Editing Miss World

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{{Infobox pageant
| name             = Miss World
| logo             = 
| logosize         = 200px
| image            = File:Miss World Organization.png
| caption          = 
| type             = International women's beauty pageant
| franchise_holder =
| organization     =
| headquarters     = London, United Kingdom
| pageant_region   = 
| region_represented=
| qualification    = 
| first            = [[Miss World 1951|1951]]
| recent           = [[Miss World 2025|2025]]
| last             = <!---Only if pageant is defunct. Last edition of the pageant, use year used in the pageant name--->
| current_titleholder = [[Krystyna Pyszková]]
| titleholder_represents = Czech Republic
| language         = English
| leader_title1 = Founder
| leader_name1 = [[Eric Morley]]
| leader_title2 = President
| leader_name2 = [[Julia Morley]]
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| predecessor      = 
| successor        = <!---Succeeding pageant--->
| website          = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Miss World''' is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by [[Eric Morley]] in [[Miss World 1951|1951]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guardianlv.com/2013/06/miss-world-competition-says-no-to-bikini-yes-to-sarong/|title=Miss World Competition Says No to Bikini Yes to Sarong|author=Michael Smith|work=Guardian Liberty Voice|date=6 June 2013|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090814/world-news/miss-universe-on-august-23 |title=Miss Universe on August 23 |date=14 August 2009 |publisher=Timesofmalta.com |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> Since his death in [[Miss World 2000|2000]], Morley's widow, [[Julia Morley]], has co-chaired the pageant.<ref>{{cite news|author=Paul Lewis|title=Eric Morley, 82, Miss World Promoter, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/11/world/eric-morley-82-miss-world-promoter-dies.html|date=11 November 2000|website=The New York Times|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageant.com/archive/world.html |title=Pageant News Bureau – Miss World: A long, glittering history |publisher=Pageant.com |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215102031/http://www.pageant.com/archive/world.html |archive-date=15 February 2011 }}</ref> Along with [[Miss Universe]], [[Miss International]], and [[Miss Earth]], it is one of the [[Big Four beauty pageants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leadership.ng/entertainment/381814/beauty-pageants-crowns-right-heads|title=Beauty Pageants: Are The Crowns On the Right Heads? – Nigerian News from Leadership News|work=Nigerian News from Leadership News|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085830/http://leadership.ng/entertainment/381814/beauty-pageants-crowns-right-heads|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current Miss World is [[Krystyna Pyszková]] of the [[Czech Republic]] who was crowned on 9 March 2024 in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://praguemorning.cz/czech-republics-krystyna-pyszkova-wins-miss-world-2024/|title=Czech Republic's Krystyna Pyszkova Wins Miss World 2024|date=9 March 2024|website=praguemorning.cz|access-date=9 March 2024|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309194503/https://praguemorning.cz/czech-republics-krystyna-pyszkova-wins-miss-world-2024/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
===20th century===
In 1951, [[Eric Morley]] organised a [[bikini contest]] as part of the [[Festival of Britain]] celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Elissa |last1=Stein |first2=Lee |last2=Meriwether |title=Beauty Queen |page=[https://archive.org/details/beautyqueenheres0000stei/page/45 45] |publisher=Chronicle Books |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8118-4864-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/beautyqueenheres0000stei/page/45 }}</ref> The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The [[swimsuit competition]] was intended as a promotion for the [[bikini]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Susan|last=Dewey|title=Making Miss India Miss World|page=[https://archive.org/details/makingmissindiam0000dewe/page/46 46]|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8156-3176-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/makingmissindiam0000dewe/page/46}}</ref> which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, [[Kiki Håkansson|Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson]] from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the controversy.

