# Miss World 2010

Miss World 2010 was the 60th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on 30 October 2010, after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract.
Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned Alexandria Mills of the United States as her successor at the end of the event.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2010 | United States – Alexandria Mills |
| 1st Runner-Up | Botswana – Emma Wareus |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Venezuela – Adriana Vasini |
| Top 5 | China – Xiao Tang  Ireland – Emma Britt Waldron |
| Top 7 | Italy – Giada Pezzaioli  Norway – Mariann Birkedal |
| Top 25 | Bahamas – Braneka Bassett  Canada – Denise Garrido  Colombia – Laura Palacio  France – Virginie Dechenaud  French Polynesia – Mihilani Teixeira  Germany – Susanna Kobylinski  Kenya – Natasha Metto  Mongolia – Sarnai Amar  Namibia – Odile Gertze  Netherlands – Desirée van den Berg  Northern Ireland – Lori Moore  Paraguay – Egni Eckert  Puerto Rico – Yara Lasanta  Russia – Irina Sharipova  Scotland – Nicola Mimnagh  South Africa – Nicole Flint  Saint Lucia – Aiasha Gustave  Thailand – Sirirat Rueangsri |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Botswana – Emma Wareus |
| Americas | United States – Alexandria Mills |
| Asia Pacific | China – Tang Xiao |
| Caribbean | Saint Lucia – Aiasha Gustave |
| Europe | Ireland – Emma Britt Waldron |
Order of Announcements
Top 25
* Ireland
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Puerto Rico
* Kenya
* Paraguay
* Saint Lucia
* Netherlands
* Canada
* France
* Bahamas
* Colombia
* Russia
* Thailand
* South Africa
* Mongolia
* French Polynesia
* Scotland
* Venezuela
* Namibia
* Italy
* United States
* Germany
* China
* Botswana
Top 7
* Venezuela
* Ireland
* China
* Italy
* Norway
* United States
* Botswana
Top 5
* Venezuela
* Botswana
* United States
* Ireland
* China

