Miss World 2019


Miss World 2019, the 69th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2019 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. Vanessa Ponce of Mexico crowned her successor Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica at the end of the event. This is Jamaica's fourth Miss World title, and its first since 1993.

Background

The official announcement was made on 19 February 2019, in Bangkok, by Miss World President Julia Morley, CEO Tanawat Wansom of TW Pageants and guest Ashwani Kumar Rai. They announced a mid-December date for the contest. However, on 2 July 2019, Morley and Vanessa Ponce, the reigning Miss World, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan. Morley officially announced that the pageant will be held on Saturday, 14 December 2019, at ExCeL London and that Miss World 2020 will be held in Thailand in order to celebrate Miss World’s 70th anniversary. The 2019 opening ceremony was held in London on 20 November. Contestants then competed in a series of fast track events around London.

Result

Continental Queens of Beauty

Judges

The judges' panel for Miss World 2019 were:

Head-to-Head Challenge

Round 1

GroupCountry 1Country 2Country 3Country 4Country 5Country 6
1AlbaniaEnglandGuyanaHondurasPeru
2Cook IslandsGuatemalaIrelandItalyMyanmarRussia
3British Virgin IslandsIcelandLaosNicaraguaSouth SudanVenezuela
4ArmeniaBoliviaBulgariaKazakhstanMongoliaSouth Africa
5Hong KongMoldovaSingaporeSpainSri Lanka
6BrazilCuraçaoDenmarkEcuadorMaltaNorthern Ireland
7Equatorial GuineaHungaryMalaysiaTrinidad and TobagoUnited StatesWales
8ChileCroatiaFranceNew ZealandParaguayScotland
9CanadaCzech RepublicIndonesiaPortugalSierra LeoneTunisia
10Cayman IslandsGibraltarMexicoNepalPolandTanzania
11ColombiaCosta RicaJapanLuxembourgNetherlandsNigeria
12BelgiumJamaicaPanamaSloveniaTurkeyUS Virgin Islands
13AustraliaEl SalvadorGeorgiaGuinea BissauPuerto RicoSlovakia
14BahamasBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaHaitiIndiaThailand
15Antigua and BarbudaBarbadosChinaGreeceSamoaSweden
16ArgentinaBelarusFinlandKenyaMacauUkraine
17ArubaDominican RepublicGhanaPhilippinesRwandarowspan=3
18CambodiaMauritiusMontenegroUgandaVietnam-
19AngolaBangladeshEthiopiaKyrgyzstanSenegal-

Round 2

GroupCountry 1Country 2
1BRAMDA
2NEPINA
3CHNVEN
4NGRBLR
5MEXUGA
6PHITUR
7MGLGUY
8BANIND
9IRLTTO
10PARGEO

Top Model

Miss Nigeria Nyekachi Douglas won Top Model Competition and become the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
Final resultContestant
Winner
  • ' – Nyekachi Douglas
1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Lương Thùy Linh
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Suman Rao
  • 3rd Runner-Up
  • ' – Ophély Mézino
  • 4th Runner-Up
  • ' – Oliver Nakakande
  • Top 10
  • ' – Elís Miele Coelho
  • ' – Denisa Spergerová
  • ' – Lila Lam
  • ' – Madina Batyk
  • ' – Tya Janè Ramey
  • Top 40
  • ' – Taqiyyah Francis
  • ' – Judit Grnja
  • ' – Sarah Marschke
  • ' – Che Amor Greenidge
  • ' – Ivana Ladan
  • ' – Li Peishan
  • ' – Katarina Mamić
  • ' – Natasja Kunde
  • ' – Alba Marie Blair
  • ' – Dana Mononen
  • ' – Alysha Morency
  • ' – Krisztina Nagypál
  • ' – Princess Megonondo
  • ' – Adele Sammartino
  • ' – Toni-Ann Singh
  • ' – Maria Wavinya
  • ' – Yu Yanan
  • ' – Ashley Alvídrez
  • ' – Elizaveta Kuznitova
  • ' – Mirjana Muratović
  • ' – Michelle Dee
  • ' – Milena Sadowska
  • ' – Daniella Rodríguez
  • ' – Alina Sanko
  • ' – Frederika Kurtulíková
  • ' – Mariah Joseph Maget
  • ' – Simay Rasimoğlu
  • ' – Marharyta Pasha
  • ' – Isabella Rodríguez
  • ' – Gabriella Jukes
  • Sports

