Miss World 2013
Miss World 2013, the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 28 September 2013 at Bali Nusa Dua International Convention Center, South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. Contestants from 127 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss World pageant, marking the biggest turnout for any major international beauty pageant as of. Yu Wenxia of China crowned her successor Megan Young of the Philippines at the end of the event. This is, to date, the only time that the Philippines won the title of Miss World, making it the third country ever to win at least once in all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
The show was hosted by singer and supermodel Myleene Klass, theatre Producer Kamal Ibrahim and Actor Daniel Mananta, while television personality Amanda Zevannya and Steve Douglas provided commentary and analysis throughout the event. Britain's singer-songwriter Matt Cardle and Britain's Eurovision winner Blue performed during the competition.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
Miss World 2013 |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 6 | |
Top 11 | |
Top 20 |
Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
Africa |
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Americas | |
Asia | |
Caribbean | |
Europe | |
Oceania |
Contestants
127 delegates competed.Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
Albania | Ersela Kurti | 22 | Tirana |
Angola | Maria Castelo | 23 | Uíge |
Argentina | Teresa Kuster | 24 | Buenos Aires |
Aruba | Larisa Leeuwe | 22 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Erin Holland | 24 | Sydney |
Austria | Ena Kadic | 23 | Innsbruck |
Bahamas | Sandra Bannister | 24 | Nassau |
Barbados | Regina Ramjit | 19 | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Maryia Vialichka | 22 | Vitebsk |
Belgium | Noémie Happart | 20 | Liege |
Belize | Idolly Louise Saldivar | 22 | Belmopan |
Bermuda | Katherine Arnfield | 18 | Hamilton |
Bolivia | Alejandra Castillo | 20 | Tarija |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sanda Gutić | 19 | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Rosemary Keofitlhetse | 20 | Gaborone |
Brazil | Sancler Frantz | 21 | Arroio do Tigre |
British Virgin Islands | Kirtis Malone | 21 | Tortola |
Bulgaria | Nansi Karaboycheva | 20 | Pazardzhik |
Cameroon | Denise Valerie Ayena | 22 | Yaoundé |
Canada | Camille Munro | 24 | Regine |
Chile | Camila Andrade | 22 | Concepcion |
China | Yu Weiwei | 25 | Ankang |
Chinese Taipei | Cinzia Chang | 21 | Taipei |
Colombia | Daniela Ocoro | 23 | Cali |
Costa Rica | Yarley Marín | 23 | Puntarenas |
Côte d'Ivoire | Aïssata Dia | 21 | Aboisso |
Croatia | Lana Gržetić | 18 | Rijeka |
Curaçao | Xafira Urselita | 18 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Kristi-Mari Agapiou | 20 | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Lucie Kovandova | 19 | Dolní Kounice |
Denmark | Malene Riis Sorensen | 20 | Haderslev |
Dominica | Leslassa Armour-Shillingford | 19 | Roseau |
Dominican Republic | Joely Bernat | 24 | Bronx |
Ecuador | Laritza Párraga | 19 | Santo Domingo |
El Salvador | Paola Ayala | 18 | San Salvador |
England | Kirsty Heslewood | 24 | London |
Equatorial Guinea | Restituta Mifumu Nguema | 19 | Micomeseng |
Ethiopia | Genet Tsegay | 22 | Mekele |
Fiji | Caireen Erbsleben | 21 | Suva |
Finland | Maija Kerisalmi | 20 | Nokia |
France | Marine Lorphelin | 20 | Charnay-lès-Mâcon |
Gabon | Brunilla Moussadingou | 19 | Lambarene |
Georgia | Tamar Shedania | 21 | Zugdidi |
Germany | Amina Sabbah | 18 | Jena |
