Miss World 2019

Miss World 2019 was the 69th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom on 14 December 2019.[2][3]

Miss World 2019
Toni-Ann Singh, Miss World 2019
Date14 December 2019
Presenters
Entertainment
[1]
VenueExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants111
Placements40
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerToni-Ann Singh
Jamaica

At the end of the event, Vanessa Ponce of Mexico crowned Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica as Miss World 2019.[4][5] It is the fourth victory of Jamaica in the history of the pageant.[6][7]

Contestants from 111 countries and territories competed in the pageant. The pageant was hosted by Peter Andre, Miss World 2013 Megan Young, Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle, and Fernando Allende. Peter Andre, Lulu, Misunderstood, and Kerry Ellis performed in this edition.[8]

Background

Location and date

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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Challenge Events

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  South Korea  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  Guadeloupe  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  U.S. 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 —
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  Brazil  Moldova
2    Nepal  Indonesia
3  China  Venezuela
4  Nigeria  Belarus
5  Mexico  Uganda
6  Philippines  Turkey
7  Mongolia  Guyana
8  Bangladesh  India
9  Ireland  Trinidad and Tobago
10  Paraguay  Georgia

Top Model

Miss Nigeria Nyekachi Douglas won Top Model Competition and become the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.[12][13]

Final result Contestant
Winner
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.[14]

Final result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Team Challenge Winner
  • Green Team

Talent

Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was the winner of the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.

Final result Contestant
Winner
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
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
Top 10

Judges

The judges' panel for Miss World 2019 were:

