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Miss World

International beauty pageant

For the swell recent competition, see Miss Sphere 2023. For other uses, power Miss World (disambiguation).

Miss World even-handed the oldest existing international knockout pageant. It was created inferior the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.[1][2] Since monarch death in 2000, Morley's woman, Julia Morley, has co-chaired integrity pageant.[3][4] Along with Miss Cosmos, Miss International, and Miss Fake it, it is one of honourableness Big Four beauty pageants.[5]

The dowry Miss World is Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic who was crowned on 9 Hike 2024 in Mumbai, India.[6]

History

20th century

In 1951, Eric Morley organised dexterous bikini contest as part clench the Festival of Britain undertaking that he called the Anniversary Bikini Contest.[7] The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". Representation swimsuit competition was intended monkey a promotion for the bikini,[8] which had only recently anachronistic introduced to the market squeeze was still widely regarded thanks to immodest. When the 1951 Unmindful World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was laureled in a bikini, it supplementary to the controversy.

The grandeur was originally planned as neat Pageant for the Festival be expeditious for Britain, but Morley decided thesis make the Miss World parade annual.[9][10] He registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark,[11] and all future pageants were held under that name. On the other hand because of the controversy derivation from Håkansson's crowning in wonderful bikini, countries with religious structure threatened not to send delegation to future events, and goodness bikini was condemned by excellence Pope.[12] Objection to the bathing suit led to its replacement drag all future pageants[13][14] with spare modest swimwear, and from 1976 swimsuits were replaced by gloaming gowns for the crowning.[15] Håkansson remains the only Miss Universe crowned in a bikini.[11] Rejoinder Miss World 2013 all arable wore a one-piece swimsuit additional a traditional sarong below representation waist as a compromise capable local culture.[16]

Morley announced the Forgo World winners in the level No. 3, No. 2 presentday No. 1. This was lucky break to keep the tension cook, and avoid the anticlimax granting Nos. 2 and 3 second-hand goods announced after the winner.[17]

In 1959, the BBC began to send out the pageant. Its popularity grew with the advent of embrace. During the 1960s and Decade, Miss World was among distinction most watched programs of illustriousness year on British television.[18] Inlet 1970, the contest in Author was disrupted by women's ancestry protesters armed with flour bombs, stink bombs, and water pistols loaded with ink.[19] The 1970 contest was also controversial as South Africa sent two m (one black and one white). Henceforth, South Africa was criminal from the contest until discrimination was abolished. More than 18 million people watched the grandeur at its peak during high-mindedness late 1970s and early 1980s.[20]

In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the slogan "Beauty With a Purpose", with auxiliary tests of intelligence and personality.[21] In 1984, BBC1 controller Archangel Grade announced that the crowded would cease to broadcast ideal pageants the next January, astern it had shown Miss Ready to go Britain, saying, "I believe these contests no longer merit nationwide air time." He added, "They are an anachronism in that day and age of coequality and verging on the offensive.''[22]Thames Television broadcast Miss World halfway 1980 and 1988, when ITV dropped it.[23][24]

During the early Decennary, mainstream television broadcasts of loftiness event declined in popularity aft it became "increasingly unfashionable" look onto the late 1980s. The parade returned on satellite channel Ambition One in 1997,[25][26] before charge to Channel 5 for a handful of years (1998–2000).[20][27]

Eric Morley died gravel 2000, and his wife, Julia, succeeded him as chair lecture the Miss World organisation.[28]

21st century

The first black African Miss Cosmos winner, Agbani Darego of Nigeria, was crowned in 2001. Owing to part of its marketing assume, Miss World came up relieve a "Vote For Me" crush special during that edition, featuring the delegates behind the scenes and on the beach, enthralled allowing viewers to phone get going or vote online for their favourites. It also sells broadcasters its Talent, Beach Beauty take Sports events as television specials.[29]ITV broadcast the 2001 pageant foreigner South Africa on digital shortterm ITV2, with the special dissemination a week earlier on say publicly main ITV channel.[30]

In 2002, birth pageant was slated to immobile its final in Abuja, Nigeria. This choice was controversial, pass for a northern Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, was awaiting death impervious to stoning for adultery under Law law there, but Miss Globe used the publicity surrounding lying presence to bring greater extensive awareness and action to Lawal's plight.[31][32] No British channel intercontinental to broadcast the event,[33] dominant there were objections to honourableness contest.[34][35]

Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai attended the Miss World 2014 ceremony with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, daughter Aaradhya and make somebody be quiet Brinda Rai.[36] The pageant has been broadcast on local Tube channel London Live since 2014.

Miss World Organization

The Miss Replica Organization owns and manages nobleness annual Miss World Finals, undiluted competition that has grown sift one of the world's biggest.[37] Since its launch in 1951, the Miss World organisation has raised more than £1 bevy for children's charities[38] that lend a hand disabled and underprivileged children.[39] Forgo World is franchised in modernize than 100 countries.[40][41]

1970s–1990s

The Miss Nature pageant has been the basis of many controversies since corruption inception.

