Miss World 2017

Results

Continental Queens of Beauty

Background

Challenge Events

Head-to-Head Challenge

• Advanced to Top 40
• Advanced to Top 40 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge
• Advanced to Top 40 via judges' choice
• Advanced to Top 40 via Head-to-Head Challenge, but also a challenge event winner.

Group	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5	Country 6
1	Angola	Austria	Bahamas	Georgia	Guadeloupe	Italy
2	Albania	Argentina	Bolivia	Cote d'Ivoire	Israel	Mauritius
3	Belgium	Cameroon	Chile	Guinea	Madagascar	Nepal
4	Armenia	Australia	Egypt	France	Germany	Jamaica
5	Colombia	Cook Islands	Curaçao	Gibraltar	Paraguay	Portugal
6	Bangladesh	Botswana	Brazil	Canada	Ethiopia	South Africa
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dominican Republic	Guam	Honduras	Iceland	Macau
8	Cyprus	Kenya	Ireland	Mongolia	Russia	Singapore
9	Bulgaria	Ecuador	El Salvador	Finland	Greece	India
10	Aruba	Ghana	Hungary	Indonesia	Laos	Netherlands
11	China	Denmark	Equatorial Guinea	Hong Kong	Moldova	Ukraine
12	Croatia	England	Fiji	Guatemala	Romania	Senegal
13	Liberia	Malta	New Zealand	Nigeria	Slovakia	Tunisia
14	Montenegro	Poland	Rwanda	Seychelles	Sweden	Venezuela
15	Guyana	Japan	Peru	Slovenia	Tanzania	Uruguay
16	Mexico	Nicaragua	Northern Ireland	Norway	Scotland	Sri Lanka
17	Lesotho	Myanmar	Philippines	Serbia	Thailand	Turkey
18	Belize	South Sudan	Spain	Vietnam	Wales	Zimbabwe
19	Korea	Lebanon	Panama	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	rowspan=2
20	British Virgin Islands	Cape Verde	Cayman Islands	Kazakhstan	Zambia	-

