Miss World 2017

Miss World 2017
Miss World 2017
	Miss World 2017 title holder, Manushi Chhillar
Date	18 November 2017
Presenters	Fernando Allende; Angela Chow; Megan Young; Frankie Cena; Barney Walsh; Steve Douglas;
Entertainment	Kristian Kostov; Jeffrey Li; Celine Tam; Zizi;
Venue	Sanya City Arena, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	Estrella TV; DirecTV;
Entrants	118
Placements	40
Debuts	Armenia; Laos; Senegal;
Withdrawals	Antigua and Barbuda; Belarus; DR Congo; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Malaysia; Puerto Rico; Sierra Leone; Saint Lucia; Uganda; US Virgin Islands;
Returns	Angola; Bangladesh; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Ethiopia; Greece; Hong Kong; Liberia; Macau; Madagascar; Norway; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
Winner	Manushi Chhillar; India

Miss World 2017, the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 2017 at the Sanya City Arena in China. 118 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico crowned her successor Manushi Chhillar of India at the end of the event. She is the sixth Indian woman to win Miss World after Priyanka Chopra won in 2000, with India tying Venezuela for the most wins in the pageant's history.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2017

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2017	India – Manushi Chhillar[1]
1st runner-up	Mexico – Andrea Meza[1]
2nd runner-up	England – Stephanie Hill[1]
Top 5	France – Aurore Kichenin[2] Kenya – Magline Jeruto[2]
Top 10	Indonesia – Achintya Holte Nilsen[2] Jamaica – Solange Sinclair[2] South Korea – Ha-eun Kim[2] Russia – Polina Popova[2] South Africa – Adè van Heerden[2]
Top 15	El Salvador – Fatima Cuellar[2] Japan – Haruka Yamashita[2] Macau – Lan Wan-Ling[2] Mongolia – Enkhjin Tseveendash §[2] Nigeria – Ugochi Ihezue[2]
Top 40	Argentina – Avril Marco Bangladesh – Jessia Islam Botswana – Nicole Gaelebale Brazil – Gabrielle Vilela China – Guan Siyu Colombia – Maria Daza Croatia – Tea Mlinarić Dominican Republic – Aletxa Mueses Guatemala – Virginia Argueta Italy – Conny Notarstefano Kazakhstan – Gul'banu Azimkhan Lebanon – Perla Helou Liberia – Wokie Dolo Malta – Michela Galea Moldova – Ana Badaneu Nepal – Nikita Chandak New Zealand – Annie Evans Peru – Pamela Sánchez Philippines – Laura Lehmann[3] Poland – Magdalena Bieńkowska Sweden – Hanna Haag Ukraine – Polina Tkach United States – Clarissa Bowers Venezuela – Ana Carolina Ugarte Vietnam – Đỗ Mỹ Linh

§ People's Choice winner

Background

Miss World emphasis on a new format, giving greater attraction on social media and interactivity. This new format is called the Head-to-Head Challenge, which will select 20 out of the Top 40 contestants.[4]

Challenge Events

Head-to-Head Challenge

Advanced to Top 40
Advanced to Top 40 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge
Advanced to Top 40 via judges' choice
Advanced to Top 40 via Head-to-Head Challenge, but also a challenge event winner.

Group	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5	Country 6
1	Angola	Austria	Bahamas	Georgia	Guadeloupe	Italy
2	Albania	Argentina	Bolivia	Cote d'Ivoire	Israel	Mauritius
3	Belgium	Cameroon	Chile	Guinea	Madagascar	Nepal
4	Armenia	Australia	Egypt	France	Germany	Jamaica
5	Colombia	Cook Islands	Curaçao	Gibraltar	Paraguay	Portugal
6	Bangladesh	Botswana	Brazil	Canada	Ethiopia	South Africa
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dominican Republic	Guam	Honduras	Iceland	Macau
8	Cyprus	Kenya	Ireland	Mongolia	Russia	Singapore
9	Bulgaria	Ecuador	El Salvador	Finland	Greece	India
10	Aruba	Ghana	Hungary	Indonesia	Laos	Netherlands
11	China	Denmark	Equatorial Guinea	Hong Kong	Moldova	Ukraine
12	Croatia	England	Fiji	Guatemala	Romania	Senegal
13	Liberia	Malta	New Zealand	Nigeria	Slovakia	Tunisia
14	Montenegro	Poland	Rwanda	Seychelles	Sweden	Venezuela
15	Guyana	Japan	Peru	Slovenia	Tanzania	Uruguay
16	Mexico	Nicaragua	Northern Ireland	Norway	Scotland	Sri Lanka
17	Lesotho[5]	Myanmar[5]	Philippines[5]	Serbia[5]	Thailand[5]	Turkey[5]
18	Belize	South Sudan	Spain	Vietnam	Wales	Zimbabwe
19	South Korea	Lebanon	Panama	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	—
20	British Virgin Islands	Cape Verde	Cayman Islands	Kazakhstan	Zambia	—

