Miss World 2018

Miss World 2018 was the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China, on 8 December 2018.

Miss World 2018
Vanessa Ponce
Date	8 December 2018
Presenters	Fernando Allende Angela Chow Megan Young Stephanie Del Valle Frankie Cena Barney Walsh
Entertainment	Donel Mangena Dimash Kudaibergen Sister Sledge
Venue	Sanya City Arena, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	Estrella TV London Live CCTV
Entrants	118
Placements	30
Withdrawals	Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Fiji Guinea Israel Liberia Macau Romania Seychelles Sweden Tunisia Uruguay
Returns	Barbados Belarus Czech Republic Guinea-Bissau Haiti Latvia Luxembourg Malaysia Martinique Puerto Rico Sierra Leone Uganda
Winner	Vanessa Ponce Mexico
← 2017 2019 →

Manushi Chhillar of India crowned Vanessa Ponce of Mexico as her successor at the end of the event. It is the first victory of Mexico in the history of the pageant.^[1]

Returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the return of Barbados, Belarus, Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone and Uganda; Barbados, Luxembourg and Martinique in 2014 and Belarus, Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Latvia, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone and Uganda in 2016.

Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Fiji, Guinea, Israel, Liberia, Macau, Romania, Seychelles, Sweden, Tunisia and Uruguay, withdrew from the competition.^[2]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant[3]
Miss World 2018	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce
Runner-up[4]	Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan
Top 5	Belarus – Maria Vasilevich  Jamaica – Kadijah Robinson  Uganda – Quiin Abenakyo
Top 12	France – Maëva Coucke  Martinique – Larissa Segarel  Mauritius – Murielle Ravina    Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada  New Zealand – Jessica Tyson  Panama – Solaris Barba  Scotland – Linzi McLelland
Top 30	Bangladesh – Jannatul Ferdous  Barbados – Ashley Lashley  Belgium – Angeline Flor Pua  Chile – Anahi Hormazabal  China – Mao Peirui  Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki  India – Anukreethy Vas  Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina  Japan – Kanako Date  Malaysia – Larissa Ping  Nigeria – Anita Ukah  Northern Ireland – Katharine Walker  Russia – Natalya Stroeva  Singapore – Vanessa Peh Ting Ting  South Africa – Thulisa Keyi  United States – Marisa Butler  Venezuela – Veruska Ljubisavljević  Vietnam – Trần Tiểu Vy

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent	Contestant
Africa	Uganda – Quiin Abenakyo
Americas	Panama – Solaris Barba
Asia	Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan[4]
Caribbean	Jamaica – Kadijah Robinson
Europe	Belarus – Maria Vasilevich
Oceania[5]	New Zealand – Jessica Tyson

Challenge events

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	France – Maëva Coucke
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Senegal – Aissatou Filly
3rd runner-up	South Korea – Bo Ah Cho
4th runner-up	South Africa – Thulisa Keyi
Top 32	Australia – Taylah Cannon  Barbados – Ashley Lashley  Belarus – Maria Vasilevich  Belgium – Angeline Flor Pua  Brazil – Jéssica Carvalho  Chile – Anahi Hormazabal[citation needed]  Croatia – Ivana Mudnić Dujmina  Germany – Christine Keller  Greece – Maria Lepida  Guadeloupe – Morgane Thérésiné  Italy – Nunzia Amato  Japan – Kanako Date  Malaysia – Larissa Ping  Mexico – Vanessa Ponce    Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada  New Zealand – Jessica Tyson  Nigeria – Anita Ukah  Panama – Solaris Barba  Philippines – Katarina Rodriguez  Poland – Agata Biernat  Russia – Natalya Stroeva  Serbia – Ivana Trišić  Spain – Amaia Izar  Sri Lanka – Nadia Gyi  Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan  Turkey – Sevval Sahin  Vietnam – Trần Tiểu Vy

Talent

Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.^[6]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Japan – Kanako Date
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Canada – Hanna Begovic
3rd runner-up	Poland – Agata Biernat
4th runner-up	Malaysia – Larissa Ping
Top 18	Bulgaria – Kalina Miteva  Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki  Guyana – Ambika Ramraj  Haiti – Stephie Morency  India – Anukreethy Vas  Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina  Nicaragua – Yoselin Reyes  Panama – Solaris Barba  Paraguay – Maquenna Gaiarín  Puerto Rico – Dayanara Martinez  Spain – Amaia Izar  Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan  United States – Marisa Butler

Sports

Miss United States, Marisa Butler won the Sports Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	United States – Marisa Butler
1st runner-up	Bolivia – Vanessa Vargas
2nd runner-up	Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink
Team Challenge Winner	Red Team
Long jump	Bolivia – Vanessa Vargas
Athletics (60 metres)	Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink
Swimming	New Zealand – Jessica Daniel Tyson

