Miss World 2015

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Kristina Bakiu	20		Tirana
Argentina	Daniela Mirón	22		Malargüe
Aruba	Nicole Van Tellingen	20		Oranjestad
Australia	Tess Alexander	24		Brisbane
Austria	Annika Grill	21		Gmunden
Bahamas	Chantel O'Brian	21		Nassau
Belgium	Leylah Alliët	22		Roeselare
Belize	Jasmin Jael Rhamdas	19		Belmopan
Bermuda	Alyssa Rose	22		Hamilton
Bolivia	Vivian Serrano	22		Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marijana Marković	20		Prnjavor
Botswana	Seneo Mabengano	19		Selebi-Phikwe
Brazil	Catharina Choi	25		São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Sasha Wintz	18		Tortola
Bulgaria	Veneta Krasteva	23		Sofia
Cameroon	Jessica Ngoua	24		Douala
Chile	Fernanda Sobarzo	20		Santiago
China	Yuan Lu	21		Hefei
Colombia	María Alejandra López	21		Pereira
Costa Rica	Angélica Reyes	20		San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Andréa N'Guessan	22		Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Maja Spahija	22		Šibenik
Curaçao	Alexandra Krijger	18		Willemstad
Cyprus	Rafaela Charalampous	25		Nicosia
Czech Republic	Andrea Kalousová	19		Jaroměř
Denmark	Jessica Hvirvelkær	18		Aarhus
Dominican Republic	Cinthya Núñez	23		San Francisco
Ecuador	Camila Marañón	20		Chone
El Salvador	Marcela Santamaria	24		San Salvador
England	Natasha Hemmings	19		Cheshire
Ethiopia	Kisanet Teklehaimanot	21		Adigrat
Fiji	Brittany Hazelman	24		Suva
Finland	Carola Miller	24		Helsinki
France	Hinarere Taputu	25		Tahiti
Gabon	Reine Ngotala	18		Tchibanga
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili	24		Tbilisi
Germany	Albijona Muharremaj	20		Munich
Gibraltar	Hannah Bado	22		Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Arlène Tacite	22		Basse-Terre
Guam	Aria Perez Theisen	19		Barrigada
Guatemala	María José Larrañaga	24		Guatemala City
	Mama Aissata Diallo	19		Conakry
Guyana	Lisa Punch	24		Georgetown
Haiti	Seydina Allen>	24		Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Gabriela Salazar	24		Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Daniella Kiss	21		Bag
Iceland	Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir	20		Kópavogur
India	Aditi Arya	21		Haryana
Indonesia	Maria Harfanti	23		Yogyakarta
Ireland	Sacha Livingstone	20		Dublin
Italy	Greta Galassi	17		Rovereto
Jamaica	Sanneta Myrie	24		Kingston
Japan	Chika Nakagawa	20		Niigata
Kazakhstan	Regina Vandysheva	22		Almaty
Kenya	Charity Mwangi	24		Kiambu County
Korea	Jung Eun-ju	22		Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Tattybubu Samidin-Kyzy	20		Osh
Latvia	Lāsma Zemene	20		Riga
Lebanon	Valerie Abou Chacra	23		Beirut
Lesotho	Relebohile Kobeli	19		Maseru
Macedonia	Emilija Rozman	24		Skopje
Malaysia	Brynn Lovett	22		Beaufort
Malta	Katrina Pavia	25		Victoria
Mauritius	Aurellia Bégué	19		Port Louis
Mexico	Yamelin Ramírez	22		Navojoa
Moldova	Anastasia Iacub	19		Băcioi
Mongolia	Anu Namshir	24		Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Nataša Milosavljević	24		Herceg Novi
Myanmar	Khin Thein Myint	24		Mandalay
Namibia	Steffi Van Wyk	20		Windhoek
Nepal	Evana Manandhar	24		Kathmandu
Netherlands	Margot Hanekamp	19		Nijkerk
New Zealand	Deborah Lambie	25		Auckland
Nicaragua	Stefanía Alemán	24		Masatepe
Nigeria	Unoaku Anyadike	21		Ibadan
Northern Ireland	Leanne McDowell	19		Cookstown
Norway	Fay Teresa Vålbekk	23		Oslo
Panama	Diana Jaén	24		Penonomé
Paraguay	Giovanna Cordeiro	25		Asunción
Peru	Karla Chocano	24		Trujillo
Philippines	Hillarie Parungao	24		Solano
Poland	Marta Pałucka	24		Sopot
Portugal	Rafaela Pardete	24		Setúbal
Puerto Rico	Keysi Vargas	24		Quebradillas
Romania	Natalia Onet	26		Satu Mare
Russia	Sofia Nikitchuk	22		Yekaterinburg
Samoa	Latafale Auva'a	22		Apia
Scotland	Mhairi Fergusson	21		Stirling
Serbia	Marija Ćetković	20		Novi Sad
Seychelles	Linne Freminot	22		Mahé
Singapore	Charity Lu	24		Singapore
Slovakia	Lujza Straková	21		Banská Bystrica
Slovenia	Mateja Kociper	24		Maribor
South Africa	Liesl Laurie	24		Johannesburg
South Sudan	Ajaa Deng	23		Juba
Spain	Mireia Lalaguna	23		Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Thilini Amarasooriya	20		Colombo
St. Kitts and Nevis	Jackiema Flemming	22		Basseterre
Sweden	Natalia Fogelund	21		Gothenburg
Tanzania	Lilian Kamazima	19		Arusha
Thailand	Thunchanok Moonnilta	22		Chiang Mai
Trinidad and Tobago	Kimberly Singh	21		Port of Spain
Tunisia	Marwa Heny	24		Sidi Bouzid
Turkey	Ecem Çirpan	19		Bursa
Uganda	Zahara Nakiyaga	24		Kampala
Ukraine	Khrystyna Stoloka	18		Kiev
United States	Victoria Mendoza	20		Phoenix
Uruguay	Sherika De Armas	18		Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Jahne Massac	19		St. Thomas
Venezuela	Anyela Galante	24		Guanare
Vietnam	Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê	23		Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Emma Jenkins	22		Llanelli
Zambia	Michelo Malambo	24		Ndola
Zimbabwe	Annie Mutambu	19		Harare

