Miss World 2009
Miss World 2009, the 59th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.[2] Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia crowned her successor Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar at the end of event. It is the first time that someone from Gibraltar won Miss World. In the past, people from mainland Britain have won.

Miss World 2009 during her homecoming celebrations in Gibraltar, 17 December 2009
Miss World 2009 | |
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![]() Miss World 2009 titlecard | |
Date | 12 December 2009 |
Presenters |
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Entertainment | Gang of Instrumentals |
Venue | Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 112 |
Placements | 16 |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Kaiane Aldorino![]() |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 2009 | |
1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 7 | |
Top 16 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty[3][4]
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa | |
Americas | |
Asia & Oceania | |
Caribbean |
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Europe |
Candidates

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2009[5]
Albania – Armina Mevlani
Angola – Nadia Silva
Argentina – Evelyn Lucía Manchón
Aruba – Nuraisa Lispiër
Australia – Sophie Lavers
Austria – Anna Hammel
Bahamas – Joanna Brown
Barbados – Leah Marville
Belarus – Yulia Sindzeyeva
Belgium – Zeynep Sever
Belize – Norma Leticia Lara
Bolivia – Flavia Foianini
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Andrea Šarac
Botswana – Sumaiyah Marope
Brazil – Luciana Reis
Bulgaria – Antonia Petrova
Canada – Lena Ma
China PR – Yu Sheng
Colombia – Daniela Ramos
Costa Rica – Angie Alfaro
Côte d'Ivoire – Dacoury Rosine Gnago
Croatia – Ivana Vasilj
Curaçao – Chantalle Thomassen
Cyprus – Christalla Tsiali
Czech Republic – Aneta Vignerová
Denmark – Nadia Pederson
Dominican Republic – Ana Contreras
Ecuador – Gabriela Ulloa
Egypt – Samah Shalaby
El Salvador – Elena Tedesco
England – Katrina Hodge
Ethiopia – Lula Weldegebriel
Finland – Sanna Kankaanpää
France – Chloé Mortaud
Georgia – Tsira Suknidze
Germany – Stefanie Peeck
Ghana – Mawuse Appea
Gibraltar – Kaiane Aldorino
Greece – Alkisti Anyfanti
Guadeloupe – Béatrice Blaise
Guatemala – Alida Reyes
Guyana – Imarah Radix
Honduras – Blaise Masey
Hong Kong – Sandy Lau
Hungary – Orsolya Serdült
Iceland – Guðrún Dögg Rúnarsdóttir
India – Pooja Chopra
Indonesia – Karenina Sunny Halim
Ireland – Laura Patterson
Israel – Adi Rudnitzky
Italy – Alice Taticchi
Jamaica – Kerrie Baylis
Japan – Eruza Sasaki
Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva
Kenya – Fiona Konchellah
Korea – Kim Joo-ri
Latvia – Ieva Lase
Lebanon – Martine Andraos
Liberia – Shu-rina Wiah †
Lithuania – Vaida Petraškaitė
Luxembourg – Diana Nilles
Macedonia – Suzana Al-Salkini
Malaysia – Thanuja Ananthan
Malta – Shanel Debattista
Martinique – Ingrid Littré
Mauritius – Anaïs Veerapatren
Mexico – Perla Beltrán Acosta
Moldova – Maria Bragaru
Mongolia – Battsetseg Batbaatar
Montenegro – Marijana Pokrajac
Namibia – Happie Ntelamo
Nepal – Zenisha Moktan
Netherlands – Avalon-Chanel Weyzig
New Zealand – Magdalena Schoeman
Nigeria – Glory Chuku
Northern Ireland – Cherie Gardiner
Norway – Sara Skjoldnes
Panama – Nadege Herrera
Paraguay – Tamara Sosa
Peru – Claudia Carrasco
Philippines – Marie-Ann Umali
Poland – Anna Jamróz
Portugal – Marta Cadilha
Puerto Rico – Jennifer Colón
Romania – Loredana Violeta Salanta
Russia – Ksenia Shipilova
Scotland – Katharine Brown
Serbia – Jelena Marković
Sierra Leone – Mariatu Kargbo
Singapore – Pilar Carmelita Arlando
Slovakia – Barbora Franeková
Slovenia – Tina Petelin
South Africa – Tatum Keshwar
Spain – Carmen García
Sri Lanka – Gamya Wijayadasa
Suriname – Zoureena Rijger
Swaziland – Nompilo Mncina
Sweden – Erica Harrison
Tahiti – Nanihi Bambridge
Tanzania – Miriam Gerald
Thailand – Pongchanok Kanklab
Trinidad & Tobago – Ashanna Arthur
Turkey – Ebru Şam
Uganda – Maria Namiiro
Ukraine – Evgeniya Tulchevska
United States – Lisa-Marie Kohrs
Uruguay – Claudia Vanrell
Venezuela – María Milagros Véliz
Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang
Wales – Lucy Whitehouse
Zambia – Sekwila Mumba
Zimbabwe – Vanessa Sibanda
Judges
- Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
- Priyanka Chopra – Miss World 2000 from India[6][5]
- Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR
- Mike Dixon – Musical Director
- JJ Schoeman – Designer
- Lindiwe Mahlangu-Kwele – CEO Johannesburg Tourism Company
- Graham Cooke – MD World Travel Group
- Warren Batchelor – Executive Producer of Miss World 2009
Notes
Returns
Replacements
England – Due to the media attention following the allegations against her, Rachel Christie has now decided to withdraw from the Miss World competition and relinquish her Miss England crown. Katrina Hodge replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.[7]
Germany – Alessandra Alores was disqualified due to several nude pictures of her on the Internet. Stefanie Peeck replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.[8][9][10]
Russia – Sofia Rudieva was allowed to compete in Miss Universe 2009 by the Miss Universe Organization, but the Miss World Organization did not accept her as a contestant due several nude pictures of her on the Internet. Ksenia Shipilova replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.[11]