Ghana | Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter | 22 | Accra |
Gibraltar | Maroua Kharbouch | 22 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Athina Pikraki | 21 | Athens |
Guadeloupe | Sheryna van der Koelen | 21 | Saint-François |
Guam | Camarin Mendiola | 18 | Agana Heights |
Guatemala | Karla Loraine Quinto | 25 | Guatemala City |
' | Mariama Diallo | 22 | Conakry |
' | Heny Tavares | 21 | Bafatá |
Guyana | Ruqayyah Boyer | 23 | Georgetown |
Haiti | Ketsia Iciena Lioudy | 19 | Cap-Haïtien |
Honduras | Mónica Elwin | 19 | Roatan |
Hong Kong | Jacqueline Wong | 24 | Hong Kong |
Hungary | Annamaria Rakosi | 21 | Debrecen |
Iceland | Sigríður Dagbjört Ásgeirsdóttir | 22 | Reykjavík |
India | Navneet Kaur Dhillon | 20 | Patiala |
Indonesia | Vania Larissa | 17 | Pontianak |
Ireland | Aoife Walsh | 23 | Clonmel |
Italy | Sarah Baderna | 22 | Castell'Arquato |
Jamaica | Gina Hargitay | 18 | Kingston |
Japan | Michiko Tanaka | 23 | Shizuoka |
Kazakhstan | Ainura Toleuova | 18 | Taldykorgan |
Kenya | Wangui Gitonga | 23 | Mombasa |
Korea | Min-ji Park | 24 | Busan |
Kosovo | Antigona Sejdiju | 19 | Pristina |
Kyrgyzstan | Zhibek Nukeeva | 19 | Bishkek |
Latvia | Eva Dombrovska | 22 | Jelgava |
Lebanon | Karen Ghrawi | 22 | Beirut |
Lesotho | Mamahlape Matsoso | 19 | Maseru |
Lithuania | Ruta Mazureviciute | 22 | Garliava |
Macedonia | Kristina Spasenoska | 21 | Kičevo |
Malaysia | Melinder Bhullar | 20 | Kuala Lumpur |
Malta | Donna Leyland | 24 | Attard |
Martinique | Julie Lebrasseur | 19 | Ducos |
Mauritius | Nathalie Lesage | 18 | Grand Baie |
Mexico | Marilyn Chagoya | 23 | Poza Rica |
Moldova | Valeriya Tsurkan | 21 | Tiraspol |
Mongolia | Pagmadulam Sukhbaatar | 20 | Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro | Ivana Milojko | 19 | Kotor |
Namibia | Paulina Malulu | 24 | Windhoek |
Nepal | Ishani Shrestha | 21 | Kathmandu |
Netherlands | Jacqueline Steenbeek | 23 | Drunen |
New Zealand | Ella Langsford | 20 | Auckland |
Nicaragua | Luz Mery Decena Rivera | 23 | Jalapa |
Nigeria | Anna Banner | 18 | Bayelsa |
Northern Ireland | Meagan Green | 23 | Lisburn |
Norway | Alexandra Backstrom | 23 | Oslo |
Panama | Virginia Hernández | 23 | Panama City |
Paraguay | Coral Ruiz Reyes | 22 | Luque |
Peru | Elba Fahsbender | 21 | Lima |
Philippines | Megan Young | 23 | Olongapo |
Poland | Katarzyna Krzeszowska | 22 | Krynica-Zdrój |
Portugal | Elisabete Rodrigues | 20 | Porto |
Puerto Rico | Nadyalee Torres | 25 | Caguas |
Romania | Andreea Chiru | 20 | Braila |
Russia | Elmira Abdrazakova | 18 | Mezhdurechensk |
St. Kitts & Nevis | Trevicia Adams | 22 | Basseterre |
Samoa | Penina Paeu | 21 | Apia |
Scotland | Jamey Bowers | 24 | Edinburgh |
Serbia | Aleksandra Doknić | 18 | Požarevac |
Seychelles | Agnes Gerry | 19 | Victoria |
Singapore | Maria-Anna Zenieris | 18 | Singapore |
Slovakia | Karolína Chomistekova | 19 | Oravský Podzámok |
Slovenia | Maja Cotič | 24 | Nova Gorica |
South Africa | Marilyn Ramos | 22 | Klerksdorp |
South Sudan | Modong Manuela | 21 | Juba |
Spain | Elena Ibarbia | 18 | San Sebastián |
Sri Lanka | Iresha Asanki de Silva | 22 | Colombo |
Sweden | Agneta Myhrman | 19 | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Cindy Williner | 18 | Zürich |
Tanzania | Brigitte Lyimo | 20 | Dar-es Salaam |
Thailand | Natalie Kanyapak Phoksomboon | 22 | Udon Thani |
Trinidad & Tobago | Sherrece Villafana | 19 | San Fernando |
Tunisia | Hiba Telmoudi | 22 | Gabes |
Turkey | Ruveyda Oksuz | 19 | Istanbul |
Uganda | Stellah Nantumbwe | 22 | Kampala |
