Miss World 2018 Explained

Venue:	Sanya City Arena, Sanya, China
Date:	8 December 2018
Entrants:	118
Placements:	30
Winner:	Vanessa Ponce Mexico
Before:	2017
Next:	2019

Miss World 2018 was the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China on 8 December 2018.

At the end of the event, Manushi Chhillar of India crowned Vanessa Ponce of Mexico as Miss World 2018. It is the first victory of Mexico in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from 118 countries and territories competed in the pageant. The pageant was hosted by Fernando Allende, Angela Chow, Megan Young, Stephanie Del Valle, Frankie Cena, and Barney Walsh. Donel Mangena, Dimash Qudaibergen, and American vocal group Sister Sledge performed in this edition.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant^[2]
Miss World 2018	– Vanessa Ponce
Runner-up	– Nicolene Limsnukan
Top 5	– Maria Vasilevich – Kadijah Robinson – Quiin Abenakyo
Top 12	– Maëva Coucke Martinique – Larissa Segarel – Murielle Ravina – Shrinkhala Khatiwada – Jessica Tyson – Solaris Barba – Linzi McLelland
Top 30	– Jannatul Ferdous – Ashley Lashley – Angeline Flor Pua – Anahi Hormazabal – Mao Peirui – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Anukreethy Vas – Alya Nurshabrina – Kanako Date – Larissa Ping – Anita Ukah – Katharine Walker – Natalya Stroeva – Vanessa Peh – Thulisa Keyi – Marisa Butler – Veruska Ljubisavljević – Trần Tiểu Vy

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent	Contestant
Africa	– Quiin Abenakyo
Americas	– Solaris Barba
Asia	– Nicolene Limsnukan
Caribbean	– Kadijah Robinson
Europe	– Maria Vasilevich
Oceania^[3]	– Jessica Tyson

Challenge events

Head-to-Head Challenge

Round 1

• Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to the Top 30 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to the Top 30 via judges' choice.

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Round 2

• Advanced to the Top 30 via the Head-to-Head challenge.

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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	France – Maëva Coucke
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Senegal – Aissatou Filly
3rd runner-up	– Bo Ah Cho
4th runner-up	South Africa – Thulisa Keyi
Top 32	Australia – Taylah Cannon Barbados – Ashley Lashley Belarus – Maria Vasilevich Belgium – Angeline Flor Pua Brazil – Jéssica Carvalho Chile – Anahi Hormazabal Croatia – Ivana Mudnić Dujmina Germany – Christine Keller Greece – Maria Lepida Guadeloupe – Morgane Thérésiné Italy – Nunzia Amato Japan – Kanako Date Malaysia – Larissa Ping Mexico – Vanessa Ponce Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada New Zealand – Jessica Tyson Nigeria – Anita Ukah Panama – Solaris Barba Philippines – Katarina Rodriguez Poland – Agata Biernat – Natalya Stroeva Serbia – Ivana Trišić Spain – Amaia Izar Sri Lanka – Nadia Gyi Thailand – Nicolene Bunchu Turkey – Sevval Sahin – Trần Tiểu Vy

Talent

Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.^[4]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Japan – Kanako Date
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Canada – Hanna Begovic
3rd runner-up	Poland – Agata Biernat
4th runner-up	Malaysia – Larissa Ping
Top 18	Bulgaria – Kalina Miteva Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki Guyana – Ambika Ramraj Haiti – Stephie Morency India – Anukreethy Vas Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina Nicaragua – Yoselin Reyes Panama – Solaris Barba Paraguay – Maquenna Gaiarín Puerto Rico – Dayanara Martinez Spain – Amaia Izar Thailand – Nicolene Bunchu United States – 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	United States – Marisa Butler
1st runner-up	– Vanessa Vargas
2nd runner-up	Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink
Team Challenge Winner	Red Team
Long jump	– Vanessa Vargas
Athletics (60 metres)	Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink
Swimming	New Zealand – Jessica Daniel Tyson

Team	Blue Team	Red Team	Yellow Team
Top 18	New Zealand – Jessica Daniel Tyson – Katharine Walker Panama – Solaris Barba – Linzi McLelland Slovenia – Lara Kalanj United States – Marisa Butler	Belarus – Maria Vasilevich – Vanessa Vargas Canada – Hanna Begovic Cayman Islands – Kelsie Woodman Bodden Dominican Republic – Denise Romero Ireland – Aoife O'Sullivan	Ecuador – Nicol Ocles Hungary – Andrea Szarvas Kazakhstan – Ekaterina Dvoretskaya Latvia – Daniela Gods-Romanovska Netherlands – Leonie Hesselink Poland – Agata Biernat
Reserve	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce Sierra Leone – Sarah Laura Tucker	Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Rubiato Nhamajo	Finland – Jenny Lappalainen – Tamara Zareţcaia

