| Miss World 2010 | |
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 Miss World 2010,Alexandria Mills | |
| Date | 30 October 2010 |
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| Venue | Crown of Beauty Theatre,Sanya, China |
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| Entrants | 115 |
| Placements | 25 |
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| Winner | Alexandria Mills United States |
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Miss World 2010 was the 60th anniversary of theMiss World pageant, held at theCrown of Beauty Theatre inSanya, China, on 30 October 2010, after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract.
Kaiane Aldorino ofGibraltar crownedAlexandria Mills of theUnited States as her successor at the end of the event. This is the third time United States has won the title.
On 8 June 2009, Mr. Hoang Kieu (RAAS Group Chairperson) and Mrs. Morley publicly agreed onNha Trang as host for Miss World 2010.
According to a manager of the Tien Giang Tourism JS Company, RAAS bought 31 hectares in total to build a tourism site for Miss World 2010, which led to a public debate about some national ecological reserves being devastated and people having to leave their homes due to increasing living costs.[1]
On 28 January 2010, RAAS told Khanh Hoa People's Committee office to announce that they were no longer organising the event without an official explanation on the debate. Khanh Hoa Province then decided to host Miss World with new sponsors. RAAS would return as the main sponsor if another province was assigned as host.[2]
Finally on 2 April 2010, Deputy Prime MinisterNguyen Thien Nhan approved a proposal by the host province Khanh Hoa to back out of hosting Miss World.[3]
Although Miss World 2010 was held inSanya, China, RAAS Group was still in charge of the financial backing for the event. RAAS confirmed that Miss World would be back toMỹ Tho,Tien Giang Province later in 2011 or 2012.[4] However, according to many reliable newswire such asVnExpress, there is no way for Miss World being organised inTien Giang Province in 2011 or 2012 under the umbrella of RAAS because Mr. Hoang Kieu owed the landlords in the province, involved in the tourism project millions of dollars,[5]
Ágnes Dobó, was crowned Miss World Hungary 2010 until she injured her arm and wrist. This stopped her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by her second runner-up, Jennifer Kalo.[6]
Due to a schedule conflict of competing inMiss Universe 2010,Miss Russia 2010,Irina Antonenko was unable to participate in the competition.[7] The first runner-up, Irina Sharipova was appointed as a new representative.[8]
This edition saw the return of Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and the United States Virgin Islands; Saint Kitts and Nevis, which last completed in1988, Cape Verde and Macau in1997, Lesotho in2003, Malawi and the United States Virgin Islands in2005 and Cayman Islands and Saint Lucia in2008.
Austria, Dominican Republic, Liberia, Slovenia and Swaziland, withdrew from the competition.[9]
| Placement | Contestant[10] |
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| Africa |
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Top 25
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Norway
Puerto Rico
Kenya
Paraguay
Saint Lucia
Netherlands
Canada
France
Bahamas
Colombia
Russia
Thailand
South Africa
Mongolia
French Polynesia
Scotland
Venezuela
Namibia
Italy
United States
Germany
China
BotswanaTop 7
Venezuela Ireland China Italy Norway United States BotswanaTop 5
Venezuela Botswana United States Ireland ChinaThe judges for Miss World 2010 were:
It was reported that Beijing may have pressured the judges to provide low scores forMariann Birkedal, Miss Norway, because theNobel Peace Prize was awarded to one of itspolitical prisoners,Liu Xiaobo.[11][12] At the time of the pageant, relations between China and Norway were "very strained."[12]
115 contestants competed for the title.
Argentina – Carla Conrradi resigned as Miss Mundo Argentina. The 1st runner up, Marianna Arambarry was the new titleholder and Argentina's representative at Miss World 2010.
Hong Kong – Due to a schedule conflict of competing inMiss Chinese International Pageant 2010, Toby Chan, Winner of Miss Hong Kong 2010, cannot participate in the competition. The 1st runner-up, Sammi Cheung was representative at Miss World 2010.
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