    Miss British Virgin Islands Rikkiya Brathwaite won the Sports Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
    Final resultContestant
    Winner
    • ' – Rikkiya Brathwaite
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Nyekachi Douglas
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Tya Janè Ramey
  • Team Challenge Winner
  • Green Team
  • Team Contestant
    Red Team
    • ' – Brezana Da Costa
    • ' – Tajiya Eikura Sahay
    • ' – Janet Ortiz Oyono
    • ' – Anaïs Lacalmontie
    • ' – Alysha Morency
    • ' – Melanie Heynsbroek
    • ' – Elizaveta Kuznitova
    • ' – Agustina Ruiz Arrechea
    Yellow Team
  • ' – Ghislaine Mejia
  • ' – Anastasia Laurynchuk
  • ' – Jessica Jiménez
  • ' – Nini Gogichaishvili
  • ' – Maria Wavinya
  • ' – Ekaterina Zabolotnova
  • ' – Marharyta Pasha
  • ' – Emmy Cuvelier
  • Green Team
  • ' – Rikkiya Brathwaite
  • ' – Naomi Colford
  • ' – Bhasha Mukherjee
  • ' – Ophély Mézino
  • ' – Marika Sera
  • ' – Nyekachi Douglas
  • ' – Enid Jones-Boston
  • ' – Tya Janè Ramey
  • Blue Team
  • ' – Ana Grisel Romero
  • ' – Lucy Brock
  • ' – María Teresa Cortéz
  • ' – Lauren Eve Leckey
  • ' – Inês Brusselmans
  • ' – Keryn Matthew
  • ' – María del Mar Aguilera
  • – Oliver Nakakande
  • Talent

    Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was the winner of the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019
    Final resultContestant
    Winner
    • ' – Toni-Ann Singh
    1st Runner-Up
  • ' – Rikkiya Brathwaite
  • 2nd Runner-Up
  • ' – Naomi Colford
  • Top 5
  • ' – Liana Voskerchyan
  • ' – Nicole Vella
  • Top 27
  • ' – Sarah Marschke
  • ' – Che Amor Greenidge
  • ' – Iciar Diaz Camacho
  • ' – Li Peishan
  • ' – Tajiya Eikura Sahay
  • ' – Natasja Kunde
  • ' – Celine Bolaños
  • ' – Kolfinna Mist Austfjörð
  • ' – Suman Rao
  • ' – Marika Sera
  • ' – Melanie Heynsbroek
  • ' – Alexis SueAnn Seow
  • ' – Tsevelmaa Mandakh
  • ' – Nyekachi Douglas
  • ' – Agustina Ruiz Arrechea
  • ' – Araceli Bobadilla
  • ' – Frederika Kurtulíková
  • ' – Sylvia Sebastian
  • ' – Marharyta Pasha
  • ' – Emmy Cuvelier
  • ' – A’yana Keshelle Phillips
  • – Gabriella Jukes
  • Multimedia

    Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, was the winner of the Multimedia Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2019.
    Final resultContestant
    Winner
    • ' – Anushka Shrestha
    1st Runner-up
  • ' – Ashley Alvídrez
  • 2nd Runner-up
  • – Tsevelmaa Mandakh
  • Beauty With A Purpose

    For the first time, all 10 finalists were placed in the Top 40 of Miss World 2019 due to their impressive projects and initiatives. Miss Nepal, Anushka Shrestha, received the award and will receive funding from the Miss World Organization for the establishment of her project.
    Final resultContestant
    Winner
    • ' – Anushka Shrestha
    Top 10
  • ' – Ophély Mézino
  • ' – Suman Rao
  • ' – Princess Megonondo
  • ' – Alexis SueAnn Seow
  • ' – Tsevelmaa Mandakh
  • ' – Nyekachi Douglas
  • ' – Sabrine Mansour
  • ' – Isabella Rodríguez
  • ' – Lương Thùy Linh
  • Contestants

