64th Miss World Pageant
Miss World 2014 Rolene Strauss
Date 14 December 2014 Presenters Entertainment Venue ExCeL London , London, United KingdomBroadcaster Entrants 121 Placements 25 Debuts Chad São Tomé and Príncipe Withdrawals Angola Botswana Bulgaria Chile Dominica Guinea-Bissau Honduras Kazakhstan Macedonia Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Taiwan Uzbekistan Zambia Returns Egypt Israel Luxembourg Myanmar Uruguay Zimbabwe Winner Rolene Strauss , South Africa
Miss World 2014 was the 64th edition of theMiss World pageant, held atExCeL London in London, United Kingdom, on 14 December 2014.
Megan Young of the Philippines crownedRolene Strauss of South Africa as her successor at the end of the event.[ 1] This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.[ 2]
Background
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawalsThis edition marked the debut of Chad and São Tomé and Príncipe, and the return of Egypt, Israel, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Uruguay and Zimbabwe; Myanmar, which last competed (as Burma) in1960 , Luxembourg in2010 , Egypt in2011 , and Israel, Uruguay and Zimbabwe in2012 .
Angola, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.
Miss Honduras In April 2014,María José Alvarado wonMiss Honduras World. She was expected to represent Honduras and was scheduled to fly to London, England for the Miss World pageant. On 19 November 2014, Alvarado and her sister Sofía Trinidad were found murdered and then buried in the village ofCablotales .[ 3] Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organization Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.[ 4] [ 5]
Results
Placements Miss world 2014 participating countries and territories Placement Contestant[ 2] Miss World 2014 1st Runner-Up 2nd Runner-Up Top 5 Top 11 Top 25 Bolivia – Andrea Forfori China – Du Yang Dominican Republic – Dhío Moreno Finland – Krista Haapalainen Ghana – Nadia Ntanu Indonesia –Maria Rahajeng Malaysia –Dewi Liana Seriestha Netherlands – Tatjana Maul Philippines –Valerie Weigmann Russia – Anastasia Kostenko Scotland – Ellie McKeating South Sudan – Awien Kuanyin-Agoth Sweden – Olivia Asplund Trinidad and Tobago – Sarah Waddell Vietnam –Nguyễn Thị Loan
§ – People's Choice winner
Challenge Events
Beach Beauty Final result Contestant Winner Sweden – Olivia Asplund[ 7] Top 5
Talent Final result Contestant Winner Runner-Up Scotland – Ellie McKeatingTop 5 Russia – Anastasia Kostenko Sweden – Olivia Asplund United States –Elizabeth Safrit
Judges The judges for Miss World 2014 were:
Contestants 121 contestants competed for the title.
Note ^ Ages at the time in the pageant ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
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