Miss World 2014

Miss World 2014
Rolene Strauss, Miss World 2014
Date	14 December 2014
Presenters	Tim Vincent Megan Young Frankie Cena Steve Douglas
Entertainment	Sky Blu The Vamps
Venue	ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	E! London Live
Entrants	121
Placements	25
Debuts	Chad São Tomé and Príncipe
Withdrawals	Angola Botswana Bulgaria Chile Chinese Taipei Dominica Guinea-Bissau Honduras Kazakhstan Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Uzbekistan Zambia
Returns	Egypt Israel Luxembourg Myanmar Uruguay Zimbabwe
Winner	Rolene Strauss  South Africa
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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.^[1] This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.^[2]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2014	South Africa – Rolene Strauss
1st Runner-Up	Hungary – Edina Kulcsár
2nd Runner-Up	United States – Elizabeth Safrit
Top 5	Australia – Courtney Thorpe  England – Carina Tyrrell
Top 11	Brazil – Julia Gama  India – Koyal Rana  Guyana – Rafieya Husain  Kenya – Idah Nguma  Mexico – Daniela Álvarez  Thailand – Nonthawan Thongleng §
Top 25	Bolivia – Andrea Forfori  China – Du Yang  Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno  Finland – Krista Haapalainen  Ghana – Nadia Ntanu  Indonesia – Maria Rahajeng  Malaysia – Dewi Liana Seriestha  Netherlands – Tatjana Maul  Philippines – Valerie Weigmann  Russia – Anastasia Kostenko  Scotland – Ellie McKeating  South Sudan – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth  Sweden – Olivia Asplund  Trinidad and Tobago – Sarah Jane Waddell  Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Loan

§ People's Choice winner

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Kenya – Idah Nguma
Americas	United States – Elizabeth Safrit
Asia	India – Koyal Rana
Caribbean	Guyana – Rafieya Husain
Europe	Hungary – Edina Kulcsár
Oceania	Australia – Courtney Thorpe

Challenge Events

Sports and Fitness

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Finland – Krista Haapalainen
1st Runner-Up	Hungary – Edina Kulcsár
2nd Runner-Up	South Africa – Rolene Strauss
3rd Runner-Up	Serbia – Milica Vukliš
4th Runner-Up	Wales – Alice Ford

Beach Beauty

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Sweden – Olivia Asplund
Top 5	India – Koyal Rana  Kenya – Idah Nguma  Mexico – Daniela Álvarez  South Africa – Rolene Strauss

– source:^[3]

Top Model

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Bosnia and Herzegovina – Isidora Borovčanin
Top 5	Australia – Courtney Thorpe  China – Du Yang  Hungary – Edina Kulcsár  South Sudan – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth
Top 20	Croatia – Antonija Gogić  Czech Republic – Tereza Skoumalová  Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno  France – Flora Coquerel  Haiti – Carolyn Desert  India – Koyal Rana  Mexico – Daniela Álvarez  Mongolia – Battsetseg Turbat  Namibia – Brumhilda Ochs  Puerto Rico – Génesis Dávila  Russia – Anastasia Kostenko  Scotland – Ellie McKeating  South Africa – Rolene Strauss  Turkey – Amine Gülşe  Zimbabwe – Tendai Humda

World Designer Award

Final result	Contestant
Winner	India – Koyal Rana
1st Runner-Up	Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno
2nd Runner-Up	Scotland – Ellie McKeating

– source:^[4]

Talent

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Malaysia – Dewi Liana Seriestha
Runner-Up	Scotland – Ellie McKeating
Top 5	Russia – Anastasia Kostenko  Sweden – Olivia Asplund  United States – Elizabeth Safrit

– source:^[5][6]

Multimedia

Final result	Contestant
Winner	United States – Elizabeth Safrit
Top 5	England – Carina Tyrrell  India – Koyal Rana  Guyana – Rafieya Husain  Netherlands – Tatjana Maul

Beauty with a Purpose

Final result	Contestant
Winner(s)	Brazil – Julia Gama  India – Koyal Rana  Indonesia – Maria Sastrayu  Guyana – Rafieya Husain  Kenya – Idah Nguma
Top 10	Bolivia – Andrea Forfori  England ��� Carina Tyrrell  Netherlands – Tatjana Maul  Philippines – Valerie Weigmann  South Africa – Rolene Strauss