Ukraine | Anna Zayachkivska | 21 | Ivano-Frankivsk |
United States | Olivia Jordan | 24 | Tulsa |
US Virgin Islands | Petra Cabrera | 21 | Charlotte Amalie |
Uzbekistan | Rakhima Ganieva | 18 | Tashkent |
Venezuela | Karen Soto | 21 | Maracaibo |
Vietnam | Lại Hương Thảo | 22 | Quảng Ninh |
Wales | Gabrielle Shaw | 19 | Wrexham |
Zambia | Christine Mwaaba | 25 | Lusaka |
Judges
The judges for Miss World 2013 were:- Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
- Donna Derby
- Derek Wheeler
- Mike Dixon – Musical director
- Andrew Minarik
- Vineet Jain
- Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
- Maurice Montgomery Haughton-James
- Ken Warwick
- Liliana Tanoesoedibjo – Owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia.
- Liestyana Irman Gusman
- Silvia Agung Laksono
- Coretta Kapoyos Bayuseno
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Designations
- ' – Maryia Vialichka was appointed to represent Belarus, after no national pageant was held because the Miss Belarus pageant is a bi-annual event. It was last time held in 2012. Maria won the title of Miss Charity at the Miss Belarus 2012 pageant.
- ' – Kirtis Kassandra Malone was appointed as Miss World British Virgin Islands 2013. The Miss World British Virgin Islands Committee acquired the franchise license from the Miss World organisation this year.
- ' – Kristy Marie Agapiou was appointed to represent Cyprus, she was the 1st runner-up at the Star Cyprus 2011 pageant.
- ' – Ruqayyah Boyer was appointed Miss Guyana 2013 after Natasha Martindale became the new national director in Guyana.
- ' – Sigríður Dagbjört Ásgeirsdóttir was appointed to represent Iceland, she was the 2nd runner-up at the Ungfrú Island 2011 pageant.
- ' – Aynur Toleuova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan. She was previously Miss Kazakhstan 2011.
- ' – Park Min-ji was appointed to represent Korea. She was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss World Korea 2011 pageant.
- ' – Pagmadulam Sukhbaatar was appointed as Miss World Mongolia 2013 after a casting call took place.
- ' – Luz Decena was appointed as Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2013 by Denis Davila, national director of Miss World in Nicaragua.
- ' – Alexandra Backström was appointed as Miss World Norway 2013 after a casting call took place.
- ' – Trevicia Adams was appointed as Miss World St. Kitts & Nevis 2013 by Eversley Liburd & Joan Millard, national directors of Miss World in St. Kitts & Nevis.
- ' – Olivia Jordan, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was appointed to represent United States. She was the 1st runner-up at the Miss California USA 2013 pageant. Later competed at Miss USA 2015 as Miss Oklahoma USA and won the title and competed at Miss Universe 2015 and placed as 2nd runner-up.
- ' – Thảo Lại Hương was appointed to represent Vietnam. The permission was granted by the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam, which authorises the international representation of the nation in events of any kind. Thảo was crowned Miss Sport Vietnam 2012.
- ' – Christine Mwaaba was appointed to represent Zambia, she was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Zambia 2010 pageant.
Replacements
- ' – The reigning Miss Hong Kong Carat Cheung was replaced by her 1st runner-up Jacqueline Wong due to being over-age.
- ' – Nikolina Bojić was replaced by Aleksandra Doknić the 1st runner-up of Miss Serbia 2012, after being withdrawn because of her marriage to Canadian tennis player Frank Dancevic.
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Controversies