Miss World 2015

Miss World 2015
Mireia Lalaguna, Miss World 2015
Date	19 December 2015
Presenters	Tim Vincent Megan Young Angela Chow Neil Krisralam Steve Douglas
Entertainment	Yu Wenxia The Wholls Julian Believe
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	E! Phoenix TV
Entrants	114
Placements	20
Withdrawals	Barbados Belarus Canada Chad Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ghana Greece Hong Kong Israel Kosovo Lithuania Luxembourg Martinique São Tomé and Príncipe Switzerland
Returns	Botswana Bulgaria Chile Honduras Kazakhstan Macedonia Samoa Saint Kitts and Nevis Zambia
Winner	Mireia Lalaguna Spain
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Miss World 2015 was the 65th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, Hainan, China, on 19 December 2015. ^[1]

Rolene Strauss of South Africa crowned Mireia Lalaguna of Spain as her successor at the end of the event. It was the first time in the history of Miss World that Spain won the pageant. ^[2] Since this year, the swimsuit competition (Miss World Beach Beauty) has been officially removed from the pageant.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2015	Spain – Mireia Lalaguna
1st Runner-Up	Russia – Sofia Nikitchuk
2nd Runner-Up	Indonesia – Maria Harfanti
Top 5	Jamaica – Sanneta Myrie   Lebanon – Valerie Abou Chacra
Top 11	Australia – Tess Alexander   France – Hinarere Taputu   Guyana – Lisa Punch   Philippines – Hillarie Parungao   South Africa – Liesl Laurie   Vietnam – Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê §
Top 20	Brazil – Catharina Choi Nunes   China – Yuan Lu   Ecuador – Camila Marañón   Kazakhstan – Regina Vandysheva   Netherlands – Margot Hanekamp   New Zealand – Deborah Lambie   Northern Ireland – Leanne McDowell   Poland – Marta Pałucka   Scotland – Mhairi Fergusson   South Sudan – Ajaa Deng

§ People's Choice Winner

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Liesl Laurie
Americas	Brazil – Catharina Choi Nunes
Asia	Indonesia – Maria Harfanti
Caribbean	Jamaica – Sanneta Myrie
Europe	Spain – Mireia Lalaguna
Oceania	Australia – Tess Alexander

Challenge Events

Sports

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Namibia – Steffi van Wyk
1st Runner-Up	Seychelles – Linne Freminot
2nd Runner-Up	Guam – Aria Perez Theisen
Top 5	Kazakhstan – Regina Vandysheva   Samoa – Latafale Auva'a

– source: ^[3]

Top Model

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Spain – Mireia Lalaguna
Top 5	France – Hinarere Taputu   Puerto Rico – Keysi Vargas   Russia – Sofia Nikitchuk   Italy – Greta Galassi
Top 30	Albania – Kristina Bakiu   Argentina – Daniela Mirón   Australia – Tess Alexander   Austria – Annika Grill   Brazil – Catharina Choi   Cameroon – Jessica Ngoua   China – Yuan Lu Côte d'Ivoire – Andréa N'Guessan   Ethiopia – Kisanet Teklehaimanot   Georgia – Nuka Karalashvili   Honduras – Gabriela Salazar   India – Aditi Arya   Ireland – Sacha Livingstone   Japan – Chika Nakagawa   Kazakhstan – Regina Vandysheva   Lebanon – Valerie Abou Chacra   Netherlands – Margot Hanekamp   Paraguay – Giovanna Cordeiro   Philippines – Hillarie Parungao   Poland – Marta Pałucka   South Africa – Liesl Laurie   South Sudan – Ajaa Deng   Sweden –Natalia Fogelund   Venezuela – Anyela Galante   Vietnam – Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê

World Designer Award

The world designer event was also the first stage of the Miss World Top Model Challenge Event, which takes place on 12 December. ^[4]

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Vietnam – Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê
Top 10	Bosnia and Herzegovina – Marijana Marković   Brazil – Catharina Choi Côte d'Ivoire – Andréa N'Guessan   Guadeloupe – Arlène Tacite   India – Aditi Arya   Indonesia – Maria Harfanti   Italy – Greta Galassi   Mongolia – Anu Namshir   Puerto Rico – Keysi Vargas