People's Choice Award

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Thailand – Nonthawan Thongleng
Top 10	Australia – Courtney Thorpe  Barbados – Zoé Trotman  Haiti – Carolyn Desert  India – Koyal Rana    Nepal – Subin Limbu  Netherlands – Tatjana Maul  Philippines – Valerie Weigmann  South Africa – Rolene Strauss  Tanzania – Happiness Watimanywa

– source:^[7]

Contestants

121 contestants competed for the crown and title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Xhensila Pere	25	Pogradec
Argentina	Yoana Don[8]	23	Santiago del Estero
Aruba	Joitza Henriquez	21	Oranjestad
Australia	Courtney Thorpe	23	Brisbane
Austria	Julia Furdea[9]	20	Asten
Bahamas	Rosetta Cartwright	19	Nassau
Barbados	Zoé Trotman	22	Bridgetown
Belarus	Viktoria Mihanovich	21	Minsk
Belgium	Anissa Blondin[10]	22	Brussels
Belize	Raquel Badillo	21	Belize City
Bermuda	Lillian Lightbourn[11]	24	Hamilton
Bolivia	Andrea Forfori	25	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Isidora Borovčanin	19	Pale
Brazil	Julia Gama	21	Porto Alegre
British Virgin Islands	Rosanna Chichester	25	Road Town
Cameroon	Larissa Ngangoum	24	Yaoundé
Canada	Annora Bourgeault	21	Regina
Chad	Sakadi Djivira	21	Abéché
China	Du Yang	22	Beijing
Colombia	Leandra García	21	Cali
Costa Rica	Natasha Sibaja	23	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Yéo Jennifer	18	Aboisso
Croatia	Antonija Gogić	19	Zagreb
Curaçao	Gayle Sulvaran	19	Willemstad
Cyprus	Ioánna Filíppou	19	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Tereza Skoumalová	24	Ostrava
Denmark	Pernille Sørensen	23	Aalborg
Dominican Republic	Dhío Moreno	24	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Virginia Limongi	19	Portoviejo
Egypt	Amina Ashraf	19	Giza
El Salvador	Larissa Vega	21	Santa Ana
England	Carina Tyrrell	24	Cambridge
Equatorial Guinea	Agnes Cheba	19	Luba
Ethiopia	Yirgalem Hadish	23	Addis Ababa
Fiji	Charlene Tafuna'i	20	Nadi
Finland	Krista Haapalainen	24	Helsinki
France	Flora Coquerel	20	Orléanais
Gabon	Jessie Lekery	24	Moyen-Ogooué
Georgia	Ana Zubashvili	21	Tbilisi
Germany	Egzonita Ala	18	Stuttgart
Ghana	Nadia Ntanu	23	Accra
Gibraltar	Shyanne Azzopardi	23	Gibraltar
Greece	Eleni Kokkinou	20	Athens
Guadeloupe	Wendy Metony	20	Le Gosier
Guam	Chanel Cruz Jarrett	20	Agana Heights
Guatemala	Keyla Bermúdez	22	Guatemala City
Guinea	Halimatou Diallo	20	Conakry
Guyana	Rafieya Husain	21	Anna Regina
Haiti	Carolyn Desert	25	Port-au-Prince
Hong Kong	Erin Wong	23	Kowloon
Hungary	Edina Kulcsár	24	Budapest
Iceland	Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir	22	Hafnarfjörður
India	Koyal Rana[12]	21	New Delhi
Indonesia	Maria Rahajeng[13]	22	Mamuju
Ireland	Jessica Hayes	20	Cork
Israel	Mor Maman	20	Beersheba
Italy	Silvia Cataldi	24	Sannicola
Jamaica	Laurie-Ann Chin	21	Montego Bay
Japan	Hikaru Kawai	19	Sendai
Kenya	Idah Nguma	22	Machakos
Korea	Hwa-young Song	23	Suwon
Kosovo	Vita Rexhepi	20	Pristina
Kyrgyzstan	Aikol Alikzhanova	24	Jalal-Abad
Latvia	Liliana Garkalne	19	Riga
Lebanon	Saly Greige	24	Bishmizzine
Lesotho	Nthole Matela	21	Mapoteng
Lithuania	Agnė Kavaliauskaitė	21	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Frédérique Wolff	19	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Dewi Liana Seriestha[14]	25	Kampung Tematu
Malta	Joanna Galea	24	Valletta
Martinique	Anaïs Delwaulle	20	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Sheetal Khadun	25	Port Louis
Mexico	Daniela Álvarez	21	Cuernavaca
Moldova	Alexandra Caruntu	18	Ungheni
Mongolia	Battsetseg Turbat	23	Ulan Bator
