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For other uses, see Miss World (disambiguation).

Miss World
Formation1951
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLondon
Location
Official language
English
President
Julia Morley
Key people
Eric Morley
Websitemissworld.com

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.[1][2] Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant.[3][4] Alongside with its rival, the Miss Universe and Miss Earth contests, Miss World pageant is one of the three most publicised beauty contests in the world.[5][6][7][8]

The current Miss World is Mireia Lalaguna of Spain who was crowned on 19 December 2015 in Sanya, China PR.

20th century

File:Missworld1951.jpg
The first Miss World, 1951 – Kiki Håkansson from Sweden

In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest.[9] The event was popular with the press, and was dubbed "Miss World" by the media. The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini[10] which had only recently been introduced onto the market, and which was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the controversy.

The pageant was originally planned as a Pageant for the Festival of Britain, but Eric Morley decided to make the Miss World pageant an annual event.[11][12] Morley registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark,[13] and all future pageants were held under that name. However, because of the controversy arising from Håkansson's crowning in a bikini, countries with religious traditions threatened not to send delegates to future events, and the bikini was condemned by the Pope.[14] Objection to the bikini led to its replacement in all future pageants[15][16] with what was accepted as more modest swimwear, and from 1976 swimsuits were replaced by evening gowns for the crowning.[17] Håkansson remains the only Miss World crowned in a bikini.[13] In Miss World 2013 all participants wore a one-piece swimsuit plus a traditional sarong below the waist as a compromise with local culture.[18]

Miss World Order or I’ll give you the results in reverse order. Morley announced the Miss World winners in the order No 3, No 2 and No 1. This keeps the tension up and avoids the anticlimax if Nos 2 and 3 are announced after the winner. [19]

In 1959, the BBC started broadcasting the pageant. The pageant's popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World would be among the most watched programs of the year on British television.[20] However, in 1970, the Miss World contest in London was disrupted by women's liberation protesters armed with flour bombs, stink bombs, and water pistols.[21]

In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the slogan Beauty With a Purpose, with added tests of intelligence and personality.[22] However, there have been various objections to the contest.[23][24] Although it still "enjoys success worldwide, it was last broadcast on UK televisions in 1998."[25]

21st century

Eric Morley died in 2000, and his wife, Julia, succeeded as chairwoman of the Miss World organisation.[26]

The first black African Miss World winner, Agbani Darego of Nigeria, was crowned in 2001. As part of its marketing strategy, Miss World came up with a "Vote For Me" television special during that edition, featuring the delegates behind the scenes and on the beach, and allowing viewers to either phone in or vote online for their favourites. It also sells its Talent, Beach Beauty and Sports events as television specials to broadcasters.[27]

In 2002 the pageant was slated for Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria to host its final. This choice was controversial, as a northern Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, was awaiting death by stoning for adultery under Sharia law there, but Miss World chose to use the publicity surrounding its presence to bring greater global awareness and action to Amina's plight (see Controversies section).[28][29]

Miss World organisation

Ivian Sarcos in a school in Mumbai, India

The Miss World Organisation owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals, a competition that has grown into one of the world's biggest.[30] Since its launch in 1951, the Miss World organisation has raised more than £250 million for children's charities[31] that help disabled and underprivileged children.[32] Miss World is franchised in more than 100 countries.[33][34] Miss World, Limited is a privately held firm, and thus figures for its earnings, expenses and charitable contributions are not publicly available.

Titleholders

For full list and details, see List of Miss World titleholders.
Year Country represented Name National Title Location Number of Entrants
2016 Washington, D.C., USA
2015  Spain Mireia Lalaguna Miss Spain Sanya, China PR 114
2014  South Africa Rolene Strauss Miss South Africa London, UK 121
2013  Philippines Megan Young Miss World Philippines Bali, Indonesia 127
2012  China PR Yu Wenxia Miss China World Ordos City, China PR 116

Categories

Miss World Beach Beauty, replacing Miss World Best in Swimsuit, and Miss World Sports were added in 2003, with Miss World Top Model being added in 2004. The winner of these events and Miss World Talent automatically make it into the semifinals.