The pageant was originally planned as a Pageant for the Festival of Britain, but Morley decided to make the Miss World pageant annual.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/nigeria/1950s.html |title=Frontline World: A Pageant is Born |publisher=Pbs.org |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=166289&article&t=0 |title=Bet on Miss World Pageant |publisher=Covers.com |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192717/http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=166289&article&t=0 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark,<ref name="Keith Lovegrove 1967">{{cite book|first=Keith|last=Lovegrove|title=Pageant: The Beauty Contest|page=[https://archive.org/details/pageantbeautycon0000love/page/1967 1967]|publisher=teNeues|year=2002|isbn=978-3-8238-5569-9|url=https://archive.org/details/pageantbeautycon0000love/page/1967}}</ref> and all future pageants were held under that name. But because of the controversy arising from Håkansson's crowning in a bikini, countries with religious traditions threatened not to send delegates to future events, and the bikini was condemned by [[the Pope]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Selvedge: The Fabric of Your Life|page=39|publisher= Selvedge Ltd. |year=2005}}</ref> Objection to the bikini led to its replacement in all future pageants<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ben |last1=Marcus|first2=Jeff |last2=Divine |title=Surfing USA!: An Illustrated History of the Coolest Sport of All Time |page=60|publisher=MVP Books|year=2005|isbn= 978-0-89658-690-1}}</ref><ref name=magnanti>{{cite news|last=Magnanti|first=Brooke|title=Miss World bikini ban: why it's no victory for feminists|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/10105935/Miss-World-2013-bikini-ban-why-its-no-victory-for-feminists.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/10105935/Miss-World-2013-bikini-ban-why-its-no-victory-for-feminists.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=Telegraph|access-date=22 August 2013 |date=7 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with more modest swimwear, and from 1976 swimsuits were replaced by [[evening gown]]s for the crowning.<ref>{{cite book|first=Han |last=Shin |title=Beauty with a Purpose|page= 193 |publisher=iUniverse|year=2004|isbn= 978-0-595-30926-9}}</ref> Håkansson remains the only Miss World crowned in a bikini.<ref name="Keith Lovegrove 1967"/> In Miss World 2013 all participants wore a [[one-piece swimsuit]] plus a traditional [[sarong]] below the waist as a compromise with local culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/06/08/bikini-ban-miss-world-pageant.html |title=Bikini ban at Miss World pageant |access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref>

Morley announced the Miss World winners in the order No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1. This was intended to keep the tension up, and avoid the anticlimax if Nos. 2 and 3 are announced after the winner.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rees |first= Nigel |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases |year=1990 |publisher= Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-0747503446 |page=116}}</ref>

In 1959, the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] began to broadcast the pageant. Its popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World was among the most watched programs of the year on British television.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss World gets a makeover |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/167816.stm |date=9 September 1998 |website=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC News |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> In 1970, the contest in London was disrupted by women's liberation protesters armed with flour bombs, stink bombs, and water pistols loaded with ink.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/1960.shtml |title=BBC Radio 4 – Woman's Hour – Women's History Timeline: 1960 – 1969 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref> The 1970 contest was also controversial when South Africa sent two contestants (one black and one white). Henceforth, South Africa was banned from the contest until [[apartheid]] was abolished. More than 18 million people watched the pageant at its peak during the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="Morley">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1015014.stm|title=Miss World founder dies|date=9 November 2000|work=BBC News|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the [[Advertising slogan|slogan]] "Beauty With a Purpose", with added tests of [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]] and [[personality tests|personality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiza.com/pageant-archives/Miss_World/ |title=Tiza.com. Miss World |publisher=Tiza.com |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> In 1984, [[BBC1]] controller [[Michael Grade]] announced that the corporation would cease to broadcast beauty pageants the next January, after it had shown [[Miss Great Britain]], saying, "I believe these contests no longer merit national air time." He added, "They are an anachronism in this day and age of equality and verging on the offensive."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=18 November 1984|title=BBC to Stop Televising Beauty Pageants|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/18/arts/bbc-to-stop-televising-beauty-pageants.html|access-date=28 July 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Thames Television]] broadcast Miss World between 1980 and 1988, when [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] dropped it.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibson|first=Janine|date=7 October 1999|title=Miss World pageant set for TV return|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/oct/07/channelfive.mondaymediasection|access-date=28 July 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Morley – The History of Miss World|url=http://www.liveindia.com/missworld/1.html|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.liveindia.com}}</ref>