Talent

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Guyana – Lisa Punch
1st Runner-Up	Malaysia – Brynn Zalina Lovett
2nd Runner-Up	Jamaica – Sanneta Myrie
3rd Runner-Up	Paraguay – Giovanna Cordeiro
4th Runner-Up	Samoa – Latafale Auva'a
Top 13	Australia – Tess Alexander   Bermuda – Alyssa Rose   British Virgin Islands – Sasha Wintz   Curacao – Alexandra Krijger   England – Natasha Hemmings   Indonesia – Maria Harfanti   Thailand – Thunchanok Moonnilta   Wales – Emma Jenkins
Top 30	Bahamas – Chantel O'Brian   Cameroon – Jessica Ngoua   Chile – Fernanda Sobarzo   China – Yuan Lu   Costa Rica – Angélica Reyes   Finland – Angélica Reyes   Guadeloupe – Arlène Tacite   Iceland – Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir   India – Aditi Arya   Myanmar – Khin Thein Myint   Namibia – Steffi van Wyk   New Zealand – Deborah Lambie   Philippines – Hillarie Parungao   Puerto Rico – Keysi Vargas   Slovenia – Mateja Kociper   South Africa – Liesl Laurie   Spain – Mireia Lalaguna   United States – Victoria Mendoza

– source: ^[5]

Dances of the World

Final result	Contestant
Winner(s)	China – Yuan Lu   France – Hinarere Taputu     Nepal – Evana Manandhar   Paraguay – Giovanna Cordeiro   Samoa – Latafale Auva'a   Slovakia – Lujza Straková   Zambia – Michelo Malambo
Top 11	Fiji – Brittany Hazelman   Malaysia – Brynn Zalina Lovett   South Africa – Liesl Laurie   Thailand – Thunchanok Moonnilta

– source: ^{[6] [7]}

Multimedia

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Philippines – Hillarie Parungao
Top 5	India – Aditi Arya   New Zealand – Deborah Lambie   Jamaica – Sanneta Myrie   Guyana – Lisa Punch

Beauty with a Purpose

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Indonesia – Maria Harfanti
Top 10	Ecuador – Camila Marañón   El Salvador – Marcela Santamaria   Guyana – Lisa Punch     Nepal – Evana Manandhar   Nicaragua – Stefanía Alemán   Russia – Sofia Nikitchuk   Samoa – Latafale Auva'a   Tanzania – Lilian Kamazima   Zimbabwe – Annie Mutambu

