# Miss World 2013

Miss World 2013 was the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Bali International Convention Center in Bali, South Kuta, Indonesia, on 28 September 2013.
Yu Wenxia of China crowned Megan Young of the Philippines as her successor at the end of the event, marking the only time to date that the Philippines has won the Miss World title. This victory also made the Philippines the third country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

## Background
### Location and date

It was the first time in Southeast Asia and it also was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in a Muslim majority country.

### Selection of participants

Contestants from 127 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss World pageant, marking the biggest turnout for any beauty pageant globally as of 2024.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2013 | Philippines – Megan Young |
| 1st Runner-Up | France – Marine Lorphelin |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Ghana – Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter |
| Top 6 | Brazil – Sancler Frantz  Gibraltar – Maroua Kharbouch §  Spain – Elena Ibarbia |
| Top 10 | Australia – Erin Holland  England – Kirsty Heslewood  Indonesia – Vania Larissa  Jamaica - Gina Hargitay  Nepal – Ishani Shrestha |
| Top 20 | Aruba – Larissa Leeuwe  Belgium – Noémie Happart  Canada – Camille Munro  Dominican Republic – Joely Bernat  India – Navneet Kaur Dhillon  Italy – Sarah Baderna  Netherlands – Jacqueline Steenbeek  Slovakia – Karolína Chomistekova  Ukraine – Anna Zayachkivska  United States – Olivia Jordan |
§ — People's Choice winner; Not part of the Top 20 (Voted into the Top 6 by viewers)

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Ghana – Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter |
| Americas | Brazil – Sancler Frantz |
| Asia | Philippines – Megan Young |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Gina Hargitay |
| Europe | France – Marine Lorphelin |
| Oceania | Australia – Erin Holland |

## Challenge events

There were six challenge events. They were Top Model, Beach Fashion, Sport, Multimedia, Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 20.

### Top Model

Megan Young of Philippines won Miss World Top Model 2013.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Philippines - Megan Young |
| 1st Runner-Up | United States - Olivia Jordan |
| 2nd Runner-Up | France - Marine Lorphelin |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Ukraine - Anna Zayachkivska |
| 4th Runner-Up | Brazil - Sancler Frantz |
| Top 10 | Cameroon - Denise Valerie Ayena  Cyprus - Kristi-Mari Agapiou  England - Kirsty Heslewood  Italy - Sarah Baderna  South Sudan - Manuela Matong |

### Beach Beauty

Sancler Frantz of Brazil won Miss World Beach Beauty 2013.
| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Brazil - Sancler Frantz |
| 1st Runner-Up | France - Marine Lorphelin |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Ghana - Carranzar Naa Okailey |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Jamaica - Gina Hargitay |
| 4th Runner-Up | Philippines - Megan Young |
| Top 11 | China - Wei Wei Yu  Indonesia - Vania Larissa  Italy - Sarah Baderna  Republic of Moldova - Valeriya Tsurkan  Spain - Elena Ibarbia  Ukraine - Anna Zayachkivska |

### Sports and Fitness

Jacqueline Steenbeek of Netherlands won Miss World Sport and Fitness 2013.
| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Netherlands - Jacqueline Steenbeek |
| 1st Runner-Up | Spain - Elena Ibarbia |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Northern Ireland - Meagan Green |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Paraguay - Coral Ruíz |
| 4th Runner-Up | El Salvador - Paola Ayala |
| Top 20 | Aruba - Larisa Leeuwe  Belgium - Noemie Happart  Cyprus - Kristi-Mari Agapiou  Dominican Republic - Joely Bernat  England - Kirsty Heslewood  Hungary - Annamaria Rakosi  Italy - Sarah Baderna  Montenegro - Ivana Milojko  New Zealand - Ella Langsford  Nicaragua - Luz Decena  Panama - Virginia Hernandez  Peru - Elba Fahsbender  Scotland - Jamey Bowers  Slovakia - Karolína Chomisteková |

### Multimedia

Navneet Kaur Dhillon of India won Miss World Multimedia 2013.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | India - Navneet Kaur Dhillon |
| 1st Runner-Up | Thailand - Kanyapak Phokesomboon |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Nepal - Ishani Shrestha |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Philippines - Megan Young |
| 4th Runner-Up | Malaysia - Melinder Bhullar |

### Talent

Vania Larissa of Indonesia won Miss World Talent 2013.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Indonesia - Vania Larissa |
| 1st Runner-Up | Australia - Erin Holland |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Ukraine - Anna Zayachkivska |
| 3rd Runner-Up | British Virgin Islands - Kirtis Malone |
| 4th Runner-Up | Canada - Camille Munro |
| Top 11 | Cameroon - Denise Valerie Ayena  Dominican Republic - Leslassa Armour-Shillingford  Hong Kong - Jacqueline Wong  Panama - Virginia Hernandez  Slovakia - Karolína Chomisteková  Trinidad and Tobago - Sherrece Villafana  Wales - Gabrielle Shaw |