Miss World Beach Beauty was a swimsuit or fast track competition in the Miss World pageant. The Beach Beauty event first started in 2003, when the Miss World Organization decided to have preliminary or fast track events to automatically give a semifinal spot to some of the delegates. This event allowed the Miss World delegates (over 100) to have a chance of being in the semifinals. The Beach Beauty event showcased different swimsuits designed by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced. In 2014, the organisation eliminated the swimsuit competition from the pageant.[35]

Miss World Sports or Sportswoman is a title and award given to the winner of a sports event at Miss World. It is a fast track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatically makes it into the semifinals. So far there are 5 Miss World Sports winners starting at 2003. In 2005, there was no Miss Sports winner because it wasn't held as an individual fast track event, but rather a continental team competition. Starting in 2006, the individual competition was back again.

Miss World Talent is a talent or fast track competition in the Miss World pageant, in which a number of contestants show their abilities in singing, dancing, poetry, etc. Introduced in Miss World 1978, the winner of the event automatically makes it into the semifinals starting 2003. The award returned at Miss World 2001.

Miss World Beach Beauty winners

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2003 Rosanna Davison [36]  Ireland [36] Miss World 2003 [37]
2004 Nancy Randall [38][better source needed]  United States 2nd Runner-up
2005 Yulia Ivanova [39]  Russia [39] Top 15 semifinalist
2006 Federica Guzmán [40]  Venezuela [40] Top 17 semifinalist
2007 Ada de la Cruz [41]  Dominican Republic [41] Top 16 semifinalist
2008 Anagabriela Espinoza  Mexico Top 15 semifinalist
2009 Kaiane Aldorino [42]  Gibraltar [42] Miss World 2009 [43]
2010 Yara Lasanta  Puerto Rico [44] Top 20 semifinalist
2011 Alize Lily Mounter [45]  England Top 7 finalist
2012 Sophie Moulds [46]  Wales 1st Runner-up
2013 Sancler Frantz [47][48]  Brazil [47][48] Top 6 finalist
2014 Olivia Asplund [49]  Sweden Top 25 semifinalist

Miss World Sports Challenge winners

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
2003 Nazanin Afshin-Jam  Canada 1st Runner Up
2004 Amy Guy  Wales Semifinalist
2005 Asia-Pacific Asia Team Challenge
2006 Malgosia Majewska  Canada Semifinalist
2007 Abigail Abby McCar  United States Semifinalist
2008 Alexandra Ívarsdóttir  Iceland Semifinalist
2009 Erusa Sasaki  Japan Semifinalist
2010 Lori Moore[50]  Northern Ireland [44] Semifinalist
2011 Marianly Tejeda  Dominican Republic
2012 Sanna Jinnedal  Sweden Semifinalist
2013 Jacqueline Steenbeek [48]  Netherlands [48] Semifinalist
2014 Krista Haapalainen [49]  Finland [49] Semifinalist
2015 Steffi Van Wyk [51][52]  Namibia [51][52]

Miss World Talent winners

Year Winner Represented Placement at Miss World
1978 Louvette Monzon Hammond  Philippines
2001 Stephanie Chase  Barbados
2002 [53] Rebekah Revels  United States Top 10 finalist
2003 Irina Onashvili [36]  Georgia [36] Top 20 semifinalist
2004 Shermain Jeremy [54]  Antigua & Barbuda [54] Top 15 semifinalist
2005 Kmisha Counts [55]  US Virgin Islands [55] Top 15 semifinalist
2006 Catherine Jean Milligan [56]  Northern Ireland [56] Top 17 semifinalist
2007 Irene Dwomoh [57]  Ghana [57] Top 16 semifinalist
2008 [58] Natalie Griffith  Barbados Top 15 semifinalist
2009 Lena Ma [59]  Canada [59] 4th Runner-up
Mariatu Kargbo  Sierra Leone [59] Top 16 semifinalist
2010 Emma Britt Waldron [60]  Ireland [44] 3rd Runner-up
2011 Gabriela Pulgar [61]  Chile [a][61] Top 20 quarterfinalist
2012 Yu Wenxia [63][64]  China PR [63][64] Miss World 2012 [65]
2013 [66] Vania Larissa [67]  Indonesia [67] Top 10 finalist
2014 Dewi Liana Seriestha[68][69]  Malaysia [69] Top 25 quarterfinalist
2015 Lisa Punch [70][71][72]  Guyana [70][72] Top 11 finalist

Pageant controversies

1970s – 1990s

The Miss World pageant has been the target of many controversies since its inception.