Team	Blue Team	Red Team	Yellow Team
Top 18	New Zealand – Jessica Daniel Tyson  Northern Ireland – Katharine Walker  Panama – Solaris Barba  Scotland – Linzi McLelland  Slovenia – Lara Kalanj  United States – Marisa Butler	Belarus – Maria Vasilevich  Bolivia – Vanessa Vargas  Canada – Hanna Begovic  Cayman Islands – Kelsie Woodman Bodden  Dominican Republic – Denise Romero  Ireland – Aoife O'Sullivan	Ecuador – Nicol Ocles  Hungary – Andrea Szarvas  Kazakhstan – Ekaterina Dvoretskaya  Latvia – Daniela Gods-Romanovska  Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink  Poland – Agata Biernat
Reserve	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce  Sierra Leone – Sarah Laura Tucker	Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki  Guinea Bissau – Rubiato Nhamajo	Finland – Jenny Lappalainen  Moldova – Tamara Zareţcaia

Multimedia

Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018.^[7]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
1st runner-up	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce
2nd runner-up	Kenya – Finali Galaiya
Top 10	France – Maëva Coucke  India – Anukreethy Vas  Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina  Malaysia – Larissa Ping  Mongolia – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa  Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan  Venezuela – Veruska Ljubisavljević

Beauty With A Purpose

The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award (Miss Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand, Mexico & Vietnam) became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018.
The 25 projects that were shortlisted are:^[8]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
Top 5	Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina  Mexico – Vanessa Ponce  New Zealand – Jessica Tyson  Vietnam – Trần Tiểu Vy
Top 12	Chile – Anahi Hormazabal  Jamaica – Kadijah Robinson  Kenya – Finali Galaiya  Lebanon – Mira Al Toufaily  Malaysia – Larissa Ping  Panama – Solaris Barba  Trinidad and Tobago – Ysabel Bisnath
Top 25	Barbados – Ashley Lashley  Brazil – Jéssica Carvalho  China – Peirui Mao  Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki  Guyana – Ambika Ramraj  Italy – Nunzia Amato  Japan – Kanako Date  Mongolia – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa  Myanmar – Han Thi  Russia – Natalya Stroeva  Rwanda – Liliane Iradukunda  Scotland – Linzi McLelland  Singapore – Vanessa Peh

Global Vote

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan[4]
1st runner-up	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce
2nd runner-up	Uganda – Quiin Abenakyo

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	China – Peirui Mao  South Africa – Thulisa Keyi
Top 5	Malaysia – Larissa Ping  Portugal – Carla Rodrigues  Thailand – Nicolene Limsnukan

Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award

Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.^[9]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Kenya – Finali Galaiya
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Dayanara Martinez
4th runner-up	England – Alisha Cowie

Contestants

118 contestants competed for the title:^[10]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Albania	Nikita Preka[11][designations 1]	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[replacements 1]	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[13][designations 2]	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[14]	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Kateřina Kasanová	19	Prague
Denmark	Tara Jensen[replacements 2]	18	Hvidovre
Dominican Republic	Denise Romero	24	Higüey
Ecuador	Nicol Ocles	21	Pimampiro
Egypt	Mony Helal[15][16][designations 3]	26	Cairo
El Salvador	Metzi Solano[designations 4]	27	Santa Ana
England	Alisha Cowie	19	Newcastle
Equatorial Guinea	Silvia Adjomo Ndong	20	Malabo
Ethiopia	Soliyana Abayneh	22	Addis Ababa
Finland	Jenny Lappalainen[17][designations 5]	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[18]	22	Guatemala City
Guinea-Bissau	Rubiato Nhamajo[19][designations 6]	23	Bafatá
Guyana	Ambika Ramraj	19	Georgetown
Haiti	Stephie Morency	26	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Dayana Sabillón	23	Siguatepeque
Hong Kong	Wing Wong[20]	25	Kowloon
Hungary	Andrea Szarvas	20	Vésztő
Iceland	Erla Ólafsdóttir[21][designations 7]	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[22]	20	Atyrau
Kenya	Finali Galaiya	24	Nairobi
Laos	Kadoumphet Xaiyavong	21	Oudomxay
Latvia	Daniela Gods-Romanovska[23][designations 8]	21	Riga
Lebanon	Mira Al-Toufaily[24][designations 9]	26	Beirut
Lesotho	Rethabile Thaathaa[25]	21	Maseru
Luxembourg	Cassandra Lopes Monteiro[replacements 3]	18	Luxembourg City
Madagascar	Miantsa Randriambelonoro[26]	20	Antananarivo
Malaysia	Larissa Ping	19	Lutong
Malta	Maria Ellul[27]	24	Valletta
Martinique	Larissa Segarel[28]	20	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Murielle Ravina	22	Port Louis
Mexico	Vanessa Ponce	26	Mexico City
Moldova	Tamara Zareţcaia	21	Chișinău
Mongolia	Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa[29]	21	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Natalija Glušcević	18	Podgorica
Myanmar	Han Thi	21	Yangon
Nepal	Shrinkhala Khatiwada[30]	26	Kathmandu
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[replacements 4]	22	Chincha Alta
Philippines	Katarina Rodriguez	26	Davao City
Poland	Agata Biernat	29	Zduńska Wola
Portugal	Carla Rodrigues	25	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Dayanara Martínez	25	Canóvanas
Russia	Natalya Stroeva[31][replacements 5]	19	Yakutsk
Rwanda	Liliane Iradukunda	19	Western Province
Scotland	Linzi McLelland	24	East Kilbride
Senegal	Aïssatou Filly	22	Dakar
Serbia	Ivana Trišić[33]	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[34]	26	East London
South Korea[b]	Bo Ah Cho	25	Seoul
South Sudan	Florence Thompson[35]	19	Juba
Spain	Amaia Izar	21	Agoitz
Sri Lanka	Nadia Gyi	18	Colombo
Tanzania	Queen Elizabeth Makune	22	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Nicolene Limsnukan[4]	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Ysabel Bisnath	26	Port of Spain
Turkey	Şevval Şahin[36]	19	Istanbul
Uganda	Quiin Abenakyo	22	Mayuge
Ukraine	Leonila Guz	19	Kherson
United States	Marisa Butler[designations 10]	24	Standish
Venezuela	Veruska Ljubisavljević	27	Caracas
Vietnam	Trần Tiểu Vy	18	Quảng Nam
Wales	Bethany Harris	20	Newport
Zambia	Musa Kalaluka[37]	20	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Belinda Potts	21	Harare

