Miss World 2013

Miss World 2013
Megan Young, Miss World 2013
Date	28 September 2013
Presenters	Myleene Klass Kamal Ibrahim Daniel Mananta Amanda Zevannya Steve Douglas
Entertainment	Blue Matt Cardle
Venue	Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Broadcaster	Star World E! RCTI
Entrants	127
Placements	20
Debuts	Cameroon Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kosovo Uzbekistan
Withdrawals	Bonaire Macau Malawi Israel Sierra Leone Suriname Uruguay Zimbabwe
Returns	British Virgin Islands Chinese Taipei Dominica Ghana Haiti Kyrgyzstan Moldova Namibia Romania Samoa Switzerland Tunisia Zambia
Winner	Megan Young Philippines
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Miss World 2013 was the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Bali International Convention Center in Bali, South Kuta, Indonesia, on 28 September 2013.

Yu Wenxia of China crowned Megan Young of the Philippines as her successor at the end of the event, marking the only time to date that the Philippines has won the Miss World title. This victory also made the Philippines the third country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

It was the first time in Southeast Asia and it also was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in a Muslim majority country.^{[citation needed]}

Contestants from 127 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss World pageant, marking the biggest turnout for any beauty pageant globally as of 2024.^{[citation needed]}

§ — People's Choice winner
(Voted into the Top 6 by viewers)

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There were six challenge events. They were Top Model, Beach Fashion, Sport, Multimedia, Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 20.

Megan Young of Philippines won Miss World Top Model 2013.

Sancler Frantz of Brazil won Miss World Beach Beauty 2013.

Jacqueline Steenbeek of Netherlands won Miss World Sport and Fitness 2013.

Navneet Kaur Dhillon of India won Miss World Multimedia 2013.

Vania Larissa of Indonesia won Miss World Talent 2013.

Ishani Shrestha of Nepal won Miss World Beauty With a Purpose 2013.

