Miss World 2014 was the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom, on 14 December 2014.

Miss World 2014
Rolene Strauss
Date14 December 2014
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants121
Placements25
Debuts
  • Chad
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
Withdrawals
  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • Chile
  • Dominica
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Honduras
  • Kazakhstan
  • Macedonia
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Samoa
  • Taiwan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Luxembourg
  • Myanmar
  • Uruguay
  • Zimbabwe
WinnerRolene Strauss, South Africa
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Megan Young of the Philippines crowned Rolene Strauss of South Africa as her successor at the end of the event.[1] This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.[2]

Background

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Chad and São Tomé and Príncipe, and the return of Egypt, Israel, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Uruguay and Zimbabwe; Myanmar, which last competed (as Burma) in 1960, Luxembourg in 2010, Egypt in 2011, and Israel, Uruguay and Zimbabwe in 2012.

Angola, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.

Miss Honduras

In April 2014, María José Alvarado won Miss Honduras World. She was expected to represent Honduras and was scheduled to fly to London, England for the Miss World pageant. On 19 November 2014, Alvarado and her sister Sofía Trinidad were found murdered and then buried in the village of Cablotales.[3] Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organization Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.[4][5]

Results

Placements

 
Miss world 2014 participating countries and territories
Placement Contestant[2]
Miss World 2014
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 11
Top 25
  •   Bolivia – Andrea Forfori
  •   China – Du Yang
  •   Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno
  •   Finland – Krista Haapalainen
  •   Ghana – Nadia Ntanu
  •   Indonesia – Maria Rahajeng
  •   Malaysia – Dewi Liana Seriestha
  •   Netherlands – Tatjana Maul
  •   Philippines – Valerie Weigmann
  •   Russia – Anastasia Kostenko
  •   Scotland – Ellie McKeating
  •   South Sudan – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth
  •   Sweden – Olivia Asplund
  •   Trinidad and Tobago – Sarah Waddell
  •   Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Loan

§ – People's Choice winner

Challenge Events

Beach Beauty

Final result Contestant
Winner
  •   Sweden – Olivia Asplund[7]
Top 5

Talent

Final result Contestant
Winner
Runner-Up
  •   Scotland – Ellie McKeating
Top 5
  •   Russia – Anastasia Kostenko
  •   Sweden – Olivia Asplund
  •   United States – Elizabeth Safrit

Judges

The judges for Miss World 2014 were:

