Miss World 2018


Miss World 2018, the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 December 2018 at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. Manushi Chhillar of India crowned her successor Vanessa Ponce of Mexico at the end of the event. She is the first Mexican woman to win Miss World.

Background

Result

Continental Queens of Beauty

Challenge events

Head-to-Head Challenge

Round 1

GroupCountry 1Country 2Country 3Country 4Country 5Country 6
1AUSCZEETHGHAMRIPER
2BARCAYFRAGEOGERPAR
3FINLATSLERSAVENWAL
4EQGGUYISLNORPHISEN
5CANDOMGIBJAMNGRSCO
6BANBRABVICHNDENIRE
7BAHBOTCHIJPNZIM
8BOLCMRCOKLBNSVKUSA
9ALBENGINAKAZMASRWA
10CYP'LESNCASRBSLO
11ARMBIZGUAITAMYANZL
12EGYINDMNEPANSSDVIE
13BIHGUMLUXMDANEProwspan=1
14BLRCUR'NEDPURSIN
15AUTGREHUNMGLTHAUKR
16BELBULCOLLAOPORZAM
17ARUMLTMEXNIRRUSESP
18CROHAISRITANTTOTUR
19ARGECUESAKENMADPOL
20ANGGBSHONHKGUGArowspan=1

Round 2

GroupCountry 1Country 2
1MUSFRA
2VENPHI
3NGABAN
4ChileLBN
5MYS
6MYAIND
7NEPSIN
8ThailandBUL
9MEXTTO
10ARGUGA

Top Model

Miss France, Maëva Coucke won the Top Model Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.
Final result  Contestant
Winner
  • ' – Maëva Coucke
1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Peirui Mao
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Aissatou Filly
  • 3rd Runner-Up
  • ' – Bo Ah Cho
  • 4th Runner-Up
  • ' – Thulisa Keyi
  • Top 32
  • ' – Taylah Cannon
  • ' – Ashley Lashley
  • ' – Maria Vasilevich
  • ' – Angeline Flor Pua
  • ' – Jéssica Carvalho
  • ' – Anahi Hormazabal
  • ' – Ivana Mudnić Dujmina
  • ' – Christine Keller
  • ' – Maria Lepida
  • ' – Morgane Thérésiné
  • ' – Nunzia Amato
  • ' – Kanako Date
  • ' – Larissa Ping Liew
  • ' – Vanessa Ponce de Leon
  • ' – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
  • ' – Jessica Tyson
  • ' – Anita Ukah
  • ' – Solaris Barba
  • ' – Katarina Rodriguez
  • ' – Agata Biernat
  • ' – Natalya Stroeva
  • ' – Ivana Trišić
  • ' – Amaia Izar
  • ' – Nadia Gyi
  • ' – Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan
  • ' – Sevval Sahin
  • ' – Trần Tiểu Vy
  • Talent

    Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.
    Final result  Contestant
    Winner
    • ' – Kanako Date
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Peirui Mao
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Hanna Begovic
  • 3rd Runner-Up
  • ' – Agata Biernat
  • 4th Runner-Up
  • ' – Larissa Ping Liew
  • Top 18
  • ' – Kalina Miteva
  • ' – Reihana Koteka-Wiki
  • ' – Ambika Ramraj
  • ' – Stephie Morency
  • ' – Anukreethy Vas
  • ' – Alya Nurshabrina
  • ' – Yoselin Reyes
  • ' – Solaris Barba
  • ' – Maquenna Gaiarín
  • ' – Dayanara Martinez
  • ' – Amaia Izar
  • ' – Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan
  • ' – Marisa Butler
  • Sports

    Miss United States, Marisa Butler won the Sports Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.
    Final result  Contestant
    Winner
    • ' – Marisa Butler
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Vanessa Vargas
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Leonie Hesselink
  • Team Challenge Winner
  • Red Team
  • Long jump
  • ' – Vanessa Vargas
  • Athletics
  • ' – Leonie Hesselink
  • Swimming
  • ' – Jessica Daniel Tyson
  • TeamBlue TeamRed TeamYellow Team
    Top 18
    • ' – Jessica Daniel Tyson
    • ' – Katharine Walker
    • ' – Solaris Barba
    • ' – Linzi McLelland
    • ' – Lara Kalanj
    • ' – Marisa Butler
  • ' – Maria Vasilevich
  • ' – Vanessa Vargas
  • ' – Hanna Begovic
  • ' – Kelsie Woodman Bodden
  • ' – Denise Romero
  • ' – Aoife O'Sullivan
  • ' – Nicol Ocles
  • ' – Andrea Szarvas
  • ' – Ekaterina Dvoretskaya
  • ' – Daniela Gods-Romanovska
  • ' – Leonie Hesselink
  • ' – Agata Biernat
  • Reserve
  • ' – Vanessa Ponce
  • ' – Sarah Laura Tucker
  • ' – Reihana Koteka-Wiki
  • ' – Rubiato Nhamajo
  • ' – Jenny Lappalainen
  • ' – Tamara Zareţcaia
  • Multimedia

    Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018.
    Final result  Contestant
    Winner
    • ' – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Vanessa Ponce
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Finali Galaiya
  • Top 5
  • ' – Maëva Coucke
  • ' – Alya Nurshabrina
  • Top 10
  • ' – Anukreethy Vas
  • ' – Larissa Ping Liew
  • ' – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa
  • ' – Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan
  • ' – Veruska Ljubisavljević
  • Beauty With A Purpose

    The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018.
    The 25 projects that were shortlisted are :
    Final resultContestant
    Winner
    • ' – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Alya Nurshabrina
  • ' – Jessica Tyson
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Vanessa Ponce
  • ' – Trần Tiểu Vy
  • Top 12
  • ' – Anahi Hormazabal
  • ' – Kadijah Robinson
  • ' – Finali Galaiya
  • ' – Mira Al Toufaily
  • ' – Larissa Ping Liew
  • ' – Solaris Barba
  • ' – Ysabel Bisnath
  • Top 25
  • ' – Ashley Lashley
  • ' – Jéssica Carvalho
  • ' – Peirui Mao
  • ' – Reihana Koteka-Wiki
  • ' – Ambika Ramraj
  • ' – Nunzia Amato
  • ' – Kanako Date
  • ' – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa
  • ' – Han Thi
  • ' – Natalya Stroeva
  • ' – Liliane Iradukunda
  • ' – Linzi McLelland
  • Vanessa Peh
  • Global Vote

    World Fashion Designer Award

    Miss South Africa, Thulisa Keyi and Miss China, Peirui Mao emerged as the joint winners of the Designer Award.
    Final result  Contestant
    Winners
    • ' – Peirui Mao
    • ' – Thulisa Keyi
    Top 5
  • ' – Larissa Ping Liew
  • ' – Carla Rodrigues
  • – Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan
  • Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award

    Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.
    Final result  Contestant
    Winner
    • ' – Finali Galaiya
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Peirui Mao
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
  • 3rd Runner-Up
  • ' – Dayanara Martinez
  • 4th Runner-Up
  • Alisha Cowie
  • Contestants