    111 delegates have been confirmed.
    Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
    AlbaniaAtalanta Kercyku20Tirana
    AngolaBrezana Da Costa24Luanda
    Antigua and BarbudaTaqiyyah Francis25St. John's
    ArgentinaJudit Grnja18Villa Ángela
    ArmeniaLiana Voskerchyan20Yerevan
    ArubaGhislaine Mejia20Oranjestad
    AustraliaSarah Marschke20Sydney
    BahamasNyah Bandelier18Eleuthera
    BangladeshRafah Nanjeba Torsa21Chittagong
    BarbadosChe Amor Greenidge25Bridgetown
    BelarusAnastasia Laurynchuk18Minsk
    BelgiumElena Castro Suarez19Antwerp
    BoliviaIciar Díaz Camacho20Santa Cruz
    Bosnia and HerzegovinaIvana Ladan20Jajce
    BotswanaOweditse Phirinyane Gofaone25Gaborone
    BrazilElís Miele Coelho20Serra
    British Virgin IslandsRikkiya Brathwaite22Tortola
    BulgariaMargo Cooper26Sofia
    CambodiaVy Sreyvin20Phnom Penh
    CanadaNaomi Colford19Sydney
    Cayman IslandsJaci Patrick24West Bay
    ChileIgnacia Albornoz Olmedo17Santiago
    ChinaLi Peishan20Beijing
    ColombiaSara Arteaga Franco25Medellín
    Cook IslandsTajiya Eikura Sahay26Avarua
    Costa RicaJessica Jiménez25San José
    CroatiaKatarina Mamić22Lika-Senj
    CuraçaoSharon Meyer22Willemstad
    Czech RepublicDenisa Spergerová18České Budějovice
    DenmarkNatasja Kunde18Copenhagen
    Dominican RepublicAlba Marie Blair21Jarabacoa
    EcuadorMaría Auxiliadora Idrovo18Guayaquil
    El SalvadorFatima Mangandi27Santa Tecla
    EnglandBhasha Mukherjee23Derby
    Equatorial GuineaJanet Ortiz Oyono20Malabo
    EthiopiaFeven Gebreslassie22Addis Ababa
    FinlandDana Mononen19Helsinki
    FranceOphély Mézino20Morne-à-l'Eau
    GeorgiaNini Gogichaishvili24Tbilisi
    GhanaRebecca Kwabi26Accra
    GibraltarCeline Bolaños22Gibraltar
    GreeceRafaela Plastira20Trikala
    GuadeloupeAnaïs Lacalmontie22Basse-Terre
    GuatemalaDulce María Ramos García22Cuilapa
    Laila Samati21Bissau
    GuyanaJoylyn Conway20Georgetown
    HaitiAlysha Morency25Port-au-Prince
    HondurasAna Grisel Romero20Olanchito
    Hong KongLila Lam26Hong Kong
    HungaryKrisztina Nagypál22Budapest
    IcelandKolfinna Mist Austfjörð23Reykjavík
    IndiaSuman Rao21Udaipur
    IndonesiaPrincess Megonondo19Jambi
    IrelandChelsea Farrell19County Louth
    ItalyAdele Sammartino24Pompei
    JamaicaToni-Ann Singh23Saint Thomas
    JapanMarika Sera17Kanagawa
    KazakhstanMadina Batyk20Pavlodar
    KenyaMaria Wavinya19Nyandarua
    KoreaLim Ji-yeon20Seoul
    KyrgyzstanEkaterina Zabolotnova24Bishkek
    LaosNelamith Xaypannha20Vientiane
    LuxembourgMelanie Heynsbroek19Luxembourg City
    MacauYu Yanan20Macau
    MalaysiaAlexis SueAnn Seow24Selangor
    MaltaNicole Vella20Valletta
    MauritiusUrvashi Gooriah19Port Louis
    MexicoAshley Alvídrez20Ciudad Juárez
    MoldovaElizaveta Kuznitova19Tiraspol
    MongoliaTsevelmaa Mandakh22Ulaanbaatar
    MontenegroMirjana Muratović19Podgorica
    MyanmarKhit Lin Latt Yoon22Yangon
    NepalAnushka Shrestha22Kathmandu
    NetherlandsBrenda Felicia Muste22Arnhem
    New ZealandLucy Brock24Auckland
    NicaraguaMaría Teresa Cortéz18Carazo
    NigeriaNyekachi Douglas20Calabar
    Northern IrelandLauren Eve Leckey20Stoneyford
    PanamaAgustina Ruiz Arrechea25Chitré
    ParaguayAraceli Bobadilla20Asunción
    PeruAngella Escudero23Sullana
    PhilippinesMichelle Dee24Makati
    PolandMilena Sadowska20Oświęcim
    PortugalInês Brusselmans24Oeiras
    Puerto RicoDaniella Rodríguez22Bayamón
    RussiaAlina Sanko20Azov
    RwandaMeghan Nimwiza20Kigali
    SamoaAlalamalae Lata20Apia
    ScotlandKeryn Matthew24Edinburgh
    SenegalAlberta Diatta19Ziguinchor
    Sierra LeoneEnid Jones-Boston20Freetown
    SingaporeSheen Cher20Singapore
    SlovakiaFrederika Kurtulíková24Bratislava
    SloveniaŠpela Alič20Ljubljana
    South AfricaSasha-Lee Olivier26Alberton
    South SudanMariah Joseph Maget22Juba
    SpainMaría del Mar Aguilera21Córdoba
    Sri LankaDewmi Thathsarani20Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
    SwedenDaniella Lundqvist20Kalmar
    TanzaniaSylvia Sebastian19Mwanza
    ThailandNarintorn Chadapattarawalrachoat22Pathum Thani
    Trinidad and TobagoTya Janè Ramey21Port of Spain
    TunisiaSabrine Mansour23Mahdia
    TurkeySimay Rasimoğlu22Istanbul
    UgandaOliver Nakakande24Bombo
    UkraineMarharyta Pasha24Kharkiv
    United StatesEmmy Cuvelier23Pierre
    US Virgin IslandsA’yana Keshelle Phillips24Saint Thomas
    VenezuelaIsabella Rodríguez26Petare
    VietnamLương Thùy Linh19Cao Bằng
    WalesGabriella Jukes22Port Talbot

    Returns

    Last competed in 2006:
    Last competed in 2015:
    Last competed in 2016:
    Last competed in 2017:

    Replacements

    Withdrawals