# 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.
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.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2018 | Mexico – Vanessa Ponce |
| Runner-up | 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  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 |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Kadijah Robinson |
| Europe | Belarus – Maria Vasilevich |
| Oceania | 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  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 Bunchu  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.
| 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 Bunchu  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.
| 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 Bunchu  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:
| 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 Bunchu |
| 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 Bunchu |

### Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award

Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.
| 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:
| 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 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Rubiato Nhamajo | 23 | Bafatá |
| Guyana | Ambika Ramraj | 19 | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Stephie Morency | 26 | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Dayana Sabillón | 23 | Siguatepeque |
| Hong Kong | Wing Wong | 25 | Kowloon |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Korea | Bo Ah Cho | 25 | Seoul |
| 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 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 |