Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 | |
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Date | 6 July 2024 |
Venue | Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom |
Director | Paula Abbandonato |
Entrants | 43 |
Placements | 5 |
Withdrawals | 1 |
Winner | Christina Chalk Stirling |
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]
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]
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 |
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1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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Top 5 |
The 42 finalists for Miss Universe Great Britain 2024: [5]
Represented | Candidate | Age | Hometown | Country/Region |
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North Yorkshire | Afoluke Adedapo* | 31 | Middlesbrough | England |
East Anglia | Alexa Taylor [6] | 33 | Norfolk | England |
Glasgow | Alexandra Prior* [7] | 32 | Glasgow | Scotland |
London | Allegra Seymour | 25 | London | England |
Oxfordshire | Ana Nacvalovaite* | 41 | Oxford | England |
London | Angel Collins | 30 | London | England |
London | Angel Ojera | 34 | London | England |
London | Annabella Avelina | 27 | London | England |
Buckinghamshire | Antonia Miracle Evans | 31 | Milton Keynes | England |
London | Azqa Sohail | 28 | London | England |
London | Cara Frew | 32 | London | England |
Southend-on-Sea | Caroline Karason* | 35 | London | England |
Berkshire | Charlotte Brooke* | 32 | Reading | England |
Derbyshire | Charlotte Hill* [8] | 24 | Derby | England |
Stirling | Christina Chalk * | 30 | Dunblane | Scotland |
Kent | Christina White | 39 | Sevenoaks | England |
Lancashire | Eddison Emam* [9] | 21 | Lancashire | England |
Surrey | Elene Wagstaff* | 30 | Reigate | England |
Kent | Ella Baker Roberts* | 28 | Canterbury | England |
London | Elma Daku | 27 | London | England |
West Midlands | Evanjelin Francia Elchmanar* | 23 | Birmingham | England |
London | Fatima Benkhaled | 29 | London | England |
Nottinghamshire | Francesca Ziérre | 25 | Nottingham | England |
West Midlands | Haleema T. Ali | 24 | Birmingham | England |
Greater Manchester | Hannah Alassiri* [10] | 30 | Manchester | England |
Surrey | Helina Hewlett* | 33 | Woking | England |
Kingston-Upon-Hull | Leen Clive* | 32 | Hull | England |
Worcestershire | Leigh Hutchinson | 36 | Worcester | England |
Thurrock | Mariam Bakre | 29 | Grays | England |
Merseyside | Megan Vincetta Robinson* | 32 | Liverpool | England |
London | Melissa Dewar* | 26 | London | England |
Greater London | Nicoll Moss* | 52 | Orpington | England |
Warwickshire | Ophelia Charles | 29 | Nuneaton | England |
Hertfordshire | Paige Ashton* | 29 | Watford | England |
London | Rehema Muthamia* [11] | 28 | London | England |
London | Samara Telesford* | 26 | London | England |
Kent | Serena John | 18 | Kent | England |
Oxfordshire | Sharon Gaffka* | 28 | Oxford | England |
London | Tamyka Jones | 28 | London | England |
Essex | Wenna Rumnah | 21 | Chigwell | England |
Chepstow | Zoe Scrimshaw* | 26 | Chepstow | Wales |
London | Zuleyka Strasner | 38 | London | England |
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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