# Miss World 2016

Miss World 2016 was the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States, on 18 December 2016.
Mireia Lalaguna of Spain crowned her successor Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico at the end of the event. It was the second time the Miss World pageant was held in the United States, and the second time where Puerto Rico was crowned Miss World, after Wilnelia Merced in 1975.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2016 | Puerto Rico – Stephanie Del Valle |
| 1st Runner-Up | Dominican Republic – Yaritza Reyes |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Indonesia – Natasha Mannuela Halim |
| Top 5 | Kenya – Evelyn Njambi  Philippines – Catriona Gray |
| Top 11 | Belgium – Lenty Frans  Brazil – Beatrice Fontoura  China – Jing Kong  South Korea – Myriam Wang  Mongolia – Bayartsetseg Altangerel §  United States – Audra Mari |
| Top 20 | Australia – Madeline Cowe  Cook Islands – Natalia Short  France – Morgane Edvige  Ghana – Antoinette Kemavor  Hungary – Tímea Gelencsér  India – Priyadarshini Chatterjee  Japan – Priyanka Yoshikawa  Slovakia – Kristína Činčurová  Thailand – Jinnita Buddee |
§ People's Choice winner

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Kenya – Evelyn Njambi |
| Americas | United States – Audra Mari |
| Asia | Indonesia – Natasha Mannuela Halim |
| Caribbean | Dominican Republic – Yaritza Reyes |
| Europe | Belgium – Lenty Frans |
| Oceania | Australia – Madeline Cowe |

## Challenge events

The Miss World Organization reintroduced for the 2016 finals the Fast-Track system, in which the winners of the five Challenge Events automatically earned a place in the Top 20. The 2016 Challenge Events included Sports, Top Model, Talent, Multimedia and Beauty With A Purpose. The Interview scores determined the rest of the Top 20.

### Top Model

Miss China won the Top Model Competition held on 15 December 2016. She became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | China – Jing Kong |
| 1st Runner-Up | Indonesia – Natasha Mannuela Halim |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Dominican Republic – Yaritza Reyes |
| Top 5 | France – Morgane Edvige  Kenya – Evelyn Njambi |

### Talent

Miss World worked in partnership with Mobstar to conduct the public vote and find the winner of the Talent challenge. Miss Mongolia received the most votes and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Mongolia – Bayartsetseg Altangerel |
| Top 10 | Canada – Anastasia Lin  Chile – Antonia Figueroa  Croatia – Angélica Zacchigna  Hungary – Tímea Gelencsér  Latvia – Linda Kinca  Malta – Anthea Zammit  Philippines – Catriona Gray  Poland – Kaja Klimkiewicz  Ukraine – Oleksandra Kucherenko |
| Top 21 | Cook Islands – Natalia Short  Czech Republic – Natálie Kotková  Ecuador – Mirka Cabrera  Fiji – Pooja Priyanka  India – Priyadarshini Chatterjee  Puerto Rico – Stephanie Del Valle  Russia – Yana Dobrovolskaya  Scotland – Lucy Kerr  Serbia – Katarina Šulkić  Slovenia – Maja Taradi  South Africa – Ntandoyenkosi Kunene |

### Multimedia

Miss Philippines was named the winner of the Multimedia challenge and became the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016. The decision was based on the candidate's posts on her official Facebook page and Twitter account, as well as her Mobstar ranking.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Philippines – Catriona Gray |

### Beauty With a Purpose

Five finalists were announced on 17 December 2016. Miss Indonesia was named the winner during the final night and became the fifth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Indonesia – Natasha Mannuela Halim |
| Top 5 | India – Priyadarshini Chatterjee  Kenya – Evelyn Njambi  Nepal – Asmi Shrestha  Philippines – Catriona Gray |