### Beauty With a Purpose

Ishani Shrestha of Nepal won Miss World Beauty With a Purpose 2013.
| Final result | Contestant |
| Winner | Nepal - Ishani Shrestha |
| 1st Runner-Up | Australia - Erin Holland |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Tanzania - Brigitte Alfred Lyimo |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Belgium - Noemie Happart |
| 4th Runner-Up | Brazil - Sancler Frantz |
| Top 10 | Aruba - Larissa Leeuwe  England - Kirsty Heslewood  France - Marine Lorphelin  Ghana - Carranzar Naa Okailey  India - Navneet Kaur Dhillon |

## Contestants

127 Contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Ersela Kurti | 22 | Tirana |
| Angola | Maria Castelo | 23 | Uíge |
| Argentina | Teresa Kuster | 24 | Buenos Aires |
| Aruba | Larisa Leeuwe | 22 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Erin Holland | 24 | Sydney |
| Austria | Ena Kadic † | 23 | Innsbruck |
| Bahamas | De'Andra Bannister | 24 | Nassau |
| Barbados | Regina Ramjit | 19 | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Maryia Vialichka | 22 | Vitebsk |
| Belgium | Noémie Happart | 20 | Liège |
| Belize | Idolly Louise Saldivar | 22 | Belmopan |
| Bermuda | Katherine Arnfield | 18 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | Alejandra Castillo | 20 | Tarija |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sanda Gutić | 19 | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Rosemary Keofitlhetse | 20 | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Sancler Frantz | 21 | Arroio do Tigre |
| British Virgin Islands | Kirtis Malone | 21 | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Nansi Karaboycheva | 20 | Pazardzhik |
| Cameroon | Denise Valerie Ayena | 22 | Yaoundé |
| Canada | Camille Munro | 24 | Regine |
| Chile | Camila Andrade | 22 | Concepción |
| China | Yu Weiwei | 25 | Ankang |
| Chinese Taipei | Cinzia Chang | 21 | Taipei |
| Colombia | Daniela Ocoro | 23 | Cali |
| Costa Rica | Yarley Marín | 23 | Puntarenas |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Aïssata Dia | 21 | Aboisso |
| Croatia | Lana Gržetić | 18 | Rijeka |
| Curaçao | Xafira Urselita | 18 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Kristi-Mari Agapiou | 20 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Lucie Kovandova | 19 | Dolní Kounice |
| Denmark | Malene Riis Sorensen | 20 | Haderslev |
| Dominica | Leslassa Armour-Shillingford | 19 | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Joely Bernat | 24 | Bronx |
| Ecuador | Laritza Párraga | 19 | Santo Domingo |
| El Salvador | Paola Ayala | 18 | San Salvador |
| England | Kirsty Heslewood | 24 | London |
| Equatorial Guinea | Restituta Mifumu Nguema | 19 | Micomeseng |
| Ethiopia | Genet Tsegay | 22 | Mekele |
| Fiji | Caireen Erbsleben | 21 | Suva |
| Finland | Maija Kerisalmi | 20 | Nokia |
| France | Marine Lorphelin | 20 | Charnay-lès-Mâcon |
| Gabon | Brunilla Moussadingou | 19 | Lambarene |
| Georgia | Tamar Shedania | 21 | Zugdidi |
| Germany | Amina Sabbah | 18 | Jena |
| Ghana | Carranzar Shooter | 22 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Maroua Kharbouch | 22 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Athina Pikraki | 21 | Athens |
| Guadeloupe | Sheryna van der Koelen | 21 | Saint-François |
| Guam | Camarin Mendiola | 18 | Agana Heights |
| Guatemala | Karla Loraine Quinto | 25 | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Mariama Diallo | 22 | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Heny Tavares | 21 | Bafatá |
| Guyana | Ruqayyah Boyer | 23 | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Ketsia Iciena Lioudy | 19 | Cap-Haïtien |
| Honduras | Mónica Elwin | 19 | Roatan |
| Hong Kong | Jacqueline Wong | 24 | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Annamaria Rakosi | 21 | Debrecen |
| Iceland | Sigríður Dagbjört Ásgeirsdóttir | 22 | Reykjavík |
| India | Navneet Kaur Dhillon | 20 | Patiala |
| Indonesia | Vania Larissa | 17 | Pontianak |
| Ireland | Aoife Walsh | 23 | Clonmel |