Singapore – The original winner, Ris Low, backed out of the finals at Miss World 2009. Her decision came after a slew of negative media reports in which she incurred the ire of the public for her poor English.[12] Later, news of her conviction for credit card fraud in May also surfaced, after she stole credit cards worth $6000.[13] She was sentenced to two years' probation for credit card fraud. There was a national petition for her to step down. Then, Ris Low was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[14] The first runner-up Claire Lee, declined to represent Singapore due to a back injury which prevents her from standing for long periods of time, and also as Ris Low accused her of backstabbing her,[15] and she withdrew from the pageant immediately. Claire Lee also rebutted Ris Low's allegations on her blog.[16] On 9 October, ERM World Marketing announced Pilar Carmelita Arlando as the new Miss Singapore World 2009, who represented Singapore at the Miss World contest. Before that, she was officially the second runner-up at Miss Singapore World 2009.[17][18] However, Pilar was criticised by many netizens for not knowing who's the first president of Singapore, not knowing how many years Singapore has been independent, and claiming that the Merlion, a symbol of Singapore, became extinct in 1965, unaware that the Merlion is a fictitious animal.[19][20]
Uruguay – Cinthia D'Ottone was the original Uruguayan representative to Miss World 2009, but she was replaced at the last minute by Claudia Vanrell due to Cinthia's health related issues.[21]
Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang was appointed to represent Vietnam at Miss World 2009. She is the 2nd runner-up of Miss Vietnam Global 2009.
Withdrawals
Antigua & Barbuda – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
Cayman Islands – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship for the national pageant[22]
Chile – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship for the national pageant
Chinese Taipei – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
Congo DR – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
St. Kitts & Nevis – Venetta Zakers, the winner of the Miss World Saint Kitts and Nevis 2009 pageant, did not compete in Miss World 2009 due to communication problems between her and the national pageant organisation. However, the pageant was held again in 2010 to select the representative for Miss World 2010.[23]
St. Lucia – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
Seychelles – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
Did not compete
Grenada - Tamara Lawrence
References
- "Miss World History 2009". Miss World. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
- "All Contestant". Miss World. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Global Beauties – And Miss World 2009 is... Miss Gibraltar, Kaiane Aldorino! Archived 15 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "Miss World 2009". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- "Miss Gibraltar beats the odds, wins Miss World '09". India Today. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- "Miss World will not change the world: Priyanka Chopra". India Today. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- England withdraws from the competition Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Alessandra Alores disqualified as Miss World Germany 2009 Archived 14 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Article of Alores disqualification
- Article of Alores disqualification Archived 20 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Toledo, Edwin (22 June 2009). "Sofia Rudieva disqualified as Miss World Russia 2009". Worldofmisses.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- "Fraud Conviction, 'Singlish' Trip Up Singapore Beauty Queen Ris Low". The Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- "Miss Singapore World convicted of credit card fraud in May". Channel NewsAsia. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- "Suffering from bipolar disorder: Ris". News.asiaone.com. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Archived 4 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- "BREAKING NEWS: Backstabber? Who? Me? Ris Low accuses runner-up Claire Lee for backstabbing her – VRForums – Singapore IT & Lifestyle Community!". Forums.vr-zone.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Miss World Singapore 2009 Quit Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- New Miss Singapore World 2009 Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "When did the Merlion become extinct? (Miss Singapore World 2009 Pt 1)". Razortv. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- "Funny Miss Singapore World 2009 Pilar Arlando's Interview Video: When Did Merlion Become Extinct? | Wayang Times ~ Funny and Entertaining Asian News". Wayangtimes.com. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Toledo, Edwin (11 November 2009). "Cinthia D'Ottone replaced by Claudia Vanrell as Miss World Uruguay 2009". World of Misses. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- "Cayman Islands – Cay Compass News Online – Miss Cayman pageant cancelled". Caycompass.com. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Toledo, Edwin (9 September 2009). "St. Kitts & Nevis withdraws". World of Misses. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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