Miss World 2016

Miss World 2016, will be the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 December 2016 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States just south of Washington, D.C.^[1] 119 contestants from all over the world will compete for the crown. This is the second time that the United States will host the pageant. Mireia Lalaguna of Spain will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Challenge Events

Talent

Contestants

119 delegates will compete in Miss World 2016:^[2]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Ëndrra Kovaçi	21	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)	Tirana
Antigua & Barbuda	Latisha Greene	24	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	St. John's
Argentina	Camila Macias	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Córdoba
Aruba	Lynette Do Nascimento	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Oranjestad
Australia	Madeline Cowe	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Tully
Austria	Dragana Stanković	20	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Traiskirchen
Bahamas	Ashley Hamilton	24	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	Long Island
Belarus	Polina Borodacheva	23	1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)	Minsk
Belgium	Lenty Frans	22	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Antwerp
Belize	Iris Salguero	21	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Belmopan
Bolivia	Leyda Suarez	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tarija
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Halida Krajišnik	19	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	Živinice
Botswana	Thata Kenosi	21	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	Gaborone
Brazil	Beatrice Fontoura	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Goiânia
British Virgin Islands	Kadia Turnbull	25	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	Road Town
Bulgaria	Galina Mihaylova	26	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)	Sofia
Canada	Anastasia Lin	26	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Monyque Brooks	24	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)	West Bay
Chile	Antonia Figueroa	21	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)	Coquimbo
China PR	Jing Kong	21	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Beijing
Colombia	Shirley Atehortua	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Pereira
Cook Islands	Natalia Short	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Avarua
Costa Rica	Melania González	25	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	San José
Cote d'Ivoire	Esther Memel	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Angélica Zacchigna	22	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Pazin
Curaçao	Sabrina Namias de Castro	20	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Willemstad
Cyprus	María Moráru	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Natálie Kotková	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Prague
Denmark	Helena Heuser	20	1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)	Zealand
Dominican Republic	Yaritza Reyes	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Santo Domingo
DR Congo	Andrea Moloto	25	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kinshasa
Ecuador	Mirka Cabrera	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Machala
Egypt	Nadeen Osama El Sayed	18	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Cairo
El Salvador	Ana Cortez	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Santa Ana
England	Elizabeth Grant	20	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Preston
Equatorial Guinea	Anunciación Ongueme Esono	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Micomeseng
Ethiopia	Soliyana Assefa	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Addis Ababa
Fiji	Pooja Priyanka	25	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Ba
Finland	Heta Sallinen	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Turku
France	Morgane Edvige	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Le François
Georgia	Viktoria Kocherova	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Tbilisi
Germany	Selina Kriechbaum	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Frankfurt
Ghana	Antoinette Delali Kemavor	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Accra
Gibraltar	Kayley Mifsud	24	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Magalie Adelson	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Basse-Terre
Guam	Phoebe Denight Palisoc	17	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tamuning
Guatemala	Melanie Espina	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Guatemala City
Guinea	Safiatou Baldé	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Sandra Araújo	19	1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)	Bissau
Guyana	Nuriyyih Gerrard	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Georgetown
Haiti	Suzana Sampeur	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Kerelyne Campigotti Webster	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	El Progreso
Hungary	Tímea Gelencsér	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Budapest
Iceland	Anna Orlowska	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Reykjavík
India	Priyadarshini Chatterjee	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Guwahati
Indonesia	Natasha Mannuela	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bangka
Ireland	Niamh Kennedy	21	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Portroe
Israel	Karin Alia	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tel Aviv
Italy	Giada Tropea	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lamezia Terme
Jamaica	Ashlie Barrett	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Kingston
Japan	Priyanka Yoshikawa	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tokyo
Kazakhstan	Alia Mergenbaeva	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Aktau
Kenya	Evelyn Njambi Thungu	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nairobi
Korea	Hyun Wang	21	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bishkek
Latvia	Linda Kinca	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Ķekava
Lebanon	Sandy Tabet	21	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bhamdoun
Lesotho	Rethabile Tsosane	21	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Maseru
Madagascar	Samantha Todivelou	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Antananarivo
Malaysia	Tatiana Kumar	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Anthea Zammit	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Żebbuġ
Mauritius	Véronique Allas	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Port Louis
Mexico	Ana Girault	25	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Mexico City
Moldova	Daniela Marin	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Leova
Mongolia	Bayartsetseg Altangerel	25	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Katarina Keković	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Podgorica
Myanmar	Myat Thiri Lwin	18	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Naypyidaw
Nepal	Asmi Shrestha	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tandi
Netherlands	Rachelle Reijnders	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Karla De Beer	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Auckland
Nicaragua	María Laura Ramírez	19	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Masaya
Nigeria	Debbie Collins	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lagos
Northern Ireland	Emma Carswell	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Belfast
Panama	Alessandra Bueno	25	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Panama City
Paraguay	Simone Freitag	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Ciudad del Este
Peru	Pierina Wong	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lambayeque
Philippines	Catriona Gray	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Albay
Poland	Kaja Klimkiewicz	19	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Glinojeck
Portugal	Cristiana Viana	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Valbom
Puerto Rico	Stephanie Del Valle	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	San Juan
Romania	Diana Dinu	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bucharest
Russia	Yana Dobrovolskaya	18	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tyumen
Rwanda	Jolly Mutesi	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kigali
Scotland	Lucy Kerr	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	East Dunbartonshire
Serbia	Katarina Šulkić	18	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Belgrade
Seychelles	Christine Barbier	24	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Aminata Adialin Bangura	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Port Loko
Singapore	Bhamaa Padmanathan	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Singapore
Slovakia	Kristína Činčurová	19	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Lučenec
Slovenia	Maja Taradi	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ljubljana
South Africa	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Pretoria
South Sudan	Akuany Ayuen	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Juba
Spain	Raquel Tejedor	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Zaragoza
Sri Lanka	Amritaa De Silva	23	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Colombo
St. Lucia	La Toya Moffat	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Castries
Sweden	Emma Strandberg	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Stockholm
Tanzania	Diana Luqumay	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Dodoma
Thailand	Jinnita Buddee	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Chiang Rai
Trinidad & Tobago	Daniella Walcott	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Mariem Hammami	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Béja
Turkey	Buse Iskenderoğlu	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Ankara
Uganda	Leah Kagasa[3]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kampala
Ukraine	Oleksandra Kucherenko	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kiev
United States	Audra Mari	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Fargo
Uruguay	Romina Trotto	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Kyrelle Thomas	18	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Charlotte Amalie
Venezuela	Diana Croce	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Calabozo
Vietnam	Diệu Ngọc Trương Thị	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Danang
Wales	Ffion Moyle	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Carmarthen	[[|]] Cebu	Ffion Moyle	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Carmarthen

