Miss World 2010

Miss World 2010, the 60th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 October 2010 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract. 115 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned her successor Alexandria Mills of the United States at end of the event.

Miss World 2010
Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills
Date30 October 2010
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
Entrants115
Placements25
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAlexandria Mills
 United States

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2010[2][3]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 2010
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 7
Top 25

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia Pacific
Caribbean
Europe

Order of Announcements

Top 25

  1.  Ireland
  2.  Northern Ireland
  3.  Norway
  4.  Puerto Rico
  5.  Kenya
  6.  Paraguay
  7.  Saint Lucia
  8.  Netherlands
  9.  Canada
  10.  France
  11.  Bahamas
  12.  Colombia
  13.  Russia
  14.  Thailand
  15.  South Africa
  16.  Mongolia
  17.  French Polynesia
  18.  Scotland
  19.  Venezuela
  20.  Namibia
  21.  Italy
  22.  United States
  23.  Germany
  24.  China
  25.  Botswana

Top 7

  1.  Venezuela
  2.  Ireland
  3.  China
  4.  Italy
  5.  Norway
  6.  United States
  7.  Botswana

Top 5

  1.  Venezuela
  2.  Botswana
  3.  United States
  4.  Ireland
  5.  China

Contestants
Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Albania AlbaniaArnita Beqiraj18Vlorë
United States Virgin Islands American Virgin IslandsCarolyn Carter20Christiansted
Angola AngolaIvanita Jones23M'banza Kongo
Argentina ArgentinaMariana Arambarry22Santa Rosa
Aruba ArubaKimberly Kuiperi21Tanki Leendert
Australia AustraliaAshleigh Francis23Sydney
The Bahamas BahamasBraneka Bassett20Freeport
Barbados BarbadosDanielle Bishop21Bridgetown
Belarus BelarusLyudmila Yakimovich22Hrodna
Belgium BelgiumCilou Annys19Bruges
Belize BelizeJessel Lauriano22Belize City
Bolivia BoliviaMaría Teresa Roca24Trinidad
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaSnežana Prorok18Istočna Ilidža
Botswana BotswanaEmma Wareus19Gaborone
Brazil BrazilKamilla Salgado23Belém
Bulgaria BulgariaRomina Andonova21Sofia
Canada CanadaDenise Garrido23Bradford
Cape Verde Cape VerdeJoceline Fortes22Sao Vicente
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsCristin Alexander23George Town
China ChinaTang Xiao23Dalian
Colombia ColombiaLaura Palacio23Medellín
Costa Rica Costa RicaDayana Aguilera19Palmares
Ivory Coast Cote d'IvoireInès Da Silva21N'zi-Comoé
Croatia CroatiaKatarina Banić20Trilj
Curaçao CuraçaoAngenie Simon24Willemstad
Cyprus CyprusAndrea Kkolou19Nicosia
Czech Republic Czech RepublicVeronika Machová20Rokycany
Denmark DenmarkNataliya Averina20Roskilde
Ecuador EcuadorAna Galarza21Ambato
Egypt EgyptSara El-Khouly22Cairo
El Salvador El SalvadorGabriela Molina22San Salvador
England EnglandJessica Linley21Nottingham
Ethiopia EthiopiaHiwot Assefa Tesfaye20Addis Ababa
Finland FinlandAnne-Marie Nurminen22Helsinki
France FranceVirginie Dechenaud24La Frette
 French Polynesia Mihilani Teixeira20Papeete
Georgia (country) GeorgiaDea Arakishvili20Tbilisi
Germany GermanySusanna Kobylinski22Bremen
Ghana GhanaMimi Areme22Ho
Gibraltar GibraltarLarissa Dalli23Gibraltar
Greece GreeceDiamanto Gasteratou22Athens
Guadeloupe GuadeloupeEricka Aly20Petit-Bourg
