Miss Tourism World

Miss Tourism World

Great Britain & China logos
Formation	United Kingdom–1991;34 years ago (1991) China–2009;16 years ago (2009)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	United Kingdom–Miss Tourism World® China–Miss Tourism World©
Official language	English, Chinese
Key people	United Kingdom John David Singh
Website	MTW UK Official Website MTW China Official Website

Miss Tourism World is an annual international beauty pageant with two distinct organizations, one established in Great Britain in 1991 and another founded in China in 2009. ^[1]

The current titleholder of Miss Tourism World 2022, a Great Britain-based pageant, is Erina Hanawa from Japan, who was crowned on December 10, 2022, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The current titleholder of Miss Tourism World 2024, a China-based pageant, is Isabelle Queiroz Bartoli from Brazil. She was crowned in Guangdong, China. ^[2]

History

Based in Great Britain

Miss Tourism World was initially established as an international beauty pageant in 1991 in Great Britain. The organization was acquired by Mr. David Singh in 2008. Due to various factors, the pageant was not held in the following years: 1993, 1996, 1998–1999, 2004, 2006, 2008–2011, 2016–2017, and 2020–2021. ^[1]

During the most recent edition of MTW, Erina Hanawa from Japan was crowned Miss Tourism World 2022 on December 10 in Vĩnh Phúc province, Vietnam. This makes her the second Japanese woman to win the title. ^[3]

Based in China

In 2009, the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant was established in China. Over the years, it has undergone several name changes, including Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International (2011–2010), Miss City Tourism Champion (2016), Miss Tourism World - Global (2017–2019, 2023), and Miss Tourism World - Intercontinental (2019).

The most recent competition, Miss Tourism World - Global 2023, was held in Quanzhou, China, on December 22. The title of Miss Tourism World - Global 2023 was awarded to Karolína Gorylová from the Czech Republic. ^[4]

Background

Miss Tourism and the Miss Tourism World Tour hold annual competitions to promote global tourism. The Miss Tourism World Organization brings together contestants and titleholders from various countries in a selected host nation to participate in Miss Tourism World, a well-established pageant centred on tourism. Contestants produce tourism videos, showcased during the final event, to spotlight destinations and encourage tourism. ^{[5] [6]}

The Miss Tourism World Organization's primary goal is to promote tourism through its participants. It offers international visibility for the host country, aiming to attract tourists, boost foreign revenue, and support local communities by presenting the country as a travel destination. ^[7]

Format

The Miss Tourism World pageant includes titles such as Miss Tourism World Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe, and Oceania. These continental titles provide a platform for host countries to present their cultural and tourism concepts to a broader audience, including the youth. ^[8]

Contestants participate in segments such as evening gown, swimsuit, and national costume presentations. The Miss Tourism World pageant has been hosted across four continents, allowing participants to compete for both the overall title and their respective continental crowns. The national costume segment is mandatory, with the Best National Costume Award presented to one contestant during the finale. ^[9]

Titleholders

Based in Great Britain (since 1992)	Based in China (since 2009)
Year Country/Territory Titleholder Venue Entrants 1992   Argentina Andrea Ramon Oranjestad, Aruba – 1994   Venezuela Monica Montenegro Prosperi 20 1995   Philippines Suzanne Park Fahling Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 23 1997   Colombia Maria Mercedes Ruiz Orozco 24 2000   Venezuela Francys Barraza Sudnicka St. Paul's Bay, Malta 48 2001   Croatia Anita Dujic Medellín, Colombia 59 2002   Philippines Michelle C Reyes Ankara, Turkey 62 2003   Romania Alina Ciorogariu Valencia, Venezuela 45 2005   Czech Republic Zuzana Putnarova Harare, Zimbabwe 86 2007   Moldova Ecaterina Sau Antalya, Turkey 59 2012   Russia Tatyana Maksimova Bangkok, Thailand 58 2013   Venezuela Beronika Martinez Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 51 2014   Japan Tomomi Kondou Barquisimeto, Venezuela 28 2015   Thailand Nuchnarin Sinlaparak Malacca City, Malaysia 48 2018   Colombia Andrea Katherine Gutierrez Puentes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 51 2019   Australia Juliana Nikols Poreč, Croatia 37 2022   Japan Erina Hanawa Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 35	Year Country/Territory Titleholder Venue Entrants 2009   Russia Yekaterina Grushanina Zhengzhou, China 98 2010   South Korea Ha Hyun-jung Quanzhou, China 75 2011   India Urvashi Rautela Yingtan, China 53 2016   Greece Katerina Bosklaviti Taizhou, Zhejiang, China 35 2017   Ukraine Beatriks Mindak Ordos City, China 62 2018   Russia Marina Oreshkina Hanzhong, China 59 2019   Mexico Michelle Hewitt Zapata Nanjing, China 30 2020   Philippines Francesca Taruc 42 2023   Czech Republic Karolina Gorylová Quanzhou, China 60 2024   Brazil Isabelle Queiroz Bartoli [10] Guangdong, China [11] 62

Countries by number of wins

Based in Great Britain (since 1992)	Based in China (since 2009)
Country/Territory Titles Year(s)  Venezuela 3 1994, 2000, 2013  Japan 2 2014, 2022  Colombia 1997, 2018  Philippines 1995, 2002  Australia 1 2019  Thailand 2015  Russia 2012  Moldova 2007  Czech Republic 2005  Romania 2003  Croatia 2001  Argentina 1992	Country/Territory Titles Year(s)  Russia 2 2009, 2018  Brazil 1 2024  Czech Republic 2023  Philippines 2020  Mexico 2019  Ukraine 2017  Greece 2016  India 2011  South Korea 2010

