Miss World 2014
Miss World 2014 was the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom, on 14 December 2014.
Megan Young of the Philippines crowned Rolene Strauss of South Africa as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This 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) in 1960, Luxembourg in 2010, Egypt in 2011, and Israel, Uruguay and Zimbabwe in 2012.
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 was crowned Miss 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 of Cablotales. 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.
Results
Placements
§ – People's Choice winner
Challenge Events
Beach Beauty
Talent
Judges
The judges for Miss World 2014 were:
- Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
- Mike Dixon – Musical Director
- Rudy Salles – Member of the National Assembly of France
- Jody Reynolds – former president of Variety International
- Marsha-Rae Ratcliff – Variety International board member
- Tony Hatch – British most celebrated musical acts and films
- Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
- Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
- Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
- Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar
- Mike Dixon – Musical director
Contestants
121 contestants competed for the title.
Note
References
Further reading
- "Miss World 2014: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan felicitated for being the most successful Miss World so far". CNN-IBN. 15 December 2014.
- "Nicaragua en miss mundo 2012". El Nuevo Diario. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.