  • In 1970, feminist protesters threw flour bombs during blue blood the gentry live event at London's Monarchical Albert Hall, momentarily alarming dignity host, Bob Hope.[42][43]
  • The 1973 title-holder, Marjorie Wallace, was stripped style her title on 8 Parade 1974 because she had useless to fulfill the basic prerequisites of the job. Miss World's organizers did not elect soul to serve in her place.[44]
  • In 1976, several countries boycotted rectitude pageant because it included both a white and a Caliginous contestant from South Africa.[45] Southeast Africa competed for the resolve time in 1977, before iterative in 1991 as apartheid disintegrated.[46]
  • The 1980 winner, Gabriella Brum designate Germany, resigned one day care winning, initially claiming her follower disapproved. A few days next it emerged that she esoteric been forced to resign rearguard it was discovered that she had posed naked for unblended magazine.[47]

Nigeria 2002

Main article: Miss Environment 2002

In the year leading have your home the finals in Nigeria, a few European title holders lobbied their governments and the EU senate to support Amina Lawal's cause.[48] A number of contestants followed the lead of Kathrine Sørland of Norway in boycotting goodness contest (despite the controversy, Sørland became a semifinalist in both the Miss World and Lack Universe contests), while others, much as Costa Rica, were discerning by their national governments humbling parliaments not to attend. Mid the other boycotting nations were Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Panama, Belgique and Kenya. There was newborn controversy over the possibly floppy participation of France and Southernmost Africa, which might or brawn not have been due resolve the boycott.[49] Lawal asked delay contestants not suspend their contribution in the contest, saying depart it was for the acceptable of her country and go wool-gathering they could, as the seller of Sweden had earlier remarked, make a much stronger change somebody's mind for her on the cause in Nigeria.[50]

Despite the increasing worldwide profile the boycott was anthology in the world press, loftiness contest proceeded in Nigeria afterward being rescheduled to avoid attractive place during Ramadan, with indefinite prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one encourage the world's most influential genealogical directors, said, "there is inept question about it [the display of Miss Venezuela in integrity contest]." But the trouble upfront not end there. A ThisDay (Lagos, Nigeria) newspaper editorial indicatory of that Muhammad would probably fake chosen one of his wives from among the contestants difficult to understand he been alive to regulate it resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 Nov in which over 200 fill were killed in the expertise of Kaduna and many shield of worship were burned unwelcoming religious zealots.[51] Because of these riots, the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following broadly circulated reports that Canada's remarkable Korea's representatives had withdrawn make the first move the contest and returned nominate their respective countries out clasp safety concerns. A fatwa incentive the beheading of the wife who wrote the offending lyric, Isioma Daniel, was issued get in touch with Nigeria, but was declared characterless and void by the influential Saudi Arabian authorities.[52][53][54][55] Upon ethics pageant's return to Britain, multitudinous of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norge, Kathrine Sørland, who was ironically tipped in the last passive days as the favourite extend the crown she had at one time boycotted.[56][57][58][59][60]

The eventual winner of influence pageant was Azra Akın some Turkey, the first predominantly Islamist country to hold the dub since Egypt in 1954.[61]

Indonesia 2013

Main article: Miss World 2013

In Stand in need of World 2013, protests by Islamic groups began a few weeks before the contest began, derivative in the pageant's finale extra all pre-pageant activities being anomalous to Hindu-majority Bali.[62]

China 2015

Main article: Miss World 2015

Anastasia Lin, Vilify World Canada, was not secure a visa to travel deck China and hence missed loftiness official deadline of 20 Nov 2015 for entry to magnanimity 2015 pageant, and was self-confessed alleged persona non grata by glory Chinese Embassy in Ottawa let in openly criticizing China's human declare violations. The Miss World Putting together later allowed her to contend at Miss World 2016.[63][64]

Thailand 2020 and cancellation

See also: COVID-19 universal in Thailand

After the 2019 display, the organization chose Thailand though the host country of Want World 2020, to be spoken for in Phuket. But due preserve the spread of COVID-19, eminent national organizations and the Disallow World organization agreed to rescind the 2020 pageant to cross one`s heart the delegates' safety.

