# Miss World 2014

Miss World 2014 was the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom, on 14 December 2014.
Megan Young of the Philippines crowned Rolene Strauss of South Africa as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2014 | South Africa – Rolene Strauss |
| 1st Runner-Up | Hungary – Edina Kulcsár |
| 2nd Runner-Up | United States – Elizabeth Safrit |
| Top 5 | Australia – Courtney Thorpe  England – Carina Tyrrell |
| Top 11 | Brazil – Julia Gama  India – Koyal Rana  Guyana – Rafieya Husain  Kenya – Idah Nguma  Mexico – Daniela Álvarez Reyes  Thailand – Nonthawan Chanvanathorn § |
| Top 25 | Bolivia – Andrea Forfori  China – Du Yang  Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno  Finland – Krista Haapalainen  Ghana – Nadia Ntanu  Indonesia – Maria Rahajeng  Malaysia – Dewi Liana Seriestha  Netherlands – Tatjana Maul  Philippines – Valerie Weigmann  Russia – Anastasia Kostenko  Scotland – Ellie McKeating  South Sudan – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth  Sweden – Olivia Asplund  Trinidad and Tobago – Sarah Jane Waddell  Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Loan |
§ – People's Choice winner

## Challenge Events
### Beach Beauty

| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Sweden – Olivia Asplund |
| Top 5 | India – Koyal Rana  Kenya – Idah Nguma  Mexico – Daniela Álvarez Reyes  South Africa – Rolene Strauss |

### Talent

| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Malaysia – Dewi Liana Seriestha |
| Runner-Up | Scotland – Ellie McKeating |
| Top 5 | Russia – Anastasia Kostenko  Sweden – Olivia Asplund  United States – Elizabeth Safrit |