Sports

Top Model

Talent

Multimedia

People's Choice Award

Beauty With A Purpose

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continent
Albania	Joana Grabolli	20	Berat	Europe
Angola	Judelsia Bache	22	Luanda	Africa
Argentina	Avril Marco	20	Santiago del Estero	America
Armenia	Lili Sargsyan	18	Yerevan	Europe
Aruba	Anouk Eman	25	Oranjestad	America
Australia	Esma Voloder	25	Melbourne	Asia&Oceania
Austria	Sarah Chvala	22	Vienna	Europe
Bahamas	Geena Thompson	24	Nassau	America
Bangladesh	Jessia Islam	20	Dhaka	Asia&Oceania
Belgium	Romanie Schotte	20	Bruges	Europe
Belize	Renae Martinez	20	Belmopan	America
Bolivia	Jasmin Pinto	20	Buena Vista	America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Aida Karamehmedović	24	Trebinje	Europe
Botswana	Nicole Gaelebale	24	Mahalapye	Africa
Brazil	Gabrielle Vilela	25	Angra dos Reis	America
British Virgin Islands	Helina Hewlett	25	Tortola	America
Bulgaria	Veronika Stefanova	25	Sofia	Europe
Cameroon	Akomo Minkata	23	Yaoundé	Africa
Canada	Cynthia Menard	17	Ottawa	America
Cape Verde	Cristilene Pimienta	21	São Vicente	Africa
Cayman Islands	Kristin Amaya	25	George Town	America
Chile	Victoria Stein	22	Puerto Montt	America
China	Guan Siyu	23	Harbin	Asia&Oceania
Colombia	Maria Daza	21	Riohacha	America
Cook Islands	Alanna Smith	25	Avarua	Asia&Oceania
Cote d'Ivoire	Mandjalia Gbané	21	Bondoukou	Africa
Croatia	Tea Mlinarić	18	Senj	Europe
Curaçao	Vanity Girigori	21	Willemstad	America
Cyprus	Helena Tselepi	22	Limassol	Europe
Denmark	Amanda Petri	20	Copenhagen	Europe
Dominican Republic	Aletxa Mueses	22	San José de las Matas	America
Ecuador	Romina Zeballos	25	Guayaquil	America
Egypt	Farah Shaaban	19	Cairo	Africa
El Salvador	Fatima Cuellar	20	San Salvador	America
England	Stephanie Hill	22	London	Europe
Equatorial Guinea	Catalina Mangue Ondo	18	Mongomo	Africa
Ethiopia	Kisanet Molla	22	Addis Ababa	Africa
Fiji	Nanise Rainima	25	Suva	Asia&Oceania
Finland	Adriana Gerxhalija	22	Turku	Europe
France	Aurore Kichenin	22	Jacou	Europe
Georgia	Keti Shekelashvili	23	Kareli	Europe
Germany	Dalila Jabri	20	Hamm	Europe
Ghana	Afua Asieduwaa Akrofi	20	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Jodie Garcia	22	Gibraltar	Europe
Greece	Maria Psilou	20	Aigio	Europe
Guadeloupe	Audrey Berville	20	Basse-Terre	America
Guam	Destiny Cruz	20	Hagåtña	Asia&Oceania
Guatemala	Virginia Argueta	23	Jutiapa	America
	Asmaou Diallo	24	Conakry	Africa
Guyana	Vena Mookram	19	Georgetown	America
Honduras	Celia Monterrosa	22	Santa Bárbara	America
Hong Kong	Emily Wong	23	Hong Kong	Asia&Oceania
Hungary	Virág Koroknyai	20	Budapest	Europe
Iceland	Ólafía Ósk Finnsdóttir	19	Reykjavík	Europe
India	Manushi Chhillar	20	Haryana	Asia&Oceania
Indonesia	Achintya Holte Nilsen	18	Lombok	Asia&Oceania
Ireland	Lauren McDonagh	18	Donegal	Europe
