Miss Universe Great Britain 2024

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Miss Universe Great Britain 2024
Date6 July 2024
Presenters
Venue Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
DirectorPaula Abbandonato
Entrants43
Placements5
Withdrawals1
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 6 July 2024. [1]

Contents

This was the first contest that eliminated the upper age limit, allowing all women over the age of 18 to compete, based on the Miss Universe decision. [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

Placement [4] Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
  • Lancashire – Eddison Emam
2nd Runner-Up
  • West Midlands – Evanjelin Francia Elchmanar
Top 5
  • London – Cara Frew
  • London – Rehema Muthamia

Official delegates

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

RepresentedCandidateAgeHometownCountry/Region
North YorkshireAfoluke Adedapo*31 Middlesbrough England
East AngliaAlexa Taylor [6] 33 Norfolk England
Glasgow Alexandra Prior* [7] 32 Glasgow Scotland
LondonAllegra Seymour25LondonEngland
OxfordshireAna Nacvalovaite*41 Oxford England
LondonAngel Collins30LondonEngland
LondonAngel Ojera34LondonEngland
LondonAnnabella Avelina27LondonEngland
BuckinghamshireAntonia Miracle Evans31 Milton Keynes England
LondonAzqa Sohail28LondonEngland
LondonCara Frew32LondonEngland
Southend-on-Sea Caroline Karason*35LondonEngland
BerkshireCharlotte Brooke*32 Reading England
DerbyshireCharlotte Hill* [8] 24 Derby England
Stirling Christina Chalk*30 Dunblane Scotland
KentChristina White39 Sevenoaks England
LancashireEddison Emam* [9] 21 Lancashire England
SurreyElene Wagstaff*30 Reigate England
KentElla Baker Roberts*28 Canterbury England
LondonElma Daku27LondonEngland
West MidlandsEvanjelin Francia Elchmanar*23 Birmingham England
LondonFatima Benkhaled29LondonEngland
NottinghamshireFrancesca Ziérre25 Nottingham England
West MidlandsHaleema T. Ali24 Birmingham England
Greater ManchesterHannah Alassiri* [10] 30 Manchester England
SurreyHelina Hewlett*33 Woking England
Kingston-Upon-Hull Leen Clive*32 Hull England
WorcestershireLeigh Hutchinson36 Worcester England
Thurrock Mariam Bakre29 Grays England
MerseysideMegan Vincetta Robinson*32 Liverpool England
LondonMelissa Dewar*26LondonEngland
Greater London Nicoll Moss*52 Orpington England
WarwickshireOphelia Charles29 Nuneaton England
HertfordshirePaige Ashton*29 Watford England
London Rehema Muthamia* [11] 28LondonEngland
LondonSamara Telesford*26LondonEngland
KentSerena John18 Kent England
OxfordshireSharon Gaffka*28 Oxford England
LondonTamyka Jones28LondonEngland
EssexWenna Rumnah21 Chigwell England
Chepstow Zoe Scrimshaw*26 Chepstow Wales
LondonZuleyka Strasner38LondonEngland

Notes

Christina Chalk competed at Miss Universe Philippines 2024, and entered late into Miss Universe Great Britain. At the finals there were two contestants representing Scotland in the competition, Chalk and Alexandra Prior. [12] [13]

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 Miss Middlesbrough 2022 and represented Middlesbrough at Miss Great Britain 2022. [14]

Ana Nacvalovaite was Mrs Great Britain 2023. [15]

Caroline Karason was a finalist at Miss Great Britain 2023. [16]

Charlotte Brooke was Miss Earth England 2017 and represented England at Miss Earth. [17]

Charlotte Hill was former Miss Derbyshire 2018. [18]

Eddison Emam was Miss Great Britain teen. [19]

Elene Wagstaff was Miss Philippines UK 2014.

Ella Baker Roberts competed at Miss Kent 2019 and was crowned Miss Publicity Great Britain. [20]

Evanjelin Francia Elchmanar was Miss International United Kingdom (Miss United Kingdom) 2021/2022 and represented the UK at Miss International 2022. [21]

Hannah Alassiri was Miss British Isles (Swimsuit) 2023/2024. [10] (See history of Miss Universe Great Britain).

Helina Hewlett was Miss British Virgin Islands 2017 and represented the British Virgin Islands at Miss World 2018. [22]

Leen Clive was Mrs UK World 2022. [23]

Megan Vincetta Robinson competed at Miss Universe Great Britain 2017. [24]

Melissa Dewar competed at Miss England 2022. [25]

Nicoll Moss was Miss Great Britain Classic 2022. [26]

Paige Ashton was a finalist for Miss England 2021. [27]

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

Samara Telesford was Miss Caribbean UK 2023. [28]

Sharon Gaffka was Miss International United Kingdom (Miss United Kingdom) 2018. [29]

Zoe Scrimshaw was Miss Monmouthshire 2017 [30] and former finalist for Miss Wales 2023 [31]

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