Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007, the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 1 December 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.[3] It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of China won the crown[2][3][4] and succeeded Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic.

Miss World 2007
Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin
Date1 December 2007
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
BroadcasterOfficial broadcaster:
International:
Entrants106
Placements16
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerZhang Zilin[2]
 China

The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion, Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympic Games as a major co-operation between the Beijing Olympic Committee and Miss World Limited. The song had its first broadcast to a global audience at the 57th Miss World final on 1 December.

In addition, to coincide with World AIDS Day, the pageant presented a special tribute to the fight against AIDS, with a televised speech from former South African President Nelson Mandela and the presence of his daughter and grandson, along with traditional dancers from South Africa who joined the contestants in a special song.[5]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2007[2][3]

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 2007
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 16

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

106 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
 Albania Elda Dushi 18 Tirana
 Angola Micaela Reis 18 Luanda
 Argentina Alejandra Bernal 19 San Salvador de Jujuy
 Aruba Boyoura Martijn 21
 Australia Caroline Pemberton 21 Sydney
 Austria Christine Reiler 25 Mödling
 Bahamas Anya Watkins 21
 Belarus Alena Aladka 22 Minsk
 Belgium Halima Chehaima 19 Brussels
 Belize Felicita Arzú 22 Orange Walk Town
 Bolivia Sandra Hernández 22 Cochabamba
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Gordana Tomić 17 Tuzla
 Botswana Malebogo Marumoagae 24 Tonota
 Brazil Regiane Andrade 23 São Bento do Sul
 Bulgaria Paolina Racheva 19 Ruse
 Canada Sara Ghulam 18 Toronto
 Cayman Islands Rebecca Parchment 25 West Bay
 Chile Bernardita Zúñiga 24 Viña del Mar
 China Zhang Zilin 23 Shijiazhuang
 Colombia María José Torrenegra 23 Barranquilla
 Costa Rica Wendy Cordero 19 Cartago
 Croatia Tajana Jeremić 17 Vukovar
 Curaçao Mckeyla Richards 19 Willemstad
 Cyprus Dora Anastasiou 19 Xylofagou
 Czech Republic Kateřina Sokolová 18 Přerov
 Denmark Line Kruuse 25 Korsør
 Dominican Republic Ada de la Cruz 21 Santo Domingo
 Ecuador Valeska Saab 23 Guayaquil
 El Salvador Michelle Melhado 18 San Salvador
 England Georgia Horsley 20 Malton
 Estonia Kadi Sizask 21 Rapla
 Ethiopia Mihret Abebe 19 Teferi Kela
 Finland Linnea Aaltonen 19 Kauniainen
 France Rachel Legrain-Trapani 20 Picardy
 Georgia Tamar Nemsitsveridze 20 Tbilisi
 Germany Janice Behrendt 24 Cottbus
 Ghana Irene Dwomoh 21 Accra
 Gibraltar Danielle Pérez 23
 Greece Aikaterini Evangelinou 19 Athens
 Grenada Vivian Burkhardt 21 St. George's
 Guadeloupe Nancy Fleurival 23 Abymes
 Guatemala Hamy Tejeda 22 Guatemala City
 Guyana Candace Charles 17 Stanleytown
 Hong Kong Kayi Cheung 23 Hong Kong
 Hungary Krisztina Bodri 21 Budapest
 Iceland Jóhanna Vala Jónsdóttir 21 Reykjavík
 India Sarah-Jane Dias 24 Mumbai
 Indonesia Kamidia Radisti 23 Surabaya
 Ireland Bláthnaid McKenna 21 Kildare
 Israel Liran Kohener 18 Rishon LeZion
 Italy Giada Wiltshire 17 Lugo
 Jamaica Yendi Phillipps[6] 22 Kingston
 Japan Lui Watanabe 23 Tokyo
 Kazakhstan Dana Kaparova 19 Astana
 Kenya Catherine Wainaina 22 Nyandarua
 Latvia Kristīne Djadenko 23 Riga
 Lebanon Nadine Njeim 20 Beirut
 Lithuania Jurgita Jurkutė 22 Plungė
 Macedonia Jana Stojanovska 22 Skopje
 Malaysia Deborah Priya Henry 22 Kuala Lumpur
 Malta Stephanie Zammit 22 Żejtun
 Martinique Vanessa Beauchaints 22 Ducos
 Mauritius Melody Selvon 18 Bambous
 Mexico Carolina Morán 19 Manzanillo
 Moldova Ina Codreanu 22 Chișinău
 Mongolia Gankhuyagiin Oyuungerel 22 Ulaanbaatar
 Montenegro Marija Ćirović 18 Niusic
 Namibia Marichen Luiperth 21 Swakopmund
   Nepal Sitashma Chand 24 Kathmandu Valley
 Netherlands Melissa Sneekes 24 The Hague
 New Zealand Stephanie Dods[7] 17 Auckland
 Nigeria Munachi Nwankwo 19 Rivers State
 Northern Ireland Melissa Patton 20 Belfast
 Norway Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge 19 Molde
 Panama Shey Ling Him 21 Penonomé
 Paraguay María de la Paz Vargas 20 Asunción
 Peru Cynthia Calderón 19 Tacna
 Philippines Maggie Wilson 18 Bacolod
 Poland Karolina Zakrzewska 21 Zielona Góra
 Puerto Rico Jennifer Guevara 20 San Juan
 Romania Elena Roxana Azoitei 19 Constanța
 Russia Tatiana Kotova 22 Moscow
 Scotland Nieve Jennings 20 Glasgow
 Serbia Mirjana Božović 20 Lajucvac
 Sierra Leone Fatmata Turay 20 Freetown
 Singapore Roshni Kaur Soin 21 Singapore
 Slovakia Veronika Husárová 20 Komárno
 Slovenia Tadeja Ternar 20 Beltinci
 South Africa Megan Coleman 22 KwaZulu-Natal
 South Korea Cho Eun-ju 24 Busan
 Spain Natalia Zabala 24 San Sebastián
 Sri Lanka Maria Colombage 23 Colombo
 Suriname Charisse Melany Moll 22 Paramaribo
 Swaziland Nkosing'phile Dlamini 22 Manzini
 Sweden Annie Oliv 20 Gothenburg
 Tanzania Richa Adhia 19 Mwanza
 Thailand Kanokkorn Jaicheun 21 Bangkok
 Trinidad and Tobago Valene Maharaj 21 Saint Margaret
 Turkey Selen Soyder 20 İzmir
 Uganda Monica Kasyate 21 Kampala
 Ukraine Lika Roman 22 Uzhhorod
 United States Abigail McCary 25 Denver
 Venezuela Claudia Suárez 20 Caracas
 Vietnam Đặng Minh Thu 19 Hanoi
 Wales Kelly-Louise Pesticcio 23 St Mellons
 Zimbabwe Caroline Marufu 24 Bulawayo