Notes

Debuts

•  Rwanda

Returns

Last competed in 1990:

•  Cook Islands

Last competed in 2001:

•  Madagascar

Last competed in 2008:

•  Antigua & Barbuda
•  DR Congo

Last competed in 2010:

•  St. Lucia

Last competed in 2011:

•  Cayman Islands

Last competed in 2012:

•  Sierra Leone

Last competed in 2013:

•  Guinea-Bissau

Last competed in 2014:

•  Belarus
•  Canada
•  Egypt
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ghana
•  Israel

Designations

•  British Virgin Islands – Kadia Turnbull was chosen Miss World British Virgin Islands 2016 at a casting call held by Damion Grange, the national director of Miss World British Virgin Islands pageant.
•  Costa Rica - Melania González was appointed Miss Mundo Costa Rica 2016 after a casting call was organized by Allan Aleman, the national director of Reinas de Costa Rica pageant who is also franchise holder for Miss World in Costa Rica.
•  El Salvador - Ana Cortez was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2016 by Telecorporacion Salvadorena, the license holder for Miss World in El Salvador after the national pageant, Nuestra Belleza El Salvador was not held for the second consecutive year. Cortez works for the company as a TV presenter and DJ radio host.
•  Ethiopia - Soliyana Assefa was chosen Miss World Ethiopia 2016 at a casting call organized by Genet Tsegay, the national director of Miss World Ethiopia pageant.
•  Germany - Selina Kriechbaum was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Detlef Tursies, the national director of Miss Deutschland pageant after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early November. Kriechbaum represented the state of Hesse at Miss Deutschland 2015 and was the 3rd runner-up at the pageant.
•  Mongolia - Bayartsetseg Altangerel was appointed Miss World Mongolia 2016 after a casting call was organized by Asian Future Group the franchise holder for Miss World in Mongolia.
•  Montenegro - Katarina Keković, Miss Universe Montenegro 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Vesna De Vinča, the national director of Miss Montenegro pageant who decided to send Tea Babic, Miss Montenegro 2016 to Miss World 2017 pageant so as to allow more preparation time for the new delegate after the national contest was postponed to late October 2016. Keković was the 1st runner-up at Miss Montenegro 2015 pageant and was supposed to compete at Miss Universe 2016 however she has been replaced by Adela Zoranić, Miss Universe Montenegro 2016.
•  Nigeria - Debbie Collins, MBGN Universe 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Silverbird Group, the license holder for Miss World in Nigeria after MBGN 2016 pageant was cancelled because of economic recession plaguing the country. Collins represent the Ebonyi State at MBGN 2015 and was the 1st runner-up at the pagent.
•  Panama – Alessandra Bueno was chosen Señorita Panamá Mundo 2016 by Edwin Dominguez after being appointed the new franchise holder for Miss World in Panama. Bueno was selected at casting call held in association with Justine Pasek and Cesar Anel Rodríguez, the organizers of Señorita Panamá pageant due to time constraints in organizing the pageant. Previously Medcom Corporation under the direction of Marisela Moreno held the franchise for Miss World in Panama. ^[4]
•  Romania – Diana Dinu was appointed Miss World Romania 2016 by Ernest Hadrian Böhm, the national director of Miss World Romania after a casting call was organized by ExclusivEvent agency franchise holders for Miss World in Romania.
•  Singapore - Bhamaa Padmanathan was appointed Miss World Singapore 2016 after a casting call was held by Inès Ligron the new national director of Miss World Singapore pageant. Previously Raymund Ooi held the franchise for Miss World in Singapore.
•  Trinidad & Tobago - Daniella Marie Walcott was appointed Miss World Trinidad and Tobago 2016, by Vanessa Sahatoo-Manoo, the President of Oneness Entertainment and the national director of Miss World Trinidad & Tobago pageant after taking into account the weak corporate economic situation in the country. Walcott is also the younger sister of Gabrielle Walcott who was 2nd runner-up at Miss World 2008 and also the cousin of Magdalene Walcott, who made it to the Top 20 at Miss World 2003. Daniella has been training since she was 12 years old by Miss World 1986, Giselle Laronde to become Miss World.
•  Tunisia – Meriem Hammemi was appointed to represent Tunisia at Miss World 2016 by Aida Antar the national director of Miss Tunisie pageant because of scheduling conflicts after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early December 2016. Hammemi represented the Governarate of Béja at the Miss Tunisie 2015 and was the 2nd runner-up at the pageant.
•  US Virgin Islands - Kyrelle Thomas was appointed Miss US Paradise World 2016 after a casting call was organised by Cnydee Frontal, the national director of Miss US Paradise pageant.
•  Venezuela - Diana Croce was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Venezuela pageant after Miss Venezuela Mundo 2016 pageant was not held because of ongoing economic recession in the country. Croce represented the state of Nueva Esparta at Miss Venezuela 2016 and was the 1st Runner-Up at the pageant.^[5]

