Miss World 2014 Explained

Venue:	ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Date:	14 December 2014
Entrants:	121
Placements:	25
Winner:	Rolene Strauss South Africa
Before:	2013
Next:	2015

Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. 121 contestants competed for the crown. Megan Young of the Philippines crowned her successor Rolene Strauss of South Africa 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]

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2014	– Rolene Strauss
1st Runner-Up	– Edina Kulcsár
2nd Runner-Up	– Elizabeth Safrit
Top 5	– Courtney Thorpe – Carina Tyrrell
Top 11	– Julia Gama – Koyal Rana – Rafieya Husain – Idah Nguma – Daniela Álvarez – Nonthawan Thongleng §
Top 25	– Andrea Forfori – Du Yang – Dhío Moreno – Krista Haapalainen – Nadia Ntanu – Maria Rahajeng – Dewi Liana Seriestha – Tatjana Maul – Valerie Weigmann – Anastasia Kostenko – Ellie McKeating – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth – Olivia Asplund – Sarah Jane Waddell – Nguyễn Thị Loan

§ People's Choice winner

Challenge Events

Beach Beauty

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Sweden – Olivia Asplund^[3]
Top 5	India – Koyal Rana Kenya – Idah Nguma Mexico – Daniela Álvarez South Africa – Rolene Strauss

Talent

Final result	Contestant
Winner	– Dewi Liana Seriestha^[4]
Runner-Up	– Ellie McKeating
Top 5	– Anastasia Kostenko Sweden – Olivia Asplund United States – Elizabeth Safrit

Contestants

121 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Xhensila Pere	25	Pogradec
Argentina	Yoana Don^[5]	23	Santiago del Estero
Aruba	Joitza Henriquez	21	Oranjestad
Australia	Courtney Thorpe	23	Brisbane
Austria	Julia Furdea^[6]	20	Asten
Bahamas	Rosetta Cartwright	19	Nassau
Barbados	Zoé Trotman	22	Bridgetown
Belarus	Viktoria Mihanovich	21	Minsk
Belgium	Anissa Blondin^[7]	22	Brussels
Belize	Raquel Badillo	21	Belize City
Bermuda	Lillian Lightbourn^[8]	24	Hamilton
Bolivia	Andrea Forfori	25	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Isidora Borovčanin	19	Pale
Brazil		21	Porto Alegre
British Virgin Islands		25	Road Town
Cameroon	Larissa Ngangoum	24	Yaoundé
Canada		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		19	Nicosia
Czech Republic		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		21	Santa Ana
England		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		20	Orléanais
Gabon	Jessie Lekery	24	Moyen-Ogooué
Georgia		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		21	Anna Regina
Haiti	Carolyn Desert	25	Port-au-Prince
Hong Kong	Erin Wong	23	Kowloon
Hungary		24	Budapest
Iceland	Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir	22	Hafnarfjörður
India	Koyal Rana^[9]	21	New Delhi
Indonesia	Maria Rahajeng	22	Mamuju
Ireland	Jessica Hayes	20	Cork
Israel		20	Beersheba
Italy	Silvia Cataldi	24	Sannicola
Jamaica	Laurie-Ann Chin	21	Montego Bay
Japan	Hikaru Kawai	19	Sendai
Kenya	Idah Nguma	22	Machakos
South Korea	Hwa-young Song	23	Suwon
Kosovo	Vita Rexhepi	20	Pristina
Kyrgyzstan	Aikol Alikzhanova	24	Jalal-Abad
Latvia	Liliana Garkalne	19	Riga
Lebanon		24	Bishmizzine
Lesotho	Nthole Matela	21	Mapoteng
Lithuania	Agnė Kavaliauskaitė	21	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Frédérique Wolff	19	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Dewi Liana Seriestha^[10]	25	Kampung Tematu
Malta	Joanna Galea	24	Valletta
Martinique	Anaïs Delwaulle	20	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Sheetal Khadun	25	Port Louis
Mexico		21	Cuernavaca
Moldova	Alexandra Caruntu	18	Ungheni
Mongolia	Battsetseg Turbat	23	Ulan Bator
Montenegro	Nataša Novaković	18	Podgorica
Myanmar		19	Naypyidaw
Namibia		22	Windhoek
Nepal		23	Dharan
Netherlands	Tatjana Maul	25	The Hague
New Zealand	Arielle Garciano	22	Lyttelton
Nicaragua	Yumara López	20	Rivas
Nigeria	Iheoma Nnadi^[11]	19	Akwa Ibom
Northern Ireland	Rebekah Shirley	19	Belfast
Norway	Monica Pedersen	25	Moelv
Panama		21	Panama City
Paraguay		21	Asunción
Peru	Sofía Rivera	24	Oxapampa
Philippines		25	Legazpi
Poland	Ada Sztajerowska	22	Piotrków Trybunalski
Portugal	Zita Oliveira	24	Lisbon
Puerto Rico		24	Arroyo
Romania	Bianca Fanu	25	Timișoara
Russia	Anastasia Kostenko	20	Salsk
	Djeissica Barbosa	19	São Tomé
Scotland	Ellie McKeating	19	Milngavie
Serbia		21	Belgrade
Seychelles		23	Victoria
Singapore	Dalreena Poonam Gill	20	Bedok
Slovakia		19	Detva
Slovenia	Julija Bizjak	20	Lesce
South Africa	Rolene Strauss^[12]	22	Volksrust
South Sudan	Awien Kuanyin-Agoth	19	Gogrial
Spain	Lourdes Rodríguez	20	Daimiel
Sri Lanka	Chulakshi Ranathunga^[13]	25	Colombo
Sweden	Olivia Asplund	18	Stockholm
Switzerland		20	Gossau
Tanzania	Happiness Watimanywa	20	Dodoma
Thailand	Nonthawan Chanvanathorn^[14]	20	Surat Thani
Trinidad and Tobago	Sarah Jane Waddell	24	Carenage
Tunisia	Wahiba Arres	20	Menzel Bourguiba
Turkey		21	Izmir
Uganda		21	Iganga
Ukraine	Andriana Khasanshin	19	Lviv
United States	Elizabeth Safrit^[15]	22	Kannapolis
Uruguay	Romina Fernández	20	Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Aniska Tonge	20	St. Thomas
Venezuela	Debora Menicucci^[16]	23	Caracas
Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Loan	23	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Alice Ford	21	Cardiff
Zimbabwe	Tendai Humda	23	Chitungwiza

