page_title: Miss World 2009
section_title: Candidates
hierarchical_section_title: Miss World 2009 / Candidates
caption_attribution_description: English: Ms World 2009 participation map
context_page_description: Miss World 2009, the 59th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history. Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia crowned her successor Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar at the end of event. It is the first time that someone from Gibraltar won Miss World. In the past, people from mainland Britain have won.
context_section_description:  Albania – Armina Mevlani
   Angola – Nadia Silva
   Argentina – Evelyn Lucía Manchón
   Aruba – Nuraisa Lispiër
   Australia – Sophie Lavers
   Austria – Anna Hammel
   Bahamas – Joanna Brown
   Barbados – Leah Marville
   Belarus – Yulia Sindzeyeva
   Belgium – Zeynep Sever
   Belize – Norma Leticia Lara
   Bolivia – Flavia Foianini
   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Andrea Šarac
   Botswana – Sumaiyah Marope
   Brazil – Luciana Reis
   Bulgaria – Antonia Petrova
   Canada – Lena Ma
   China PR – Yu Sheng
   Colombia – Daniela Ramos
   Costa Rica – Angie Alfaro
   Côte d'Ivoire – Dacoury Rosine Gnago
   Croatia – Ivana Vasilj
   Curaçao – Chantalle Thomassen
   Cyprus – Christalla Tsiali
   Czech Republic – Aneta Vignerová
   Denmark – Nadia Pederson
   Dominican Republic – Ana Contreras
   Ecuador – Gabriela Ulloa
   Egypt – Samah Shalaby
   El Salvador – Elena Tedesco
   England – Katrina Hodge
   Ethiopia – Lula Weldegebriel
   Finland – Sanna Kankaanpää
   France – Chloé Mortaud
   Georgia – Tsira Suknidze
   Germany – Stefanie Peeck
   Ghana – Mawuse Appea
   Gibraltar – Kaiane Aldorino
   Greece – Alkisti Anyfanti
   Guadeloupe – Béatrice Blaise
   Guatemala – Alida Reyes
   Guyana – Imarah Radix
   Honduras – Blaise Masey
   Hong Kong – Sandy Lau
   Hungary – Orsolya Serdült
   Iceland – Guðrún Dögg Rúnarsdóttir
   India – Pooja Chopra
   Indonesia – Karenina Sunny Halim
   Ireland – Laura Patterson
   Israel – Adi Rudnitzky
   Italy – Alice Taticchi
   Jamaica – Kerrie Baylis
   Japan – Eruza Sasaki
   Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva
   Kenya – Fiona Konchellah
   Korea – Kim Joo-ri
   Latvia – Ieva Lase
   Lebanon – Martine Andraos
   Liberia – Shu-rina Wiah †
   Lithuania – Vaida Petraškaitė
   Luxembourg – Diana Nilles
   Macedonia – Suzana Al-Salkini
   Malaysia – Thanuja Ananthan
   Malta – Shanel Debattista
   Martinique – Ingrid Littré
   Mauritius – Anaïs Veerapatren
   Mexico – Perla Beltrán Acosta
   Moldova – Maria Bragaru
   Mongolia – Battsetseg Batbaatar
   Montenegro – Marijana Pokrajac
   Namibia – Happie Ntelamo
     Nepal – Zenisha Moktan
   Netherlands – Avalon-Chanel Weyzig
   New Zealand – Magdalena Schoeman
   Nigeria – Glory Chuku
   Northern Ireland – Cherie Gardiner
   Norway – Sara Skjoldnes
   Panama – Nadege Herrera
   Paraguay – Tamara Sosa
   Peru – Claudia Carrasco
   Philippines – Marie-Ann Umali
   Poland – Anna Jamróz
   Portugal – Marta Cadilha
   Puerto Rico – Jennifer Colón
   Romania – Loredana Violeta Salanta
   Russia – Ksenia Shipilova
   Scotland – Katharine Brown
   Serbia – Jelena Marković
   Sierra Leone – Mariatu Kargbo
   Singapore – Pilar Carmelita Arlando
   Slovakia – Barbora Franeková
   Slovenia – Tina Petelin
   South Africa – Tatum Keshwar
   Spain – Carmen García
   Sri Lanka – Gamya Wijayadasa
   Suriname – Zoureena Rijger
   Swaziland – Nompilo Mncina
   Sweden – Erica Harrison
   Tahiti – Nanihi Bambridge
   Tanzania – Miriam Gerald
   Thailand – Pongchanok Kanklab
   Trinidad & Tobago – Ashanna Arthur
   Turkey – Ebru Şam
   Uganda – Maria Namiiro
   Ukraine – Evgeniya Tulchevska
   United States – Lisa-Marie Kohrs
   Uruguay – Claudia Vanrell
   Venezuela – María Milagros Véliz
   Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang
   Wales – Lucy Whitehouse
   Zambia – Sekwila Mumba
   Zimbabwe – Vanessa Sibanda
caption: Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2009[5]
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