Multimedia

Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018.^[5]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
1st runner-up	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce
2nd runner-up	Kenya – Finali Galaiya
Top 10	France – Maëva Coucke India – Anukreethy Vas Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina Malaysia – Larissa Ping Mongolia – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa Thailand – Nicolene Bunchu – Veruska Ljubisavljević

Beauty With A Purpose

The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award (Miss Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand, Mexico & Vietnam) became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018.
The 25 projects that were shortlisted are:^[6]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
Top 5	Indonesia – Alya Nurshabrina Mexico – Vanessa Ponce New Zealand – Jessica Tyson – Trần Tiểu Vy
Top 12	Chile – Anahi Hormazabal Jamaica – Kadijah Robinson Kenya – Finali Galaiya Lebanon – Mira Al Toufaily Malaysia – Larissa Ping Panama – Solaris Barba Trinidad and Tobago – Ysabel Bisnath
Top 25	Barbados – Ashley Lashley Brazil – Jéssica Carvalho China – Peirui Mao Cook Islands – Reihana Koteka-Wiki Guyana – Ambika Ramraj Italy – Nunzia Amato Japan – Kanako Date Mongolia – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa Myanmar – Han Thi – Natalya Stroeva Rwanda – Liliane Iradukunda – Linzi McLelland Singapore – Vanessa Peh

Global Vote

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Thailand – Nicolene Bunchu
1st runner-up	Mexico – Vanessa Ponce
2nd runner-up	Uganda – Quiin Abenakyo

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	China – Peirui Mao South Africa – Thulisa Keyi
Top 5	Malaysia – Larissa Ping Portugal – Carla Rodrigues Thailand – Nicolene Bunchu

Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award

Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award.^[7]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Kenya – Finali Galaiya
1st runner-up	China – Peirui Mao
2nd runner-up	Nepal – Shrinkhala Khatiwada
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Dayanara Martinez
4th runner-up	– Alisha Cowie