Contestants

114 delegates competed in Miss World 2015. ^[8]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Kristina Bakiu [9]	20	Tirana
Argentina	Daniela Mirón [10]	22	Malargüe
Aruba	Nicole Van Tellingen	20	Oranjestad
Australia	Tess Alexander	24	Brisbane
Austria	Annika Grill	21	Gmunden
Bahamas	Chantel O'Brian	21	Nassau
Belgium	Leylah Alliët	22	Roeselare
Belize	Jasmin Jael Rhamdas [11]	19	Belmopan
Bermuda	Alyssa Rose	22	Hamilton
Bolivia	Vivian Serrano	22	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marijana Marković	20	Prnjavor
Botswana	Seneo Mabengano [12]	19	Selebi-Phikwe
Brazil	Catharina Choi Nunes	25	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Sasha Wintz	18	Tortola
Bulgaria	Veneta Krasteva [13]	23	Sofia
Cameroon	Jessica Ngoua [12]	24	Douala
Chile	Fernanda Sobarzo	20	Santiago
China	Yuan Lu [14]	21	Hefei
Colombia	María Alejandra López Pérez [15]	21	Pereira
Costa Rica	Angélica Reyes	20	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Andréa N'Guessan	22	Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Maja Spahija	22	Šibenik
Curaçao	Alexandra Krijger	18	Willemstad
Cyprus	Rafaela Charalampous [16]	25	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Andrea Kalousová	19	Jaroměř
Denmark	Jessica Hvirvelkær	18	Aarhus
Dominican Republic	Cinthya Núñez	23	San Francisco
Ecuador	María Camila Marañón Solorzano	20	Chone
El Salvador	Marcela Santamaria [17]	24	San Salvador
England	Natasha Hemmings	19	Cheshire
Ethiopia	Kisanet Teklehaimanot	21	Adigrat
Fiji	Brittany Hazelman	24	Suva
Finland	Carola Miller	24	Helsinki
France	Hinarere Taputu	25	Tahiti
Gabon	Reine Ngotala	18	Tchibanga
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili [18]	24	Tbilisi
Germany	Albijona Muharremaj	20	Munich
Gibraltar	Hannah Bado	22	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Arlène Tacite	22	Basse-Terre
Guam	Aria Perez Theisen	19	Barrigada
Guatemala	María José Larrañaga	24	Guatemala City
Guinea	Mama Aissata Diallo	19	Conakry
Guyana	Lisa Punch [19]	24	Georgetown
Haiti	Seydina Allen	24	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Gabriela Salazar	24	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Daniella Kiss	21	Bag
Iceland	Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir	20	Kópavogur
India	Aditi Arya [20]	21	Haryana
Indonesia	Maria Harfanti [21]	23	Yogyakarta
Ireland	Sacha Livingstone	20	Dublin
Italy	Greta Galassi	17	Rovereto
Jamaica	Sanneta Myrie	24	Kingston
Japan	Chika Nakagawa	20	Niigata
Kazakhstan	Regina Vandysheva [22]	22	Almaty
Kenya	Charity Mwangi	24	Kiambu County
South Korea	Chyung Eun-ju	22	Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Tattybubu Samidin-Kyzy	20	Osh
Latvia	Lāsma Zemene	20	Riga
Lebanon	Valerie Abou Chacra [23]	23	Beirut
Lesotho	Relebohile Kobeli	19	Maseru
Macedonia	Emilija Rozman	24	Skopje
Malaysia	Brynn Zalina Lovett [24]	22	Beaufort
Malta	Katrina Pavia	25	Victoria
Mauritius	Aurellia Bégué	19	Port Louis
Mexico	Yamelin Ramírez Cota [25]	22	Navojoa
Moldova	Anastasia Iacub	19	Băcioi
Mongolia	Anu Namshir	24	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Nataša Milosavljević	24	Herceg Novi
Myanmar	Khin Thein Myint	24	Mandalay
Namibia	Steffi van Wyk	20	Windhoek
Nepal	Evana Manandhar	24	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Margot Hanekamp	19	Nijkerk
New Zealand	Deborah Lambie	25	Auckland
Nicaragua	Stefanía Alemán [26]	24	Masatepe
Nigeria	Unoaku Anyadike	21	Ibadan
Northern Ireland	Leanne McDowell	19	Cookstown
Norway	Fay Teresa Vålbekk	23	Oslo
Panama	Diana Jaén	24	Penonomé
Paraguay	Giovanna Cordeiro	25	Asunción
Peru	Karla Chocano [27]	24	Trujillo
Philippines	Hillarie Parungao [28]	24	Solano
Poland	Marta Pałucka	24	Sopot
Portugal	Rafaela Pardete	24	Setúbal
Puerto Rico	Keysi Vargas Vélez	24	Quebradillas
Romania	Natalia Onet	26	Satu Mare
Russia	Sofia Nikitchuk	22	Yekaterinburg
Samoa	Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva'a	22	Apia
Scotland	Mhairi Fergusson	21	Stirling
Serbia	Marija Ćetković [29]	20	Novi Sad
Seychelles	Linne Freminot	22	Mahé
Singapore	Charity Lu	24	Singapore
Slovakia	Lujza Straková	21	Banská Bystrica
Slovenia	Mateja Kociper	24	Maribor
South Africa	Liesl Laurie	24	Johannesburg
South Sudan	Ajaa Deng	23	Juba
Spain	Mireia Lalaguna [30]	23	Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Thilini Amarasooriya	20	Colombo
St. Kitts and Nevis	Jackiema Flemming	22	Basseterre
Sweden	Natalia Fogelund	21	Gothenburg
Tanzania	Lilian Kamazima	19	Arusha
Thailand	Thunchanok Moonnilta	22	Chiang Mai
Trinidad and Tobago	Kimberly Farrah Singh	21	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Maroua Heni	24	Sidi Bouzid
Turkey	Ecem Çırpan	19	Bursa
Uganda	Zahara Nakiyaga [31]	24	Kampala
Ukraine	Khrystyna Stoloka	18	Kyiv
United States	Victoria Mendoza	20	Phoenix
Uruguay	Sherika De Armas †	18	Montevideo
US Virgin Islands	Jahne Massac [32] [ non-primary source needed ]	19	St. Thomas
Venezuela	Anyela Galante Salerno [33]	24	Guanare
Vietnam	Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê [34]	23	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Emma Victoria Jenkins [35]	22	Llanelli
Zambia	Michelo Malambo [36]	24	Ndola
Zimbabwe	Annie Grace Farayi Mutambu [37]	19	Harare

– 2015 contestants source: ^[17]