Beauty With A Purpose

Placement	Contestant
Winners	India – Manushi Chhillar Indonesia – Achintya Holte Nilsen Philippines – Laura Lehmann[5] South Africa – Adè van Heerden Vietnam – Đỗ Mỹ Linh
Top 20	Australia – Esma Voloder Brazil – Gabrielle Vilela British Virgin Islands – Helina Hewlett Cook Islands – Alanna Smith England – Stephanie Hill Fiji – Nanise Rainima France – Aurore Kichenin Mongolia – Enkhjin Tseveendash Nepal – Nikita Chandak New Zealand – Annie Evans Russia – Polina Popova Slovakia – Hanka Závodná Tanzania – Julitha Kabete Thailand – Patlada Kulphakthanapat Zimbabwe – Chiedza Mhosva

Contestants

118 delegates competed in Miss World 2017:[6]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continent
Albania	Joana Grabolli	20	Berat	Europe
Angola	Judelsia Bache	22	Luanda	Africa
Argentina	Avril Marco	20	Santiago del Estero	America
Armenia	Lili Sargsyan	18	Yerevan	Europe
Aruba	Anouk Eman	25	Oranjestad	America
Australia	Esma Voloder	25	Melbourne	Asia & Oceania
Austria	Sarah Chvala	22	Vienna	Europe
Bahamas	Geena Thompson	24	Nassau	America
Bangladesh	Jessia Islam	20	Dhaka	Asia & Oceania
Belgium	Romanie Schotte	20	Bruges	Europe
Belize	Renae Martinez[7]	20	Belmopan	America
Bolivia	Jasmin Pinto	20	Buena Vista	America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Aida Karamehmedović	24	Trebinje	Europe
Botswana	Nicole Gaelebale	24	Mahalapye	Africa
Brazil	Gabrielle Vilela	25	Angra dos Reis	America
British Virgin Islands	Helina Hewlett	25	Tortola	America
Bulgaria	Veronika Stefanova	25	Sofia	Europe
Cameroon	Akomo Minkata	23	Yaoundé	Africa
Canada	Cynthia Menard	17	Ottawa	America
Cape Verde	Cristilene Pimienta	21	São Vicente	Africa
Cayman Islands	Kristin Amaya	25	George Town	America
Chile	Victoria Stein	22	Puerto Montt	America
China	Guan Siyu	23	Harbin	Asia & Oceania
Colombia	Maria Daza	21	Riohacha	America
Cook Islands	Alanna Smith	25	Avarua	Asia & Oceania
Cote d'Ivoire	Mandjalia Gbané	21	Bondoukou	Africa
Croatia	Tea Mlinarić	18	Senj	Europe
Curaçao	Vanity Girigori	21	Willemstad	America
Cyprus	Helena Tselepi	22	Limassol	Europe
Denmark	Amanda Petri	20	Copenhagen	Europe
Dominican Republic	Aletxa Mueses	22	San José de las Matas	America
Ecuador	Romina Zeballos	25	Guayaquil	America
Egypt	Farah Shaaban	19	Cairo	Africa
El Salvador	Fatima Cuellar	20	San Salvador	America
England	Stephanie Hill	22	London	Europe
Equatorial Guinea	Catalina Mangue Ondo	18	Mongomo	Africa
Ethiopia	Kisanet Molla	22	Addis Ababa	Africa
Fiji	Nanise Rainima	25	Suva	Asia & Oceania
Finland	Adriana Gerxhalija	22	Turku	Europe
France	Aurore Kichenin	22	Jacou	Europe
Georgia	Keti Shekelashvili	23	Kareli	Europe
Germany	Dalila Jabri	20	Hamm	Europe
Ghana	Afua Asieduwaa Akrofi	20	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Jodie Garcia	22	Gibraltar	Europe
Greece	Maria Psilou	20	Aigio	Europe
Guadeloupe	Audrey Berville	20	Basse-Terre	America
Guam	Destiny Cruz	20	Hagåtña	Asia & Oceania
Guatemala	Virginia Argueta	23	Jutiapa	America
Guinea	Asmaou Diallo	24	Conakry	Africa
Guyana	Vena Mookram	19	Georgetown	America
Honduras	Celia Monterrosa	22	Santa Bárbara	America
