Miss Tourism World

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Miss Tourism World
Formation
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters
  • United KingdomMiss Tourism World®
  • ChinaMiss Tourism World©
Official language
English, Chinese
Key people
United Kingdom
John David Singh
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]

Contents

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 2023, a China-based pageant, is Karolina Gorylová from Czech Republic. She was crowned in Quanzhou, China.

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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

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. [6]

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. [7]

Titleholders

Based in Great Britain (since 1992)Based in China (since 2009)
YearCountry/TerritoryTitleholderVenueEntrants
1992Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Andrea Ramon Oranjestad, Aruba
1994Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Monica Montenegro Prosperi20
1995Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Suzanne Park Fahling Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 23
1997Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Maria Mercedes Ruiz Orozco24
2000Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Francys Barraza Sudnicka St. Paul's Bay, Malta 48
2001Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Anita Dujic Medellín, Colombia 59
2002Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Michelle C Reyes Ankara, Turkey 62
2003Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Alina Ciorogariu Valencia, Venezuela 45
2005Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Zuzana Putnarova Harare, Zimbabwe 86
2007Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Ecaterina Sau Antalya, Turkey 59
2012Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Tatyana Maksimova Bangkok, Thailand 58
2013Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Beronika Martinez Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 51
2014Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tomomi Kondou Barquisimeto, Venezuela 28
2015Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Nuchnarin Sinlaparak Malacca City, Malaysia 48
2018Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Andrea Katherine Gutierrez Puentes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 51
2019Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Juliana Nikols Poreč, Croatia 37
2022Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Erina Hanawa Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 35
YearCountry/TerritoryTitleholderVenueEntrants
2009Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Yekaterina Grushanina Zhengzhou, China 98
2010Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Ha Hyun-jung Quanzhou, China 75
2011Flag of India.svg  India Urvashi Rautela Yingtan, China 53
2016Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Katerina Bosklaviti Taizhou, Zhejiang, China 35
2017Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Beatriks Mindak Ordos City, China 62
2018Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Marina Oreshkina Hanzhong, China 59
2019Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Michelle Hewitt Zapata Nanjing, China 30
2020Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Francesca Taruc42
2023Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Karolina Gorylová Quanzhou, China 60
2024TBATBA

Countries by number of wins

Based in Great Britain (since 1992)Based in China (since 2009)
Country/TerritoryTitlesYear(s)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 31994, 2000, 2013
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22014, 2022
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1997, 2018
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1995, 2002
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12019
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2015
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2012
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2007
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2005
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2003
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2001
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1992
Country/TerritoryTitlesYear(s)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22009, 2018
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12023
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2020
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2019
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2017
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2016
Flag of India.svg  India 2011
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2010

List of runners-up

Based in Great Britain

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

Based in China

YearRunners-up
FirstSecondThirdFourth
2023Andrea Nikolic
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Liu Jia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Not Awarded
2020
Flag of Tatarstan.svg  Tatarstan

Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Not Awarded
2019Svetlana Mamaeva
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tan Ruoyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2018
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Chalisa Asavalikitsom
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Kaina Sokaina
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2015Yoselin Noroña
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Karen Aliberti
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Sara Stojanovic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Shelby Tribble
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2017Paula Joseane Lima Dos Santos
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Marcela Evelyn Balik
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Charattha Pitakbut
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Yohana Hidalgo
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
2016
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Teeyapar Setthasirisuwan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
2011Ivanna Gorschar
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Amanda Warecka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Eugenee Ooi
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Pyung Hee Kong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2010Rieke Caroline
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Tereza Fajksova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Michelle Li Dan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Vasilina Velichko
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
2009Vivian Sia
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Sofia Souni
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Zen Yu-ji
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ina Amanda
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti

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