# Miss World 2019

Miss World 2019 was the 69th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Exhibition Centre London in London, England, on 14 December 2019.
At the end of the event, Vanessa Ponce of Mexico crowned Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica as Miss World 2019. It is the fourth victory of Jamaica in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from 111 countries and territories competed in the pageant. The pageant was hosted by Peter Andre, Miss World 2013 Megan Young, Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle, and Fernando Allende. Peter Andre, Lulu, Misunderstood, and Kerry Ellis performed in this edition.

## Background
### Location and date

The official announcement was made on 19 February 2019, in Bangkok, by Miss World President Julia Morley, CEO Tanawat Wansom of TW Pageants, and guest Ashwani Kumar Rai. They announced a mid-December date for the contest.
However, on 2 July 2019, Morley and Vanessa Ponce, the reigning Miss World, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan. Morley officially announced that the pageant will be held on Saturday, 14 December 2019, at ExCeL London and that Miss World 2020 will be held in Thailand in order to celebrate Miss World's 70th anniversary. The 2019 opening ceremony was held in London on 20 November. Contestants then competed in a series of fast track events around London.

### Selection of participants

Contestants from 111 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Three of these delegates were appointees to their national titles and another was selected to replace the original winner.

#### Returns and withdrawals

This edition saw the returns of Cambodia who last competed in 2006, Samoa in 2015, Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica, Kyrgyzstan, and the United States Virgin Islands in 2016, and Macau, Sweden, and Tunisia who last competed in 2017.
Larissa Robitschko of Austria did not compete in any international pageant after their national organization relinquished the local franchise. Palesa Makara of Lesotho and Sanja Lovčević of Serbia withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Valerie Mille Binguira of Madagascar withdrew due to internal conflicts with their national organization. Belize, Cameroon, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Guam, Latvia, Lebanon, Martinique, Norway, Zambia, and Zimbabwe withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2019 | Jamaica – Toni-Ann Singh |
| 1st runner-up | France – Ophély Mézino |
| 2nd runner-up | India – Suman Rao |
| Top 5 | Brazil – Elis Miele  Nigeria – Nyekachi Douglas |
| Top 12 | Cook Islands – Tajiya Eikura Sahay  Kenya – Maria Wavinya  Mexico – Ashley Alvídrez  Nepal – Anushka Shrestha  Philippines – Michelle Dee  Russia – Alina Sanko  Vietnam – Lương Thùy Linh |
| Top 40 | Antigua and Barbuda – Taqiyyah Francis  Australia – Sarah Marschke  British Virgin Islands – Rikkiya Brathwaite  China – Li Peishan  Denmark – Natasja Kunde  England – Bhasha Mukherjee  Guyana – Joylyn Conway  Hong Kong – Lila Lam  Indonesia – Princess Megonondo  Malaysia – Alexis SueAnn Seow  Moldova – Elizaveta Kuznitova  Mongolia – Tsevelmaa Mandakh  New Zealand – Lucy Brock  Paraguay – Araceli Bobadilla  Poland – Milena Sadowska  Portugal – Inês Brusselmans  Puerto Rico – Daniella Rodríguez  Scotland – Keryn Matthew  South Africa – Sasha-Lee Olivier  Spain – María del Mar Aguilera  Thailand – Narintorn Chadapattarawalrachoat  Trinidad and Tobago – Tya Jané Ramey  Tunisia – Sabrine Mansour  Uganda – Oliver Nakakande  Ukraine – Marharyta Pasha  United States – Emmy Cuvelier  Venezuela – Isabella Rodríguez  Wales – Gabriella Jukes |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continent | Contestant |
| Africa | Nigeria – Nyekachi Douglas |
| Americas | Brazil – Elís Miele Coelho |
| Asia | India – Suman Rao |
| Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago – Tya Jané Ramey |
| Europe | France – Ophély Mézino |
| Oceania | Cook Islands – Tajiya Eikura Sahay |