Replacements

•  Argentina - Camila Macías was crowned the new Miss Mundo Argentina 2016 by Nadia Cerri, the national director of Miss Mundo Argentina pageant after Elena Roca the original winner was dethroned for committing repeated breaches of obligations stipulated in her contract.Macias represented the province of Córdoba at Miss Mundo Argentina 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.^[6]
•  Curaçao – Nashaira Balentien, Miss World Curaçao 2016 will not compete in this edition due personal reason. Sabrina Namias de Castro, replace her, Sabrina previuosly competed at Reina Hispanoamericana 2016.
•  France - Morgane Edvige was appointed Miss World France 2016 by Sylvie Tellier, the national director of Miss France pageant, as a replacement to Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016, who will not be able to compete at Miss World contest because of conflicting schedules, as she crowns her successor just a day before the Miss World 2016 finals. Edvige represented the island of Martinique at Miss France 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
•  Kenya - Evelyn Njambi replaced Roshanara Ebrahim, Miss World Kenya 2016 after she was stripped of her title by Terry Muigai, the national director of Miss World Kenya pageant for the breach of code of conduct stipulated in her contract. Njambi represented Kiambu County at the Miss World Kenya 2016 and was crowned the 1st runner-up at the pageant ^[7][8]
•  Lesotho - Lebakile Mokhohlane the original winner of Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant declined to participate at Miss World 2016 pageant due to her study commitments hence Rethabile Tsosane was appointed to replace Mokhohlane. Tsosane was the 4th runner-up at Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant and had also won the Top Model award.^[9]

Withdrawals

•  Bermuda– Miss Bermuda 2016 pageant was not held due to lack of funding and sponsorships.
•  Cameroon – Julia Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016 will not compete in this edition due visa problem.
•  Gabon – Miss Gabon 2016 pageant was postponed due to the political turmoil and unrest in the country that followed after the general elections.
•  Macedonia FYRO – No delegate was appointed due to lack of sponsorships.
•  Namibia – Lizelle Esterhuizen, Miss Namibia 2016, will not compete at Miss World pageant after Conny Maritz, the national director of Miss Namibia pageant decided to send Esterhuizen only to Miss Universe 2016 due to lack of sponsorships. Usually the winner of Miss Namibia pageant competes at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.
•  Norway – No delegate was appointed due to lack of sponsorships.
•  Samoa – No delegate was appointed due to lack of sponsorships.
•  St. Kitts & Nevis– No delegate was appointed due to lack of sponsorships.
•  Zambia – Miss Zambia 2016 pageant finals are scheduled just a date before Miss World finals, but postponed.
•  Zimbabwe – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Mary Chiwenga cancelled the 2016 edition of Miss Zimbabwe pageant due to lack of quality candidates to compete at an international level.^[10]

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

References

External links

• Official website