  • In 1970, feminist protesters threw flour bombs during the live event at London's Royal Albert Hall, momentarily alarming the host, Bob Hope.[73][74]
  • The 1973 winner, Marjorie Wallace, was stripped of her title on 8 March 1974, because she had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job. The Miss World organizers did not elect someone to serve in her place.[75]
  • In 1976, several countries went on a boycott, because the pageant included both a Caucasian and African representative for South Africa.[76] South Africa competed for the last time in 1977, before it was welcomed back in 1991 as Apartheid disintegrated.[77]
  • The 1980 winner Gabriella Brum of Germany resigned one day after winning, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. A few days later it emerged that she had been forced to resign after it was discovered that she posed naked for a magazine.[78]
  • In 1996, wide-scale protests took place in Bangalore, India, over the hosting of the beauty contest. The swimsuit shootings were moved to the Seychelles, and heavy security was placed. Despite the chaos, the pageant's live telecast went on smoothly.[79][80][81]

Nigeria 2002

Main article: Miss World 2002

In the year leading up the finals in Nigeria, several European title holders lobbied their governments and the EU parliament to support Amina Lawal's cause.[82] A number of contestants followed the lead of Kathrine Sørland of Norway in boycotting the contest (despite the controversy Sørland would go on to become a semi-finalist in both the Miss World and Miss Universe contest), while others such as Costa Rica were instructed by their national governments and parliaments not to attend the contest. Among the other boycotting nations were Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Panama, Belgium and Kenya. There was further controversy over the possibly suspended participation of France and South Africa, which may or may not have been due to the boycott.[83] For her part, Lawal asked that contestants not suspend their participation in the contest, saying that it was for the good of her country and that they could, as the representative of Sweden had earlier remarked, make a much stronger case for her on the ground in Nigeria.[84]

Despite the increasing international profile the boycott was garnering in the world press, the contest went ahead in Nigeria after being rescheduled to avoid taking place during Ramadan, with many prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one of the world's most influential national directors, famously said "there is no question about it (the participation of Miss Venezuela in the contest)." The trouble did not end there, however. A ThisDay (Lagos, Nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting that Muhammad would probably have chosen one of his wives from among the contestants had he been alive to see it, resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in which over 200 people were killed in the city of Kaduna, along with many houses of worship being burned by religious zealots.[85] Because of these riots, the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following widely circulated reports that the representatives of Canada and Korea had withdrawn from the contest and returned to their respective countries out of safety concerns. A fatwa urging the beheading of the woman who wrote the offending words, Isioma Daniel, was issued in Nigeria, but was declared null and void by the relevant Saudi Arabian authorities.[86][87][88][89] Upon the pageant's return to England, many of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norway, Kathrine Sørland, who was ironically tipped in the last few days as the number one favourite for the crown she had previously boycotted.[90][91][92][93][94]

The eventual winner of the pageant was Azra Akın of Turkey, the first predominantly Muslim country to hold the title since Egypt in 1954.[95]

China 2015

Main article: Miss World 2015

Anastasia Lin, a Falun Gong practitioner, was willing and entitled to participate in the event as Miss World Canada, and the pageant still listed her as a contestant. However, up to the last minute, Lin waited for an official invitation that was necessary for Chinese visa application, but to no avail and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the pageant and was declared persona non grata by the Chinese Government. Lin had openly criticized China's human rights violations. She is allowed by the Miss World Organization to compete at Miss World 2016.[96]

Miss World hosts and invited artists

The following is a list Miss World hosts and invited artists.