Judges

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• Ken Warwick – Hollywood producer and executive producer and director of Miss World
• Andrew Minarik – head of the team for Miss World Hair & Beauty
• Donna Walsh – professional dancer and director
• Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland
• Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR
• Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia

  Returns

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  Designations

• ' – Jasmin Jael Rhamdas was appointed "Miss World Belize 2015" after a casting call was organised by Michael Arnold, national director of Miss World Belize.
• ' – Angelica Reyes was appointed "Miss Costa Rica Mundo 2015" by Allan Aleman national director for Miss World in Costa Rica after a casting call was organised by Reinas de Costa Rica organisation franchise holder for Miss World in Costa Rica.
• ' – Alexandra Krijger was appointed "Miss World Curaçao 2015" by Dushi-Magazine, franchise holders for Miss World in Curaçao after the pageant was not held due to lack of funding and sponsorships. Krijger was the 3rd runner-up at the Miss Curaçao World 2014 pageant.
• ' – Marcela Santamaría was appointed to represent El Salvador by Liz De Castaneda, national director of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador after the national pageant was postponed until January 2016. Santamaría was crowned Reinado de El Salvador International 2011.
• ' – Lisa Punch was selected as Guyana's representative to Miss World 2015 by the national director of Miss World Guyana, Natasha Martaindale, after the Miss World Guyana 2015 pageant was cancelled due to lack of applicants and the upcoming General elections in Guyana. Punch was chosen from the few applicants who applied for the pageants 2015 edition before it was cancelled. She was a finalist at ABC's Rising Star show.
• ' – Jung Eun-ju was appointed "Miss World Korea 2015" by Park Jeong-ah, national director of Miss World Korea, after the pageant was postponed to late November this year. Jung was the 1st runner-up at the Miss World Korea 2014 pageant.
• ' – Emilija Rozman was appointed "Miss Makedonija 2015" by Lidija Velkovska, national director of Miss Macedonia pageant.
• ' – Fay Teresa Vålbekk was appointed "Miss World Norway 2015" at a casting call held by Morten Sommerfeldt, national director of Miss World Norway. Vålbekk was the 1st runner-up at the Frøken Norge 2011 pageant.
• ' – Giovanna Cordeiro was chosen "Miss Mundo Paraguay 2015" by Promociones Gloria, franchise holders for Miss World in Paraguay. Nuestra Belleza Paraguay was not held this year due to lack of time in organising the pageant hence the representatives to various international pageants were chosen in a closed door election from the contestants of Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2014.Cordeiro was the 3rd runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2014.
• ' – Natalia Onet was appointed "Miss World Romania 2015" by Ernest Hadrian Böhm the president of Miss World Romania after a casting call was organised by ExclusivEvent agency franchise holders for Miss World in Romania.
• ' – Jackiema Flemming was appointed "Miss World St. Kitts & Nevis 2015" by Eversley Liburd and Joan Millard, franchise holders for Miss World in St. Kitts & Nevis. Flemming was the 2nd runner-up at the St. Kitts & Nevis National Carnival Queen Pageant 2014–2015.
• ' – Latafale Auva'a, the reigning Miss Samoa and Miss Pacific Islands, was appointed to represent Samoa at Miss World 2015 by Ulalemamae Te'eva Matafai, national director of Miss World Samoa.
• – Jahne Issac was appointed "Miss US Paraside World 2015" after a casting call was held by Miss US Paraside organisation.