During the early 1990s, mainstream television broadcasts of the event declined in popularity after it became "increasingly unfashionable" in the late 1980s. The pageant returned on satellite channel [[Sky One]] in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2855671/Morleys-global-vision-for-Miss-World.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2855671/Morleys-global-vision-for-Miss-World.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Morley's global vision for Miss World|date=21 June 2003|access-date=18 February 2019|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himalmag.com/miss-third-world/ | title=Miss (Third) World) | date=31 October 1998 }}</ref> before moving to [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] for three years (1998–2000).<ref name="Morley"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/222108.stm|title=BBC News – Entertainment – Miss World goes PC?|work=BBC News|date=26 November 1998|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

Eric Morley died in 2000, and his wife, Julia, succeeded him as chair of the Miss World organisation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080630205834/http://www.missworld.com/history_of_contest Miss World Contest History]</ref>

===21st century===
The first black African Miss World winner, [[Agbani Darego]] of Nigeria, was crowned in [[Miss World 2001|2001]]. As part of its marketing strategy, Miss World came up with a "Vote For Me" television special during that edition, featuring the delegates behind the scenes and on the beach, and allowing viewers to phone in or vote online for their favourites. It also sells broadcasters its Talent, Beach Beauty and Sports events as television specials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcountrylink.com/miss_world.htm |title=Miss World facts |publisher=Worldcountrylink.com |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522022524/http://www.worldcountrylink.com/miss_world.htm |archive-date=22 May 2010 }}</ref> [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] broadcast the 2001 pageant from South Africa on digital channel [[ITV2]], with the special airing a week earlier on the main ITV channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/itv-to-host-miss-world/|title=ITV to host Miss World|publisher=C21Media|date=25 October 2001|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

In [[Miss World 2002|2002]], the pageant was slated to host its final in [[Abuja]], Nigeria. This choice was controversial, as a northern Nigerian woman, [[Amina Lawal]], was awaiting death by [[stoning]] for [[adultery]] under [[Sharia]] law there, but Miss World used the publicity surrounding its presence to bring greater global awareness and action to Lawal's plight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2002/11/27/miss_world_2002_will_be_the|title=Miss World Riots in Nigeria|publisher=Democracynow.org |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2116540.stm|title=Nigerian woman fights stoning |work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 July 2002|access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> No British channel agreed to broadcast the event,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/07/fashion.gender|title=Dogged by criticism and ridicule, the Miss World pageant continues|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|date=7 December 2002|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> and there were objections to the contest.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 December 2002|title=Should the Miss World pageant have gone ahead?|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2553049.stm|access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=26 November 2002|title=Mayor's frosty reception for Miss World|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/england/2515189.stm|access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>

Former Miss World [[Aishwarya Rai]] attended the [[Miss World 2014]] ceremony with her husband [[Abhishek Bachchan]], daughter Aaradhya and mother Brinda Rai.<ref>{{cite web | title=Aishwarya Rai: most successful Miss World ever | website=[[MSN]] | date=18 December 2014 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/aishwarya-rai-most-successful-miss-world-ever/ss-BBgZPYt | access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref> The pageant has been broadcast on local TV channel [[London Live (TV channel)|London Live]] since 2014.