## Challenge Events
### Head-to-Head Challenge
#### Round 1

* Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 40 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to the Top 40 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to the Top 40 via judges' choice.
| Group | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Country 4 | Country 5 | Country 6 |
| 1 | Albania | England | Guyana | Honduras | South Korea | Peru |
| 2 | Cook Islands | Guatemala | Ireland | Italy | Myanmar | Russia |
| 3 | British Virgin Islands | Iceland | Laos | Nicaragua | South Sudan | Venezuela |
| 4 | Armenia | Bolivia | Bulgaria | Kazakhstan | Mongolia | South Africa |
| 5 | Guadeloupe | Hong Kong | Moldova | Singapore | Spain | Sri Lanka |
| 6 | Brazil | Curaçao | Denmark | Ecuador | Malta | Northern Ireland |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | Hungary | Malaysia | Trinidad and Tobago | United States | Wales |
| 8 | Chile | Croatia | France | New Zealand | Paraguay | Scotland |
| 9 | Canada | Czech Republic | Indonesia | Portugal | Sierra Leone | Tunisia |
| 10 | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | Mexico | Nepal | Poland | Tanzania |
| 11 | Colombia | Costa Rica | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Nigeria |
| 12 | Belgium | Jamaica | Panama | Slovenia | Turkey | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 13 | Australia | El Salvador | Georgia | Guinea-Bissau | Puerto Rico | Slovakia |
| 14 | Bahamas | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Haiti | India | Thailand |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | Barbados | China | Greece | Samoa | Sweden |
| 16 | Argentina | Belarus | Finland | Kenya | Macau | Ukraine |
| 17 | Aruba | Dominican Republic | Ghana | Philippines | Rwanda | — |
| 18 | Cambodia | Mauritius | Montenegro | Uganda | Vietnam | — |
| 19 | Angola | Bangladesh | Ethiopia | Kyrgyzstan | Senegal | — |

#### Round 2

* Advanced to the Top 40 via the Head-to-Head challenge.
| Group | Country 1 | Country 2 |
| 1 | Brazil | Moldova |
| 2 | Nepal | Indonesia |
| 3 | China | Venezuela |
| 4 | Nigeria | Belarus |
| 5 | Mexico | Uganda |
| 6 | Philippines | Turkey |
| 7 | Mongolia | Guyana |
| 8 | Bangladesh | India |
| 9 | Ireland | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 10 | Paraguay | Georgia |

### Top Model

Miss Nigeria Nyekachi Douglas won Top Model Competition and become the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
| Placement | Contestant |
| Winner | Nigeria - Nyekachi Douglas |
| 1st runner-up | Vietnam – Lương Thùy Linh |
| 2nd runner-up | India – Suman Rao |
| 3rd runner-up | France – Ophély Mézino |
| 4th runner-up | Uganda – Oliver Nakakande |
| Top 10 | Brazil – Elis Miele  Czech Republic – Denisa Spergerová  Hong Kong – Lila Lam  Kazakhstan – Madina Batyk  Trinidad and Tobago – Tya Jané Ramey |
| Top 40 | Antigua and Barbuda – Taqiyyah Francis  Argentina – Judit Grnja  Australia – Sarah Marschke  Barbados – Che Amor Greenidge  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Ladan  China – Li Peishan  Croatia – Katarina Mamić  Denmark – Natasja Kunde  Dominican Republic – Alba Marie Blair  Finland – Dana Mononen  Haiti – Alysha Morency  Hungary – Krisztina Nagypál  Indonesia – Princess Megonondo  Italy – Adele Sammartino  Jamaica – Toni-Ann Singh  Kenya – Maria Wavinya  Macau – Yu Yanan  Mexico – Ashley Alvídrez  Moldova – Elizaveta Kuznitova  Montenegro – Mirjana Muratović  Philippines – Michelle Dee  Poland – Milena Sadowska  Puerto Rico – Daniella Rodríguez  Russia – Alina Sanko  Slovakia – Frederika Kurtulíková  South Sudan – Mariah Joseph Maget  Turkey – Simay Rasimoğlu  Ukraine – Marharyta Pasha  Venezuela – Isabella Rodríguez  Wales – Gabriella Jukes |

### Sports

Miss British Virgin Islands Rikkiya Brathwaite won the Sports Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | British Virgin Islands – Rikkiya Brathwaite |
| 1st runner-up | Nigeria – Nyekachi Douglas |
| 2nd runner-up | Trinidad and Tobago – Tya Jané Ramey |
| Team Challenge Winner | Green Team |

### Talent

Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was the winner of the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Jamaica – Toni-Ann Singh |
| 1st runner-up | British Virgin Islands – Rikkiya Brathwaite |
| 2nd runner-up | Canada – Naomi Colford |
| Top 5 | Armenia – Liana Voskerchyan  Malta – Nicole Vella |
| Top 27 | Australia – Sarah Marschke  Barbados – Che Amor Greenidge  Bolivia – Iciar Diaz Camacho  China – Li Peishan  Cook Islands – Tajiya Eikura Sahay  Denmark – Natasja Kunde  Gibraltar – Celine Bolaños  Iceland – Kolfinna Mist Austfjörð  India – Suman Rao  Japan – Marika Sera  Luxembourg – Melanie Heynsbroek  Malaysia – Alexis SueAnn Seow  Mongolia – Tsevelmaa Mandakh  Nigeria – Nyekachi Douglas  Panama – Agustina Ruiz Arrechea  Paraguay – Araceli Bobadilla  Slovakia – Frederika Kurtulíková  Tanzania – Sylvia Sebastian  Ukraine – Marharyta Pasha  United States – Emmy Cuvelier  US Virgin Islands – A’yana Keshelle Phillips  Wales – Gabriella Jukes |

