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Miss World 2016, the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 December 2016 at the MGM National Harbor, Washington, D.C., United States. 117 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Mireia Lalaguna of Spain crowned her successor Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico at the end of the event. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant held in the United States.

§ People's Choice winner

The Miss World Organization reintroduced for the 2016 finals the Fast-Track system, in which the winners of the five Challenge Events automatically earned a place in the Top 20. The 2016 Challenge Events included Sports, Top Model, Talent, Multimedia and Beauty With A Purpose. The Interview scores determined the rest of the Top 20.

Miss Cook Islands won the Sports challenge and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.^[1]

Miss China won the Top Model Competition held on December 15, 2016.^[2] She became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.

Miss World worked in partnership with Mobstar to conduct the public vote and find the winner of the Talent challenge. Miss Mongolia received the most votes and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.^[2]

Miss Philippines was named the winner of the Multimedia challenge and became the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016. The decision was based on the candidate’s posts on her official Facebook page and Twitter account, as well as her Mobstar ranking.^[2]

Five finalists were announced on December 17, 2016. Miss Indonesia was named the winner during the final night and became the fifth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.^[2]

117 delegates competed in Miss World 2016:^[3]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Continent
Albania	Ëndrra Kovaçi	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tirana	Europe
Antigua and Barbuda	Latisha Greene	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	St. John's	Caribbean
Argentina	Camila Macias	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Córdoba	Americas
Aruba	Lynette Do Nascimento	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Oranjestad	Caribbean
Australia	Madeline Cowe	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Tully	Asia & Oceania
Austria	Dragana Stanković	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Traiskirchen	Europe
Bahamas	Ashley Hamilton	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Long Island	Caribbean
Belarus	Polina Borodacheva	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Lenty Frans	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Antwerp	Europe
Belize	Iris Salguero	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Belmopan	Americas
Bolivia	Leyda Suarez	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Tarija	Americas
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Halida Krajišnik	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Živinice	Europe
Botswana	Thata Kenosi	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Gaborone	Africa
Brazil	Beatrice Fontoura	26	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Goiânia	Americas
British Virgin Islands	Kadia Turnbull	25	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Road Town	Caribbean
Bulgaria	Galina Mihaylova	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Sofia	Europe
Canada	Anastasia Lin	26	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Toronto	Americas
Cayman Islands	Monyque Brooks	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	West Bay	Caribbean
Chile	Antonia Figueroa	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Coquimbo	Americas
China PR	Jing Kong	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nanyang, Henan	Asia & Oceania
Colombia	Shirley Atehortua	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Pereira	Americas
Cook Islands	Natalia Short	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Avarua	Asia & Oceania
Costa Rica	Melania González	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	San José	Americas
Cote d'Ivoire	Esther Memel	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Yamoussoukro	Africa
Croatia	Angélica Zacchigna	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Pazin	Europe
Curaçao	Sabrina Namias de Castro	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Willemstad	Caribbean
Cyprus	María Moráru	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Nicosia	Europe
Czech Republic	Natálie Kotková	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Prague	Europe
Denmark	Helena Heuser	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Copenhagen	Europe
Dominican Republic	Yaritza Reyes	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santo Domingo	Caribbean
DR Congo	Andrea Moloto	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kinshasa	Africa
Ecuador	Mirka Cabrera	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Machala	Americas
Egypt	Nadeen Osama El Sayed	18	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Cairo	Africa
El Salvador	Ana Cortez	21	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	Santa Ana	Americas
England	Elizabeth Grant	20	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Preston	Europe
Equatorial Guinea	Anunciación Ongueme Esono	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Micomeseng	Africa
Fiji	Pooja Priyanka	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ba	Asia & Oceania
Finland	Heta Sallinen	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Turku	Europe
France	Morgane Edvige	20	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Le François	Europe
Georgia	Victoria Kocherova	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tbilisi	Europe
Germany	Selina Kriechbaum	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Frankfurt	Europe
Ghana	Antoinette Delali Kemavor	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Kayley Mifsud	24	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Gibraltar	Europe
Guadeloupe	Magalie Adelson	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Basse-Terre	Caribbean
Guam	Phoebe Denight Palisoc	17	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tamuning	Asia & Oceania
Guatemala	Melanie Espina	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Guatemala City	Americas
Guinea	Safiatou Baldé	21	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Conakry	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Sandra Araújo	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bissau	Africa
Guyana	Nuriyyih Gerrard	25	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Georgetown	Americas