127 Contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Ersela Kurti	22	Tirana
Angola	Maria Castelo	23	Uíge
Argentina	Teresa Kuster	24	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Larisa Leeuwe	22	Oranjestad
Australia	Erin Holland	24	Sydney
Austria	Ena Kadic †	23	Innsbruck
Bahamas	De'Andra Bannister	24	Nassau
Barbados	Regina Ramjit	19	Bridgetown
Belarus	Maryia Vialichka	22	Vitebsk
Belgium	Noémie Happart[2]	20	Liège
Belize	Idolly Louise Saldivar	22	Belmopan
Bermuda	Katherine Arnfield	18	Hamilton
Bolivia	Alejandra Castillo	20	Tarija
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sanda Gutić	19	Sarajevo
Botswana	Rosemary Keofitlhetse	20	Gaborone
Brazil	Sancler Frantz	21	Arroio do Tigre
British Virgin Islands	Kirtis Malone	21	Tortola
Bulgaria	Nansi Karaboycheva	20	Pazardzhik
Cameroon	Denise Valerie Ayena	22	Yaoundé
Canada	Camille Munro	24	Regine
Chile	Camila Andrade	22	Concepción
China	Yu Weiwei	25	Ankang
Chinese Taipei	Cinzia Chang	21	Taipei
Colombia	Daniela Ocoro	23	Cali
Costa Rica	Yarley Marín	23	Puntarenas
Côte d'Ivoire	Aïssata Dia	21	Aboisso
Croatia	Lana Gržetić	18	Rijeka
Curaçao	Xafira Urselita	18	Willemstad
Cyprus	Kristi-Mari Agapiou	20	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Lucie Kovandova	19	Dolní Kounice
Denmark	Malene Riis Sorensen	20	Haderslev
Dominica	Leslassa Armour-Shillingford	19	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Joely Bernat	24	Bronx
Ecuador	Laritza Párraga	19	Santo Domingo
El Salvador	Paola Ayala	18	San Salvador
England	Kirsty Heslewood	24	London
Equatorial Guinea	Restituta Mifumu Nguema	19	Micomeseng
Ethiopia	Genet Tsegay	22	Mekele
Fiji	Caireen Erbsleben	21	Suva
Finland	Maija Kerisalmi	20	Nokia
France	Marine Lorphelin	20	Charnay-lès-Mâcon
Gabon	Brunilla Moussadingou	19	Lambarene
Georgia	Tamar Shedania	21	Zugdidi
Germany	Amina Sabbah	18	Jena
Ghana	Carranzar Shooter	22	Accra
Gibraltar	Maroua Kharbouch	22	Gibraltar
Greece	Athina Pikraki	21	Athens
Guadeloupe	Sheryna van der Koelen	21	Saint-François
Guam	Camarin Mendiola	18	Agana Heights
Guatemala	Karla Loraine Quinto	25	Guatemala City
Guinea	Mariama Diallo	22	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Heny Tavares	21	Bafatá
Guyana	Ruqayyah Boyer	23	Georgetown
Haiti	Ketsia Iciena Lioudy	19	Cap-Haïtien
Honduras	Mónica Elwin	19	Roatan
Hong Kong	Jacqueline Wong	24	Hong Kong
Hungary	Annamaria Rakosi	21	Debrecen
Iceland	Sigríður Dagbjört Ásgeirsdóttir	22	Reykjavík
India	Navneet Kaur Dhillon	20	Patiala
Indonesia	Vania Larissa	17	Pontianak
Ireland	Aoife Walsh	23	Clonmel
Italy	Sarah Baderna	22	Castell'Arquato
Jamaica	Gina Hargitay	18	Kingston
Japan	Michiko Tanaka	23	Shizuoka
Kazakhstan	Ainura Toleuova	18	Taldykorgan
Kenya	Wangui Gitonga	23	Mombasa
South Korea	Min-ji Park	24	Busan
Kosovo	Antigona Sejdiju	19	Pristina
Kyrgyzstan	Zhibek Nukeeva †	19	Bishkek
Latvia	Eva Dombrovska	22	Jelgava
Lebanon	Karen Ghrawi	22	Beirut
Lesotho	Mamahlape Matsoso	19	Maseru
Lithuania	Ruta Mazureviciute	22	Garliava
Macedonia	Kristina Spasenoska	21	Kičevo
Malaysia	Melinder Bhullar	20	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Donna Leyland	24	Attard
Martinique	Julie Lebrasseur	19	Ducos
Mauritius	Nathalie Lesage	18	Grand Baie
Mexico	Marilyn Chagoya	23	Poza Rica
Moldova	Valeriya Tsurkan	21	Tiraspol
Mongolia	Pagmadulam Sukhbaatar	20	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Ivana Milojko	19	Kotor
Namibia	Paulina Malulu	24	Windhoek
Nepal	Ishani Shrestha	21	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Jacqueline Steenbeek	23	Drunen
New Zealand	Ella Langsford	20	Auckland
Nicaragua	Luz Mery Decena Rivera	23	Jalapa
Nigeria	Anna Banner	18	Bayelsa
Northern Ireland	Meagan Green	23	Lisburn
Norway	Alexandra Backstrom	23	Oslo
Panama	Virginia Hernández	23	Panama City
Paraguay	Coral Ruiz Reyes	22	Luque
Peru	Elba Fahsbender	21	Lima
Philippines	Megan Young	23	Olongapo
Poland	Katarzyna Krzeszowska	22	Krynica-Zdrój
Portugal	Elisabete Rodrigues	20	Porto
Puerto Rico	Nadyalee Torres	25	Caguas
Romania	Andreea Chiru	20	Braila
Russia	Elmira Abdrazakova[3]	18	Mezhdurechensk
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Trevicia Adams	22	Basseterre
Samoa	Penina Paeu	21	Apia
Scotland	Jamey Bowers	24	Edinburgh
Serbia	Aleksandra Doknić	18	Požarevac
Seychelles	Agnes Gerry	19	Victoria
Singapore	Maria-Anna Zenieris	18	Singapore
Slovakia	Karolína Chomistekova	19	Oravský Podzámok
Slovenia	Maja Cotič	24	Nova Gorica
South Africa	Marilyn Ramos[4]	22	Klerksdorp
South Sudan	Modong Manuela	21	Juba
Spain	Elena Ibarbia	18	San Sebastián
Sri Lanka	Iresha Asanki de Silva	22	Colombo
Sweden	Agneta Myhrman	19	Stockholm
Switzerland	Cindy Williner	18	Zürich
Tanzania	Brigitte Lyimo	20	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Natalie Phoksomboon	22	Udon Thani
Trinidad and Tobago	Sherrece Villafana	19	San Fernando
Tunisia	Hiba Telmoudi	22	Gabes
Turkey	Ruveyda Oksuz	19	Istanbul
Uganda	Stellah Nantumbwe	22	Kampala
Ukraine	Anna Zayachkivska	21	Ivano-Frankivsk
United States	Olivia Jordan	24	Tulsa
US Virgin Islands	Petra Cabrera	21	Charlotte Amalie
Uzbekistan	Rakhima Ganieva	18	Tashkent
Venezuela	Karen Soto	21	Maracaibo
Vietnam	Lại Hương Thảo	22	Quảng Ninh
Wales	Gabrielle Shaw	19	Wrexham
Zambia	Christine Mwaaba	25	Lusaka

