Panama | Agustina Ruiz Arrechea | 25 | Chitré |
Paraguay | Araceli Bobadilla | 20 | Asunción |
Peru | Angella Escudero | 23 | Sullana |
Philippines | Michelle Dee | 24 | Makati |
Poland | Milena Sadowska | 20 | Oświęcim |
Portugal | Inês Brusselmans | 24 | Oeiras |
Puerto Rico | Daniella Rodríguez | 22 | Bayamón |
Russia | Alina Sanko | 20 | Azov |
Rwanda | Meghan Nimwiza | 20 | Kigali |
Samoa | Alalamalae Lata | 20 | Apia |
Scotland | Keryn Matthew | 24 | Edinburgh |
Senegal | Alberta Diatta | 19 | Ziguinchor |
Sierra Leone | Enid Jones-Boston | 20 | Freetown |
Singapore | Sheen Cher | 20 | Singapore |
Slovakia | Frederika Kurtulíková | 24 | Bratislava |
Slovenia | Špela Alič | 20 | Ljubljana |
South Africa | Sasha-Lee Olivier | 26 | Alberton |
South Sudan | Mariah Joseph Maget | 22 | Juba |
Spain | María del Mar Aguilera | 21 | Córdoba |
Sri Lanka | Dewmi Thathsarani | 20 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
Sweden | Daniella Lundqvist | 20 | Kalmar |
Tanzania | Sylvia Sebastian | 19 | Mwanza |
Thailand | Narintorn Chadapattarawalrachoat | 22 | Pathum Thani |
Trinidad and Tobago | Tya Janè Ramey | 21 | Port of Spain |
Tunisia | Sabrine Mansour | 23 | Mahdia |
Turkey | Simay Rasimoğlu | 22 | Istanbul |
Uganda | Oliver Nakakande | 24 | Bombo |
Ukraine | Marharyta Pasha | 24 | Kharkiv |
United States | Emmy Cuvelier | 23 | Pierre |
US Virgin Islands | A’yana Keshelle Phillips | 24 | Saint Thomas |
Venezuela | Isabella Rodríguez | 26 | Petare |
Vietnam | Lương Thùy Linh | 19 | Cao Bằng |
Wales | Gabriella Jukes | 22 | Port Talbot |
Returns
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Designation
Replacements
Withdrawals
- ' – Larissa Robitschko will not compete in Miss World or Miss Universe after the Miss Austria Organization relinquished the local franchise.
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- ' – The Miss Lebanon 2019 pageant was postponed several times then ultimately canceled, citing the country's political unrest.
- ' – Palesa Makara
- ' – Valerie Mille Binguira
- ' – Sanja Lovčević
- ' – The Miss World Zimbabwe 2019 pageant was canceled, citing the country’s economic crisis.