Haiti	Suzana Sampeur	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Port-au-Prince	Caribbean
Honduras	Kerelyne Campigotti Webster	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	El Progreso	Americas
Hungary	Tímea Gelencsér	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Budapest	Europe
Iceland	Anna Orlowska	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Reykjavík	Europe
India	Priyadarshini Chatterjee	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Guwahati	Asia & Oceania
Indonesia	Natasha Mannuela	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Pangkal Pinang	Asia & Oceania
Ireland	Niamh Kennedy	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Portroe	Europe
Israel	Karin Alia	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tel Aviv	Asia & Oceania
Italy	Giada Tropea	18	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Lamezia Terme	Europe
Jamaica	Ashlie Barrett	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Kingston	Caribbean
Japan	Priyanka Yoshikawa	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tokyo	Asia & Oceania
Kazakhstan	Alia Mergenbaeva	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Aktau	Asia & Oceania
Kenya	Evelyn Njambi	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nairobi	Africa
Korea	Hyun Wang	21	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Seoul	Asia & Oceania
Kyrgyzstan	Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bishkek	Asia & Oceania
Latvia	Linda Kinca	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ķekava	Europe
Lebanon	Sandy Tabet	21	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bhamdoun	Asia & Oceania
Lesotho	Rethabile Tsosane	21	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Maseru	Africa
Malaysia	Tatiana Kumar	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kuala Lumpur	Asia & Oceania
Malta	Anthea Zammit	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Żebbuġ	Europe
Mauritius	Véronique Allas	20	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Port Louis	Africa
Mexico	Ana Girault	25	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Mexico City	Americas
Moldova	Daniela Marin	18	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Leova	Europe
Mongolia	Bayartsetseg Altangerel	26	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Ulaanbaatar	Asia & Oceania
Montenegro	Katarina Keković	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Podgorica	Europe
Myanmar	Myat Thiri Lwin	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Naypyidaw	Asia & Oceania
Nepal	Asmi Shrestha	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tandi	Asia & Oceania
Netherlands	Rachelle Reijnders	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Amsterdam	Europe
New Zealand	Karla De Beer	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Auckland	Asia & Oceania
Nicaragua	María Laura Ramírez	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Masaya	Americas
Nigeria	Debbie Collins	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lagos	Africa
Northern Ireland	Emma Carswell	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Belfast	Europe
Panama	Alessandra Bueno	25	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Simone Freitag	21	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ciudad del Este	Americas
Peru	Pierina Wong	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lambayeque	Americas
Philippines	Catriona Gray	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Oas	Asia & Oceania
Poland	Kaja Klimkiewicz	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Glinojeck	Europe
Portugal	Cristiana Viana	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Valbom	Europe
Puerto Rico	Stephanie Del Valle	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	San Juan	Caribbean
Romania	Diana Dinu	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bucharest	Europe
Russia	Yana Dobrovolskaya	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tyumen	Europe
Rwanda	Jolly Mutesi	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kigali	Africa
Scotland	Lucy Kerr	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	East Dunbartonshire	Europe
Serbia	Katarina Šulkić	18	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Belgrade	Europe
Seychelles	Christine Barbier	24	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Victoria	Africa
Sierra Leone	Aminata Adialin Bangura	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Port Loko	Africa
Singapore	Bhaama Padmanathan	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Singapore	Asia & Oceania
Slovakia	Kristína Činčurová	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Lučenec	Europe
Slovenia	Maja Taradi	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ljubljana	Europe
South Africa	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	24	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mkhondo	Africa
South Sudan	Akuany Ayuen	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Juba	Africa
Spain	Raquel Tejedor	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Zaragoza	Europe
Sri Lanka	Amritaa De Silva	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Colombo	Asia & Oceania
St. Lucia	La Toya Moffat	24	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Castries	Caribbean
Sweden	Emma Strandberg	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Stockholm	Europe
Tanzania	Diana Luqumay	18	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Dodoma	Africa
Thailand	Jinnita Buddee	22	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Chiang Rai	Asia & Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	Daniella Walcott	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Port of Spain	Caribbean
Tunisia	Mariem Hammami	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Béja	Africa
Turkey	Buse Iskenderoğlu	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Ankara	Europe
Uganda	Leah Kagasa[4]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kampala	Africa
Ukraine	Oleksandra Kucherenko	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kiev	Europe
United States	Audra Mari	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Fargo	Americas
Uruguay	Romina Trotto	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Montevideo	Americas
US Virgin Islands	Kyrelle Thomas	18	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Charlotte Amalie	Caribbean
Venezuela	Diana Croce	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Calabozo	Americas
Vietnam	Trương Thị Diệu Ngọc	26	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Danang	Asia & Oceania
Wales	Ffion Moyle	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Carmarthen	Europe

