Miss World 2023 will be the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant, to be held at Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar, India on 8 December 2023. This is the second time that the country hosted the pageant. Karolina Bielawska of Poland will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date 
On 13 February 2023, Julia Morley, chairperson of the Miss World Organization, announced that the competition will take place in the United Arab Emirates in May 2023. "Further details to follow," Morley added, referring to the final date and the venue of the pageant.

Four months later, on 8 June 2023, the Miss World Organization announced that the competition was moved to India instead of the United Arab Emirates. This is the first time that the country hosted the pageant since 1996. No clear reason was given as to why the organization changed the location of the competition, but some rumors tell about the security factors .

Selection of participants 
Contestants from 94 countries and territories have been selected to compete in the competition. Five of them are designees after the withdrawal of the original contestant in their respective countries and territories, and two  selected after another national pageant was held to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements 
Angela Tanuzi was replaced by Elona Ndrecaj as Miss World Albania 2022 due to unknown reasons. Poelano Mothisi, the first runner-up in Miss Lesotho 2021, was appointed to represent her country as the original winner Refiloe Lefothane pursued to continue her studies abroad. Daria Gapska was originally slated to represent Northern Ireland, but was replaced by Kaitlyn Clarke, the reigning titleholder, as she elapsed her reign as Miss Northern Ireland. Lucía Arellano was crowned as the new Miss World Peru 2022, replacing Jennifer Barrantes who was dethroned due to not fulfilling her obligations stipulated in her contract, according to the organization. However, Barrantes denied the claims and stated that there has been a conflict between her and the organization which caused her withdrawal.

Ruan Yue, Miss World China 2022, was set to represent her country at Miss World. However, Yue was stripped of the titled due to "inappropriate" behavior. Yue was then replaced by Qin Zewen on 23 August 2022, where she was appointed by the pageant organizers, but was also stripped of the title for falsifying her education and employment qualifications. Due to this, an extra pageant was held in order to determine the new representative of China to Miss World. Xu Xin was declared as Miss World China 2022.

Returns and withdrawals 
The 2023 edition will see the returns of Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, the British Virgin Islands, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Romania, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Suriname, Thailand, and Zambia. Morocco last competed in 1968, Suriname last competed in 2012, Liberia and Romania last competed in 2017, Lebanon, Lesotho, and Zambia last competed in 2018, while the others last competed in 2019.

Léa Sevenig of Luxembourg was expected to compete in this edition. However, Sevenig confirmed that she would no longer compete in this edition due to the cancellation of her national pageant.

Contestants
As of 8 August 2023, 94 contestants have been confirmed.

Upcoming pageants

Notes

References

External links 

Miss World
2023 beauty pageants