The judges for Miss World 2013 were:

•  Chinese Taipei - The Miss Taiwan organisation decided to change their name at Miss World to Chinese Taipei. After they last use Chinese Taipei on Miss World 2008.

•  Belarus – Maryia Vialichka was appointed to represent Belarus, after no national pageant was held because the Miss Belarus pageant is a bi-annual event. It was last time held in 2012. Maria won the title of Miss Charity at the Miss Belarus 2012 pageant.
•  British Virgin Islands – Kirtis Kassandra Malone was appointed as Miss World British Virgin Islands 2013. The Miss World British Virgin Islands Committee acquired the franchise license from the Miss World organisation this year.
•  Cyprus – Kristy Marie Agapiou was appointed to represent Cyprus, she was the 1st runner-up at the Star Cyprus 2011 pageant.
•  Guyana – Ruqayyah Boyer was appointed Miss Guyana 2013 after Natasha Martindale became the new national director in Guyana.
•  Iceland – Sigríður Dagbjört Ásgeirsdóttir was appointed to represent Iceland, she was the 2nd runner-up at the Ungfrú Island 2011 pageant.
•  Kazakhstan – Aynur Toleuova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan. She was previously Miss Kazakhstan 2011.
•  South Korea – Park Min-ji was appointed to represent Korea. She was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss World Korea 2011 pageant.
•  Mongolia – Pagmadulam Sukhbaatar was appointed as Miss World Mongolia 2013 after a casting call took place.
•  Nicaragua – Luz Decena was appointed as Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2013 by Denis Davila, national director of Miss World in Nicaragua.
•  Norway – Alexandra Backström was appointed as Miss World Norway 2013 after a casting call took place.^[6]
•  St. Kitts & Nevis – Trevicia Adams was appointed as Miss World St. Kitts & Nevis 2013 by Eversley Liburd & Joan Millard, national directors of Miss World in St. Kitts & Nevis.^[7]
•  United States – Olivia Jordan, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was appointed to represent United States. She was the 1st runner-up at the Miss California USA 2013 pageant. Later competed at Miss USA 2015 as Miss Oklahoma USA and won the title and competed at Miss Universe 2015 and placed as 2nd runner-up.
•  Vietnam – Thảo Lại Hương was appointed to represent Vietnam. The permission was granted by the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam, which authorises the international representation of the nation in events of any kind. Thảo was crowned Miss Sport Vietnam 2012.
•  Zambia – Christine Mwaaba was appointed to represent Zambia, she was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Zambia 2010 pageant.

•  Hong Kong – The reigning Miss Hong Kong Carat Cheung was replaced by her 1st runner-up Jacqueline Wong due to being over-age.
•  Serbia – Nikolina Bojić was replaced by Aleksandra Doknić the 1st runner-up of Miss Serbia 2012, after being withdrawn because of her marriage to Canadian tennis player Frank Dancevic.

•  Bonaire
•  Macau
•  Malawi
•  Israel – Yityish Titi Aynaw withdrew due to political reason regarding to Indonesia being an Islamic country. Later competed at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, but was unplaced.^[8]
•  Sierra Leone
•  Suriname – Rachel De La Fuente
•  Uruguay – Mercedes Bissio Del Puerto
•  Zimbabwe

Note: These countries were to debut or return at Miss World, but did not compete.

•  Benin
•  Cape Verde - Christina Spencer
•  Greenland - Dianne Illiansen
•  Grenada - Priscilla Collingsworth
•  Madagascar
•  Mozambique
•  Rwanda
•  São Tomé and Príncipe

After protests from hard-line Islamic extremism groups threatened to force the pageant out of Indonesia, the national government announced that the finals would be moved from a venue near the capital city, to a venue on the predominantly Hindu island of Bali.^[9] Furthermore, Miss World Organization Chairperson Julia Morley replaced the "Beach Fashion" bikini swimsuit event, with a "Balinese Beach Fabric" sarong cloth event.^[10]

• Miss World official website