==Miss World Organization==
[[File:Ivian sar..jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ivian Sarcos]], [[Miss World 2011]] at a school in [[Mumbai]], India]]

The Miss World Organization owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals, a competition that has grown into one of the world's biggest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/60487/06/06/Miss-World-Organisation-and-Mauj-Telecom-Ink-Global-Deal-on-Mobile-Content-and-Applications.html |title=ElEconomista.es. Miss World Organisation and Mauj Telecom Ink Global Deal on Mobile Content and Applications |work=El Economista |date=6 June 2006 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> Since its launch in 1951, the Miss World organisation has raised more than £1 billion for children's charities<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philanthropymagazine.com/Articles/11-1-miss-world.htm|title=philanthropymagazine.com|access-date=19 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016202427/http://www.philanthropymagazine.com/Articles/11-1-miss-world.htm|archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> that help disabled and underprivileged children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19861114&id=sBdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5834,4513645&hl=en|title=Miss Trinidad and Tobago is new Miss World|date=14 November 1986|newspaper=[[Boca Raton News]]|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> Miss World is [[franchising|franchised]] in more than 100 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17097:newly-crowned-miss-namibia-2009-happie-ntelamo-&catid=542:headlines&Itemid=62 |title=Newly crowned Miss Namibia 2009, Happie Ntelamo |work=The Economist .na |date=19 June 2009 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/miss-world-2006 |title=Warsaw-life.com. Miss World comes to Warsaw |publisher=Warsaw-life.com |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>

===1970s–1990s===
The Miss World pageant has been the target of many controversies since its inception.
* In [[Miss World 1970|1970]], feminist protesters threw flour bombs during the live event at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]], momentarily alarming the host, [[Bob Hope]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mw2006.pl/index.php?id=216&eng |title=Miss World 2006 |access-date=26 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803200450/http://www.mw2006.pl/index.php?id=216&eng |archive-date= 3 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-29-2003-43584.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090316054040/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-29-2003-43584.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 March 2009 |title=L–ast milestone on a record-breaking comedy Road ... Bob Hope dies at 100 |publisher=Buzzle.com |date=29 July 2003 |access-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref>
* The [[Miss World 1973|1973]] winner, [[Marjorie Wallace]], was stripped of her title on 8 March 1974 because she had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job. Miss World's organizers did not elect someone to serve in her place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740307&id=vsIlAAAAIBAJ&pg=5690,3958787|title=Miss World is stripped of her title|access-date=12 October 2020|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818213908/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740307&id=vsIlAAAAIBAJ&pg=5690,3958787|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In [[Miss World 1976|1976]], several countries boycotted the pageant because it included both a [[white South African|white]] and a [[Black South African|Black]] contestant from South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1976.htm |title=Miss World 1976 |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623082606/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1976.htm |archive-date=23 June 2011 }}</ref> South Africa competed for the last time in 1977, before returning in 1991 as [[Apartheid in South Africa|apartheid]] disintegrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1977.htm |title=Miss World 1977 |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903002634/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1977.htm |archive-date=3 September 2011 }}</ref>
* The [[Miss World 1980|1980]] winner, [[Gabriella Brum]] of Germany, resigned one day after winning, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. A few days later it emerged that she had been forced to resign after it was discovered that she had posed naked for a magazine.<ref name="Pageantopolis - Miss World 1980">{{cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1980.htm |title=Miss World 1980 |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008201347/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1980.htm |archive-date= 8 October 2014 }}</ref>

===Nigeria 2002===
{{Main|Miss World 2002}}

In the year leading up the finals in Nigeria, several European title holders lobbied their governments and the EU parliament to support [[Amina Lawal]]'s cause.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20021223/pollitt |title=As Miss World Turns |work=The Nation |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> A number of contestants followed the lead of [[Kathrine Sørland]] of Norway in boycotting the contest (despite the controversy, Sørland became a semifinalist in both the Miss World and Miss Universe contests), while others, such as Costa Rica, were instructed by their national governments and parliaments not to attend. Among the other boycotting nations were Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Panama, Belgium and Kenya. There was further controversy over the possibly suspended participation of France and South Africa, which might or might not have been due to the boycott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/World_2002.htm |title=Miss World 2002 |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124032347/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/World_2002.htm |archive-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> Lawal asked that contestants not suspend their participation in the contest, saying that it was for the good of her country and that they could, as the representative of Sweden had earlier remarked, make a much stronger case for her on the ground in Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/09/25/nigeria.stoning/ |title=Woman sentenced to stoning freed |publisher=CNN |date=26 September 2003 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>