Contestants

118 contestants competed for the title:^[8]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Nikita Preka^[9]	22	Lezhë
Angola	Nelma Ferreira	20	Luanda
Argentina	Victoria Soto	25	Concepción del Uruguay
Armenia	Arena Zeynalyan	25	Yerevan
Aruba	Nurianne Arias	24	Oranjestad
Australia	Taylah Cannon	23	Melbourne
Austria	Izabela Ion	24	Bregenz
Bahamas	Brinique Gibson	22	New Providence
Bangladesh	Jannatul Ferdous Oishee	18	Pirojpur
Barbados	Ashley Lashley	19	Bridgetown
Belarus		21	Minsk
Belgium	Angeline Flor Pua	23	Antwerp
Belize	Jalyssa Arthurs^[10]	18	Santa Elena
Bolivia	Vanessa Vargas	22	Cochabamba
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Anđela Paleksić	20	Sarajevo
Botswana	Moitshepi Elias	24	Gaborone
Brazil	Jéssica Carvalho	22	Parnaíba
British Virgin Islands	Yadali Thomas Santos	22	Tortola
Bulgaria	Kalina Miteva	19	Sofia
Cameroon	Aimee Caroline Nseke	22	Yaoundé
Canada	Hanna Begovic	19	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Kelsie Woodman Bodden	22	Grand Cayman
Chile	Anahi Hormazabal	19	Santiago
China	Mao Peirui	26	Yinchuan
Colombia	Laura Osorio	22	Medellín
Cook Islands	Reihana Koteka-Wiki	26	Rarotonga
Croatia	Ivana Mudnić Dujmina	17	Dubrovnik
Curaçao	Nazira Colastica	18	Willemstad
Cyprus	Andriánna Fiakká	19^[11]	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Kateřina Kasanová	19	Prague
Denmark	Tara Jensen	18	Hvidovre
Dominican Republic	Denise Romero	24	Higüey
Ecuador	Nicol Ocles	21	Pimampiro
Egypt	Mony Helal^[12] ^[13]	26	Cairo
El Salvador	Metzi Solano	27	Santa Ana
England	Alisha Cowie	19	Newcastle
Equatorial Guinea	Silvia Adjomo Ndong	20	Malabo
Ethiopia	Soliyana Abayneh	22	Addis Ababa
Finland	Jenny Lappalainen^[14]	23	Helsinki
France	Maëva Coucke	24	Ferques
Georgia	Nia Tsivtsivadze	24	Tbilisi
Germany	Christine Keller	24	Düsseldorf
Ghana	Nana Ama Benson	23	Accra
Gibraltar	Star Farrugia	22	Gibraltar
Greece	Maria Lepida	20	Patras
Guadeloupe	Morgane Thérésine	22	Le Gosier
Guam	Gianna Sgambelluri	18	Hagåtña
Guatemala	Elizabeth Gramajo^[15]	22	Guatemala City
	Rubiato Nhamajo^[16]	23	Bafatá
Guyana	Ambika Ramraj	19	Georgetown
Haiti	Stephie Morency	26	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Dayana Sabillón	23	Siguatepeque
Hong Kong	Wing Wong^[17]	25	Kowloon
Hungary	Andrea Szarvas	20	Vésztő
Iceland	Erla Ólafsdóttir^[18]	24	Reykjavík
India	Anukreethy Vas	20	Tiruchirappalli
Indonesia	Alya Nurshabrina	22	Bandung
Ireland	Aoife O'Sullivan	23	Bandon
Italy	Nunzia Amato	21	Naples
Jamaica	Kadijah Robinson	23	Saint Elizabeth
Japan	Kanako Date	21	Tokyo
Kazakhstan	Ekaterina Dvoretskaya^[19]	20	Atyrau
Kenya	Finali Galaiya	24	Nairobi
Laos	Kadoumphet Xaiyavong	21	Oudomxay
Latvia	Daniela Gods-Romanovska^[20]	21	Riga
Lebanon	Mira Al-Toufaily^[21]	26	Beirut
Lesotho	Rethabile Thaathaa^[22]	21	Maseru
Luxembourg	Cassandra Lopes Monteiro	18	Luxembourg City
Madagascar	Miantsa Randriambelonoro^[23]	20	Antananarivo
Malaysia	Larissa Ping	19	Lutong
Malta	Maria Ellul^[24]	24	Valletta
Martinique	Larissa Segarel^[25]	20	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Murielle Ravina	22	Port Louis
Mexico	Vanessa Ponce	26	Mexico City
Moldova	Tamara Zareţcaia	21	Chișinău
Mongolia	Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa^[26]	21	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Natalija Glušcević	18	Podgorica
Myanmar	Han Thi	21	Yangon
Nepal	Shrinkhala Khatiwada^[27]	26	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Leonie Hesselink	26	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Jessica Tyson	25	Auckland
Nicaragua	Yoselin Gómez Reyes	23	Boaco
Nigeria	Anita Ukah	23	Owerri
Northern Ireland	Katharine Walker	23	Belfast
Norway	Madelen Michelsen	19	Oslo
Panama	Solaris Barba	19	Panama City
Paraguay	Maquenna Gaiarín	22	Asunción
Peru	Clarisse Uribe	22	Chincha Alta
Philippines		26	Davao City
Poland	Agata Biernat	29	Zduńska Wola
Portugal	Carla Rodrigues	25	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Dayanara Martínez	25	Canóvanas
Russia	Natalya Stroeva^[28]	19	Yakutsk
Rwanda	Liliane Iradukunda	19	Western Province
Scotland	Linzi McLelland	24	East Kilbride
Senegal	Aïssatou Filly	22	Dakar
Serbia	Ivana Trišić^[29]	24	Belgrade
Sierra Leone		24	Bonthe
Singapore	Vanessa Peh	23	Singapore
Slovakia	Dominika Grecová	20	Bratislava
Slovenia	Lara Kalanj	18	Ljubljana
South Africa	Thulisa Keyi^[30]	26	East London
South Korea	Bo Ah Cho	25	Seoul
South Sudan	Florence Thompson^[31]	19	Juba
Spain	Amaia Izar	21	Agoitz
Sri Lanka	Nadia Gyi	18	Colombo
Tanzania	Queen Elizabeth Makune	22	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Nicolene Limsnukan	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Ysabel Bisnath	26	Port of Spain
Turkey	Sevval Sahin	19	Istanbul
Uganda	Quiin Abenakyo	22	Mayuge
Ukraine	Leonila Guz	19	Kherson
United States	Marisa Butler	24	Standish
Venezuela	Veruska Ljubisavljević	27	Caracas
Vietnam		18	Quảng Nam
Wales	Bethany Harris	20	Newport
Zambia	Musa Kalaluka^[32]	20	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Belinda Potts	21	Harare