Israel	Rotem Rabi	21	Tel Aviv	Asia&Oceania
Italy	Conny Notarstefano	21	Lucera	Europe
Jamaica	Solange Sinclair	24	Kingston	America
Japan	Haruka Yamashita	22	Tokyo	Asia&Oceania
Kazakhstan	Gul'banu Azimkhan	18	Kyzylorda	Asia&Oceania
Kenya	Magline Jeruto	24	Nairobi	Africa
Korea	Ha-eun Kim	25	Seoul	Asia&Oceania
Laos	Tonkham Phonchanhueang	20	Vientiane Prefecture	Asia&Oceania
Lebanon	Perla Helou	22	Baabda	Asia&Oceania
Lesotho	Mpoi Ma'hao	19	Maseru	Africa
Liberia	Wokie Dolo	25	Monrovia	Africa
Macau	Wan Ling Lan	25	Macau	Asia&Oceania
Madagascar	Felana Tirindraza	22	Nosy Be	Africa
Malta	Michela Galea	25	Valletta	Europe
Mauritius	Bessika Bucktawor	21	Triolet	Africa
Mexico	Andrea Meza	23	Chihuahua City	America
Moldova	Ana Badaneu	20	Chișinău	Europe
Mongolia	Enkhjin Tseveendash	24	Ulaanbaatar	Asia&Oceania
Montenegro	Tea Babić	19	Podgorica	Europe
Myanmar	Ei Kyawt Khaing	19	Naypyidaw	Asia&Oceania
Nepal	Nikita Chandak	21	Urlabari	Asia&Oceania
Netherlands	Philisantha van Deuren	21	Almere	Europe
New Zealand	Annie Evans	19	Auckland	Asia&Oceania
Nicaragua	America Monserrath	18	Rivas	America
Nigeria	Ugochi Ihezue	20	Birnin Kebbi	Africa
Northern Ireland	Anna Henry	22	Belfast	Europe
Norway	Celine Herregården	19	Drammen	Europe
Panama	Julianne Brittón	22	Panama City	America
Paraguay	Paola Oberladstatter	24	Ciudad del Este	America
Peru	Pamela Sánchez	22	Chachapoyas	America
Philippines	Laura Lehmann	23	Makati	Asia&Oceania
Poland	Magdalena Bieńkowska	24	Warsaw	Europe
Portugal	Filipa Barroso	18	Setúbal	Europe
Romania	Mihaela Bosca	26	Baia Mare	Europe
Russia	Polina Popova	22	Yekaterinburg	Asia&Oceania
Rwanda	Elsa Iradukunda	19	Northern Province	Africa
Scotland	Romy McCahill	23	Milngavie	Europe
Senegal	Nar Codou Diouf	20	Dakar	Africa
Serbia	Anđelija Rogić	22	Užice	Europe
Seychelles	Hilary Joubert	23	Victoria	Africa
Singapore	Laanya Ezra Asogan	21	Singapore	Asia&Oceania
Slovakia	Hanka Závodná	21	Bratislava	Europe
Slovenia	Maja Zupan	18	Britof	Europe
South Africa	Adè van Heerden	26	Herolds Bay	Africa
South Sudan	Arual Longar	20	Juba	Africa
Spain	Elisa Tulian	21	Majorca	Europe
Sri Lanka	Dusheni Silva	24	Colombo	Asia&Oceania
Sweden	Hanna Haag	20	Gävle	Europe
Tanzania	Julitha Kabete	21	Dar es Salaam	Africa
Thailand	Patlada Kulphakthanapat	25	Bangkok	Asia&Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	Chandini Chanka	23	Port of Spain	America
Tunisia	Emna Abdelhedi	22	Sfax	Africa
Turkey	Aslı Sümen	23	Mersin	Asia&Oceania
Ukraine	Polina Tkach	18	Kiev	Europe
United States	Clarissa Bowers	20	Miami	America
Uruguay	Melina Carballo	21	Montevideo	America
Venezuela	Ana Carolina Ugarte	25	Maturín	America
Vietnam	Đỗ Mỹ Linh	21	Hanoi	Asia&Oceania
Wales	Hannah Williams	23	Cardiff	Europe
Zambia	Mary Chibula	22	Mongu	Africa
Zimbabwe	Chiedza Mhosva	22	Harare	Africa