Contestants

111 delegates were selected.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Albania AlbaniaAtalanta Kercyku[15]20Tirana
Angola AngolaBrezana Da Costa[16]24Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and BarbudaTaqiyyah Francis26St. John's
Argentina ArgentinaJudit Grnja18Villa Ángela
Armenia ArmeniaLiana Voskerchyan20Yerevan
Aruba ArubaGhislaine Mejia26Oranjestad
Australia AustraliaSarah Marschke20Sydney
The Bahamas BahamasNyah Bandelier19Eleuthera
Bangladesh BangladeshRafah Nanjeba Torsa21Chittagong
Barbados BarbadosChe Amor Greenidge26Bridgetown
Belarus BelarusAnastasia Laurynchuk19Minsk
Belgium BelgiumElena Castro Suarez19Antwerp
Bolivia BoliviaIciar Díaz Camacho23Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaIvana Ladan21Jajce
Botswana BotswanaOweditse Phirinyane Gofaone[17]25Gaborone
Brazil BrazilElís Miele Coelho20Serra
British Virgin Islands British Virgin IslandsRikkiya Brathwaite[18]22Tortola
Bulgaria BulgariaMargo Cooper26Sofia
Cambodia CambodiaVy Sreyvin20Kandal
Canada CanadaNaomi Colford19Sydney
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsJaci Patrick24West Bay
Chile ChileIgnacia Albornoz Olmedo18Santiago
China ChinaLi Peishan[19]26Beijing
Colombia ColombiaSara Arteaga Franco26Medellín
Cook Islands Cook IslandsTajiya Eikura Sahay26Avarua
Costa Rica Costa RicaJessica Jiménez26San José
Croatia CroatiaKatarina Mamić23Lika-Senj
Curaçao CuraçaoSharon Meyer24Willemstad
Czech Republic Czech RepublicDenisa Spergerová19České Budějovice
Denmark DenmarkNatasja Kunde[20]18Copenhagen
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicAlba Marie Blair21Jarabacoa
Ecuador EcuadorMaría Auxiliadora Idrovo18Guayaquil
El Salvador El SalvadorFatima Mangandi27Santa Tecla
England EnglandBhasha Mukherjee23Derby
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial GuineaJanet Ortiz Oyono20Malabo
Ethiopia EthiopiaFeven Gebreslassie22Addis Ababa
Finland FinlandDana Mononen19Helsinki
France FranceOphély Mézino20Morne-à-l'Eau
Georgia (country) GeorgiaNini Gogichaishvili25Tbilisi
Ghana GhanaRebecca Kwabi26Accra
Gibraltar GibraltarCeline Bolaños22Gibraltar
Greece GreeceRafaela Plastira[21]20Trikala
Guadeloupe GuadeloupeAnaïs Lacalmontie[22]22Basse-Terre
Guatemala GuatemalaDulce María Ramos García[23]22Cuilapa
 Guinea-BissauLeila Samati[24]21Bissau
Guyana GuyanaJoylyn Conway20Georgetown
Haiti HaitiAlysha Morency25Port-au-Prince
Honduras HondurasAna Grisel Romero21Olanchito
Hong Kong Hong KongLila Lam[25]27Hong Kong
Hungary HungaryKrisztina Nagypál23Budapest
Iceland IcelandKolfinna Mist Austfjörð[26]22Reykjavík
India IndiaSuman Rao20Udaipur
Indonesia IndonesiaPrincess Megonondo19Jambi
Republic of Ireland IrelandChelsea Farrell[27]19County Louth
Italy ItalyAdele Sammartino24Pompei
Jamaica JamaicaToni-Ann Singh23Saint Thomas
Japan JapanMarika Sera[28]17Kanagawa
Kazakhstan KazakhstanMadina Batyk20Pavlodar
Kenya KenyaMaria Wavinya19Nyandarua
South Korea South KoreaLim Ji-yeon20Seoul
Kyrgyzstan KyrgyzstanEkaterina Zabolotnova[29]24Bishkek
Laos LaosNelamith Xaypannha19Vientiane
Luxembourg LuxembourgMelanie Heynsbroek19Luxembourg City
Macau MacauYu Yanan[30]26Macau
Malaysia MalaysiaAlexis SueAnn Seow[31]24Selangor
Malta MaltaNicole Vella20Valletta
Mauritius MauritiusUrvashi Gooriah20Port Louis
Mexico MexicoAshley Alvídrez20Ciudad Juárez
Moldova MoldovaElizaveta Kuznitova19Tiraspol
Mongolia MongoliaTsevelmaa Mandakh[32]22Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro MontenegroMirjana Muratović19Podgorica
Myanmar MyanmarKhit Lin Latt Yoon[33]22Yangon
Nepal NepalAnushka Shrestha23Kathmandu
Netherlands NetherlandsBrenda Felicia Muste23Arnhem
New Zealand New ZealandLucy Brock24Auckland
Nicaragua NicaraguaMaría Teresa Cortéz19Carazo
Nigeria NigeriaNyekachi Douglas21Calabar
Northern Ireland Northern IrelandLauren Eve Leckey20Stoneyford
Panama PanamaAgustina Ruiz Arrechea25Chitré
Paraguay ParaguayAraceli Bobadilla20Asunción
Peru PeruAngella Escudero23Sullana
Philippines PhilippinesMichelle Dee24Makati
Poland PolandMilena Sadowska20Oświęcim
Portugal PortugalInês Brusselmans24Oeiras
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoDaniella Rodríguez21Bayamón
Russia RussiaAlina Sanko20Azov
Rwanda RwandaMeghan Nimwiza21Kigali
Samoa SamoaAlalamalae Lata[34]23Apia
Scotland ScotlandKeryn Matthew24Edinburgh
Senegal SenegalAlberta Diatta[35]20Ziguinchor
Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneEnid Jones-Boston[36]24Freetown
Singapore SingaporeSheen Cher22Singapore
Slovakia SlovakiaFrederika Kurtulíková25Bratislava
Slovenia SloveniaŠpela Alič22Ljubljana
South Africa South AfricaSasha-Lee Olivier26Alberton
South Sudan South SudanMariah Joseph Maget22Juba
Spain SpainMaría del Mar Aguilera21Córdoba
Sri Lanka Sri LankaDewmi Thathsarani21Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sweden SwedenDaniella Lundqvist[37]20Kalmar
Tanzania TanzaniaSylvia Sebastian19Mwanza
Thailand ThailandNarintorn Chadapattarawalrachoat22Pathum Thani
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoTya Jané Ramey21Port of Spain
Tunisia TunisiaSabrine Mansour24Mahdia
Turkey TurkeySimay Rasimoğlu22Istanbul
Uganda UgandaOliver Nakakande25Bombo
Ukraine UkraineMarharyta Pasha24Kharkiv
United States United StatesEmmy Cuvelier[38]23Pierre
United States Virgin Islands US Virgin IslandsA'yana Keshelle Phillips[39]24Saint Thomas
Venezuela VenezuelaIsabella Rodríguez[40]26Petare
Vietnam VietnamLương Thùy Linh19Cao Bằng
Wales WalesGabriella Jukes23Port Talbot

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2006:

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2016:

Last competed in 2017:

Designation

    Replacements

      Withdrawals

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