Despite the increasing international profile the boycott was garnering in the world press, the contest proceeded in Nigeria after being rescheduled to avoid taking place during Ramadan, with many prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one of the world's most influential national directors, said, "there is no question about it [the participation of Miss Venezuela in the contest]." But the trouble did not end there. A ''ThisDay'' ([[Lagos]], Nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting that [[Muhammad]] would probably have chosen one of his wives from among the contestants had he been alive to see it resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in which over 200 people were killed in the city of [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] and many houses of worship were burned by religious zealots.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2508131.stm |title=Nigeria riots toll 'passes 200' |work=BBC News |date=24 November 2002 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> Because of these riots, the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following widely circulated reports that Canada's and Korea's representatives had withdrawn from the contest and returned to their respective countries out of safety concerns. A [[fatwa]] urging the beheading of the woman who wrote the offending words, [[Isioma Daniel]], was issued in Nigeria, but was declared null and void by the relevant Saudi Arabian authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isioma.net/sds03002.html |title=Miss World 2002 – The World at their Feet |publisher=Isioma.net |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Isioma Daniel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/17/gender.pressandpublishing |title=Nigerian journalist Isioma Daniel tells her story |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=24 May 2011 |date=17 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2518977.stm |title=Nigeria's journalist on the run |work=BBC News  |date=27 November 2002 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/brisibe/112602.html |title=Miss World and Islam: "Fatwa" and Isioma Daniel a Nigerian "Fatwa" |publisher=Nigeria World |date=26 November 2002 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> Upon the pageant's return to Britain, many of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norway, Kathrine Sørland, who was ironically tipped in the last few days as the favourite for the crown she had previously boycotted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moderngent.com/articles/miss_world_2002.php |title=Contestants boycott Miss World |work=Modern Gent |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102230137/http://www.moderngent.com/articles/miss_world_2002.php |archive-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/27/wstone27.xml |title=– Don't boycott Nigeria's Miss World contest, begs mother facing stoning |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=7 December 2013 |access-date=8 March 2014}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/01/wmiss01.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030218082920/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/01/wmiss01.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2003 |title=– Contestants threaten Miss World boycott over stoning |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=7 December 2013 |access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2219661.stm |title=Nigeria faces Miss World boycott threat |work=BBC News  |date=27 August 2002 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2240790.stm |title=Miss World Nigeria boycott spreads |work=BBC News |date=6 September 2002 |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>

The eventual winner of the pageant was [[Azra Akın]] of Turkey, the first predominantly Muslim country to hold the title since Egypt in 1954.<ref name="Pageantopolis - Miss World">{{cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world.htm |title=Miss World |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623084339/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world.htm |archive-date=23 June 2011 }}</ref>

===Indonesia 2013===
{{Main|Miss World 2013}}
In Miss World 2013, protests by Islamic groups began a few weeks before the contest began, resulting in the pageant's finale and all pre-pageant activities being isolated to Hindu-majority [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Religious fury alters Miss World in Indonesia|website=[[CNN]]|date=27 September 2013|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/world/asia/miss-world-pageant/index.html}}</ref>

===China 2015===
{{Main|Miss World 2015}}
[[Anastasia Lin]], [[Miss World Canada]], was not given a visa to travel in China and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the 2015 pageant, and was declared ''[[persona non grata]]'' by the [[Chinese Embassy, Ottawa|Chinese Embassy in Ottawa]] for openly criticizing [[Human rights in China|China's human rights violations]]. The Miss World Organization later allowed her to compete at Miss World 2016.<ref name=theglobeandmail27471171>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/national/miss-world-canada-blocked-from-contest-due-to-china-visa-denial/article27471171|title=Miss World Canada blocked from contest due to China visa denial|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=24 November 2015|access-date=19 June 2016|last1=Offman|first1=Craig}}</ref><ref name=theglobeandmail27476426>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/miss-world-canada-deemed-unwelcome-by-china-ending-contest-hopes/article27476426/|title=China declares Miss World Canada contestant 'persona non grata'|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>