    118 contestants competed for the title:
    Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
    AlbaniaNikita Preka22Lezhë
    AngolaNelma Ferreira20Luanda
    ArgentinaVictoria Soto25Concepción del Uruguay
    ArmeniaArena Zeynalyan25Yerevan
    ArubaNurianne Arias24Oranjestad
    AustraliaTaylah Cannon23Melbourne
    AustriaIzabela Ion24Bregenz
    BahamasBrinique Gibson22New Providence
    BangladeshJannatul Ferdous Oishee18Pirojpur
    BarbadosAshley Lashley19Bridgetown
    BelarusMaria Vasilevich21Minsk
    BelgiumAngeline Flor Pua23Antwerp
    BelizeJalyssa Arthurs18Santa Elena
    BoliviaVanessa Vargas22Cochabamba
    Bosnia and HerzegovinaAnđela Paleksić20Sarajevo
    BotswanaMoitshepi Elias24Gaborone
    BrazilJéssica Carvalho22Parnaíba
    British Virgin IslandsYadali Thomas Santos22Tortola
    BulgariaKalina Miteva19Sofia
    CameroonAimee Caroline Nseke22Yaoundé
    CanadaHanna Begovic19Toronto
    Cayman IslandsKelsie Woodman Bodden22Grand Cayman
    ChileAnahi Hormazabal19Santiago
    ChinaMao Peirui26Yinchuan
    ColombiaLaura Osorio22Medellín
    Cook IslandsReihana Koteka-Wiki26Rarotonga
    CroatiaIvana Mudnić Dujmina17Dubrovnik
    CuraçaoNazira Colastica18Willemstad
    CyprusAndriánna Fiakká19Nicosia
    Czech RepublicKateřina Kasanová19Prague
    DenmarkTara Jensen18Hvidovre
    Dominican RepublicDenise Romero24Higüey
    EcuadorNicol Ocles21Pimampiro
    EgyptMony Helal26Cairo
    El SalvadorMetzi Solano27Santa Ana
    EnglandAlisha Cowie19Newcastle
    Equatorial GuineaSilvia Adjomo Ndong20Malabo
    EthiopiaSoliyana Abayneh22Addis Ababa
    FinlandJenny Lappalainen23Helsinki
    FranceMaëva Coucke24Ferques
    GeorgiaNia Tsivtsivadze24Tbilisi
    GermanyChristine Keller24Düsseldorf
    GhanaNana Ama Benson23Accra
    GibraltarStar Farrugia22Gibraltar
    GreeceMaria Lepida20Patras
    GuadeloupeMorgane Thérésine22Le Gosier
    GuamGianna Sgambelluri18Hagåtña
    GuatemalaElizabeth Gramajo22Guatemala City
    Rubiato Nhamajo23Bafatá
    GuyanaAmbika Ramraj19Georgetown
    HaitiStephie Morency26Port-au-Prince
    Hong KongWing Wong25Kowloon
    HondurasDayana Sabillón23Siguatepeque
    HungaryAndrea Szarvas20Vésztő
    IcelandErla Ólafsdóttir24Reykjavík
    IndiaAnukreethy Vas20Tiruchirappalli
    IndonesiaAlya Nurshabrina22Bandung
    IrelandAoife O'Sullivan23Bandon
    ItalyNunzia Amato21Naples
    JamaicaKadijah Robinson23Saint Elizabeth
    JapanKanako Date21Tokyo
    KazakhstanEkaterina Dvoretskaya20Atyrau
    KenyaFinali Galaiya24Nairobi
    KoreaBo Ah Cho25Seoul
    LaosKadoumphet Xaiyavong21Oudomxay
    LatviaDaniela Gods-Romanovska21Riga
    LebanonMira Al-Toufaily26Beirut
    LesothoRethabile Thaathaa21Maseru
    LuxembourgCassandra Lopes Monteiro18Luxembourg City
    MadagascarMiantsa Randriambelonoro20Antananarivo
    MalaysiaLarissa Ping Liew19Lutong
    MaltaMaria Ellul24Valletta
    MartiniqueLarissa Segarel20Fort-de-France
    MauritiusMurielle Ravina22Port Louis
    MexicoVanessa Ponce26Mexico City
    MoldovaTamara Zareţcaia21Chișinău
    MongoliaErdenebaatar Enkhriimaa21Ulaanbaatar
    MontenegroNatalija Glušcević18Podgorica
    MyanmarHan Thi21Yangon
    NepalShrinkhala Khatiwada23Hetauda
    NetherlandsLeonie Hesselink26Amsterdam
    New ZealandJessica Tyson25Auckland
    NicaraguaYoselin Gómez Reyes23Boaco
    NigeriaAnita Ukah23Owerri
    Northern IrelandKatharine Walker23Belfast
    NorwayMadelen Michelsen19Oslo
    PanamaSolaris Barba19Panama City
    ParaguayMaquenna Gaiarín22Asunción
    PeruClarisse Uribe22Chincha Alta
    PhilippinesKatarina Rodriguez26Davao City
    PolandAgata Biernat28Zduńska Wola
    PortugalCarla Rodrigues25Lisbon
    Puerto RicoDayanara Martínez25Canóvanas
    RussiaNatalya Stroeva19Yakutsk
    RwandaLiliane Iradukunda19Western Province
    ScotlandLinzi McLelland24East Kilbride
    SenegalAïssatou Filly22Dakar
    SerbiaIvana Trišić24Belgrade
    Sierra LeoneSarah Laura Tucker24Bonthe
    SingaporeVanessa Peh23Singapore
    SlovakiaDominika Grecová20Bratislava
    SloveniaLara Kalanj18Ljubljana
    South AfricaThulisa Keyi26East London
    South SudanFlorence Thompson19Juba
    SpainAmaia Izar21Agoitz
    Sri LankaNadia Gyi18Colombo
    TanzaniaQueen Elizabeth Makune22Dar es Salaam
    ThailandNicolene Pichapa Limsnukan20Bangkok
    Trinidad and TobagoYsabel Bisnath26Port of Spain
    TurkeySevval Sahin19Istanbul
    UgandaQuiin Abenakyo22Mayuge
    UkraineLeonila Guz19Kherson
    United StatesMarisa Butler24Standish
    VenezuelaVeruska Ljubisavljević27Caracas
    VietnamTrần Tiểu Vy18Quảng Nam
    WalesBethany Harris20Newport
    ZambiaMusa Kalaluka20Lusaka
    ZimbabweBelinda Potts21Harare

    Returns

    Last competed in 2014:
    Last competed in 2016:

    Replacements

    Withdrawals