Hong Kong	Emily Wong	23	Hong Kong	Asia & Oceania
Hungary	Virág Koroknyai	20	Budapest	Europe
Iceland	Ólafía Ósk Finnsdóttir	19	Reykjavík	Europe
India	Manushi Chhillar	20	Haryana	Asia & Oceania
Indonesia	Achintya Holte Nilsen	18	Lombok	Asia & Oceania
Ireland	Lauren McDonagh	18	Donegal	Europe
Israel	Rotem Rabi	21	Tel Aviv	Asia & Oceania
Italy	Conny Notarstefano	21	Lucera	Europe
Jamaica	Solange Sinclair	24	Kingston	America
Japan	Haruka Yamashita	22	Tokyo	Asia & Oceania
Kazakhstan	Gul'banu Azimkhan	18	Kyzylorda	Asia & Oceania
Kenya	Magline Jeruto	24	Nairobi	Africa
South Korea	Ha-eun Kim	25	Seoul	Asia & Oceania
Laos	Tonkham Phonchanhueang	20	Vientiane Prefecture	Asia & Oceania
Lebanon	Perla Helou	22	Baabda	Asia & Oceania
Lesotho	Mpoi Ma'hao	19	Maseru	Africa
Liberia	Wokie Dolo	25	Monrovia	Africa
Macau	Wan Ling Lan	25	Macau	Asia & Oceania
Madagascar	Felana Tirindraza	22	Nosy Be	Africa
Malta	Michela Galea	25	Valletta	Europe
Mauritius	Bessika Bucktawor	21	Triolet	Africa
Mexico	Andrea Meza	23	Chihuahua City	America
Moldova	Ana Badaneu	20	Chișinău	Europe
Mongolia	Enkhjin Tseveendash	24	Ulaanbaatar	Asia & Oceania
Montenegro	Tea Babić	19	Podgorica	Europe
Myanmar	Ei Kyawt Khaing	19	Thandwe	Asia & Oceania
Nepal	Nikita Chandak	21	Urlabari	Asia & Oceania
Netherlands	Philisantha van Deuren	21	Almere	Europe
New Zealand	Annie Evans	19	Auckland	Asia & Oceania
Nicaragua	America Monserrath	18	Rivas	America
Nigeria	Ugochi Ihezue	20	Birnin Kebbi	Africa
Northern Ireland	Anna Henry	22	Belfast	Europe
Norway	Celine Herregården	19	Drammen	Europe
Panama	Julianne Brittón	22	Panama City	America
Paraguay	Paola Oberladstatter	24	Ciudad del Este	America
Peru	Pamela Sánchez	22	Chachapoyas	America
Philippines	Laura Lehmann	23	Makati	Asia & Oceania
Poland	Magdalena Bieńkowska	24	Warsaw	Europe
Portugal	Filipa Barroso	18	Setúbal	Europe
Romania	Mihaela Bosca	26	Baia Mare	Europe
Russia	Polina Popova	22	Yekaterinburg	Asia & Oceania
Rwanda	Elsa Iradukunda	19	Northern Province	Africa
Scotland	Romy McCahill	23	Milngavie	Europe
Senegal	Nar Codou Diouf	20	Dakar	Africa
Serbia	Anđelija Rogić	22	Užice	Europe
Seychelles	Hilary Joubert	23	Victoria	Africa
Singapore	Laanya Ezra Asogan	21	Singapore	Asia & Oceania
Slovakia	Hanka Závodná	21	Bratislava	Europe
Slovenia	Maja Zupan	18	Britof	Europe
South Africa	Adè van Heerden	26	Herolds Bay	Africa
South Sudan	Arual Longar	20	Juba	Africa
Spain	Elisa Tulian	21	Majorca	Europe
Sri Lanka	Dusheni Silva	24	Colombo	Asia & Oceania
Sweden	Hanna Haag	20	Gävle	Europe
Tanzania	Julitha Kabete	21	Dar es Salaam	Africa
Thailand	Patlada Kulphakthanapat	25	Bangkok	Asia & Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	Chandini Chanka	23	Port of Spain	America
Tunisia	Emna Abdelhedi	22	Sfax	Africa
Turkey	Aslı Sümen	23	Mersin	Asia & Oceania
Ukraine	Polina Tkach	18	Kyiv	Europe
United States	Clarissa Bowers	20	Miami	America
Uruguay	Melina Carballo	21	Montevideo	America
Venezuela	Ana Carolina Ugarte	25	Maturín	America
Vietnam	Đỗ Mỹ Linh	21	Hanoi	Asia & Oceania
Wales	Hannah Williams	23	Cardiff	Europe
Zambia	Mary Chibula	22	Mongu	Africa
Zimbabwe	Chiedza Mhosva	22	Harare	Africa