Judges

The judges panel for Miss World 2015 were:

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization ^[38]
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director ^[38]
• Ken Warwick – Hollywood producer and executive producer and director of Miss World ^[38]
• Andrew Minarik – head of the team for Miss World Hair & Beauty ^[38]
• Donna Walsh – professional dancer and director ^[38]
• Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland ^[38]
• Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria ^[38]
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey ^[38]
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR ^[38]
• Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia ^[38]
• Liliana Tanoesoedibjo – CEO of Media Nusantara Citra, Owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2013:

•   Botswana
•   Bulgaria
•   Chile
•   Honduras
•   Kazakhstan
•   Macedonia
•   Samoa
•   St. Kitts & Nevis
•   Zambia

Designations

•   Belize – Jasmin Jael Rhamdas was appointed "Miss World Belize 2015" after a casting call was organised by Michael Arnold, national director of Miss World Belize.
•   Costa Rica – Angelica Reyes was appointed "Miss Costa Rica Mundo 2015" by Allan Aleman national director for Miss World in Costa Rica after a casting call was organised by Reinas de Costa Rica organisation franchise holder for Miss World in Costa Rica.
•   Curaçao – Alexandra Krijger was appointed "Miss World Curaçao 2015" by Dushi-Magazine, franchise holders for Miss World in Curaçao after the pageant was not held due to lack of funding and sponsorships. Krijger was the 3rd runner-up at the Miss Curaçao World 2014 pageant.
•   El Salvador – Marcela Santamaría was appointed to represent El Salvador by Liz De Castaneda, national director of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador after the national pageant was postponed until January 2016. Santamaría was crowned Reinado de El Salvador International 2011.
•   Guyana – Lisa Punch was selected as Guyana's representative to Miss World 2015 by the national director of Miss World Guyana, Natasha Martaindale, after the Miss World Guyana 2015 pageant was cancelled due to lack of applicants and the upcoming General elections in Guyana. Punch was chosen from the few applicants who applied for the pageants 2015 edition before it was cancelled. She was a finalist at ABC's Rising Star show.
•   South Korea – Jung Eun-ju was appointed "Miss World Korea 2015" by Park Jeong-ah, national director of Miss World Korea, after the pageant was postponed to late November this year. Jung was the 1st runner-up at the Miss World Korea 2014 pageant.
•   Macedonia – Emilija Rozman was appointed "Miss Makedonija 2015" by Lidija Velkovska, national director of Miss Macedonia pageant.
•   Norway – Fay Teresa Vålbekk was appointed "Miss World Norway 2015" at a casting call held by Morten Sommerfeldt, national director of Miss World Norway. Vålbekk was the 1st runner-up at the Frøken Norge 2011 pageant.
•   Paraguay – Giovanna Cordeiro was chosen "Miss Mundo Paraguay 2015" by Promociones Gloria, franchise holders for Miss World in Paraguay. Nuestra Belleza Paraguay was not held this year due to lack of time in organising the pageant hence the representatives to various international pageants were chosen in a closed door election from the contestants of Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2014.Cordeiro was the 3rd runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2014.
•   Romania – Natalia Onet was appointed "Miss World Romania 2015" by Ernest Hadrian Böhm the president of Miss World Romania after a casting call was organised by ExclusivEvent agency franchise holders for Miss World in Romania.
•   St. Kitts & Nevis – Jackiema Flemming was appointed "Miss World St. Kitts & Nevis 2015" by Eversley Liburd and Joan Millard, franchise holders for Miss World in St. Kitts & Nevis. Flemming was the 2nd runner-up at the St. Kitts & Nevis National Carnival Queen Pageant 2014–2015.
•   Samoa – Latafale Auva'a, the reigning Miss Samoa and Miss Pacific Islands, was appointed to represent Samoa at Miss World 2015 by Ulalemamae Te'eva Matafai, national director of Miss World Samoa.
•   US Virgin Islands – Jahne Issac was appointed "Miss US Paraside World 2015" after a casting call was held by Miss US Paraside organisation.