Judges

  • Julia Morley (UK) – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
  • Duncan James (UK) – Member of the boy band Blue, now an actor and TV presenter
  • Annabel Croft (UK) – Former tennis star and television presenter
  • Ben de Lisi (Italy) – Renowned fashion designer
  • Li Xiao Bai (China) – managing director of New Silk Road Modelling Agency
  • Bruce Zhao (China) – Chairperson of the Huayu Group
  • Makaziwe Mandela (South Africa) – Daughter of Nelson Mandela,[3] industrialist and philanthropist
  • Neal Hamil (United States) – managing director of Elite Models
  • Krish Naidoo (Ireland) – Miss World International Ambassador, entrepreneur, works with many charitable organisations
  • Elena Franchuk (Ukraine) – Founder of the Anti-AIDS Foundation of Ukraine

Notes

Returns

Replacements

  •  Albania – The Miss & Mister Albania organisation replaced Egla Harxhi, Miss Albania 2007, with Elda Dushi, for unknown reasons.
  •  Belarus – Miss Belarus 2006 1st Runner-up, Yulia Sindzeyeva, was supposed to compete in Miss World; however, she attended the Miss International contest in Japan, where she became 2nd runner-up. A contract with the Japanese organisation prevents her from attending the Miss World contest. 2nd runner-up, Alena Aladka, took her place.
  •  CuraçaoLisaika Everitz, Miss World Curaçao, was not accepted as Curaçao's entry to Miss World 2007 for not meeting the age requirements. She was replaced with Naemi Monte. Since Monte did not turn in the official application to the national organisation before the deadline established by Miss World Ltd, the franchiseholder appointed a new delegate: Mckeyla Richards. After this action, Naemi Monte decided to file a lawsuit against the franchiseholder, Reprod, to regain the right to represent the island at the international pageant. On 17 October, a jury decided in favour of Reprod, ending the dispute between both.
  •  LatviaIna Avlasēviča, Miss Latvia 2006, competed in Miss World 2008. The organisation sent Kristīne Djadenko, a former Miss Latvia, to that year's pageant.
  •  Vietnam – Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam World 2007's 2nd Runner-up Đặng Minh Thu was named by Elite Vietnam as the country's candidate at Miss World 2007. They Earlier offered Miss World's ticket to Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngô Phương Lan, who turned it down to focus on her studies in Switzerland and Teresa Sam, 1st Runner-up.

Withdrawals

No shows

  •  Antigua & Barbuda
  •  Cambodia
  •  Congo Republic – Pupuce Ngalla Ibata, national director of Miss Congo (COMICO) was informed that Congo will not take part in Miss World 2007. The reason being because the Miss World Organization never replied to their application for the franchise. However, she will try to get the franchise next year.
  •  Congo DR
  •  Egypt
  •  Honduras
  •  Liberia – The Miss Liberia 2007/2008 is scheduled for 23 November 2007, just one week before the Miss World 2007 finals takes place.
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Portugal
  •  Saint Lucia – Yasmin Walcott, national director of Miss Saint Lucia World, was informed that the island won't be represented in Miss World 2007.
  •  Sint Maarten – Fabiana Arnell, national director of Sint Maarten Queen's competition has informed that reports about Shanyra Richardson's participation in Miss World are not true, but she is interested in taking part in future Miss World competitions.
  •  Tahiti
  •  Uruguay
  •  Zambia

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