The judges panel for Miss World 2016 were:

• Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Pageant Organization
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• Ken Warwick – Hollywood producer and executive producer and director of Miss World
• Andrew Minarik – head of the team for Miss World Hair & Beauty
• Donna Walsh – professional dancer and director
• Liliana Tanoesoedibjo – CEO of Media Nusantara Citra, Owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia
• Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico, National Director of Miss World Puerto Rico
• Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland
• Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
• Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia
• Carina Tyrrell – Miss England 2014

•  Rwanda

Last competed in 1990:

•  Cook Islands

Last competed in 2008:

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  DR Congo

Last competed in 2010:

•  St. Lucia

Last competed in 2011:

•  Cayman Islands

Last competed in 2012:

•  Sierra Leone

Last competed in 2013:

•  Guinea-Bissau

Last competed in 2014:

•  Belarus
•  Canada
•  Egypt
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ghana
•  Israel

• Antigua & Barbuda – Latisha Greene was appointed as Miss Antigua & Barbuda World by Calvin Southwell, president of Antigua Pageants Ltd and national director of Miss World in the island nation.^[5]
•  British Virgin Islands – Kadia Turnbull was chosen Miss World British Virgin Islands 2016 at a casting call held by Damion Grange, the national director of Miss World British Virgin Islands pageant.
•  Costa Rica - Melania González was appointed Miss Mundo Costa Rica 2016 after a casting call was organized by Allan Aleman, the national director of Reinas de Costa Rica pageant who is also franchise holder for Miss World in Costa Rica.
•  El Salvador - Ana Cortez was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2016 by Telecorporacion Salvadorena, the license holder for Miss World in El Salvador after the national pageant, Nuestra Belleza El Salvador was not held for the second consecutive year. Cortez works for the company as a TV presenter and DJ radio host.
•  Germany - Selina Kriechbaum was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Detlef Tursies, the national director of Miss Deutschland pageant after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early November. Kriechbaum represented the state of Hesse at Miss Deutschland 2015 and was the 3rd runner-up at the pageant.
•  Mongolia - Bayartsetseg Altangerel was appointed Miss World Mongolia 2016 after a casting call was organized by Asian Future Group the franchise holder for Miss World in Mongolia.
•  Montenegro - Katarina Keković, Miss Universe Montenegro 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Vesna De Vinča, the national director of Miss Montenegro pageant who decided to send Tea Babic, Miss Montenegro 2016 to Miss World 2017 pageant so as to allow more preparation time for the new delegate after the national contest was postponed to late October 2016. Keković was the 1st runner-up at Miss Montenegro 2015 pageant and was supposed to compete at Miss Universe 2016 however she has been replaced by Adela Zoranić, Miss Universe Montenegro 2016.
•  Nigeria - Debbie Collins, MBGN Universe 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Silverbird Group, the license holder for Miss World in Nigeria after MBGN 2016 pageant was cancelled because of economic recession plaguing the country. Collins represent the Ebonyi State at MBGN 2015 and was the 1st runner-up at the pagent.
•  Panama – Alessandra Bueno was chosen Señorita Panamá Mundo 2016 by Edwin Dominguez after being appointed the new franchise holder for Miss World in Panama. Bueno was selected at casting call held in association with Justine Pasek and Cesar Anel Rodríguez, the organizers of Señorita Panamá pageant due to time constraints in organizing the pageant. Previously Medcom Corporation under the direction of Marisela Moreno held the franchise for Miss World in Panama.^[6]
•  Romania – Diana Dinu was appointed Miss World Romania 2016 by Ernest Hadrian Böhm, the national director of Miss World Romania after a casting call was organized by ExclusivEvent agency franchise holders for Miss World in Romania.
•  Singapore - Bhamaa Padmanathan was appointed Miss World Singapore 2016 after a casting call was held by Inès Ligron the new national director of Miss World Singapore pageant. Previously Raymund Ooi held the franchise for Miss World in Singapore.
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Daniella Marie Walcott was appointed Miss World Trinidad and Tobago 2016, by Vanessa Sahatoo-Manoo, the President of Oneness Entertainment and the national director of Miss World Trinidad & Tobago pageant after taking into account the weak corporate economic situation in the country. Walcott is also the younger sister of Gabrielle Walcott who was 2nd runner-up at Miss World 2008 and also the cousin of Magdalene Walcott, who made it to the Top 20 at Miss World 2003. Daniella has been training since she was 12 years old by Miss World 1986, Giselle Laronde to become Miss World.
•  Tunisia – Meriem Hammemi was appointed to represent Tunisia at Miss World 2016 by Aida Antar the national director of Miss Tunisie pageant because of scheduling conflicts after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early December 2016. Hammemi represented the Governarate of Béja at the Miss Tunisie 2015 and was the 2nd runner-up at the pageant.
•  US Virgin Islands - Kyrelle Thomas was appointed Miss US Paradise World 2016 after a casting call was organised by Cnydee Frontal, the national director of Miss US Paradise pageant.
•  Venezuela - Diana Croce was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Venezuela pageant after Miss Venezuela Mundo 2016 pageant was not held because of ongoing economic recession in the country. Croce represented the state of Nueva Esparta at Miss Venezuela 2016 and was the 1st Runner-Up at the pageant.^[7]