Guatemala GuatemalaLucía Mazariegos19Antigua, Guatemala
Guyana GuyanaAletha Shepherd22Georgetown
Honduras HondurasMarilyn Medina18Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong Hong KongSammi Cheung23Hong Kong
Hungary HungaryJennifer Kalo22Budapest
Iceland IcelandFanney Ingvarsdóttir19Garðabær
India IndiaManasvi Mamgai22New Delhi
Indonesia IndonesiaAsyifa Latief21Bandung
Republic of Ireland IrelandEmma Britt Waldron21Celbridge
Israel IsraelShavit Wiesel20Be'eri
Italy ItalyGiada Pezzaioli18Montichiari
Jamaica JamaicaChantal Alicia Raymond24Kingston
Japan JapanHiroko Matsunaga18Fukuoka
Kazakhstan KazakhstanAsselina Kuchukova27Almaty
Kenya KenyaNatasha Metto20Nairobi
South Korea KoreaKim Hye-young20Gyeongsangbuk-do
Latvia LatviaLudmila Voroncova19Riga
Lebanon LebanonRahaf Abdallah22Khiam
Lesotho LesothoKarabelo Mokoallo23Maseru
Lithuania LithuaniaGritė Maruškevičiūtė21Vilnius
Luxembourg LuxembourgShari Thuyns19Mamer
Macau MacauCherry Ng Ka-I23Macau
North Macedonia MacedoniaStefani Borsova20Skopje
Malawi MalawiElla Kabambe24Blantyre
Malaysia MalaysiaNadia Min Dern Heng25Kuala Lumpur
Malta MaltaFrancesca Gaspar24Iklin
Martinique MartiniqueTully Fremcourt20La Trinité
Mauritius Mauritius Dalysha Doorga23Goodlands
Mexico MexicoAnabel Solís23Mérida
Moldova MoldovaDaria Zaiteva20Chişinău
Mongolia MongoliaSarnai Amar23Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro MontenegroMilica Milatović18Podgorica
Namibia NamibiaOdile Gertze22Windhoek
Nepal NepalSadichha Shrestha19Kathmandu
Netherlands NetherlandsDesirée van den Berg23Santpoort
New Zealand New ZealandCody Yerkovich18Kaitaia
Nigeria NigeriaFiona Amuzie19Minna
Northern Ireland Northern IrelandLori Moore20Belfast
Norway NorwayMariann Birkedal23Stavanger
Panama PanamaPaola Vaprio Medaglia24Panama City
Paraguay ParaguayEgni Eckert23Luque
Peru PeruAlexandra Liao20Lima
Philippines PhilippinesCzarina Gatbonton19Malolos
Poland PolandAgata Szewioła21Żary
Portugal PortugalCatarina Aragonez22Portalegre
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoYara Lasanta24Barranquitas
Romania RomaniaLavinia Postolache21Piteşti
Russia RussiaIrina Sharipova18Apastovo
Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and NevisFatisha Imo22Basseterre
Saint Lucia St. LuciaAiasha Gustave18Gros Islet
Scotland ScotlandNicola Mimnagh21Kilbarchan
Serbia SerbiaMilica Jelić20Belgrade
Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneNeyorlyn Williams19Freetown
Singapore SingaporeAnusha Rajaseharan21Singapore
Slovakia SlovakiaMarína Georgievová18Banská Bystrica
South Africa South AfricaNicole Flint22Pretoria
Spain SpainFátima Jiménez21Sevilla
Sri Lanka Sri LankaFallon Ranasinghe22Colombo
Suriname SurinameJo-ann Maria Sang19Paramaribo
Sweden SwedenDani Chelsea Karlsson25Stockholm
Tanzania TanzaniaGenevieve Mpangala20Chang'ombe
Thailand ThailandSirirat Rueangsri22Chiang Mai
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoDavia Chambers18Couva
Turkey TurkeyGizem Memiç20Gaziantep
Uganda UgandaHeyzme Nansubuga25Jinja
Ukraine UkraineKateryna Zakharchenko21Odesa
United States United StatesAlexandria Mills18Louisville
Uruguay UruguayEliana Olivera22Montevideo
Venezuela VenezuelaAdriana Vasini23Maracaibo
Vietnam VietnamNguyễn Ngọc Kiều Khanh19Ho Chi Minh City
Wales WalesCourtenay Hamilton20Llantwit Major
Zambia ZambiaZindaba Hanzala20Lusaka
Zimbabwe ZimbabweSamantha Tshuma21Bulawayo