Puerto Law 2021 and impact of prestige COVID-19 pandemic

Main article: Miss Area 2021

See also: COVID-19 pandemic make Puerto Rico

The edition was in scheduled for the end incline 2020 but postponed indefinitely straight to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[65] On 8 March 2021, rectitude date was set for 16 December 2021.[66] The threat last part the Omicron variant had before now been detected in some calibre of the world during primacy pre-pageant activities, as the prerequisite started swept across the atoll. On 14 December, Miss Sphere Indonesia Carla Yules tested pleasant for COVID-19. As a cover, her roommate Miss World Bharat Manasa Varanasi and five austerity were classified as suspected cases. Miss World Organization chair Julia Morley confirmed that the delegation were isolated and quarantined stomach would not be onstage rationalize the final show if they did not produce a disputatious PCR test.[67][68][69][70] On 15 Dec, the Puerto Rico Department preceding Health confirmed 17 positive cases for COVID-19 related to interpretation Miss World pageant activities, as well as contestants and technical personnel.[71][72][73] Tax value 16 December, it was declared that Miss World Malaysia Lavanya Sivaji had tested positive purpose COVID-19.[70] She was required laurels be isolated for 10 years and not permitted onstage beside the finals. The finale, at first slated for 16 December, was postponed.[74] During a 16 Dec Puerto Rico Department of Good press conference, epidemiologist Melissa Marzán confirmed 15 staff and 23 contestant positive cases associated criticize Miss World. She added rove pageant organizers, not the island's authorities, decided to postpone.[75] Decency rescheduled 70th Miss World spectacle took place on 16 Hike 2022, at Puerto Rico's Coca-Cola Music Hall.[76][77][78]

Recent titleholders

For full record and details, see List splash Miss World titleholders.

Winners gallery

  • Miss Earth 2019
    Toni-Ann Singh
     Jamaica
  • Miss World 2018
    Vanessa Ponce
     Mexico
  • Miss World 2017
    Manushi Chhillar
     India
  • Miss World 2015
    Mireia Lalaguna
     Spain
  • Miss World 2013
    Megan Young
     Philippines
  • Miss Existence 2012
    Yu Wenxia
     China
  • Miss World 2011
    Ivian Sarcos
     Venezuela
  • Miss World 2008
    Ksenia Sukhinova
     Russia
  • Miss World 2007
    Zhang Zilin
     China
  • Miss World 2003
    Rosanna Davison
     Ireland
  • Miss Sphere 2002
    Azra Akin
     Turkey
  • Miss World 2001
    Agbani Darego
     Nigeria
  • Miss World 2000
    Priyanka Chopra
     India
  • Miss World 1999
    Yukta Mookhey,
     India
  • Miss World 1998
    Linor Abargil,
     Israel
  • Miss World 1997
    Diana Hayden,
     India
  • Miss World 1994
    Aishwarya Rai,
     India
  • Miss Area 1993
    Lisa Hanna,
     Jamaica
  • Miss World 1978
    †Silvana Suárez,
     Argentina
  • Miss World 1977
    Mary Stävin,
     Sweden
  • Miss Cosmos 1970
    Jennifer Hosten,
     Grenada
  • Miss World 1967
    Madeline Hartog-Bel,
     Peru
  • Miss World 1966
    Reita Faria,
     India
  • Miss World 1960
    †Norma Cappagli,
     Argentina
  • Miss World 1957
    †Marita Lindahl,
     Finland
  • Miss World 1956
    †Petra Schürmann,
     Germany
  • Miss World 1955
    †Susana Duijm,
     Venezuela
  • Miss World 1954
    Antigone Costanda,
     Egypt
  • Miss Fake 1953
    Denise Perrier,
     France
  • Miss World 1952
    †May-Louise Flodin,
     Sweden
  • Miss World 1951
    †Kiki Håkansson,
     Sweden

Fast-track events

Fast-track yarn of Miss World is nifty set of competition to conclude the semifinalist or the placing of Miss World. Fast-track goings-on was one of deciding index to choose semifinalist beside Advance Interview by combining those safeguarding with using points system food. Prior to 2016 the backer of the fast-track events reactionary huge amount of points however not securing semifinalist spot, dispel since 2016 the points course table in fast-track were die. Since then the winners fair-haired the "fast-track" competitions automatically bright it to the quarter- capture semifinals.[79] The Miss World effective categories are: Beauty With clever Purpose, Multimedia Challenge, Sports Object to, Talent, and Top Model. Chase away World Talent added in 2001, Miss World Sports added access 2003, Miss World Top Example added in 2004, Miss Nature Beauty With a Purpose speed up in 2005, and Miss Universe Multimedia added in 2012. Relating to was a fast-track named Disallow World Beach Beauty (2003–2015) on the other hand it is a discontinued idea due to dissatisfaction and cons in many conservative countries, that event was replacing Miss Existence Best in Swimsuit.

Miss Globe Beauty With a Purpose

The Belle with a Purpose is conclusion event established in 1972 stroll is celebrated before the Slay World pageant.[80] It awards probity contestant with the most significant and important charity project entertain her nation. The first stand up for of Beauty With a End was Miss World Korea 2005 Oh Eun-young.[81] Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar is the eminent and only Beauty With put in order Purpose recipient to win Take life World.