### Multimedia

Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, was the winner of the Multimedia Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Nepal – Anushka Shrestha |
| 1st runner-up | Mexico – Ashley Alvídrez |
| 2nd runner-up | Mongolia – Tsevelmaa Mandakh |

### Beauty With A Purpose

For the first time, all 10 finalists were placed in the Top 40 of Miss World 2019 due to their impressive projects and initiatives. Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, received the award and will receive funding from the Miss World Organization for the establishment of her project.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Nepal – Anushka Shrestha |
| Top 10 | France – Ophély Mézino  India – Suman Rao  Indonesia – Princess Megonondo  Malaysia – Alexis SueAnn Seow  Mongolia – Tsevelmaa Mandakh  Nigeria – Nyekachi Douglas  Tunisia – Sabrine Mansour  Venezuela – Isabella Rodríguez  Vietnam – Lương Thùy Linh |

## Judges

The judges' panel for Miss World 2019 were:
* Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Pageant Organization
* Piers Morgan – TV presenter, talk show host, a former judge at Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent
* Mike Dixon – Musical Director
* Deborah Lambie – Miss World New Zealand 2015
* Dame Zandra Rhodes – London Fashion designer
* Marsha-Rae Ratcliff, OBE
* Svetoslav Kolchagov, Creative Director and Designer of KolchagovBarba
* Emilio Barba, Creative Director and Designer of KolchagovBarba
* Lady Wilnelia Forsyth – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
* Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia
* Carina Tyrrell – Miss England 2014
* Kamal Ibrahim – Mister World 2010 from Ireland

