Miss World 2014

Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. 121 contestants competed for the crown. Megan Young of the Philippines crowned her successor Rolene Strauss of South Africa at the end of the event. This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.

Miss World 2014
Rolene Strauss, Miss World 2014
Date14 December 2014
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants121
Placements25
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerRolene Strauss
 South Africa

Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 2014
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 11
Top 25

§ People's Choice winner

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
Europe
Oceania

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
AlbaniaXhensila Pere25Pogradec
ArgentinaYoana Don23Santiago del Estero
ArubaJoitza Henriquez21Oranjestad
AustraliaCourtney Thorpe23Brisbane
AustriaJulia Furdea20Asten
BahamasRosetta Cartwright19Nassau
BarbadosZoé Trotman22Bridgetown
BelarusViktoria Mihanovich21Minsk
BelgiumAnissa Blondin22Brussels
BelizeRaquel Badillo21Belize City
BermudaLillian Lightbourn24Hamilton
BoliviaAndrea Forfori25Santa Cruz
Bosnia and HerzegovinaIsidora Borovčanin19Pale
BrazilJulia Gama21Porto Alegre
British Virgin IslandsRosanna Chichester25Road Town
CameroonLarissa Ngangoum24Yaoundé
CanadaAnnora Bourgeault21Regina
ChadSakadi Djivira21Abéché
ChinaDu Yang22Beijing
ColombiaLeandra García21Cali
Costa RicaNatasha Sibaja23San José
Côte d'IvoireYéo Jennifer18Aboisso
CroatiaAntonija Gogić19Zagreb
CuraçaoGayle Sulvaran19Willemstad
CyprusIoánna Filíppou19Nicosia
Czech RepublicTereza Skoumalová24Ostrava
DenmarkPernille Sørensen23Aalborg
Dominican RepublicDhío Moreno24Santo Domingo
EcuadorVirginia Limongi19Portoviejo
EgyptAmina Ashraf19Giza
El SalvadorLarissa Vega21Santa Ana
EnglandCarina Tyrrell24Cambridge
Equatorial GuineaAgnes Cheba19Luba
EthiopiaYirgalem Hadish23Addis Ababa
FijiCharlene Tafuna'i20Nadi
FinlandKrista Haapalainen24Helsinki
FranceFlora Coquerel20Orléanais
GabonJessie Lekery24Moyen-Ogooué
GeorgiaAna Zubashvili21Tbilisi
GermanyEgzonita Ala18Stuttgart
GhanaNadia Ntanu23Accra
GibraltarShyanne Azzopardi23Gibraltar
GreeceEleni Kokkinou20Athens
GuadeloupeWendy Metony20Le Gosier
GuamChanel Cruz Jarrett20Agana Heights
GuatemalaKeyla Bermúdez22Guatemala City
 GuineaHalimatou Diallo20Conakry
GuyanaRafieya Husain21Anna Regina
HaitiCarolyn Desert25Port-au-Prince
Hong KongErin Wong23Kowloon
HungaryEdina Kulcsár24Budapest
IcelandTanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir22Hafnarfjörður
IndiaKoyal Rana21New Delhi
IndonesiaMaria Rahajeng22Mamuju
IrelandJessica Hayes20Cork
IsraelMor Maman20Beersheba
ItalySilvia Cataldi24Sannicola
JamaicaLaurie-Ann Chin21Montego Bay
JapanHikaru Kawai19Sendai
KenyaIdah Nguma22Machakos
KoreaHwa-young Song23Suwon
KosovoVita Rexhepi20Pristina
KyrgyzstanAikol Alikzhanova24Jalal-Abad
LatviaLiliana Garkalne19Riga
LebanonSaly Greige24Bishmizzine
LesothoNthole Matela21Mapoteng
LithuaniaAgnė Kavaliauskaitė21Vilnius
LuxembourgFrédérique Wolff19Luxembourg City
MalaysiaDewi Liana Seriestha25Sarawak
MaltaJoanna Galea24Valletta
MartiniqueAnaïs Delwaulle20Fort-de-France
MauritiusSheetal Khadun25Port Louis
MexicoDaniela Álvarez21Cuernavaca
MoldovaAlexandra Caruntu18Ungheni
MongoliaBattsetseg Turbat23Ulan Bator
MontenegroNataša Novaković18Podgorica
MyanmarWyne Lay19Naypyidaw
NamibiaBrumhilda Ochs22Windhoek
NepalSubin Limbu23Dharan
NetherlandsTatjana Maul25The Hague
New ZealandArielle Garciano22Lyttelton
NicaraguaYumara López †20Rivas
NigeriaIheoma Nnadi19Akwa Ibom
Northern IrelandRebekah Shirley19Belfast
NorwayMonica Pedersen25Moelv
PanamaNicole Pinto21Panama City
ParaguayMyriam Arévalos21Asunción
PeruSofía Rivera24Oxapampa
PhilippinesValerie Weigmann25Legazpi
PolandAda Sztajerowska22Piotrków Trybunalski
PortugalZita Oliveira24Lisbon
Puerto RicoGénesis Dávila24Arroyo
RomaniaBianca Fanu25Timișoara
RussiaAnastasia Kostenko20Salsk
 São Tomé and PríncipeDjeissica Barbosa19São Tomé
ScotlandEllie McKeating19Milngavie
SerbiaMilica Vukliš21Belgrade
SeychellesCamilla Estico23Victoria
SingaporeDalreena Poonam Gill20Bedok
SlovakiaLaura Longauerová18Detva
SloveniaJulija Bizjak20Lesce
South AfricaRolene Strauss22Volksrust
South SudanAwien Kuanyin-Agoth19Gogrial
SpainLourdes Rodríguez20Daimiel
Sri LankaChulakshi Ranathunga25Colombo
SwedenOlivia Asplund18Stockholm
SwitzerlandDijana Cvijetić20Gossau
TanzaniaHappiness Watimanya20Dodoma
ThailandNonthawan Thongleng20Surat Thani
Trinidad and TobagoSarah Jane Waddell24Carenage
TunisiaWahiba Arres20Menzel Bourguiba
TurkeyAmine Gülşe21Izmir
UgandaLeah Kalanguka21Iganga
UkraineAndriana Khasanshin19Lviv
United StatesElizabeth Safrit22Kannapolis
UruguayRomina Fernández20Montevideo
US Virgin IslandsAniska Tonge20St. Thomas
VenezuelaDebora Menicucci23Caracas
VietnamNguyễn Thị Loan23Ho Chi Minh City
WalesAlice Ford21Cardiff
ZimbabweTendai Humda23Chitungwiza

