Miss Universe Great Britain 2024

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Miss Universe Great Britain 2024
Date6 July 2024
Venue Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
DirectorPaula Abbandonato
Entrants43
Placements5
Withdrawals1
WinnerChristina Chalk
Flag of Scotland.svg Stirling
2025 

Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 was the 16th edition of the Miss Universe Great Britain pageant, held at the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport, Wales, on July 6, 2024. [1]

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This was a historic event as it was the first edition since Miss Universe made the landmark decision to eliminate the upper age limit, allowing all women over the age of 18 to compete. [2]

Jessica Page of Liverpool (Miss Universe Great Britain 2023), crowned Christina Chalk of Stirling as her successor at the end of the event, becoming the first woman from Scotland to win the title. Chalk will represent Great Britain at Miss Universe 2024. [3]

Results

Placements [4]

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe Great Britain 2024
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5

Official delegates

The 42 finalists for Miss Universe Great Britain 2024: [5]

RepresentedCandidateAgeHometownCountry/Region
Flag of England.svg  North Yorkshire Afoluke Adedapo*31 Middlesbrough England
Flag of East Anglia.svg  East Anglia Alexa Taylor [6] 33 Norfolk England
Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow Alexandra Prior* [7] 32 Glasgow Scotland
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Allegra Seymour25 London England
County Flag of Oxfordshire.svg  Oxfordshire Ana Nacvalovaite*41 Oxford England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Angel Collins30 London England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Angel Ojera34 London England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Annabella Avelina27 London England
FlagOfBuckinghamshire.PNG  Buckinghamshire Antonia Miracle Evans31 Milton Keynes England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Azqa Sohail28 London England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Cara Frew32 London England
Flag of Essex.svg Southend-on-Sea Caroline Karason*35 London England
Flag of Berkshire.svg  Berkshire Charlotte Brooke*32 Reading England
Derbyshire flag.svg  Derbyshire Charlotte Hill* [8] 24 Derby England
Flag of Scotland.svg Stirling Christina Chalk *30 Dunblane Scotland
FlagOfKent.svg  Kent Christina White39 Sevenoaks England
Flag of Lancashire.svg  Lancashire Eddison Emam* [9] 21 Lancashire England
Flag of Surrey.svg  Surrey Elene Wagstaff*30 Reigate England
FlagOfKent.svg  Kent Ella Baker Roberts*28 Canterbury England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Elma Daku27 London England
Flag of the West Midlands County.svg  West Midlands Evanjelin Francia Elchmanar*23 Birmingham England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Fatima Benkhaled29 London England
County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg  Nottinghamshire Francesca Ziérre25 Nottingham England
Flag of the West Midlands County.svg  West Midlands Haleema T. Ali24 Birmingham England
County Flag of Greater Manchester.svg  Greater Manchester Hannah Alassiri* [10] 30 Manchester England
Flag of Surrey.svg  Surrey Helina Hewlett*33 Woking England
Yorkshire Flag.png Kingston-Upon-Hull Leen Clive*32 Hull England
Worcestershire flag.svg  Worcestershire Leigh Hutchinson36 Worcester England
Flag of Essex.svg Thurrock Mariam Bakre29 Grays England
County Flag of Merseyside.svg  Merseyside Megan Vincetta Robinson*32 Liverpool England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Melissa Dewar*26 London England
Flag of Greater London.svg Greater London Nicoll Moss*52 Orpington England
Flag of Warwickshire.svg  Warwickshire Ophelia Charles29 Nuneaton England
FlagOfHertfordshire.PNG  Hertfordshire Paige Ashton*29 Watford England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Rehema Muthamia* [11] 28 London England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Samara Telesford*26 London England
FlagOfKent.svg  Kent Serena John18 Kent England
County Flag of Oxfordshire.svg  Oxfordshire Sharon Gaffka*28 Oxford England
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Tamyka Jones28 London England
Flag of Essex.svg  Essex Wenna Rumnah21 Chigwell England
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chepstow Zoe Scrimshaw*26 Chepstow Wales
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Zuleyka Strasner38 London England

Notes*

Christina Chalk also competed at Miss Universe Philippines 2024 which was judged by American television personality Jeannie Mai and R'Bonney Gabriel , Miss Universe 2022. Therefore, Christina Chalk was entered late into Miss Universe Great Britain. By the time of the finals there were two contestants representing Scotland in the UK competition. Christina Chalk and Alexandra Prior. [12] [13]

Kianna withdrew. [14]

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Most of the contestants that competed at Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 were former Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss England, Miss Great Britain and Miss International winners, finalists and participants of other notable, national and international pageant systems:

Afoluke Adedapo was former Miss Middlesbrough 2022 and represented Middlesbrough at Miss Great Britain 2022. [15]

Ana Nacvalovaite was former Mrs Great Britain 2023. [16]

Caroline Karason was a former finalist at Miss Great Britain 2023. [17]

Charlotte Brooke was former Miss Earth England 2017 and represented England at Miss Earth. [18]

Charlotte Hill was former Miss Derbyshire 2018. [19]

Eddison Emam was former Miss Great Britain teen. [20]

Elene Wagstaff was former Miss Philippines UK in 2014.

Ella Baker Roberts competed in the Miss Kent pageant in 2019 and was crowned Miss Publicity Great Britain. [21]

Evanjelin Francia Elchmanar was former Miss International United Kingdom (Miss United Kingdom) 2021/2022 and represented UK at Miss International 2022. [22]

Hannah Alassiri was former Miss British Isles (Swimsuit) 2023/2024. [23] (See history of Miss Universe Great Britain).

Helina Hewlett was former Miss British Virgin Islands 2017 and represented British Virgin Islands at Miss World 2018. [24]

Leen Clive was former Mrs UK World 2022. [25]

Megan Vincetta Robinson previously competed in Miss Universe Great Britain 2017. [26]

Melissa Dewar previously competed at Miss England 2022. [27]

Nicoll Moss was former Miss Great Britain Classic 2022. [28]

Paige Ashton was a former finalist for Miss England 2021. [29]

Rehema Muthamia was former Miss England 2021 and represented England at Miss World.

Samara Telesford was former Miss Caribbean UK 2023. [30]

Sharon Gaffka was former Miss International United Kingdom (Miss United Kingdom) 2018. [31]

Zoe Scrimshaw was former Miss Monmouthshire 2017 [32] and former finalist for Miss Wales 2023 [33]

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