| Italy | Sarah Baderna | 22 | Castell'Arquato |
| Jamaica | Gina Hargitay | 18 | Kingston |
| Japan | Michiko Tanaka | 23 | Shizuoka |
| Kazakhstan | Ainura Toleuova | 18 | Taldykorgan |
| Kenya | Wangui Gitonga | 23 | Mombasa |
| South Korea | Min-ji Park | 24 | Busan |
| Kosovo | Antigona Sejdiju | 19 | Pristina |
| Kyrgyzstan | Zhibek Nukeeva † | 19 | Bishkek |
| Latvia | Eva Dombrovska | 22 | Jelgava |
| Lebanon | Karen Ghrawi | 22 | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Mamahlape Matsoso | 19 | Maseru |
| Lithuania | Ruta Mazureviciute | 22 | Garliava |
| Macedonia | Kristina Spasenoska | 21 | Kičevo |
| Malaysia | Melinder Bhullar | 20 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Donna Leyland | 24 | Attard |
| Martinique | Julie Lebrasseur | 19 | Ducos |
| Mauritius | Nathalie Lesage | 18 | Grand Baie |
| Mexico | Marilyn Chagoya | 23 | Poza Rica |
| Moldova | Valeriya Tsurkan | 21 | Tiraspol |
| Mongolia | Pagmadulam Sukhbaatar | 20 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Ivana Milojko | 19 | Kotor |
| Namibia | Paulina Malulu | 24 | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Ishani Shrestha | 21 | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Jacqueline Steenbeek | 23 | Drunen |
| New Zealand | Ella Langsford | 20 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Luz Mery Decena Rivera | 23 | Jalapa |
| Nigeria | Anna Banner | 18 | Bayelsa |
| Northern Ireland | Meagan Green | 23 | Lisburn |
| Norway | Alexandra Backstrom | 23 | Oslo |
| Panama | Virginia Hernández | 23 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Coral Ruiz Reyes | 22 | Luque |
| Peru | Elba Fahsbender | 21 | Lima |
| Philippines | Megan Young | 23 | Olongapo |
| Poland | Katarzyna Krzeszowska | 22 | Krynica-Zdrój |
| Portugal | Elisabete Rodrigues | 20 | Porto |
| Puerto Rico | Nadyalee Torres | 25 | Caguas |
| Romania | Andreea Chiru | 20 | Braila |
| Russia | Elmira Abdrazakova | 18 | Mezhdurechensk |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Trevicia Adams | 22 | Basseterre |
| Samoa | Penina Paeu | 21 | Apia |
| Scotland | Jamey Bowers | 24 | Edinburgh |
| Serbia | Aleksandra Doknić | 18 | Požarevac |
| Seychelles | Agnes Gerry | 19 | Victoria |
| Singapore | Maria-Anna Zenieris | 18 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Karolína Chomistekova | 19 | Oravský Podzámok |
| Slovenia | Maja Cotič | 24 | Nova Gorica |
| South Africa | Marilyn Ramos | 22 | Klerksdorp |
| South Sudan | Modong Manuela | 21 | Juba |
| Spain | Elena Ibarbia | 18 | San Sebastián |
| Sri Lanka | Iresha Asanki de Silva | 22 | Colombo |
| Sweden | Agneta Myhrman | 19 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Cindy Williner | 18 | Zürich |
| Tanzania | Brigitte Lyimo | 20 | Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand | Natalie Phoksomboon | 22 | Udon Thani |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Sherrece Villafana | 19 | San Fernando |
| Tunisia | Hiba Telmoudi | 22 | Gabes |
| Turkey | Ruveyda Oksuz | 19 | Istanbul |
| Uganda | Stellah Nantumbwe | 22 | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Anna Zayachkivska | 21 | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| United States | Olivia Jordan | 24 | Tulsa |
| US Virgin Islands | Petra Cabrera | 21 | Charlotte Amalie |
| Uzbekistan | Rakhima Ganieva | 18 | Tashkent |
| Venezuela | Karen Soto | 21 | Maracaibo |
| Vietnam | Lại Hương Thảo | 22 | Quảng Ninh |
| Wales | Gabrielle Shaw | 19 | Wrexham |
| Zambia | Christine Mwaaba | 25 | Lusaka |

## Judges

The judges for Miss World 2013 were:
* Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
* Donna Derby
* Derek Wheeler
* Mike Dixon – Musical director
* Andrew Minarik
* Vineet Jain
* Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
* Maurice Montgomery Haughton-James
* Ken Warwick
* Liliana Tanoesoedibjo – Owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia.
* Liestyana Irman Gusman
* Silvia Agung Laksono
* Coretta Kapoyos Bayuseno