Montenegro	Nataša Novaković	18	Podgorica
Myanmar	Wyne Lay	19	Naypyidaw
Namibia	Brumhilda Ochs	22	Windhoek
Nepal	Subin Limbu	23	Dharan
Netherlands	Tatjana Maul	25	The Hague
New Zealand	Arielle Garciano	22	Lyttelton
Nicaragua	Yumara López †	20	Rivas
Nigeria	Iheoma Nnadi[15]	19	Akwa Ibom
Northern Ireland	Rebekah Shirley	19	Belfast
Norway	Monica Pedersen	25	Moelv
Panama	Nicole Pinto	21	Panama City
Paraguay	Myriam Arévalos	21	Asunción
Peru	Sofía Rivera	24	Oxapampa
Philippines	Valerie Weigmann	25	Legazpi
Poland	Ada Sztajerowska	22	Piotrków Trybunalski
Portugal	Zita Oliveira	24	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Génesis Dávila	24	Arroyo
Romania	Bianca Fanu	25	Timișoara
Russia	Anastasia Kostenko	20	Salsk
São Tomé and Príncipe	Djeissica Barbosa	19	São Tomé
Scotland	Ellie McKeating	19	Milngavie
Serbia	Milica Vukliš	21	Belgrade
Seychelles	Camila Estico	23	Victoria
Singapore	Dalreena Poonam Gill	20	Bedok
Slovakia	Laura Longauerová	18	Detva
Slovenia	Julija Bizjak	20	Lesce
South Africa	Rolene Strauss[16]	22	Volksrust
South Sudan	Awien Kuanyin-Agoth	19	Gogrial
Spain	Lourdes Rodríguez	20	Daimiel
Sri Lanka	Chulakshi Ranathunga[17]	25	Colombo
Sweden	Olivia Asplund	18	Stockholm
Switzerland	Dijana Cvijetić	20	Gossau
Tanzania	Happiness Watimanywa	20	Dodoma
Thailand	Nonthawan Thongleng[18]	20	Surat Thani
Trinidad and Tobago	Sarah Jane Waddell	24	Carenage
Tunisia	Wahiba Arres	20	Menzel Bourguiba
Turkey	Amine Gülşe	21	Izmir
Uganda	Leah Kalanguka	21	Iganga
Ukraine	Andriana Khasanshin	19	Lviv
United States	Elizabeth Safrit[19]	22	Kannapolis
Uruguay	Romina Fernández	20	Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Aniska Tonge	20	St. Thomas
Venezuela	Debora Menicucci[20]	23	Caracas
Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Loan	23	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Alice Ford	21	Cardiff
Zimbabwe	Tendai Humda	23	Chitungwiza

Judges

The judges for Miss World 2014 were:

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization^[21]
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• Rudy Salles – Member of the National Assembly of France^[21]
• Jody Reynolds – former president of Variety International^[21]
• Marsha-Rae Ratcliff – Variety International board member
• Tony Hatch – British most celebrated musical acts and films
• Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
• Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar
• Mike Dixon – Musical director

Notes

Special awards

• Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose award – Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan of India

Debuts

•  Chad
•  São Tomé & Príncipe

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

•  Belgium – Anissa 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.^[22]
•   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.^[23]
•  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

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Bulgaria
•  Chile
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Dominica
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Honduras – María José Alvarado †
•  Kazakhstan – Madina Davletova
•  Macedonia – Martina Dimoska
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Samoa – Danielle Lelo
•  Uzbekistan
•  Zambia – Michelle Malambo

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.^[24] Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organization Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.^[25][26]

References