## Contestants

117 delegates competed in Miss World 2016:
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Ëndrra Kovaçi | 21 | Tirana |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Latisha Greene | 24 | St. John's |
| Argentina | Camila Macias | 19 | Córdoba |
| Aruba | Lynette Do Nascimento | 23 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Madeline Cowe | 24 | Tully |
| Austria | Dragana Stanković | 20 | Traiskirchen |
| Bahamas | Ashley Hamilton | 24 | Long Island |
| Belarus | Polina Borodacheva | 23 | Minsk |
| Belgium | Lenty Frans | 22 | Antwerp |
| Belize | Iris Salguero | 21 | Belmopan |
| Bolivia | Leyda Suarez | 20 | Tarija |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Halida Krajišnik | 19 | Živinice |
| Botswana | Thata Kenosi | 21 | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Beatrice Fontoura | 26 | Goiânia |
| British Virgin Islands | Kadia Turnbull | 25 | Road Town |
| Bulgaria | Galina Mihaylova | 26 | Sofia |
| Canada | Anastasia Lin | 26 | Toronto |
| Cayman Islands | Monyque Brooks | 24 | West Bay |
| Chile | Antonia Figueroa | 21 | Coquimbo |
| China | Jing Kong | 21 | Nanyang, Henan |
| Colombia | Shirley Atehortua | 23 | Pereira |
| Cook Islands | Natalia Short | 22 | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | Melania González | 25 | San José |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Esther Memel | 20 | Yamoussoukro |
| Croatia | Angélica Zacchigna | 22 | Pazin |
| Curaçao | Sabrina Namias de Castro | 20 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | María Moráru | 23 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Natálie Kotková | 22 | Prague |
| Denmark | Helena Heuser | 20 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Yaritza Reyes | 23 | Santo Domingo |
| DR Congo | Andrea Moloto | 25 | Kinshasa |
| Ecuador | Mirka Cabrera | 22 | Machala |
| Egypt | Nadeen Osama El Sayed | 18 | Cairo |
| El Salvador | Ana Cortez | 21 | Santa Ana |
| England | Elizabeth Grant | 20 | Preston |
| Equatorial Guinea | Anunciación Ongueme Esono | 21 | Micomeseng |
| Fiji | Pooja Priyanka | 25 | Ba |
| Finland | Heta Sallinen | 21 | Turku |
| France | Morgane Edvige | 20 | Le François |
| Georgia | Victoria Kocherova | 21 | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Selina Kriechbaum | 21 | Frankfurt |
| Ghana | Antoinette Delali Kemavor | 21 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Kayley Mifsud | 24 | Gibraltar |
| Guadeloupe | Magalie Adelson | 23 | Basse-Terre |
| Guam | Phoebe Denight Palisoc | 17 | Tamuning |
| Guatemala | Melanie Espina | 22 | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Safiatou Baldé | 21 | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Sandra Araújo | 19 | Bissau |
| Guyana | Nuriyyih Gerrard | 25 | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Suzana Sampeur | 21 | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Kerelyne Campigotti Webster | 18 | El Progreso |
| Hungary | Tímea Gelencsér | 22 | Budapest |
| Iceland | Anna Orlowska | 22 | Reykjavík |
| India | Priyadarshini Chatterjee | 20 | Guwahati |
| Indonesia | Natasha Mannuela Halim | 22 | Pangkal Pinang |
| Ireland | Niamh Kennedy | 22 | Portroe |
| Israel | Karin Alia | 18 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Giada Tropea | 18 | Lamezia Terme |
| Jamaica | Ashlie Barrett | 21 | Kingston |
| Japan | Priyanka Yoshikawa | 22 | Tokyo |
| Kazakhstan | Alia Mergenbaeva | 18 | Aktau |
| Kenya | Evelyn Njambi | 22 | Nairobi |
| South Korea | Hyun Wang | 21 | Seoul |
| Kyrgyzstan | Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy | 18 | Bishkek |
| Latvia | Linda Kinca | 18 | Ķekava |
| Lebanon | Sandy Tabet | 21 | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Rethabile Tsosane | 21 | Maseru |
| Malaysia | Tatiana Kumar | 18 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Anthea Zammit | 22 | Żebbuġ |
| Mauritius | Véronique Allas | 20 | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Ana Girault | 25 | Mexico City |
| Moldova | Daniela Marin | 17 | Leova |
| Mongolia | Bayartsetseg Altangerel | 26 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Katarina Keković | 22 | Podgorica |
| Myanmar | Myat Thiri Lwin | 18 | Naypyidaw |
| Nepal | Asmi Shrestha | 23 | Tandi |
| Netherlands | Rachelle Reijnders | 24 | Amsterdam |
| New Zealand | Karla De Beer | 23 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | María Laura Ramírez | 19 | Masaya |
| Nigeria | Debbie Collins | 24 | Lagos |
| Northern Ireland | Emma Carswell | 21 | Belfast |
| Panama | Alessandra Bueno | 25 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Simone Freitag | 21 | Ciudad del Este |
| Peru | Pierina Wong | 25 | Lambayeque |
| Philippines | Catriona Gray | 22 | Oas |
| Poland | Kaja Klimkiewicz | 19 | Glinojeck |
| Portugal | Cristiana Viana | 19 | Valbom |
| Puerto Rico | Stephanie Del Valle | 19 | San Juan |
| Romania | Diana Dinu | 22 | Bucharest |
| Russia | Yana Dobrovolskaya | 19 | Tyumen |
| Rwanda | Jolly Mutesi | 20 | Kigali |
| Scotland | Lucy Kerr | 19 | East Dunbartonshire |
| Serbia | Katarina Šulkić | 18 | Belgrade |
| Seychelles | Christine Barbier | 24 | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Aminata Adialin Bangura | 22 | Port Loko |
| Singapore | Bhaama Padmanathan | 24 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Kristína Činčurová | 19 | Lučenec |
| Slovenia | Maja Taradi | 26 | Ljubljana |
| South Africa | Ntandoyenkosi Kunene | 24 | Mkhondo |
| South Sudan | Akuany Ayuen | 23 | Juba |
| Spain | Raquel Tejedor | 20 | Zaragoza |
| Sri Lanka | Amritaa De Silva | 23 | Colombo |
| Saint Lucia | La Toya Moffat | 24 | Castries |
| Sweden | Emma Strandberg | 20 | Stockholm |
| Tanzania | Diana Luqumay | 18 | Dodoma |
| Thailand | Jinnita Buddee | 22 | Chiang Rai |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Daniella Walcott | 24 | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia | Mariem Hammami | 22 | Béja |
| Turkey | Buse Iskenderoğlu | 19 | Ankara |
| Uganda | Leah Kagasa | 21 | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Oleksandra Kucherenko | 19 | Dnipro |
| United States | Audra Mari | 22 | Fargo |
| Uruguay | Romina Trotto | 19 | Montevideo |
| US Virgin Islands | Kyrelle Thomas | 18 | Charlotte Amalie |
| Venezuela | Diana Croce | 19 | Calabozo |
| Vietnam | Trương Thị Diệu Ngọc | 26 | Danang |
| Wales | Ffion Moyle | 23 | Carmarthen |