## Contestants

115 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Arnita Beqiraj | 18 | Vlorë |
| American Virgin Islands | Carolyn Carter | 20 | Christiansted |
| Angola | Ivanita Jones | 23 | M'banza Kongo |
| Argentina | Mariana Arambarry | 22 | Santa Rosa |
| Aruba | Kimberly Kuiperi | 21 | Tanki Leendert |
| Australia | Ashleigh Francis | 23 | Sydney |
| Bahamas | Braneka Bassett | 20 | Freeport |
| Barbados | Danielle Bishop | 21 | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Lyudmila Yakimovich | 22 | Hrodna |
| Belgium | Cilou Annys | 19 | Bruges |
| Belize | Jessel Lauriano | 22 | Belize City |
| Bolivia | María Teresa Roca | 24 | Trinidad |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Snežana Prorok | 18 | Istočna Ilidža |
| Botswana | Emma Wareus | 19 | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Kamilla Salgado | 23 | Belém |
| Bulgaria | Romina Andonova | 21 | Sofia |
| Canada | Denise Garrido | 23 | Bradford |
| Cape Verde | Joceline Fortes | 22 | Sao Vicente |
| Cayman Islands | Cristin Alexander | 23 | George Town |
| China | Tang Xiao | 23 | Dalian |
| Colombia | Laura Palacio | 23 | Medellín |
| Costa Rica | Dayana Aguilera | 19 | Palmares |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Inès Da Silva | 21 | N'zi-Comoé |
| Croatia | Katarina Banić | 20 | Trilj |
| Curaçao | Angenie Simon | 24 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Andrea Kkolou | 19 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Veronika Machová | 20 | Rokycany |
| Denmark | Nataliya Averina | 20 | Roskilde |
| Ecuador | Ana Galarza | 21 | Ambato |
| Egypt | Sara El-Khouly | 22 | Cairo |
| El Salvador | Gabriela Molina | 22 | San Salvador |
| England | Jessica Linley | 21 | Nottingham |
| Ethiopia | Hiwot Assefa Tesfaye | 20 | Addis Ababa |
| Finland | Anne-Marie Nurminen | 22 | Helsinki |
| France | Virginie Dechenaud | 24 | La Frette |
| French Polynesia | Mihilani Teixeira | 20 | Papeete |
| Georgia | Dea Arakishvili | 20 | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Susanna Kobylinski | 22 | Bremen |
| Ghana | Mimi Areme | 22 | Ho |
| Gibraltar | Larissa Dalli | 23 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Diamanto Gasteratou | 22 | Athens |
| Guadeloupe | Ericka Aly | 20 | Petit-Bourg |
| Guatemala | Lucía Mazariegos | 19 | Antigua, Guatemala |
| Guyana | Aletha Shepherd | 22 | Georgetown |
| Honduras | Marilyn Medina | 18 | Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | Sammi Cheung | 23 | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Jennifer Kalo | 22 | Budapest |
| Iceland | Fanney Ingvarsdóttir | 19 | Garðabær |
| India | Manasvi Mamgai | 22 | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Asyifa Latief | 21 | Bandung |
| Ireland | Emma Britt Waldron | 21 | Celbridge |
| Israel | Shavit Wiesel | 20 | Be'eri |
| Italy | Giada Pezzaioli | 18 | Montichiari |
| Jamaica | Chantal Alicia Raymond | 24 | Kingston |
| Japan | Hiroko Matsunaga | 18 | Fukuoka |
| Kazakhstan | Asselina Kuchukova | 27 | Almaty |
| Kenya | Natasha Metto | 20 | Nairobi |
| Korea | Kim Hye-young | 20 | Gyeongsangbuk-do |
| Latvia | Ludmila Voroncova | 19 | Riga |
| Lebanon | Rahaf Abdallah | 22 | Khiam |
| Lesotho | Karabelo Mokoallo | 23 | Maseru |
| Lithuania | Gritė Maruškevičiūtė | 21 | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Shari Thuyns | 19 | Mamer |
| Macau | Cherry Ng Ka-I | 23 | Macau |
| Macedonia | Stefani Borsova | 20 | Skopje |
| Malawi | Ella Kabambe | 24 | Blantyre |
| Malaysia | Nadia Min Dern Heng | 25 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Francesca Gaspar | 24 | Iklin |
| Martinique | Tully Fremcourt | 20 | La Trinité |
| Mauritius | Dalysha Doorga | 23 | Goodlands |
| Mexico | Anabel Solís | 23 | Mérida |
| Moldova | Daria Zaiteva | 20 | Chişinău |
| Mongolia | Sarnai Amar | 23 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Milica Milatović | 18 | Podgorica |
| Namibia | Odile Gertze | 22 | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Sadichha Shrestha | 19 | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Desirée van den Berg | 23 | Santpoort |
| New Zealand | Cody Yerkovich | 18 | Kaitaia |
| Nigeria | Fiona Amuzie | 19 | Minna |
| Northern Ireland | Lori Moore | 20 | Belfast |
| Norway | Mariann Birkedal | 23 | Stavanger |
| Panama | Paola Vaprio Medaglia | 24 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Egni Eckert | 23 | Luque |
| Peru | Alexandra Liao | 20 | Lima |
| Philippines | Czarina Gatbonton | 19 | Malolos |
| Poland | Agata Szewioła | 21 | Żary |
| Portugal | Catarina Aragonez | 22 | Portalegre |
| Puerto Rico | Yara Lasanta | 24 | Barranquitas |
| Romania | Lavinia Postolache | 21 | Piteşti |
| Russia | Irina Sharipova | 18 | Apastovo |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Fatisha Imo | 22 | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Aiasha Gustave | 18 | Gros Islet |
| Scotland | Nicola Mimnagh | 21 | Kilbarchan |
| Serbia | Milica Jelić | 20 | Belgrade |
| Sierra Leone | Neyorlyn Williams | 19 | Freetown |
| Singapore | Anusha Rajaseharan | 21 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Marína Georgievová | 18 | Banská Bystrica |
| South Africa | Nicole Flint | 22 | Pretoria |
| Spain | Fátima Jiménez | 21 | Sevilla |
| Sri Lanka | Fallon Ranasinghe | 22 | Colombo |
| Suriname | Jo-ann Maria Sang | 19 | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Dani Chelsea Karlsson | 25 | Stockholm |
| Tanzania | Genevieve Mpangala | 20 | Chang'ombe |
| Thailand | Sirirat Rueangsri | 22 | Chiang Mai |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Davia Chambers | 18 | Couva |
| Turkey | Gizem Memiç | 20 | Gaziantep |
| Uganda | Heyzme Nansubuga | 25 | Jinja |
| Ukraine | Kateryna Zakharchenko | 21 | Odesa |
| United States | Alexandria Mills | 18 | Louisville |
| Uruguay | Eliana Olivera | 22 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Adriana Vasini | 23 | Maracaibo |
| Vietnam | Nguyễn Ngọc Kiều Khanh | 19 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Wales | Courtenay Hamilton | 20 | Llantwit Major |
| Zambia | Zindaba Hanzala | 20 | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Samantha Tshuma | 21 | Bulawayo |

## Judges

The judges for Miss World 2010 were:
* Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
* Denise Perrier – Miss World 1953 from France
* Ann Sidney – Miss World 1964 from United Kingdom
* Mary Stävin – Miss World 1977 from Sweden
* Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
* María Julia Mantilla – Miss World 2004 from Peru
* Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
* Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia
* Krish Naidoo – Miss World International Ambassador
* Mike Dixon – Miss World Musical Director
* Zhao Benshan – Actor & Comedian
* Bruce Zhao – Chairperson of the Huayu Group
* Andrew Minarik – Miss World Make-Up & Hairdresser
It was reported that Beijing may have pressured the judges to provide low scores for Mariann Birkedal, Miss Norway, because the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to one of its political prisoners, Liu Xiaobo. At the time of the pageant, relations between China and Norway were "very strained."