Judges

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Pageant Organization
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• Donna Walsh – Professional dancer and director
• Andrew Minarik – Head of the team for Miss World Hair & Beauty
• Arnold Vegafria – Filipino talent manager and current national director of Miss World Philippines
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
• Yu Wenxia – Miss World 2012 from China
• Rohit Khandelwal – Mister World 2016 from India

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• Designations

• ' – Anouk Eman was appointed Miss Aruba World 2017 at private ceremony after being selected at a casting call organised by Star Promotion Foundation, the franchise holder for Miss World in Aruba.
• ' – Renae Martinez was appointed to represent Belize at Miss World 2017 after a casting call was organised by Michael Arnold, national director of Miss World Belize pageant.
• ' – Aletxa Mueses was crowned Miss Mundo Dominicana 2017 at simple ceremony after being selected at a casting call organised by Diany Mota, the national director of Miss Mundo Dominicana pageant after this years edition was not held due to lack of sponsorship.
• ' – Fatima Molina was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2017 at a closed door casting call organized by Telecorporación Salvadoreña, the franchise holder for Miss World in El Salvador.
• ' – Kisanet Molla was selected Miss World Ethiopia 2017 at a casting call organised by Genet Tsegay, the national director of Miss World Ethiopia pageant.
• ' – Keti Shekelashvili was appointed to represent Georgia at Miss World 2017 pageant by IC Model Management, the franchise holder for Miss World in Georgia after the national pageant was not held due to undisclosed reasons. Shekelashvili was the 4 th runner-up at the Miss Georgia 2015 pageant.
• ' – Afua Asieduwaa Akrofi was chosen to represent Ghana at Miss World 2017 by Inna Mariam Patty, the national director of Miss Ghana pageant after she decided to send Margaret Derry Mwintuur, Miss Ghana 2017 to Miss World 2018 pageant as the 2017 edition of the national pageant was to be held in early October leaving no time to prepare the new winner for the Miss World pageant. Akrofi was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Ghana 2015 pageant.
• – Emily Wong was appointed to represent Hong Kong at Miss World 2017 by TVB group, after they reacquired the franchise for Miss World in Hong Kong. Wong was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Hong Kong 2017 pageant.
• ' – Wan Ling Lan was chosen to compete at Miss World at 2017 at a casting call. She was also a Macau’s representative at Miss Grand International 2015.
• ' – Magdalena Bieńkowska, Miss Polski 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 after Lech Daniłowicz, the national director of Miss Polski pageant was appointed the new license holder for Miss World in Poland. Previously Elzbieta Wierzbicka held the franchise for Miss World in Poland
• ' – Mihaela Bosca was appointed Miss World Romania 2017 by Ernest Hadrian Böhm, the national director of Miss World Romania pageant after a casting call was organized by ExclusivEvent Agency, the franchise holder for Miss World in Romania.
• ' – Julitha Kabete was chosen to represent Tanzania at Miss World 2017 after a casting call was organised by Hashim Lundenga, the national director of Miss Tanzania pageant as the 2017 edition of the pageant was not held due to lack of sponsorship. Kabete competed at Miss Tanzania 2016 pageant and was among the Top 5.
• ' – Patlada Kulphakthanapat was appointed as Miss Thailand World 2017 by Supol Wichianchai, the President of Miss Thailand World Organiztation after the 2017 edition of the pageant was cancelled as a mark of respect on account of the death of the Thai Monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Kulphakthanapat was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Thailand World 2016 pageant.
• ' – Melina Carballo was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 by Antonio Vergara Olmos, the national director of Nuestra Belleza Uruguay pageant after the national pageant was not held due to lack of sponsorship. Carballo competed at Nuestra Belleza Uruguay 2016 and was crowned Miss Grand Uruguay 2016.
• ' – Ana Carolina Ugarte was appointed Miss Venezuela Mundo 2017 by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Venezuela pageant after Miss Venezuela Mundo pageant was not held for the second consecutive year due to lack of sponsorship and financial crisis in the country. Ugarte represented the state of Monagas at Miss Venezuela 2013 pageant.
• – Đỗ Mỹ Linh was appointed Miss World Vietnam 2017 by Elite Models Vietnam, the franchise holders for Miss World in Vietnam after the Miss World Vietnam pageant was not held for undisclosed reason. Linh was crowned Miss Vietnam 2016.

