Miss World 2015

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Miss World 2015
Mireia Lalaguna, Miss World 2015
Date	19 December 2015
Presenters	Tim Vincent Megan Young Angela Chow Neil Krisralam Steve Douglas
Entertainment	Yu Wenxia The Wholls Julian Believe
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	E! Phoenix TV
Entrants	150
Placements	20
Withdrawals	Barbados Belarus Chad Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ghana Greece Hong Kong Israel Kosovo Lithuania Luxembourg Martinique Sao Tome and Principe Switzerland
Returns	Botswana Bulgaria Chile Honduras Kazakhstan Macedonia Samoa Saint Kitts and Nevis Zambia
Winner	Mireia Lalaguna  Spain
← 2014 2016 →

Miss World 2015, the 65th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 December 2015 at the outdoor arena of the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.^[1] 114 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Rolene Strauss of South Africa crowned her successor Mireia Lalaguna of Spain at the end of the event. It was the first time in the history of Miss World that Spain won the pageant.^[2]

Since this year, the swimsuit competition (Miss World Beach Beauty) has been officially removed from the pageant.

Results[]

Placements[]

§ People's Choice Winner

Continental Queens of Beauty[]

Order of Announcements

Top 20

1.  Russia
2.  Indonesia
3.  Philippines
4.  Jamaica
5.  Guyana
6.  France
7.  Lebanon
8.  South Africa
9.  Spain
10.  Australia
11.  Netherlands
12.  Brazil
13.  Kazakhstan
14.  Poland
15.  New Zealand
16.  China
17.  South Sudan
18.  Scotland
19.  Ecuador
20.  Northern Ireland

Top 11

1.  Russia
2.  Indonesia
3.  Philippines
4.  Jamaica
5.  Guyana
6.  France
7.  Lebanon
8.  South Africa
9.  Spain
10.  Australia
11.  Vietnam

Top 5

1.  Spain
2.  Russia
3.  Indonesia
4.  Lebanon
5.  Jamaica

Contestants[]

114 delegates competed in Miss World 2015.^[3]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Kristina Bakiu[4]	20	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Tirana
Argentina	Daniela Mirón[citation needed]	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Malargüe
Aruba	Nicole Van Tellingen[citation needed]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Oranjestad
Australia	Tess Alexander[citation needed]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Brisbane
Austria	Annika Grill[citation needed]	21	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Gmunden
Bahamas	Chantel O'Brian[citation needed]	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Nassau
Belgium	Leylah Alliët[citation needed]	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Roeselare
Belize	Jasmin Jael Rhamdas[5]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Belmopan
Bermuda	Alyssa Rose[citation needed]	22	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	Hamilton
Bolivia	Vivian Serrano[citation needed]	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marijana Marković[citation needed]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Prnjavor
Botswana	Seneo Mabengano[citation needed]	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Selebi-Phikwe
Brazil	Catharina Choi[citation needed]	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Sasha Wintz[citation needed]	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tortola
Bulgaria	Veneta Krasteva[6]	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sofia
Cameroon	Jessica Ngoua[citation needed]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Douala
Chile	Fernanda Sobarzo[citation needed]	20	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Santiago
China	Yuan Lu[7]	21	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Hefei
Colombia	María Alejandra López[citation needed]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Pereira
Costa Rica	Angélica Reyes[citation needed]	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Andréa N'Guessan[citation needed]	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Maja Spahija[citation needed]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Šibenik
Curaçao	Alexandra Krijger[citation needed]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Willemstad
Cyprus	Rafaela Charalampous[8]	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Andrea Kalousová[citation needed]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Jaroměř
Denmark	Jessica Hvirvelkær[citation needed]	18	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Aarhus
Dominican Republic	Cinthya Núñez	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	San Francisco
Ecuador	Camila Marañón[citation needed]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Chone
El Salvador	Marcela Santamaria[9]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	San Salvador
England	Natasha Hemmings[citation needed]	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Cheshire
Ethiopia	Kisanet Teklehaimanot[citation needed]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Adigrat
Fiji	Brittany Hazelman[citation needed]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Suva
Finland	Carola Miller[citation needed]	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Helsinki
France	Hinarere Taputu[citation needed]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tahiti
Gabon	Reine Ngotala[citation needed]	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tchibanga
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili[10]	24	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[11]	Tbilisi
Germany	Albijona Muharremaj	20	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Munich
Gibraltar	Hannah Bado	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Arlène Tacite[citation needed]	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Basse-Terre
Guam	Aria Perez Theisen[citation needed]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Barrigada
Guatemala	María José Larrañaga[citation needed]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Guatemala City
Guinea	Mama Aissata Diallo[citation needed]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Conakry
Guyana	Lisa Punch	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Georgetown
Haiti	Seydina Allen[citation needed]>	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Gabriela Salazar[citation needed]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Daniella Kiss	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bag
Iceland	Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir[citation needed]	20	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kópavogur
India	Aditi Arya	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Haryana
Indonesia	Maria Harfanti[citation needed]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Yogyakarta
Ireland	Sacha Livingstone[citation needed]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Dublin
Italy	Greta Galassi[citation needed]	17	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Rovereto
Jamaica	Sanneta Myrie	24	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kingston
Japan	Chika Nakagawa[citation needed]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Niigata
Kazakhstan	Regina Vandysheva[12]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Almaty
Kenya	Charity Mwangi[citation needed]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kiambu County
Korea	Jung Eun-ju	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Tattybubu Samidin-Kyzy	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Osh
Latvia	Lāsma Zemene	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Riga
Lebanon	Valerie Abou Chacra[13]	23	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Beirut
Lesotho	Relebohile Kobeli	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Maseru
Macedonia	Emilija Rozman[citation needed]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Skopje
Malaysia	Brynn Lovett	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Beaufort
Malta	Katrina Pavia[citation needed]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Victoria
Mauritius	Aurellia Bégué	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Port Louis
Mexico	Yamelin Ramírez[citation needed]	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Navojoa
Moldova	Anastasia Iacub[citation needed]	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Băcioi
Mongolia	Anu Namshir[citation needed]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Nataša Milosavljević[citation needed]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Herceg Novi
Myanmar	Khin Thein Myint[citation needed]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mandalay
Namibia	Steffi Van Wyk[citation needed]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Windhoek
Nepal	Evana Manandhar[citation needed]	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Margot Hanekamp[citation needed]	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Nijkerk
New Zealand	Deborah Lambie	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Auckland
Nicaragua	Stefanía Alemán[14]	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Masatepe
Nigeria	Unoaku Anyadike[citation needed]	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Ibadan
Northern Ireland	Leanne McDowell	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Cookstown
Norway	Fay Teresa Vålbekk[citation needed]	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Oslo
Panama	Diana Jaén[citation needed]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Penonomé
Paraguay	Giovanna Cordeiro[citation needed]	25	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Asunción
Peru	Karla Chocano[15]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Trujillo
Philippines	Hillarie Parungao[citation needed]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Solano
Poland	Marta Pałucka[citation needed]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Sopot
Portugal	Rafaela Pardete[citation needed]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Setúbal
Puerto Rico	Keysi Vargas[citation needed]	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Quebradillas
Romania	Natalia Onet[citation needed]	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Satu Mare
Russia	Sofia Nikitchuk[citation needed]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Yekaterinburg
Samoa	Latafale Auva'a[citation needed]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Apia
Scotland	Mhairi Fergusson[citation needed]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Stirling
Serbia	Marija Ćetković[16]	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Novi Sad
Seychelles	Linne Freminot[citation needed]	22	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	Mahé
Singapore	Charity Lu[citation needed]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Singapore
Slovakia	Lujza Straková	21	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Banská Bystrica
Slovenia	Mateja Kociper[citation needed]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Maribor
South Africa	Liesl Laurie[citation needed]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Johannesburg
South Sudan	Ajaa Deng[citation needed]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Juba
Spain	Mireia Lalaguna[citation needed]	23	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Thilini Amarasooriya[citation needed]	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Colombo
St. Kitts and Nevis	Jackiema Flemming	22	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Basseterre
Sweden	Natalia Fogelund	21	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Gothenburg
Tanzania	Lilian Kamazima	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Arusha
Thailand	Thunchanok Moonnilta[citation needed]	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Chiang Mai
Trinidad and Tobago	Kimberly Singh[citation needed]	21	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Marwa Heny[citation needed]	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sidi Bouzid
Turkey	Ecem Çirpan[citation needed]	19	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Bursa
Uganda	Zahara Nakiyaga[citation needed]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kampala
Ukraine	Khrystyna Stoloka[citation needed]	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kiev
United States	Victoria Mendoza	20	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Phoenix
Uruguay	Sherika De Armas[citation needed]	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Jahne Massac[17]	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	St. Thomas
Venezuela	Anyela Galante[citation needed]	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Guanare
Vietnam	Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê[18]	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Emma Jenkins[citation needed]	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Llanelli
Zambia	Michelo Malambo	24	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Ndola
Zimbabwe	Annie Mutambu[19]	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Harare