Contestants

121 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Albania Xhensila Pere 25 Pogradec
  Argentina Yoana Don[10] 23 Santiago del Estero
  Aruba Joitza Henriquez 21 Oranjestad
  Australia Courtney Thorpe 23 Brisbane
  Austria Julia Furdea[11] 20 Asten
  Bahamas Rosetta Cartwright 19 Nassau
  Barbados Zoé Trotman 22 Bridgetown
  Belarus Viktoria Mihanovich 21 Minsk
  Belgium Anissa Blondin[12] 22 Brussels
  Belize Raquel Badillo 21 Belize City
  Bermuda Lillian Lightbourn[13] 24 Hamilton
  Bolivia Andrea Forfori 25 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Isidora Borovčanin 19 Pale
  Brazil Julia Gama 21 Porto Alegre
  British Virgin Islands Rosanna Chichester 25 Road Town
  Cameroon Larissa Ngangoum 24 Yaoundé
  Canada Annora Bourgeault 21 Regina
  Chad Sakadi Djivira 21 Abéché
  China Du Yang 22 Beijing
  Colombia Leandra García 21 Cali
  Costa Rica Natasha Sibaja 23 San José
  Côte d'Ivoire Yéo Jennifer 18 Aboisso
  Croatia Antonija Gogić 19 Zagreb
  Curaçao Gayle Sulvaran 19 Willemstad
  Cyprus Ioánna Filíppou 19 Nicosia
  Czech Republic Tereza Skoumalová 24 Ostrava
  Denmark Pernille Sørensen 23 Aalborg
  Dominican Republic Dhío Moreno 24 Santo Domingo
  Ecuador Virginia Limongi 19 Portoviejo
  Egypt Amina Ashraf 19 Giza
  El Salvador Larissa Vega 21 Santa Ana
  England Carina Tyrrell 24 Cambridge
  Equatorial Guinea Agnes Cheba 19 Luba
  Ethiopia Yirgalem Hadish 23 Addis Ababa
  Fiji Charlene Tafuna'i 20 Nadi
  Finland Krista Haapalainen 24 Helsinki
  France Flora Coquerel 20 Orléans
  Gabon Jessie Lekery 24 Moyen-Ogooué
  Georgia Ana Zubashvili 21 Tbilisi
  Germany Egzonita Ala 18 Stuttgart
  Ghana Nadia Ntanu 23 Accra
  Gibraltar Shyanne Azzopardi 23 Gibraltar
  Greece Eleni Kokkinou 20 Athens
  Guadeloupe Wendy Metony 20 Le Gosier
  Guam Chanel Cruz Jarrett 20 Agana Heights
  Guatemala Keyla Bermúdez 22 Guatemala City
  Guinea Halimatou Diallo 20 Conakry
  Guyana Rafieya Husain 21 Anna Regina
  Haiti Carolyn Desert 25 Port-au-Prince
  Hong Kong Erin Wong 23 Kowloon
  Hungary Edina Kulcsár 24 Budapest
  Iceland Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir[14] 22 Hafnarfjörður
  India Koyal Rana[15] 21 New Delhi
  Indonesia Maria Rahajeng 22 Mamuju
  Ireland Jessica Hayes 20 Cork
  Israel Mor Maman 20 Beersheba
  Italy Silvia Cataldi 24 Sannicola
  Jamaica Laurie-Ann Chin 21 Montego Bay
  Japan Hikaru Kawai 19 Sendai
  Kenya Idah Nguma 22 Machakos
  Kosovo Vita Rexhepi 17 Pristina
  Kyrgyzstan Aikol Alikzhanova 24 Jalal-Abad
  Latvia Liliana Garkalne[16] 19 Riga
  Lebanon Saly Greige 24 Bishmizzine
  Lesotho Nthole Matela 21 Mapoteng
  Lithuania Agnė Kavaliauskaitė 21 Vilnius
  Luxembourg Frédérique Wolff 19 Luxembourg
  Malaysia Dewi Liana Seriestha[17] 25 Kampung Tematu
  Malta Joanna Galea 24 Valletta
  Martinique Anaïs Delwaulle 20 Fort-de-France
  Mauritius Sheetal Khadun 25 Port Louis
  Mexico Daniela Álvarez 21 Cuernavaca
  Moldova Alexandra Caruntu 18 Ungheni
  Mongolia Battsetseg Turbat 23 Ulan Bator
  Montenegro Nataša Novaković 18 Podgorica
  Myanmar Wyne Lay 19 Naypyidaw
  Namibia Brumhilda Ochs 22 Windhoek
  Nepal Subin Limbu 23 Dharan
  Netherlands Tatjana Maul 25 The Hague
  New Zealand Arielle Garciano 22 Lyttelton
  Nicaragua Yumara López 20 Rivas
  Nigeria Iheoma Nnadi[18] 19 Akwa Ibom
  Northern Ireland Rebekah Shirley 19 Belfast
  Norway Monica Pedersen 25 Moelv
  Panama Nicole Pinto 21 Panama City
  Paraguay Myriam Arévalos 21 Asunción
  Peru Sofía Rivera 24 Oxapampa
  Philippines Valerie Weigmann 25 Legazpi
  Poland Ada Sztajerowska 22 Piotrków Trybunalski
  Portugal Zita Oliveira 24 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Génesis Dávila 24 Arroyo
  Romania Bianca Fanu 25 Timișoara
  Russia Anastasia Kostenko 20 Salsk
  São Tomé and Príncipe Djeissica Barbosa 19 São Tomé
  Scotland Ellie McKeating 19 Milngavie
  Serbia Milica Vukliš 21 Belgrade
  Seychelles Camila Estico 23 Victoria
  Singapore Dalreena Poonam Gill 20 Bedok
  Slovakia Laura Longauerová 19 Detva
  Slovenia Julija Bizjak 20 Lesce
  South Africa Rolene Strauss[19] 22 Volksrust
  South Korea[b] Hwa-young Song 23 Suwon
  South Sudan Awien Kuanyin-Agoth 19 Gogrial
  Spain Lourdes Rodríguez 20 Daimiel
  Sri Lanka Chulakshi Ranathunga[20] 25 Colombo
  Sweden Olivia Asplund 18 Stockholm
  Switzerland Dijana Cvijetić 20 Gossau
  Tanzania Happiness Watimanywa 20 Dodoma
  Thailand Nonthawan Thongleng[21] 20 Surat Thani
  Trinidad and Tobago Sarah Jane Waddell 24 Carenage
  Tunisia Wahiba Arres 20 Menzel Bourguiba
  Turkey Amine Gülşe[22] 21 İzmir
  Uganda Leah Kalanguka 21 Iganga
  Ukraine Andriana Khasanshin 19 Lviv
  United States Elizabeth Safrit[23] 22 Kannapolis
  United States Virgin Islands Aniska Tonge 20 Saint Thomas
  Uruguay Romina Fernández 20 Montevideo
  Venezuela Debora Menicucci[24] 23 Caracas
  Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Loan 23 Ho Chi Minh City
  Wales Alice Ford 21 Cardiff
  Zimbabwe Tendai Humda 23 Chitungwiza

Note

  1. ^ Ages at the time in the pageant
  2. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

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