List of runners-up

Based in Great Britain

Year	Runners-up
	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2022	Justine Felizarta   Philippines	Le Thi Huong Ly   Vietnam	Yulia Pavlikova   Russia	Adeduro Tosin Adetola   Nigeria
2019	Karina Pochwala   Poland	Nina-Marie Kallo   Finland	Fulya Tilki   Northern Cyprus	Anita Ayebare   Uganda
2018	Janick Maceta del Castillo   Peru	Sara Miletic   Serbia	Lynn Hsin Goh   Malaysia	Toru Amirlin   Mongolia
2015	Yoselin Noroña   Ecuador	Karen Aliberti   Venezuela	Sara Stojanovic   Serbia	Shelby Tribble   Great Britain
2014	Ana Marquez Vera   Spain	Ashley Powell   Great Britain	Fernanda Rocha Lemes   Brazil	Jelena Katarina Kapa   Croatia
2013	Hillary Ondo   Gabon	Michaela Haladova   Czech Republic	Andrea Huisgen   Spain	Olena Popova   Ukraine
2012	Purva Rana   India	Nadina Abdel Aziz   Lebanon	Not Awarded
2007	Aimee Melo Hernandez   Dominican Republic	Asel Mamytbaeva   Kyrgyzstan	Caroline Marufu   Zimbabwe	Emilia Rusu   Romania
2005	Raquel Balencia Alonso   Spain	Oslie Muringal   Zimbabwe	Alexandra Oliynyk   Ukraine	Shirley Alero Aghotse   Nigeria
2003	Nancy Valeria Randall   Brazil	Dignelis Taymi Jimenez Hernandez   Puerto Rico	Jerusalem Ketema   Ethiopia	Jessica Maria Jardim Lino   Venezuela
2002	Didem Kovanci   Turkey	Darjana Iljkic   Croatia	Not Awarded
2001	Vanessa Fanessi   Venezuela	Petra Kasparaviciute   Lithuania	Not Awarded
2000	Renata Voitchovskaja   Lithuania	Rachel Soriano   Philippines	Not Awarded
1997	Roisland Morovick   Russia	Sabina Beck   Germany	Not Awarded
1995	Yovana Soraya Grisales Castañeda   Colombia	Mildred Altagarcia Quiroz Abreu   Dominican Republic	Yoseany Miglenis Finol Leidenz   Venezuela	Alejandra Paz Toledo   Guatemala
1994	unknown infofmation   Belgium	unknown information   Colombia	Not Awarded
1993	Jolanda Janssen   Aruba	Tania Collazo   Puerto Rico	Not Awarded

Based in China

Year	Runners-up
	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2024	Kaja Tomaszewska   Poland	Wu Ruihan 吴睿涵   Taiwan	Pornniphat Sonsakha   Thailand	Arianna Andrea Santoyo Cordova   Peru
2023	Andrea Nikolic   Montenegro	Liu Jia   China	Not Awarded
2020	–   Tatarstan	–   Ukraine	Not Awarded
2019	Svetlana Mamaeva   Canada	Tan Ruoyi   China	–   Brazil	–   Sweden
2018	–   Czech Republic	Chalisa Asavalikitsom   Thailand	Kaina Sokaina   Morocco	–   South Korea
2015	Yoselin Noroña   Ecuador	Karen Aliberti   Venezuela	Sara Stojanovic   Serbia	Shelby Tribble   Great Britain
2017	Paula Joseane Lima Dos Santos   Brazil	Marcela Evelyn Balik   Australia	Charattha Pitakbut   Thailand	Yohana Hidalgo   Peru
2016	–   Czech Republic	Teeyapar Setthasirisuwan   Thailand	–   Argentina	–   Venezuela
2011	Ivanna Gorschar   Ukraine	Amanda Warecka   Poland	Eugenee Ooi   Malaysia	Pyung Hee Kong   South Korea
2010	Rieke Caroline   Indonesia	Tereza Fajksova   Czech Republic	Michelle Li Dan   China	Vasilina Velichko   Belarus
2009	Vivian Sia   Brazil	Sofia Souni   Guinea	Zen Yu-ji   China	Ina Amanda   Tahiti

See also

• List of beauty pageants

References

1. "Vietnam promotes tourism through Miss Tourism World 2022". Nhân Dân Vietnam. 19 October 2022.
2. "Miss Paraná: Araponguense está na china representando o Brasil no Miss Tourism World". diaadiaarapongas.com.br. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
3. "Japan's Erina Hanawa crowned Miss Tourism World 2022". Hanoi Times.
4. "Miss World Tourism talks about hydrogen: "It's a miracle!"". H2 Times News. 18 July 2024.
5. "Miss Tourism World Organisation, Head Office in Great Britain". Miss Tourism World Organisation. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
6. Reporter, Newsday (23 July 2024). "Tobago's Renessa Ortiz for Miss Tourism World finale in Beijing". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
7. "About Miss Tourism World:A WORD FROM MR DAVID SINGH, OWNER OF MISS TOURISM WORLD AND MISS GREAT BRITAIN". Miss Tourism World.
8. "Highlights of Miss Tourism World 2019 Global Finals". Xinhua Net.
9. "Vietnam hosts Miss Tourism World 2022 final round to attract foreign visitors". Vietnam Plus. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
10. TNOnline (11 January 2025). "Miss Paraná Isabelle Queiroz vence concurso internacional na China". TNOnline (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
11. Meghalaya, Syllad | The Rising (4 January 2025). "Irene Dkhar to represent India at Miss Tourism World 2025 in China". Syllad. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

External links

• MTW UK Official website
• MTW UK another website
• MTW China Official website