– 2015 contestants source:^[9]

Judges[]

The judges panel for Miss World 2015 were:

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization^[20]
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director^[20]
• Ken Warwick – Hollywood producer and executive producer and director of Miss World^[20]
• Andrew Minarik – head of the team for Miss World Hair & Beauty^[20]
• Donna Walsh – professional dancer and director^[20]
• Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland^[20]
• Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria^[20]
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey^[20]
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR^[20]
• Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia^[20]
• – CEO of Media Nusantara Citra, Owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia

Notes[]

Returns[]

Last competed in 2013:

Designations[]

•  Belize – Jasmin Jael Rhamdas was appointed "Miss World Belize 2015" after a casting call was organised by Michael Arnold, national director of Miss World Belize.
•  Costa Rica – 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.
•  Curaçao – 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.
•  El Salvador – 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.
•  Guyana – 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.
•  Korea – 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.
•  Macedonia – Emilija Rozman was appointed "Miss Makedonija 2015" by Lidija Velkovska, national director of Miss Macedonia pageant.
•  Norway – 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.
•  Paraguay – 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.
•  Romania – 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.
•  St. Kitts & Nevis – 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.
•  Samoa – 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.
•  US Virgin Islands – Jahne Issac was appointed "Miss US Paraside World 2015" after a casting call was held by Miss US Paraside organisation.

Replacements[]

•  Albania – 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.
•  Brazil – 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.
•  Bulgaria – 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.
•  France – 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.
•  Netherlands – 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.
•  Tanzania – 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.
•  Tunisia – 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.
•  Zimbabwe – 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.

Withdrawals[]

Did not compete[]

•  Algeria – 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.
•  Guinea Bissau – 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[]

•  Canada – 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.^[21]

General references[]

• "Contestants 2015". missworld.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

References[]

Further reading[]

• "Lisa Hanna declines invitation to judge Miss World 2015, opts to tackle CDA controversy instead". Jamaica Gleaner. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
• Zeibiz. "Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo Miss World 2015 Winner". Zeibiz. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

External links[]

• Official website