Judges

The judges for Miss World 2014 were:

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization^[17]
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• Rudy Salles – Member of the National Assembly of France^[17]
• Jody Reynolds – former president of Variety International^[17]
• Marsha-Rae Ratcliff – Variety International board member
• Tony Hatch – British most celebrated musical acts and films
• Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
• Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar
• Mike Dixon – Musical director

Miss Honduras World 2014

In April 2014, María José Alvarado was crowned 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.^[18] 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.^{[19] [20]}

Further reading

• "Miss World 2014: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan felicitated for being the most successful Miss World so far". CNN-IBN. 15 December 2014.
• Web site: Nicaragua en miss mundo 2012 . El Nuevo Diario . 7 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017132921/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/variedades/253956 . 17 October 2012 .

External links

• Miss World official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emanuella Grinberg. Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014. 14 December 2014 . 13 February 2022. CNN. en-US.
2. Web site: 14 December 2014. Miss World 2014 Winner Is Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss—See Photos and Find Out Who Else Make the Top 10!. 13 February 2022. E!.
3. Web site: Miss World Beach Beauty winners in swimsuits - BeautyPageants . 13 February 2022 . The Times of India.
4. Web site: A first for Malaysia – Dewi is Miss Talent at Miss World finals . 13 February 2022 . The Borneo Post . 16 December 2014 . en-US.
5. Web site: Yoana Don Marozzi to represent Argentina at Miss World 2014. 14 February 2022. Biharprabha News . en-US.
6. Web site: 17 July 2014. Iulia Furdea va participa la Miss World 2014: Nepoata antrenorului de rugby Adrian Pllotschi a devenit Miss Austria (galerie foto). 14 February 2022. ZIUA de Constanta. ro.
7. Web site: Miss Belgium 2014 will not participate in the Miss World. 14 February 2022. The Brussels Times. en.
8. McCluskie. Megan. Hart. Alice. 26 September 2016. Watch this Face: Lily Lightbourn. 14 February 2022. Harper's Bazaar . en-GB.
9. Web site: Times. Navhind. 13 March 2015. Femina Miss India 2014: Koyal Rana inspires Goans to get fit. 14 February 2022. The Navhind Times. en-US.
10. Web site: Bidayuh Miss Malaysia World hopes to inspire others. 14 February 2022. The Borneo Post. 14 September 2014 . en-US.
11. Web site: BellaNaija.com. 22 July 2014. Iheoma Nnadi: I Knew I Was Going to Win MBGN 2014. 14 February 2022. BellaNaija. en-US.
12. Web site: Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss is Crowned Miss World 2014. 14 February 2022. Hotels, Gaming and Entertainment Group. en.
13. Web site: Glittering finale for Miss World Sri Lanka The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka. 14 February 2022.
14. Web site: Com. The Phuket News. 23 July 2014. Dusky Southern Thai stunner breaks beauty norm. 14 February 2022. The Phuket News . en.
15. Web site: [e-mail]. Jessica Groover Pacek . Safrit crowned Miss United States, aims for Miss World. 14 February 2022. The Independent Tribune. 11 July 2014 . en.
16. Web site: [e-mail]. María Gabriela Villalobos / Maracaibo /. Debora Menicucci es la nueva miss Venezuela Mundo. 14 February 2022. Diario La Verdad.
17. Web site: Marsh . Harriet . Miss England misses out on 2014 Miss World crown . . 14 December 2014 . 16 June 2016.
18. News: Missing Miss Honduras: Police Find Bodies. Sky News. 19 November 2014.
19. News: Helling. Steve. Miss World Contestants Mourn the Death of Miss Honduras, María José Alvarado. People. 19 November 2014. 22 November 2014.
20. Web site: Day 4 – Service of Unity. Miss World . Cena, Frankie. 23 November 2014. 14 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214091608/http://www.missworld.com/News/2014-11-23/Day-4-Service-of-Unity/. 14 December 2014.