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I'm delayed a bit.

The 62nd annual Miss World pageant will be crowned on August 18th in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. An expected 120 delegates the world over will gather in the northern Chinese city to succeed Venezuela's Ivian Sarcos  as the new Miss World. Aside from Ordos, the delegates will also be touring Hong Kong, Sanya, and Shanghai and will return to Ordos for the coronation.



Venue: Dongsheng Fitness National Stadium




Former Host and featured destination
1951 - 68: Lyceum Theatre, London
1969 - 80: Royal Albert Hall, London
1981: Royal Albert Hall, London and Miami
1982 - 85: Royal Albert Hall, London
1986: Royal Albert Hall, London and Macau
1987: Royal Albert Hall, London and Malta
1988: Royal Albert Hall, London and Malaga, Spain
1989: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong and Taiwan
1990: Palladium, London and Norway
1991: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta and South Africa
1992 - 94: Super Bowl, Sun City, South Africa
1995: Super Bowl, Sun City, South Africa; Dubai and Comoros
1996: M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium, Bangalore and Seychelles
1997: Plantation Club, Mahe, Seychelles
1998: Berjaya Mahe Resort; Mahe, Seychelles and Paris
1999: Olympia Hall, London and Malta
2000: Millennium Dome, London and Maldives
2001; Super Bowl, Sun City, South Africa and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
2002: Alexandra Palace, London and Nigeria
2003 - 05: Beauty Crown Theater, Sanya, China
2006: Sala Kongresawa, Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland
2007: Beauty Crown Theater, Sanya, China
2008: Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa
2009: Gallagher Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010: Beauty Crown Theater, Sanya, China
2011: Earls Court Exhibition Center, London

Miss World Titleholders

1951 - Kiki Haakonson, Sweden
1952 - May Louise Flodin, Sweden
1953 - Deniser Perrier, France
1954 - Antigone Constanda, Egypt
1955 - Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga, Venezuela
1956 - Petra Schurman, Germany
1957 - Marita Lindahl, Finland
1958 - Penelope Anne Coelen, South Africa
1959 - Corinne Rottschafer, Holland
1960 - Norma Gladys Cappagli, Argentina
1961 - Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom
1962 - Catharina Lodders, Holland
1963 - Carole Joan Crawford, Jamaica
1964 - Ann Sidney, United Kingdom
1965 - Lesley Langley, United Kingdom
1966 - Reita Faria, India
1967 - Madeleine Hartog Bell, Peru
1968 - Penelope Plummer, Australia
1969 - Eva Reuber-Staier, Austria
1970 - Jennifer Hosten, Grenada
1971 - Lucia Tavares Petterle, Brazil
1972 - Belinda Green, Australia
1973 - Marjorie Wallace, USA
1974 - Helen Morgan, United Kingdom; resigned after four days replaced by Anneline Kriel, South Africa
1975 - Wilnelia Merced, Puerto Rico
1976 - Cindy Breakspeare, Jamaica
1977 - Mary Stavin, Sweden
1978 - Silvana Suarez, Argentina
1979 - Gina Swainson, Bermuda
1980 - Gabriella Brum, Germany; resigned after 18 hours replaced by Kimberley Santos, Guam
1981 - Carmen Josefina Pilin Leon Crespo, Venezuela
1982 - Mariasela Alvarez Lebron, Dominican Republic
1983 - Sarah Jane Hutt, United Kingdom
1984 - Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal, Venezuela
1985 - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir, Iceland
1986 - Gisele LaRonde, Trinidad and Tobago
1987 - Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria
1988 - Linda Pettursdottir, Iceland
1989 - Aneta Kreglicka, Poland
1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson, USA
1991 - Ninebeth Beatriz Leal Jimenez, Venezuela
1992 - Julia Kurotchkina, Russia
1993 - Lisa Hanna, Jamaica
1994 - Aishwarya Rai, India
1995 - Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano, Venezuela
1996 - Irene Skliva, Greece
1997 - Diana Hayden, India
1998 - Linor Abargil, Israel
1999 - Yukta Mookhey, India
2000 - Priyanka Chopra, India
2001 - Agbani Darego, Nigeria
2002 - Azra Azkin, Turkey
2003 - Rosanna Davison, Ireland
2004 - Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Peru
2005 - Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, Iceland
2006 - Taťána Kuchařová, Czech Republic
2007 - Zi Lin Zhang, China
2008 - Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia
2009 - Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar
2010 - Alexandria Mills, USA
2011 - Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares, Venezuela

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Some of the contenders

Albania


Australia


Belarus


Brazil


China


Colombia


Czech Republic


Israel


Netherlands


Paraguay


Mexico



Peru


Philippines


Puerto Rico


Spain


Ukraine


Venezuela

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Mexico


Peru


Philippines


Puerto Rico


Spain


Ukraine


Venezuela

[baron-pierreIV]

OMG! Venezuela again is a gorgeous woman!! How can they have such an UGLy president with all those lovely women??

[nykfan845]

OMG! Venezuela again is a gorgeous woman!! How can they have such an UGLy president with all those lovely women??

Plastic surgery.

[krow]

peru is the prettiest.

brazil looks like she would only be pretty from that angle. DON'T YOU DARE SHOOT ME FROM THE SIDE.

[NY20??]

They all look the same to me.

I think the best looking women on earth are fashion models, not pageant types.

You know, cheek bones that are sky high and sharp enough to cut you and make you bleed, sharp jaws lines, aloofness, something that sets them apart and will make you remember them.

Meh.

[baron-pierreIV]

They all look the same to me.

I think the best looking women on earth are fashion models, not pageant types.

You know, cheek bones that are sky high and sharp enough to cut you and make you bleed, sharp jaws lines, aloofness, something that sets them apart and will make you remember them.

Meh.

Ehhh. Fashion models are very emaciated anorexics or bulemics. Even cheek boens now can be implanted.

[olympian]

They all look the same to me.

I think the best looking women on earth are fashion models, not pageant types.

You know, cheek bones that are sky high and sharp enough to cut you and make you bleed, sharp jaws lines, aloofness, something that sets them apart and will make you remember them.

Meh.

several pageant types are also models

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Coronation in 2 days in Ordos.

Here's a video of Philippines beatboxing during the talent competition.