•  Argentina - Camila Macías was crowned the new Belleza Argentina 2016 by Nadia Cerri, the national director of Belleza Argentina pageant, after Elena Roca the original winner was dethroned for committing repeated breaches of obligations stipulated in her contract. Macias represented the province of Córdoba at Belleza Argentina 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.^[8]
•  Curaçao – Nashaira Balentien, Miss World Curaçao 2016 will not compete in this edition due personal reason. Sabrina Namias de Castro, replace her, Sabrina previously competed at Reina Hispanoamericana 2016.
•  France - Morgane Edvige was appointed Miss World France 2016 by Sylvie Tellier, the national director of Miss France pageant, as a replacement to Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016, who will not be able to compete at Miss World contest because of conflicting schedules, as she crowns her successor just a day before the Miss World 2016 finals. Edvige represented the island of Martinique at Miss France 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
•  Kenya - Evelyn Njambi replaced Roshanara Ebrahim, Miss World Kenya 2016 after she was stripped of her title by Terry Muigai, the national director of Miss World Kenya pageant for the breach of code of conduct stipulated in her contract. Njambi represented Kiambu County at the Miss World Kenya 2016 and was crowned the 1st runner-up at the pageant^[9][10]
•  Lesotho - Lebakile Mokhohlane, the original winner of Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant, declined to participate at Miss World 2016 pageant due to her study commitments, hence Rethabile Tsosane was appointed to replace Mokhohlane. Tsosane was the 4th runner-up at Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant and had also won the Top Model award.^[11]

•  Bermuda– Miss Bermuda 2016 pageant was not held due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
•  Cameroon – Julia Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016 withdrew due to visa problems.
•  Ethiopia – Soliyana Assefa, Miss Ethiopia 2016 withdrew at the last minute.
•  Gabon – Miss Gabon 2016 pageant was postponed due to the political turmoil and unrest in the country that followed after the general elections.
•  Macedonia – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
•  Namibia – Lizelle Esterhuizen, Miss Namibia 2016, not compete at Miss World pageant after Conny Maritz, the national director of the Miss Namibia pageant, decided to send Esterhuizen only to Miss Universe 2016 due to lack of funding and sponsorship. Usually the winner of Miss Namibia pageant competes at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.
•  Norway – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
•  Samoa – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
•  St. Kitts and Nevis– No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
•  Zambia – the Miss Zambia 2016 pageant finals were scheduled just a day before the Miss World finals.
•  Zimbabwe – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Mary Chiwenga cancelled the 2016 edition of the Miss Zimbabwe pageant due to lack of quality candidates to compete at an international level.^{[citation needed]}

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