Judges

The judges for Miss World 2014 were:

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Designations

  •  Albania – Xhensila Pere was appointed Miss World Albania 2014 by Vera Grabocka, president of Miss & Mister Albania, only days before the start of the competition after she decided not to send Afroviti Goge who was previously appointed to represent the country.
  •  Belize – Raquel Badillo was appointed Miss World Belize 2014 by Miss World Belize Ltd franchise holders for Miss World in Belize.
  •  Ethiopia – Yirgalem Hadish was appointed Miss World Ethiopia 2014 after a casting call was organised by Gadol Wilson, national director for Miss World in Ethiopia.
  •  Greece – Eleni Kokkinou was appointed as Miss World Greece 2014 after a casting call was organised by Vassilis Prevelakis, national director for Miss World in Greece.
  •  Guadeloupe – Wendy Métony was appointed Miss Monde Guadeloupe 2014. She was crowned Miss Intercontinental Tourism 2014 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic earlier in 2014.
  •  Norway – Monica Olivia Pedersen was appointed Miss World Norway 2014 after a casting call was organised by Morten Sommerfeldt, national director for Miss World in Norway.
  •  Martinique – Anaïs Delwaulle was appointed Miss Monde Martinique 2014 after no pageant was held. She was the 1st runner-up at Martinique Queens 2013 pageant.
  •  Russia – Anastasia Kostenko was appointed as Miss World Russia 2014 after Miss Russia Organization decided to send the original winner of Miss Russia 2014 Yulia Alipova only to Miss Universe 2014 so as to avoid scheduling conflicts. Kostenko was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Russia 2014 pageant.
  •  Uruguay – Romina Fernandez has been appointed as Miss Mundo Uruguay 2014. She was the 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Uruguay 2014 pageant.
  •  Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Loan was appointed to represent Vietnam by Elite Model Vietnam, the franchise holder. She was among the Top 5 at the Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant and also the 2nd Runner-up at Miss Vietnam Ethnic 2013 pageant.