Replacements

•   Albania – Kristina Bakiu was appointed to represent Albania by Vera Grabocka, President of Miss & Mister Albania after she decided to replace Daniela Pajaziti for undisclosed reasons. Bakiu was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2013, but was unable to compete at Miss Universe 2013 due to age issues.
•   Brazil – Catharina Choi was crowned "Miss Mundo Brasil 2015", after Ana Luisa Castro the original winner voluntarily relinquished her title when it was discovered that she had been married to Belgian model and actor, Tanguy Backer before entering the pageant. Nunes was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Mundo Brasil 2015 pageant.
•   Bulgaria – Veneta Kristeva was appointed "Miss World Bulgaria 2015" by the Miss Bulgaria organisation, as a replacement to Simona Evgenieva, Miss Bulgaria 2014, who will not be able to participate in Miss World because of a scheduling conflict with the Miss Bulgaria 2015 finals. Kristeva was crowned Miss Universe Bulgaria 2013.
•   France – Hinarere Taputu was appointed "Miss World France 2015" by the national director of Miss France, Sylvie Tellier, as a replacement to Camille Cerf, Miss France 2015, who will not be able to participate in Miss World because of a scheduling conflict, as she crowns her successor on the same day as the Miss World 2015 finals. Taputu represented Tahiti at Miss France 2015 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
•   Netherlands – Margot Hanekamp was appointed to compete at Miss World 2015 by the Miss Nederland Organization when the winner of Miss Nederland 2015 pageant, Jessie Jazz chose to compete at Miss Universe 2015. This year the winner of Miss Nederland pageant was crowned to participate at both Miss Universe and Miss World contests but this is impossible due to the conflicting dates of the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Hanekamp was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Nederland 2015 pageant.
•   Tanzania – Lilian Kamazima was crowned "Miss Tanzania 2014" as the original winner Sitti Mtemvu, resigned after she was accused for a scandal regarding her age. Kamazima was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Tanzania 2014 pageant.
•   Tunisia – Maroua Heni was selected "Miss Tunisie 2015", after Rawia Djebli the original winner ^[39] was stripped of her title for failing to fulfill her obligations by Aida Antar, the President of Miss Tunisie Organisation. Heny was chosen at a separate private selection organised by Association TEJ franchise holders for Miss World in Tunisia. She represented Sidi Bouzid Governorate at Miss Tunisie 2015 and placed in the top 10 at the pageant.
•   Zimbabwe – Annie Mutambu was chosen "Miss Zimbabwe 2015", after Emily Kachote the previous winner of the pageant was stripped of her title when her nude pictures circulated on social media. Mutambu was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Zimbabwe 2015 pageant. For the second consecutive year, the pageant's winner has been stripped of her title for a similar scandal.

Withdrawals

•   Barbados
•   Belarus
•   Chad - Elise Dagosse - did not compete.
•   Egypt - Lara Debbane - withdrew due to personal reasons.
•   Equatorial Guinea
•   Ghana - Antoinette Delali Kernavor was supposed to compete in this edition, but she was allocated to Miss World 2016 instead, where she made it into the top 20.
•   Greece - Katerina Galiatsatou - did not compete.
•   Hong Kong
•   Israel - Maayan Keren - did not compete.
•   Kosovo - the host country does not recognize Kosovo as an independent country.
•   Lithuania
•   Luxembourg - Vonessa Alijaj - did not compete.
•   Martinique
•   São Tomé and Príncipe
•    Switzerland

Did not compete

•   Algeria – Rym Amari, Miss Algerie 2013 was appointed to represent Algeria by Faisal Hamdad, the President of Miss Algerie Organisation however Amari withdrew from the Miss World competition just days before kick-off due to visa issues. Last year Fatma Zohra Chouaib, Miss Algerie 2014 could not compete at Miss World 2014 because of the same problem. Algeria would have returned to Miss World after its debut in 2002.
•   Guinea Bissau – Laila Da Costa was crowned Miss Guiné - Bissau 2014 to participate at Miss World 2014 however Da Costa couldn't compete due to visa issues. She was expected to compete at the 2015 edition but withdrew because of the same problem.

Could not compete

•   Canada – Anastasia Lin was willing and entitled to participate in the event as Miss World Canada, and the pageant still lists her as a contestant. However, up to the last minute, Lin waited for an official invitation that is necessary for Chinese visa application, but to no avail and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the pageant and was declared persona non grata by the Chinese Government. Lin had openly criticised China's human rights violations. She was allowed by the Miss World Organization to compete at Miss World 2016. ^[40]

General references

• "Contestants 2015". missworld.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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Further reading

• "Lisa Hanna declines invitation to judge Miss World 2015, opts to tackle CDA controversy instead". Jamaica Gleaner . 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
• Zeibiz. "Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo Miss World 2015 Winner". Zeibiz. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

External links

• Official website