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2014:

• Martinique

Last competed in 2016:

Withdrawals

• Cape Verde - Joyce Delgado; Did not compete for an unknown reason, will compete in 2019
• Cote d'Ivoire - Fatem Suy
• Fiji
• Guinea
• Israel
• Liberia
• Romania
• Seychelles — Due to internal problems of citing costs of the pageant. Miss Seychelles 2018 is cancelled.^[33]
• Sweden — Amanda Wiberg
• Tunisia — Haifa Ghedir
• Uruguay

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 8 December 2018 . HIGHLIGHTS: Miss World 2018 winners. 14 August 2024 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Miss World Continental 2018. www.missworld.com. 26 April 2024.
4. Web site: Miss World Talent 2018. www.missworld.com. 26 April 2024 .
5. Web site: Miss World Multimedia 2018. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bq7QxOmg7SH . 26 December 2021 . registration. Miss World Instagram.
6. Web site: Beauty With A Purpose 2018. www.missworld.com. 26 April 2024.
7. Web site: Sanya Tourism Award 2018. www.missworld.com. 26 April 2024.
8. Web site: Miss World 2018. www.missworld.com. 26 April 2024 .
9. Web site: Miss World. missworld.com. 20 November 2018.
10. Web site: Jalyssa Lynn Arthurs took over the reign of Miss World Belize . Miss World . 16 October 2018.
11. Web site: Index of /. www.missworld.com. 20 November 2018.
12. Web site: Miss World. www.missworld.com. 20 November 2018.
13. Web site: Miss Egypt. www.facebook.com. 20 November 2018.
14. Web site: Jenny Lappalainen is Miss World Finland 2018 . Miss Suomi - Miss Finland . 1 October 2018.
15. Web site: Elizabeth Gramajo crowned Miss World Guatemala 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 30 September 2017 . 30 September 2017.
16. Web site: Miss World. www.missworld.com. 20 November 2018.
17. Web site: Index of /. 20 November 2018. www.missworld.com.
18. Web site: Introduce Miss World Iceland 2018 Erla Alexandra Ólafsdóttir . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bosk38DFW0P . 26 December 2021 . registration. Miss World Iceland - Official . 9 October 2018.
19. Web site: Miss World Kazakhstan 2018 . 365info.kz . 30 September 2018 . 30 September 2018 . kk.
20. Web site: Miss World. www.missworld.com. 20 November 2018.
21. Web site: Mira Al Toufaily was declared Lebanon's representative to Miss World 2018 . Miss World . 1 October 2018.
22. Web site: Rethabile Thaathaa is Miss Lesotho 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 26 December 2017 . 26 December 2017.
23. Web site: Miantsa Randriambelonoro is Miss Madagascar 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 22 December 2017 . 22 December 2017.
24. Web site: Marial Ellul wins Miss World Malta 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 23 May 2018 . 24 May 2018.
25. Web site: Miss Territorial Martinique 2017 . The Times Of Beauty. 1 October 2017.
26. Web site: Enkhriimaa Erdenebaatar took over the Miss World Mongolia reign . Miss World . 17 September 2018.
27. Web site: Katarina Rodriguez crowned as Miss World Nepal 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 12 April 2018 . 12 April 2018.
28. Web site: Miss World Russia 2018 is Natalya Stroeva . The Asian Pageantry . 10 August 2018 .
29. Web site: Ivana Trisic is Miss Serbia 2017 . The Great Pageant Community . 12 October 2017 . 12 October 2017.
30. Web site: Thulisa Keyi wins Miss World South Africa 2018 . The Great Pageant Community . 27 May 2018 . 27 May 2018.
31. Web site: Florence Thompson crowned Miss World South Sudan 2018 . Hot in Juba . 14 October 2018 . 14 October 2018.
32. Web site: Musa Kalaluka is Miss Zambia 2017 . The Great Pageant Community . 22 December 2017 . 22 December 2017.
33. Web site: Citing high costs, government to stop organising Miss Seychelles beauty pageant. Sharon. Ernesta. 17 August 2019.