Notes

1. Ages at the time in the pageant
2. Competed as Korea in the pageant

Designations

1. ALBANIA – Nikita Preka was appointed as "Miss World Albania 2018" by Vera Grabocka after she was reappointed the franchise holder of Miss World in Albania.^[12]
2. BELIZE – Jalyssa Arthurs was appointed as "Miss World Belize 2018" after a closed door ceremony took place organized by Michael Arnold, the national director of Miss World in Belize.
3. EGYPT – Mony Helal was appointed to represent Egypt by Youseff Sphai after he was reappointed the franchise holder for Miss World in Egypt.
4. EL SALVADOR – Metzi Solano was appointed as "Miss World El Salvador 2018" after Carlos Jimenez acquired the Miss World franchise in El Salvador. Metsi previously was Miss Supranational El Salvador 2013 and Miss Intercontinental El Salvador 2017.
5. FINLAND – Jenny Lappalainen was appointed as Miss World Finland 2018 by the national director of Miss Suomi pageant. Lappalainen was crowned the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Suomi 2018 pageant.
6. GUINEA-BISSAU – Rubiato Nhamajo was appointed to represent Guinea-Bissau, she was previously Miss Guinea-Bissau 2014.
7. ICELAND – Erla Ólafsdóttir was appointed to represent Iceland by Björn Leifsson, national director of Miss World in Iceland after no national pageant was held.
8. LATVIA – Daniela Gods-Romanovska was appointed to compete at the Miss World 2018 pageant by Julia Djadenko-Muggler and Kristina Djadenko, the national directors of Miss World in Latvia.
9. LEBANON – Mira Al-Toufaily was appointed to represent Lebanon after finishing 1st runner-up as the Miss Lebanon 2018 pageant.
10. UNITED STATES – Marisa Butler was appointed to compete at Miss World 2018 pageant after a video interview selection process was organized by Michael Blakey, after he was appointed the new franchise holder for Miss World in the United States due time constraints in organizing a pageant.

Replacements

1. AUSTRIA– Izabela Ion was awarded the title of Miss Austria 2018 after the original winner Daniela Zivkov was dethroned by Jörg Rigger, the new national director of Miss Austria pageant for violating the terms and conditions stipulated in her contract. Ion represented the federal state of Vorarlberg at Miss Austria 2018 and was crowned the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
2. DENMARK – Tara Jensen was crowned the new Miss Denmark 2018 by Lisa Lents, the national director of Miss Denmark pageant after the original winner Louise Sander Henriksen resigned due to personal reason. Jensen was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss Denmark 2018 pageant.
3. LUXEMBOURG – Cassandra Lopes Monteiro was appointed to compete at Miss World 2018 pageant as a replacement to Kelly Nilles, Miss Luxembourg 2018 by Hervé Lancelin, the president of Miss Luxembourg pageant, because of scheduling conflicts between Miss World 2018 and Miss Luxembourg 2019 pageants. Monteiro was the 3rd runner up at the Miss Luxembourg 2018 pageant.
4. PERU – Clarisse Uribe was crowned Miss World Peru 2018 by Tito Paz, the national director of the Miss World Peru contest, after the original winner Estefany Mauricci was dismissed for not having her accredited professional degree, which is one of the prerequisites to compete in the national contest. Uribe represented the department of Chincha and was the first finalist in the contest.
5. RUSSIA – Natalya Stroeva was appointed as Miss World Russia 2018 by Larisa Tikhonova the national director of Miss Russia pageant after the Miss Russia Organization took a collective decision to send Yulia Polyachikhina, the original winner of Miss Russia 2018 pageant only to Miss Universe 2018 so as to avoid scheduling conflicts. Stroeva represented the Republic of Yakutia at Miss Russia 2018 and was the 2nd runner-up at the pageant.^[32]

Withdrawals

•  Cape Verde - Joyce Delgado; Did not compete for an unknown reason, will compete in 2019
•  Côte d'Ivoire - Fatem Suy
•  Sweden — Amanda Wiberg
•  Tunisia — Haifa Ghedir