  Replacements

• ' – Kristina Bakiu was appointed to represent Albania by Vera Grabocka, President of Miss & Mister Albania after she decided to replace Daniela Pajaziti for undisclosed reasons. Bakiu was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2013, but was unable to compete at Miss Universe 2013 due to age issues.
• ' – Catharina Choi was crowned "Miss Mundo Brasil 2015", after Ana Luisa Castro the original winner voluntarily relinquished her title when it was discovered that she had been married to Belgian model and actor, Tanguy Backer before entering the pageant. Nunes was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Mundo Brasil 2015 pageant.
• ' – Veneta Kristeva was appointed "Miss World Bulgaria 2015" by the Miss Bulgaria organisation, as a replacement to Simona Evgenieva, Miss Bulgaria 2014, who will not be able to participate in Miss World because of a scheduling conflict with the Miss Bulgaria 2015 finals. Kristeva was crowned Miss Universe Bulgaria 2013.
• ' – Hinarere Taputu was appointed "Miss World France 2015" by the national director of Miss France, Sylvie Tellier, as a replacement to Camille Cerf, Miss France 2015, who will not be able to participate in Miss World because of a scheduling conflict, as she crowns her successor on the same day as the Miss World 2015 finals. Taputu represented Tahiti at Miss France 2015 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
• ' – Margot Hanekamp was appointed to compete at Miss World 2015 by the Miss Nederland Organization when the winner of Miss Nederland 2015 pageant, Jessie Jazz chose to compete at Miss Universe 2015. This year the winner of Miss Nederland pageant was crowned to participate at both Miss Universe and Miss World contests but this is impossible due to the conflicting dates of the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Hanekamp was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Nederland 2015 pageant.
• ' – Lilian Kamazima was crowned "Miss Tanzania 2014" as the original winner Sitti Mtemvu, resigned after she was accused for a scandal regarding her age. Kamazima was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Tanzania 2014 pageant.
• ' – Marwa Heny was selected "Miss Tunisie 2015", after Rawia Djebli the original winner was stripped of her title for failing to fulfill her obligations by Aida Antar,the President of Miss Tunisie Organisation. Heny was chosen at a separate private selection organised by Association TEJ franchise holders for Miss World in Tunisia. She represented Sidi Bouzid Governorate at Miss Tunisie 2015 and placed in the top 10 at the pageant.
• ' – Annie Mutambu was chosen "Miss Zimbabwe 2015", after Emily Kachote the previous winner of the pageant was stripped of her title when her nude pictures circulated on social media. Mutambu was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Zimbabwe 2015 pageant. For the second consecutive year, the pageant's winner has been stripped of her title for a similar scandal.

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• Did not compete

• ' – Rym Amari, Miss Algerie 2013 was appointed to represent Algeria by Faisal Hamdad, the President of Miss Algerie Organisation however Amari withdrew from the Miss World competition just days before kick-off due to visa issues. Last year Fatma Zohra Chouaib, Miss Algerie 2014 could not compete at Miss World 2014 because of the same problem. Algeria would have returned to Miss World after its debut in 2002.
• ' – Laila Da Costa was crowned Miss Guiné - Bissau 2014 to participate at Miss World 2014 however Da Costa couldn't compete due to visa issues. She was expected to compete at the 2015 edition but withdrew because of the same problem.

  Could not compete

• – Anastasia Lin was willing and entitled to participate in the event as Miss World Canada, and the pageant still lists her as a contestant. However, up to the last minute, Lin waited for an official invitation that is necessary for Chinese visa application, but to no avail and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the pageant and was declared persona non grata by the Chinese Government. Lin had openly criticised China's human rights violations. She was allowed by the Miss World Organization to compete at Miss World 2016.

  General references