  Replacements

• ' – Jessia Islam was crowned Miss World Bangladesh 2017 by Antar Showbiz and Omicon Entertainment, the franchise holders for Miss World in Bangladesh after Jannatul Nayeem Avril, the original winner was dethroned for being married before entering the pageant. Islam was the 1st runner-up at the Miss World Bangladesh 2017 pageant.
• ' – Helina Hewlett was appointed Miss World British Virgin Islands 2017 by Damion Grange, the national director of Miss World British Virgin Islands pageant as a replacement to Khephra Sylvester, Miss British Virgin Islands 2017 who would compete only at Miss Universe 2017 due to the conflicting dates of the two international pageants. Sylvester would have competed at both the pageants otherwise. Hewlett was the 1st runner-up at the Miss British Virgin Islands 2017 pageant.
• ' – Michèle Ange Minkata was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 pageant by Solange Ingrid, the national director of Miss Cameroon pageant after Julie Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016 was dethroned on grounds of indiscipline. Nguimfack was denied visa by the US embassy to participate at the last year’s event and was supposed to compete at Miss World 2017. Minkata was the 4th runner-up at the Miss Cameroon 2016 pageant.
• ' – Kristin Amaya was appointed to represent Cayman Islands at Miss World 2017 by Derri Dacres-Lee, the national director of Miss Cayman Islands pageant as a replacement to Anika Conolly, Miss Cayman Islands 2017 who had to withdraw from Miss World 2017 pageant as she didn't meet the minimum age requirement. Amaya was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Cayman Islands 2017 pageant.
• ' – Aurore Kichenin was appointed Miss World France 2017 by Sylvie Tellier, the national director of Miss France pageant, as a replacement to Alicia Aylies, Miss France 2017 who will only compete at Miss Universe 2017 pageant. Kichenin represented the region of Languedoc-Roussillon at Miss France 2017 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
• ' – Theodora Soukia, Miss Hellas 2017 was replaced by Maria Psilou, Star Hellas 2017 for undisclosed reasons. Psilou was crowned Star Hellas 2017 at a private casting call organised by Vassilis Prevelakis, the national director of Star Hellas pageant.
• ' – Virginia Argueta was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 by Javier Miranda, the national director of Miss Guatemala Mundo pageant as a replacement to Lisbeth Gómez who was earlier appointed to represent Guatemala at Miss World 2017 but resigned due to personal reasons. Gómez was chosen to compete at Miss World pageant so as to allow more preparation time for Elizabeth Gramajo, the new winner of Miss Guatemala Mundo 2017-18 pageant who would be sent to Miss World 2018. Argueta was crowned Miss Universe Guatemala 2016.
• ' – Felana Tirindraza was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 by Comité Miss Madagascar, the organizers of Miss Madagascar pageant after Njara Windye Harris, the original winner chose to compete at Miss University Africa 2017 contest. Tirindraza was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss Madagascar 2017 pageant.
• ': Adé van Herdeen was appointed Miss World South Africa 2017, by Melinda Bam, the national director of the Miss South Africa pageant, as a replacement to Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss South Africa 2017 after Nel-Peters chose to compete at Miss Universe 2017 due to conflicting schedules of the two pageants. van Herdeen was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss South Africa 2017 pageant. She then went on to take over the Miss South Africa 2017 title when Nel-Peters won the Miss Universe title.
• ' – Itır Esen, Miss Turkey World 2017 was replaced by Aslı Sümen, Miss Turkey Universe 2017 by Can Sandikcioglu, the national director of Miss Turkey pageant after Esen was dethroned just hours after her crowning over an unacceptable tweet about the attempted Turkish coup of 2016.
• – Mary Chibula was appointed to compete at Miss World 2017 by Platinum Events Productions Africa, the franchise holder for Miss World in Zambia after the original winner Louisa Josephs Chingangu was dethroned and Mwangala Ikacana, the 1st runner-up could not compete due to personal reasons. Chibula was crowned the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Zambia 2016 pageant

  Withdrawals

• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – With the Miss Belarus pageant being held bi-annually, the organizers initially appointed the first runner-up Ekaterina Savchuk to represent her country in this year's Miss World, but she eventually withdrew for personal reasons, thus removing her from the official list of contestants.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – Češka Miss decided to send the nation's delegates to Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss Supranational this year, as the organization relinquished its Miss World license to the new franchise holder, which would be announced at a later date.
• ' – Laila Da Costa was chosen as national representative for the event, however she could not attend when her entry visa was denied by the Chinese government.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – Begimay Karybekova was chosen as national representative for the event, however she could not attend when her entry visa was denied by the Chinese government.
• ' – Miss Latvia 2017 pageant was cancelled due to internal problems with the organization and lack of sponsorship.
• ' – No delegate was appointed, due to internal problems with the organization and lack of sponsorship, following the resignation of the pageant's licensee and national director.
• ' - No delegate was sent because of the hurricanes that affected the island.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• ' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
• – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.