Miss World 2018
Miss World 2018, the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 December 2018 at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. Manushi Chhillar of India crowned her successor Vanessa Ponce of Mexico at the end of the event. She is the first Mexican woman to win Miss World.
Background
Result
Continental Queens of Beauty
Challenge events
Head-to-Head Challenge
Round 1
- Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
- Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
- Advanced to the Top 30 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
- Advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice.
Group | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Country 4 | Country 5 | Country 6 |
1 | AUS | CZE | ETH | GHA | MRI | PER |
2 | BAR | CAY | FRA | GEO | GER | PAR |
3 | FIN | LAT | SLE | RSA | VEN | WAL |
4 | EQG | GUY | ISL | NOR | PHI | SEN |
5 | CAN | DOM | GIB | JAM | NGR | SCO |
6 | BAN | BRA | BVI | CHN | DEN | IRE |
7 | BAH | BOT | CHI | JPN | ZIM | |
8 | BOL | CMR | COK | LBN | SVK | USA |
9 | ALB | ENG | INA | KAZ | MAS | RWA |
10 | CYP | ' | LES | NCA | SRB | SLO |
11 | ARM | BIZ | GUA | ITA | MYA | NZL |
12 | EGY | IND | MNE | PAN | SSD | VIE |
13 | BIH | GUM | LUX | MDA | NEP | rowspan=1 |
14 | BLR | CUR | ' | NED | PUR | SIN |
15 | AUT | GRE | HUN | MGL | THA | UKR |
16 | BEL | BUL | COL | LAO | POR | ZAM |
17 | ARU | MLT | MEX | NIR | RUS | ESP |
18 | CRO | HAI | SRI | TAN | TTO | TUR |
19 | ARG | ECU | ESA | KEN | MAD | POL |
20 | ANG | GBS | HON | HKG | UGA | rowspan=1 |
Round 2
- Advanced to the Top 30 via the Head-to-Head challenge.
Group | Country 1 | Country 2 |
1 | MUS | FRA |
2 | VEN | PHI |
3 | NGA | BAN |
4 | Chile | LBN |
5 | MYS | |
6 | MYA | IND |
7 | NEP | SIN |
8 | Thailand | BUL |
9 | MEX | TTO |
10 | ARG | UGA |
Top Model
Miss France, Maëva Coucke won the Top Model Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up | |
Top 32 |
Talent
Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up | |
Top 18 |
Sports
Miss United States, Marisa Butler won the Sports Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Team Challenge Winner | |
Long jump | |
Athletics | |
Swimming |
Team | Blue Team | Red Team | Yellow Team |
Top 18 |
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Reserve |
Multimedia
Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 5 | |
Top 10 |
Beauty With A Purpose
The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018.The 25 projects that were shortlisted are :
Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 12 | |
Top 25 |
Global Vote
World Fashion Designer Award
Miss South Africa, Thulisa Keyi and Miss China, Peirui Mao emerged as the joint winners of the Designer Award.Final result | Contestant |
Winners |
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Top 5 |
Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award
Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.Final result | Contestant |
Winner |
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1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up |
Contestants
118 contestants competed for the title:Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
Albania | Nikita Preka | 22 | Lezhë |
Angola | Nelma Ferreira | 20 | Luanda |
Argentina | Victoria Soto | 25 | Concepción del Uruguay |
Armenia | Arena Zeynalyan | 25 | Yerevan |
Aruba | Nurianne Arias | 24 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Taylah Cannon | 23 | Melbourne |
Austria | Izabela Ion | 24 | Bregenz |
Bahamas | Brinique Gibson | 22 | New Providence |
Bangladesh | Jannatul Ferdous Oishee | 18 | Pirojpur |
Barbados | Ashley Lashley | 19 | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Maria Vasilevich | 21 | Minsk |
Belgium | Angeline Flor Pua | 23 | Antwerp |
Belize | Jalyssa Arthurs | 18 | Santa Elena |
Bolivia | Vanessa Vargas | 22 | Cochabamba |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Anđela Paleksić | 20 | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Moitshepi Elias | 24 | Gaborone |
Brazil | Jéssica Carvalho | 22 | Parnaíba |
British Virgin Islands | Yadali Thomas Santos | 22 | Tortola |
Bulgaria | Kalina Miteva | 19 | Sofia |
Cameroon | Aimee Caroline Nseke | 22 | Yaoundé |
Canada | Hanna Begovic | 19 | Toronto |
Cayman Islands | Kelsie Woodman Bodden | 22 | Grand Cayman |
Chile | Anahi Hormazabal | 19 | Santiago |
China | Mao Peirui | 26 | Yinchuan |
Colombia | Laura Osorio | 22 | Medellín |
Cook Islands | Reihana Koteka-Wiki | 26 | Rarotonga |
Croatia | Ivana Mudnić Dujmina | 17 | Dubrovnik |