## Contestants

111 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Atalanta Kërçyku | 20 | Tirana |
| Angola | Brezana Da Costa | 24 | Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Taqiyyah Francis | 26 | St. John's |
| Argentina | Judit Grnja | 18 | Villa Ángela |
| Armenia | Liana Voskerchyan | 20 | Yerevan |
| Aruba | Ghislaine Mejia | 26 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Sarah Marschke | 20 | Sydney |
| Bahamas | Nyah Bandelier | 19 | Eleuthera |
| Bangladesh | Rafah Nanjeba Torsa | 21 | Chittagong |
| Barbados | Che Amor Greenidge | 26 | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Anastasia Laurynchuk | 19 | Minsk |
| Belgium | Elena Castro Suarez | 19 | Antwerp |
| Bolivia | Iciar Díaz | 23 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ivana Ladan | 21 | Jajce |
| Botswana | Oweditse Phirinyane Gofaone | 25 | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Elís Miele | 20 | Serra |
| British Virgin Islands | Rikkiya Brathwaite | 22 | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Margo Cooper | 26 | Sofia |
| Cambodia | Vy Sreyvin | 20 | Kandal |
| Canada | Naomi Colford | 19 | Sydney |
| Cayman Islands | Jaci Patrick | 24 | West Bay |
| Chile | Ignacia Albornoz | 18 | Santiago |
| China | Li Peishan | 26 | Beijing |
| Colombia | Sara Arteaga Franco | 26 | Medellín |
| Cook Islands | Tajiya Eikura Sahay | 26 | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | Jessica Jiménez | 26 | San José |
| Croatia | Katarina Mamić | 23 | Lika-Senj |
| Curaçao | Sharon Meyer | 24 | Willemstad |
| Czech Republic | Denisa Spergerová | 19 | České Budějovice |
| Denmark | Natasja Kunde | 18 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Alba Marie Blair | 21 | Jarabacoa |
| Ecuador | María Auxiliadora Idrovo | 18 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Fatima Mangandi | 27 | Santa Tecla |
| England | Bhasha Mukherjee | 23 | Derby |
| Equatorial Guinea | Janet Ortiz Oyono | 20 | Malabo |
| Ethiopia | Feven Gebreslassie | 22 | Addis Ababa |
| Finland | Dana Mononen | 19 | Helsinki |
| France | Ophély Mézino | 20 | Morne-à-l'Eau |
| Georgia | Nini Gogichaishvili | 25 | Tbilisi |
| Ghana | Rebecca Kwabi | 26 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Celine Bolaños | 22 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Rafaela Plastira | 20 | Trikala |
| Guadeloupe | Anaïs Lacalmontie | 22 | Basse-Terre |
| Guatemala | Dulce María Ramos García | 22 | Cuilapa |
| Guinea-Bissau | Leila Samati | 21 | Bissau |
| Guyana | Joylyn Conway | 20 | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Alysha Morency | 25 | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Ana Grisel Romero | 21 | Olanchito |
| Hong Kong | Lila Lam | 27 | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Krisztina Nagypál | 23 | Budapest |
| Iceland | Kolfinna Mist Austfjörð | 22 | Reykjavík |
| India | Suman Rao | 20 | Udaipur |
| Indonesia | Princess Megonondo | 19 | Jambi |
| Ireland | Chelsea Farrell | 19 | County Louth |
| Italy | Adele Sammartino | 24 | Pompei |
| Jamaica | Toni-Ann Singh | 23 | Saint Thomas |
| Japan | Marika Sera | 17 | Kanagawa |
| Kazakhstan | Madina Batyk | 20 | Pavlodar |
| Kenya | Maria Wavinya | 19 | Nyandarua |
| South Korea | Lim Ji-yeon | 20 | Seoul |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ekaterina Zabolotnova | 24 | Bishkek |
| Laos | Nelamith Xaypannha | 19 | Vientiane |
| Luxembourg | Melanie Heynsbroek | 19 | Luxembourg City |
| Macau | Yu Yanan | 26 | Macau |
| Malaysia | Alexis SueAnn Seow | 24 | Selangor |
| Malta | Nicole Vella | 20 | Valletta |
| Mauritius | Urvashi Gooriah | 20 | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Ashley Alvídrez | 20 | Ciudad Juárez |
| Moldova | Elizaveta Kuznitova | 19 | Tiraspol |
| Mongolia | Tsevelmaa Mandakh | 22 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Mirjana Muratović | 19 | Podgorica |
| Myanmar | Khit Lin Latt Yoon | 22 | Yangon |
| Nepal | Anushka Shrestha | 23 | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Brenda Felicia Muste | 23 | Arnhem |
| New Zealand | Lucy Brock | 24 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | María Teresa Cortéz | 19 | Carazo |
| Nigeria | Nyekachi Douglas | 21 | Calabar |
| Northern Ireland | Lauren Eve Leckey | 20 | Stoneyford |
| Panama | Agustina Ruiz Arrechea | 25 | Chitré |
| Paraguay | Araceli Bobadilla | 20 | Asunción |
| Peru | Angella Escudero | 23 | Sullana |
| Philippines | Michelle Dee | 24 | Makati |
| Poland | Milena Sadowska | 20 | Oświęcim |
| Portugal | Inês Brusselmans | 24 | Oeiras |
| Puerto Rico | Daniella Rodríguez | 21 | Bayamón |
| Russia | Alina Sanko | 20 | Azov |
| Rwanda | Meghan Nimwiza | 21 | Kigali |
| Samoa | Alalamalae Lata | 23 | Apia |
| Scotland | Keryn Matthew | 24 | Edinburgh |
| Senegal | Alberta Diatta | 20 | Ziguinchor |
| Sierra Leone | Enid Jones-Boston | 24 | Freetown |
| Singapore | Sheen Cher | 22 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Frederika Kurtulíková | 25 | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Špela Alič | 22 | Ljubljana |
| South Africa | Sasha-Lee Olivier | 26 | Alberton |
| South Sudan | Mariah Joseph Maget | 22 | Juba |
| Spain | María del Mar Aguilera | 21 | Córdoba |
| Sri Lanka | Dewmi Thathsarani | 21 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Sweden | Daniella Lundqvist | 20 | Kalmar |
| Tanzania | Sylvia Sebastian | 19 | Mwanza |
| Thailand | Narintorn Chadapattarawalrachoat | 22 | Pathum Thani |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Tya Jané Ramey | 21 | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia | Sabrine Mansour | 24 | Mahdia |
| Turkey | Simay Rasimoğlu | 22 | Istanbul |
| Uganda | Oliver Nakakande | 25 | Bombo |
| Ukraine | Marharyta Pasha | 24 | Kharkiv |
| United States | Emmy Cuvelier | 23 | Pierre |
| US Virgin Islands | A'yana Keshelle Phillips | 24 | Saint Thomas |
| Venezuela | Isabella Rodríguez | 26 | Petare |
| Vietnam | Lương Thùy Linh | 19 | Cao Bằng |
| Wales | Gabriella Jukes | 23 | Port Talbot |