Notes

Replacements

Cameroon – Michèle Ange Minkata was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 pageant by Solange Ingrid, the national director of Miss Cameroon pageant after Julie Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016 was dethroned on grounds of indiscipline. Nguimfack was denied visa by the US embassy to participate at the last year's event and was supposed to compete at Miss World 2017. Minkata was the 4th runner-up at the Miss Cameroon 2016 pageant.[8]
Greece – Theodora Soukia, Miss Hellas 2017 was replaced by Maria Psilou, Star Hellas 2017 for undisclosed reasons. Psilou was crowned Star Hellas 2017 at a private casting call organised by Vassilis Prevelakis, the national director of Star Hellas pageant.[9]
Madagascar – Felana Tirindraza was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 by Comité Miss Madagascar, the organizers of Miss Madagascar pageant after Njara Windye Harris, the original winner chose to compete at Miss University Africa 2017 contest. Tirindraza was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss Madagascar 2017 pageant.[10]
Turkey – Itır Esen, Miss Turkey World 2017 was replaced by Aslı Sümen, Miss Turkey Universe 2017 by Can Sandikcioglu, the national director of Miss Turkey pageant after Esen was dethroned just hours after her crowning over an unacceptable tweet about the attempted Turkish coup of 2016.[11]

References

"FULL LIST: The winners at Miss World 2017". Rappler. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
"PH's Laura Lehmann ends her journey in Miss World 2017". Rappler. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
Afinidad-Bernardo, Deni Rose M. (18 November 2017). "Philippines enters Miss World 2017 Top 40". Philippine Star. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
"New Format for Miss World 2017". Miss World. 20 July 2017.
Abellon, Bam V. (18 November 2017). "Miss World Philippines 2017 Laura Lehmann Makes It To The Top 40". Cosmopolitan Philippines. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
"Miss World 2017 Contestants". Miss World. 11 November 2017.
"Miss World".
"Miss Cameroon 2016, Julie Nguimfack, dethroned and replaced!". betatinz. 29 January 2017.
"Maria Psilou – Star Hellas 2017". 26 July 2017.
"Voici la représentante de Madagascar à Miss Monde 2017". Koolsaina. 20 October 2017.
"Miss Turkey Dethroned Over 'Unacceptable' Tweet About Attempted Coup". Bloomberg. 22 September 2017.

External links

Official website

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[:0-1] "FULL LIST: The winners at Miss World 2017". Rappler. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[:1-2] "PH's Laura Lehmann ends her journey in Miss World 2017". Rappler. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[3] Afinidad-Bernardo, Deni Rose M. (18 November 2017). "Philippines enters Miss World 2017 Top 40". Philippine Star. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[4] "New Format for Miss World 2017". Miss World. 20 July 2017.

[:2-5] Abellon, Bam V. (18 November 2017). "Miss World Philippines 2017 Laura Lehmann Makes It To The Top 40". Cosmopolitan Philippines. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[6] "Miss World 2017 Contestants". Miss World. 11 November 2017.

[7] "Miss World".

[8] "Miss Cameroon 2016, Julie Nguimfack, dethroned and replaced!". betatinz. 29 January 2017.

[9] "Maria Psilou – Star Hellas 2017". 26 July 2017.

[10] "Voici la représentante de Madagascar à Miss Monde 2017". Koolsaina. 20 October 2017.

[11] "Miss Turkey Dethroned Over 'Unacceptable' Tweet About Attempted Coup". Bloomberg. 22 September 2017.