Curaçao | Nazira Colastica | 18 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Andriánna Fiakká | 19 | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Kateřina Kasanová | 19 | Prague |
Denmark | Tara Jensen | 18 | Hvidovre |
Dominican Republic | Denise Romero | 24 | Higüey |
Ecuador | Nicol Ocles | 21 | Pimampiro |
Egypt | Mony Helal | 26 | Cairo |
El Salvador | Metzi Solano | 27 | Santa Ana |
England | Alisha Cowie | 19 | Newcastle |
Equatorial Guinea | Silvia Adjomo Ndong | 20 | Malabo |
Ethiopia | Soliyana Abayneh | 22 | Addis Ababa |
Finland | Jenny Lappalainen | 23 | Helsinki |
France | Maëva Coucke | 24 | Ferques |
Georgia | Nia Tsivtsivadze | 24 | Tbilisi |
Germany | Christine Keller | 24 | Düsseldorf |
Ghana | Nana Ama Benson | 23 | Accra |
Gibraltar | Star Farrugia | 22 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Maria Lepida | 20 | Patras |
Guadeloupe | Morgane Thérésine | 22 | Le Gosier |
Guam | Gianna Sgambelluri | 18 | Hagåtña |
Guatemala | Elizabeth Gramajo | 22 | Guatemala City |
Rubiato Nhamajo | 23 | Bafatá | |
Guyana | Ambika Ramraj | 19 | Georgetown |
Haiti | Stephie Morency | 26 | Port-au-Prince |
Hong Kong | Wing Wong | 25 | Kowloon |
Honduras | Dayana Sabillón | 23 | Siguatepeque |
Hungary | Andrea Szarvas | 20 | Vésztő |
Iceland | Erla Ólafsdóttir | 24 | Reykjavík |
India | Anukreethy Vas | 20 | Tiruchirappalli |
Indonesia | Alya Nurshabrina | 22 | Bandung |
Ireland | Aoife O'Sullivan | 23 | Bandon |
Italy | Nunzia Amato | 21 | Naples |
Jamaica | Kadijah Robinson | 23 | Saint Elizabeth |
Japan | Kanako Date | 21 | Tokyo |
Kazakhstan | Ekaterina Dvoretskaya | 20 | Atyrau |
Kenya | Finali Galaiya | 24 | Nairobi |
Korea | Bo Ah Cho | 25 | Seoul |
Laos | Kadoumphet Xaiyavong | 21 | Oudomxay |
Latvia | Daniela Gods-Romanovska | 21 | Riga |
Lebanon | Mira Al-Toufaily | 26 | Beirut |
Lesotho | Rethabile Thaathaa | 21 | Maseru |
Luxembourg | Cassandra Lopes Monteiro | 18 | Luxembourg City |
Madagascar | Miantsa Randriambelonoro | 20 | Antananarivo |
Malaysia | Larissa Ping Liew | 19 | Lutong |
Malta | Maria Ellul | 24 | Valletta |
Martinique | Larissa Segarel | 20 | Fort-de-France |
Mauritius | Murielle Ravina | 22 | Port Louis |
Mexico | Vanessa Ponce | 26 | Mexico City |
Moldova | Tamara Zareţcaia | 21 | Chișinău |
Mongolia | Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa | 21 | Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro | Natalija Glušcević | 18 | Podgorica |
Myanmar | Han Thi | 21 | Yangon |
Nepal | Shrinkhala Khatiwada | 23 | Hetauda |
Netherlands | Leonie Hesselink | 26 | Amsterdam |
New Zealand | Jessica Tyson | 25 | Auckland |
Nicaragua | Yoselin Gómez Reyes | 23 | Boaco |
Nigeria | Anita Ukah | 23 | Owerri |
Northern Ireland | Katharine Walker | 23 | Belfast |
Norway | Madelen Michelsen | 19 | Oslo |
Panama | Solaris Barba | 19 | Panama City |
Paraguay | Maquenna Gaiarín | 22 | Asunción |
Peru | Clarisse Uribe | 22 | Chincha Alta |
Philippines | Katarina Rodriguez | 26 | Davao City |
Poland | Agata Biernat | 28 | Zduńska Wola |
Portugal | Carla Rodrigues | 25 | Lisbon |
Puerto Rico | Dayanara Martínez | 25 | Canóvanas |
Russia | Natalya Stroeva | 19 | Yakutsk |
Rwanda | Liliane Iradukunda | 19 | Western Province |
Scotland | Linzi McLelland | 24 | East Kilbride |
Senegal | Aïssatou Filly | 22 | Dakar |
Serbia | Ivana Trišić | 24 | Belgrade |
Sierra Leone | Sarah Laura Tucker | 24 | Bonthe |
Singapore | Vanessa Peh | 23 | Singapore |
Slovakia | Dominika Grecová | 20 | Bratislava |
Slovenia | Lara Kalanj | 18 | Ljubljana |
South Africa | Thulisa Keyi | 26 | East London |
South Sudan | Florence Thompson | 19 | Juba |
Spain | Amaia Izar | 21 | Agoitz |
Sri Lanka | Nadia Gyi | 18 | Colombo |
Tanzania | Queen Elizabeth Makune | 22 | Dar es Salaam |
Thailand | Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan | 20 | Bangkok |
Trinidad and Tobago | Ysabel Bisnath | 26 | Port of Spain |
Turkey | Sevval Sahin | 19 | Istanbul |
Uganda | Quiin Abenakyo | 22 | Mayuge |
Ukraine | Leonila Guz | 19 | Kherson |
United States | Marisa Butler | 24 | Standish |
Venezuela | Veruska Ljubisavljević | 27 | Caracas |
Vietnam | Trần Tiểu Vy | 18 | Quảng Nam |
Wales | Bethany Harris | 20 | Newport |
Zambia | Musa Kalaluka | 20 | Lusaka |
Zimbabwe | Belinda Potts | 21 | Harare |
Returns
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Designations
Replacements
Withdrawals
- ' - Joyce Delgado; Did not compete for an unknown reason, will compete in 2019
- ' - Fatem Suy
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- ' — Due to internal problems of citing costs of the pageant. Miss Seychelles 2018 is cancelled.
- ' — Amanda Wiberg
- ' — Haifa Ghedir
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