Replacements

  •  BelgiumAnissa Blondin replaced Miss Belgium 2014, Laurence Langen, for undisclosed reasons. Anissa Blondin was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Belgium 2014 pageant.
  •  Gabon – Jessie Lekery replaced Miss World Gabon 2014, Pulchérie Nzoughe, after Pulchérie Nzoughe resigned for unknown reasons. Jessie was Miss Gabon 2013 contestant.
  •  Ghana – Nadia Ntanu replaced Miss Ghana 2013, Guiseppine Baafi, after Guiseppine resigned her title. Nadia was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Ghana 2012 pageant.
  •  Hong Kong – When the new Miss Hong Kong was crowned, Miss Hong Kong 2013, Grace Chan, was replaced by the Miss Hong Kong 2014 1st runner-up Erin Wong.
  •  Nicaragua – Yumara Lopez replaced Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2014, Maria Esther Cortes, after Maria stepped down due to personal reasons. Yumara was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2014 pageant.
  •  Panama – Nicole Pinto replaced Miss Mundo Panamá 2014, Raiza Erlenbaugh, after Raiza was dethroned for failing to fulfill her duties. Nicole was the 1st runner-up at Miss Mundo Panamá 2014 pageant and was later crowned Miss América Latina del Mundo 2014. Nicole resigned her title as Miss América Latina del Mundo 2014 to participate in Miss World 2014.
  •  Portugal – Zita Margarida Reis Oliveira replaced Miss World Portugal 2014, Catarina Sikiniotis, after Catarina chose not to sign a contract with her country's national organisation thereby forfeiting the right to participate in the Miss World 2014 pageant. Zita was crowned Miss República Portuguesa in September 2014 and was supposed to participate in the Miss World 2015 pageant, but Zita has now agreed to participate in the Miss World 2014 pageant.[2]
  •   Switzerland – Dijana Cvijetic replaced the original winner of the Miss World Switzerland 2014 pageant, Aline Morger, after Aline stepped down for unknown reasons. Dijana was the 1st runner-up at the Miss World Switzerland 2014 pageant.[3]
  •  Zimbabwe – Thabiso Phiri was the original winner of Miss Zimbabwe 2014 pageant However she resigned due to personal reasons hence Catherine Makaya was crowned the new winner after an impromptu second contest was held in which both the runners-up refused to take part stating they were happy with their positions but days before leaving for London Catherine was dethroned for being too difficult to work with the Miss Zimbabwe Trust. The original Miss Zimbabwe 2014 1st princess, Tendai Hunda replaced Makaya.

Withdrawals

Miss Honduras World 2014

In April 2014, María José Alvarado was crowned Miss Honduras World. She was expected to represent Honduras and was scheduled to fly to London, England for the Miss World pageant. On 19 November 2014, Alvarado and her sister Sofía Trinidad were found murdered and then buried in the village of Cablotales. Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organisation Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.[4][5][6]

References

  1. Marsh, Harriet (14 December 2014). "Miss England misses out on 2014 Miss World crown". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. "Global Beauties – Miss World Portugal is replaced". Global Beauties. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. "1st runner-up awarded as Miss World Switzerland 2014". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. "Missing Miss Honduras: Police Find Bodies". Sky News. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. Helling, Steve (19 November 2014). "Miss World Contestants Mourn the Death of Miss Honduras, María José Alvarado". People. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. Cena, Frankie (23 November 2014). "Day 4 – Service of Unity". Miss World website. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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