Contestants from 112 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Four of them are runners-up after the withdrawal of the original contestant in their respective countries and territories, and two selected after another national pageant was held to replace the original dethroned winner. [20]
Replacements
Sreypich Teng was announced as Miss World Cambodia and competed instead of Sovattey Sary due to the delay of the pageant. Poelano Mothisi, the first runner-up in Miss Lesotho 2021, was appointed to represent her country as the original winner Refiloe Lefothane was unavailable due to continuing her studies abroad. [21] Daria Gapska, Miss Northern Ireland was replaced by Kaitlyn Clarke, the reigning titleholder, as her reign had elapsed. [22] Lucía Arellano was crowned as the new Miss World Peru 2022, replacing Jennifer Barrantes who was dethroned for not fulfilling the obligations stipulated in her contract. [23] Barrantes has denied these claims and stated that there has been a conflict between her and the organization which has caused her withdrawal. [24] Lucy Thomson, Miss Scotland 2022, was replaced by Chelsie Allison as her reign had elapsed. [25]
Ruan Yue, Miss China World 2022, was stripped of her title for "inappropriate" behavior, [26] and was replaced by Qin Zewen. Zewen was also stripped of the title for falsifying her education and employment qualifications. [27] China held an extra pageant to determine a new representative, with Ke Xu Xin as the new winner. [20]
Debuts, returns and withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Togo, and the returns of Australia, Bangladesh, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Martinique, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Romania, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.
Morocco last competed in 1968; Liberia last competed in 2017; Germany, Lebanon, Lesotho, Martinique, and Zimbabwe last competed in 2018; while the remaining last competed in 2019. [28]
Albania, Armenia, the Bahamas, Equatorial Guinea, Iceland, Luxembourg, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, and Sint Maarten withdrew. Léa Sevenig of Luxembourg [29] confirmed that she will no longer compete due to the cancellation of her national pageant. [30] Divine Muheto of Rwanda also withdrew due to the cancellation of her national pageant following several allegations of misconduct from the organization towards the contestants. [31] [32] Ashley Carrington of Barbados, Xaria Penn of the British Virgin Islands, [33] and Phonevilai Luanglath of Laos withdrew for undisclosed reasons. [34] [35]