## Contestants

121 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Xhensila Pere | 25 | Pogradec |
| Argentina | Yoana Don | 23 | Santiago del Estero |
| Aruba | Joitza Henriquez | 21 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Courtney Thorpe | 23 | Brisbane |
| Austria | Julia Furdea | 20 | Asten |
| Bahamas | Rosetta Cartwright | 19 | Nassau |
| Barbados | Zoé Trotman | 22 | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Viktoria Mihanovich | 21 | Minsk |
| Belgium | Anissa Blondin | 22 | Brussels |
| Belize | Raquel Badillo | 21 | Belize City |
| Bermuda | Lillian Lightbourn | 24 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | Andrea Forfori | 25 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Isidora Borovčanin | 19 | Pale |
| Brazil | Julia Gama | 21 | Porto Alegre |
| British Virgin Islands | Rosanna Chichester | 25 | Road Town |
| Cameroon | Larissa Ngangoum | 24 | Yaoundé |
| Canada | Annora Bourgeault | 21 | Regina |
| Chad | Sakadi Djivira | 21 | Abéché |
| China | Du Yang | 22 | Beijing |
| Colombia | Leandra García | 21 | Cali |
| Costa Rica | Natasha Sibaja | 23 | San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yéo Jennifer | 18 | Aboisso |
| Croatia | Antonija Gogić | 19 | Zagreb |
| Curaçao | Gayle Sulvaran | 19 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Ioánna Filíppou | 19 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Tereza Skoumalová | 24 | Ostrava |
| Denmark | Pernille Sørensen | 23 | Aalborg |
| Dominican Republic | Dhío Moreno | 24 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Virginia Limongi | 19 | Portoviejo |
| Egypt | Amina Ashraf | 19 | Giza |
| El Salvador | Larissa Vega | 21 | Santa Ana |
| England | Carina Tyrrell | 24 | Cambridge |
| Equatorial Guinea | Agnes Cheba | 19 | Luba |
| Ethiopia | Yirgalem Hadish | 23 | Addis Ababa |
| Fiji | Charlene Tafuna'i | 20 | Nadi |
| Finland | Krista Haapalainen | 24 | Helsinki |
| France | Flora Coquerel | 20 | Orléans |
| Gabon | Jessie Lekery | 24 | Moyen-Ogooué |
| Georgia | Ana Zubashvili | 21 | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Egzonita Ala | 18 | Stuttgart |
| Ghana | Nadia Ntanu | 23 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Shyanne Azzopardi | 23 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Eleni Kokkinou | 20 | Athens |
| Guadeloupe | Wendy Metony | 20 | Le Gosier |
| Guam | Chanel Cruz Jarrett | 20 | Agana Heights |
| Guatemala | Keyla Bermúdez | 22 | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Halimatou Diallo | 20 | Conakry |
| Guyana | Rafieya Husain | 21 | Anna Regina |
| Haiti | Carolyn Desert | 25 | Port-au-Prince |
| Hong Kong | Erin Wong | 23 | Kowloon |
| Hungary | Edina Kulcsár | 24 | Budapest |
| Iceland | Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir | 22 | Hafnarfjörður |
| India | Koyal Rana | 21 | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Maria Rahajeng | 22 | Mamuju |
| Ireland | Jessica Hayes | 20 | Cork |
| Israel | Mor Maman | 20 | Beersheba |
| Italy | Silvia Cataldi | 24 | Sannicola |
| Jamaica | Laurie-Ann Chin | 21 | Montego Bay |
| Japan | Hikaru Kawai | 19 | Sendai |
| Kenya | Idah Nguma | 22 | Machakos |
| South Korea | Hwa-young Song | 23 | Suwon |
| Kosovo | Vita Rexhepi | 17 | Pristina |
| Kyrgyzstan | Aikol Alikzhanova | 24 | Jalal-Abad |
| Latvia | Liliana Garkalne | 19 | Riga |
| Lebanon | Saly Greige | 24 | Bishmizzine |
| Lesotho | Nthole Matela | 21 | Mapoteng |
| Lithuania | Agnė Kavaliauskaitė | 21 | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Frédérique Wolff | 19 | Luxembourg |
| Malaysia | Dewi Liana Seriestha | 25 | Kampung Tematu |
| Malta | Joanna Galea | 24 | Valletta |
| Martinique | Anaïs Delwaulle | 20 | Fort-de-France |
| Mauritius | Sheetal Khadun | 25 | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Daniela Álvarez Reyes | 21 | Cuernavaca |
| Moldova | Alexandra Caruntu | 18 | Ungheni |
| Mongolia | Battsetseg Turbat | 23 | Ulan Bator |
| Montenegro | Nataša Novaković | 18 | Podgorica |
| Myanmar | Wyne Lay | 19 | Naypyidaw |
| Namibia | Brumhilda Ochs | 22 | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Subin Limbu | 23 | Dharan |
| Netherlands | Tatjana Maul | 25 | The Hague |
| New Zealand | Arielle Garciano | 22 | Lyttelton |
| Nicaragua | Yumara López | 20 | Rivas |
| Nigeria | Iheoma Nnadi | 19 | Akwa Ibom |
| Northern Ireland | Rebekah Shirley | 19 | Belfast |
| Norway | Monica Pedersen | 25 | Moelv |
| Panama | Nicole Pinto | 21 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Myriam Arévalos | 21 | Asunción |
| Peru | Sofía Rivera | 24 | Oxapampa |
| Philippines | Valerie Weigmann | 25 | Legazpi |
| Poland | Ada Sztajerowska | 22 | Piotrków Trybunalski |
| Portugal | Zita Oliveira | 24 | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Génesis Dávila | 24 | Arroyo |
| Romania | Bianca Fanu | 25 | Timișoara |
| Russia | Anastasia Kostenko | 20 | Salsk |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Djeissica Barbosa | 19 | São Tomé |
| Scotland | Ellie McKeating | 19 | Milngavie |
| Serbia | Milica Vukliš | 21 | Belgrade |
| Seychelles | Camila Estico | 23 | Victoria |
| Singapore | Dalreena Poonam Gill | 20 | Bedok |
| Slovakia | Laura Longauerová | 19 | Detva |
| Slovenia | Julija Bizjak | 20 | Lesce |
| South Africa | Rolene Strauss | 22 | Volksrust |
| South Sudan | Awien Kuanyin-Agoth | 19 | Gogrial |
| Spain | Lourdes Rodríguez | 20 | Daimiel |
| Sri Lanka | Chulakshi Ranathunga | 25 | Colombo |
| Sweden | Olivia Asplund | 18 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Dijana Cvijetić | 20 | Gossau |
| Tanzania | Happiness Watimanywa | 20 | Dodoma |
| Thailand | Nonthawan Chanvanathorn | 20 | Surat Thani |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Sarah Jane Waddell | 24 | Carenage |
| Tunisia | Wahiba Arres | 20 | Menzel Bourguiba |
| Turkey | Amine Gülşe | 21 | İzmir |
| Uganda | Leah Kalanguka | 21 | Iganga |
| Ukraine | Andriana Khasanshin | 19 | Lviv |
| United States | Elizabeth Safrit | 22 | Kannapolis |
| Uruguay | Romina Fernández | 20 | Montevideo |
| US Virgin Islands | Aniska Tonge | 20 | Saint Thomas |
| Venezuela | Debora Menicucci | 23 | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Nguyễn Thị Loan | 23 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Wales | Alice Ford | 21 | Cardiff |
| Zimbabwe | Tendai Humda | 23 | Chitungwiza |

## Judges

The judges for Miss World 2014 were:
* Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
* Mike Dixon – Musical Director
* Rudy Salles – Member of the National Assembly of France
* Jody Reynolds – former president of Variety International
* Marsha-Rae Ratcliff – Variety International board member
* Tony Hatch – British most celebrated musical acts and films
* Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
* Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
* Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
* Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar
* Mike Dixon – Musical director

## Miss Honduras World 2014

In April 2014, María José Alvarado was crowned Miss Honduras World. She was expected to represent Honduras and was scheduled to fly to London, England for the Miss World pageant. On 19 November 2014, Alvarado and her sister Sofía Trinidad were found murdered and then buried in the village of Cablotales. Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organization Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.