Judges

The judges for Miss World 2010 were:

It was reported that Beijing may have pressured the judges to provide low scores for Mariann Birkedal, Miss Norway, because the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to one of its political prisoners, Liu Xiaobo.[4][5] During the time of the pageant, relations between China and Norway were "very strained."[5]

Notes

Returns

Withdrawals

Replacements
  •  Argentina – Carla Conrradi resigned as Miss Mundo Argentina. The 1st runner up, Marianna Arambarry was the new titleholder and Argentina's representative at Miss World 2010.
  •  Hong Kong – Due to a schedule conflict of competing in Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010, Toby Chan, Winner of Miss Hong Kong 2010, cannot participate in the competition. The 1st runner-up, Sammi Cheung was representative at Miss World 2010.
  •  Hungary – Ágnes Dobó was Miss World Hungary 2010 until she injured her arm and wrist. This stopped her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by her second runner-up, Jennifer Kalo.[6]
  •  Russia – Due to a schedule conflict of competing in Miss Universe 2010, Miss Russia 2010, Irina Antonenko was unable to participate in the competition.[7] The 1st runner-up, Irina Sharipova was appointed as the Russian representative at Miss World 2010.[8]

Country Changes
  • American Virgin Islands now competes as US Virgin Islands.

Venue

Vietnam backed out

On 8 June 2009, Mr. Hoang Kieu (RAAS Group Chairperson) and Mrs. Morley publicly agreed on Nha Trang as host for Miss World 2010.

According to a manager of the Tien Giang Tourism JS Company, RAAS bought 31 hectares in total to build a tourism site for Miss World 2010, which led to a public debate about some national ecological reserves being devastated and people having to leave their homes due to increasing living costs.[9]

On 28 January 2010, RAAS told Khanh Hoa People's Committee office to announce that they were no longer organising the event without an official explanation on the debate. Khanh Hoa Province then decided to host Miss World with new sponsors. RAAS would return as the main sponsor if another province was assigned as host.[3]

Finally on 2 April 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan approved a proposal by the host province Khanh Hoa to back out of hosting Miss World.[10]

Although Miss World 2010 was held in Sanya, China, RAAS Group was still in charge of the financial backing for the event. RAAS confirmed that Miss World would be back to Mỹ Tho, Tien Giang Province later in 2011 or 2012.[11] However, according to many reliable newswire such as VnExpress, there is no way for Miss World being organised in Tien Giang Province in 2011 or 2012 under the umbrella of RAAS because Mr. Hoang Kieu owed the landlords in the province, involved in the tourism project millions of dollars,[12]

References
  1. "Bản sao đã lưu trữ". Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. Vietnam should withdraw as Miss World 2010 host: official Archived 28 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Miss World 2010 relocation scandal brewing
  3. VnExpress – RAAS đơn phương rút khỏi Miss World 2010 Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Date: 28 January 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010 (in Vietnamese)
  4. Sheridan, Michael. "Miss Norway Mariann Birkedal lost Miss World to Alexandria Mills over Norway, China dispute: report". Daily News. New York.
  5. "Did Nobel Peace Prize affect Miss World outcome?". USA Today. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. "Miss World 2010: News from Hungary". The Times of Beauty. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Show Contestant". 2 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010.
  8. "All Contestant | Miss World". 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010.
  9. "VietnamNet – "Hoa hậu" và những dự án đất". Archived from the original on 31 October 2009.
  10. "Vietnam won't hold Miss World 2010: Deputy PM". Thanh Niên News. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  11. Thanh Nien Online – "Khanh Hoa begged off Miss World 2010" Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Vietnamese).
  12. "Hoang Kieu owed Tien Giang peasants millions of dollars". 2Sao (in Vietnamese). 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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