Year Hosts Images Invited Artists
1951 Eric Morley
1952 Eric Morley
1953 Eric Morley
1954 Eric Morley
1955 Eric Morley
1956 Eric Morley
1957 Eric Morley
1958 Eric Morley
1959 Bob Hope Bob Hope
1960 Bob Hope
1961 Michael Aspel Bob Hope [97]
1962 Michael Aspel
1963 Michael Aspel
1964 Michael Aspel
1965 Michael Aspel
1966 Michael Aspel
1967 Simon Dee
1968 Michael Aspel
1969 Michael Aspel
1970 Bob Hope,[98][99] Michael Aspel, Keith Fordyce Keith Fordyce
1971 Michael Aspel and David Vine
1972 Michael Aspel and David Vine
1973 Michael Aspel and David Vine
1974 Michael Aspel and David Vine
1975 David Vine and Ray Moore
1976 Sacha Distel, Patrick Lichfield, and Ray Moore
1977 Andy Williams, and Ray Moore Andy Williams
1978 Sacha Distel and Paul Burnett
1979 Sacha Distel, Esther Rantzen, Germaine Greer and Ray Moore
1980 Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers and Anthony Newley Anthony Newley and The Dougie Squires Dancers
1981 Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers Julio Iglesias and The Dougie Squires Dancers
1982 Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers The Three Degrees
1983 Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers Leo Sayer and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1984 Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers The Drifters and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1985 Peter Marshall and Anne Diamond Jack Jones and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1986 Peter Marshall and Mary Stavin Five Star and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1987 Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo Rick Astley and The Ken Warwick Dancers
1988 Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo Koreana and Donny Osmond
1989 Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo and John Davidson Aswad
1990 Peter Marshall and Michelle Rocca Jason Donovan and Richard Clayderman
1991 Peter Marshall and Gina Tolleson Indecent Obsession
1992 Billy Dee Williams, Jerry Hall, Deborah Shelton, Doreen Morris and Suanne Braun Abigail Kubheka, Sophia Foster, MarcAlex, Mara Louw, Paul Buckby, Malie Kelly, Leslie Klein-Smith and Soweto String Quartet
1993 Pierce Brosnan,[100] Doreen Morris, Kim Alexis and Gina Tolleson Pierce Brosnan George Benson, Crissy Caine, Jon Cecil, Sam Marais, PJ Powers and Vicky Sampson
1994 Richard Steinmetz, Suanne Braun and Bronson Pinchot David Abbate, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Johnny Clegg, Free Flight Dance Company and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1995 Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta and Bobbie Eakes Caught in the Act4
1996 Richard Steinmetz and Ruby Bhatia Alisha Chinnai
1997 Richard Steinmetz and Khanyi Dhlomo Mkhize Ricky Martin
1998 Ronan Keating and Eden Harel Boyzone and Errol Brown
1999 Ulrika Jonsson and Melanie Sykes Robert Palmer, Westlife and Enrique Iglesias
2000 Jerry Springer and Rebecca de Alba Bryan Ferry, bond, Leonard Cohen and S Club 7
2001 Jerry Springer and Claire Elizabeth Smith Jerry Springer Umoja
2002 Sean Kanan and Claire Elizabeth Smith Chayanne and BBMak
2003 Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram[101] and Angela Chow Luis Fonsi, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey and Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe
2004 Troy McClain, Angela Chow and Lisa Snowdon Lionel Richie and Il Divo
2005 Tim Vincent and Angela Chow Alexander O’Neal and Beijing Singing & Dancing Theatre
2006 Tim Vincent, Angela Chow and Grazyna Torbicka Westlife, Robin Gibb and Amici
2007 Fernando Allende and Angela Chow Duncan James, Haikou Artistic Group, The South African Mvezo Choir and No. 9 Primary School of Sanya
2008 Tumisho Masha and Angela Chow McFly, Alesha Dixon, Jeanette Winterson
2009 Angela Chow, Michelle McLean, Steve Douglas[102][103] Umoja, Gang of Instrumentals
2010 Angela Chow,[104] Steve Douglas Shayne Ward, Dave Koz, Carlos Aponte
2011 Angela Chow,[105] Jason Cook, Steve Douglas Diversity, Blue, Ramin Karimloo
2012 Myleene Klass,[106] Jason Cook,[107] Lily Wu, Ni Ran Mutu, Steve Douglas Rodrick Dixon, Huhehaote Youth Horse Cello Troupe
2013 Myleene Klass, Kamal Ibrahim, Daniel Mananta, Amanda Zevannya, Steve Douglas Matt Cardle, Blue, GIGI Art of Dance, Soerya Soemirat Dance Group, Iskandar Widjaja, Maylaffayza
2014 Tim Vincent, Megan Young,[108] Frankie Cena, Steve Douglas Sky Blu, The Vamps
2015 Tim Vincent, Megan Young,[108] Angela Chow, Steve Douglas Yu Wenxia, The Wholls, Julian Believe

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "... Miss England was Miss World 2011 Beach Beauty, Kazakhstan was Miss World 2011 Top Model, while Miss World 2011 Talent title went to Miss Chile ..."[62]

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