===Thailand 2020 and cancellation===
{{see also|COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand}}
After the 2019 pageant, the organization chose Thailand as the host country of Miss World 2020, to be held in [[Phuket]]. But due to the spread of [[COVID-19]], most national organizations and the Miss World organization agreed to cancel the 2020 pageant to assure the delegates' safety.

===Puerto Rico 2021 and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic===
{{Main|Miss World 2021}}{{see also|COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico}}
The edition was originally scheduled for the end of 2020 but postponed indefinitely due to the global [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/jamaicas-miss-world-2020-will-reign-again/|title=Jamaica's Miss World 2020 will reign again|first=Vinette K.|last=Pryce|date=7 August 2020|website=Caribbean Life News}}</ref> On 8 March 2021, the date was set for 16 December 2021.<ref name="date">{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Celebrarán concurso internacional de Miss Mundo en Puerto Rico!|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretenimiento/2021/03/08/confirmado-celebraran-concurso-internacional-miss-mundo-puerto-rico.html|access-date=9 March 2021|website=Metro|date=8 March 2021|language=es}}</ref> The threat of the [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|Omicron variant]] had already been detected in some parts of the world during the pre-pageant activities, as the disease started swept across the island. On 14 December, [[Miss Indonesia|Miss World Indonesia Carla Yules]] tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution, her roommate [[Femina Miss India 2020|Miss World India Manasa Varanasi]] and five others were classified as suspected cases. Miss World Organization chair [[Julia Morley]] confirmed that the delegates were isolated and quarantined and would not be onstage for the final show if they did not produce a negative PCR test.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/notas/investigan-posibles-casos-de-covid-19-entre-siete-concursantes-de-miss-mundo-2021/|title=Investigan casos sospechosos de COVID-19 entre siete concursantes de Miss Mundo 2021|date=14 December 2021|website=El Nuevo Día|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://california18.com/seven-candidates-for-miss-world-isolated-due-to-possible-contagion-of-covid-19/2067242021/|title=Seven candidates for Miss World isolated due to possible contagion of covid-19|date=15 December 2021|accessdate=16 December 2021|archive-date=15 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215022545/https://california18.com/seven-candidates-for-miss-world-isolated-due-to-possible-contagion-of-covid-19/2067242021/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inews.id/lifestyle/seleb/kabar-terbaru-carla-yules-di-miss-world-2021-ini-penjelasan-liliana-tanoesoedibjo|title=Kabar Terbaru Carla Yules di Miss World 2021, Ini Penjelasan Liliana Tanoesoedibjo|date=15 December 2021|website=iNews.ID|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/miss_world_malaysia/|title=Miss World Malaysia|website=Instagram|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref> On 15 December, the [[Puerto Rico Department of Health]] confirmed 17 positive cases for COVID-19 related to the Miss World pageant activities, including contestants and technical personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegoaspotlight.com/2021/12/16/they-identify-positive-cases-of-covid-19-related-to-miss-world-activities/|title=They identify positive cases of COVID-19 related to Miss World activities &#124; The Goa Sportlight|date=16 December 2021|accessdate=16 December 2021|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216043951/https://thegoaspotlight.com/2021/12/16/they-identify-positive-cases-of-covid-19-related-to-miss-world-activities/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ngoisao.net/17-nguoi-o-miss-world-duong-tinh-covid-19-4403981.html|title=17 người ở Miss World dương tính Covid-19|first=Ngôi|last=sao|website=Ngoisao|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2021/12/16/17-people-at-miss-world-2021-pageant-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-puerto-rico/|title=17 people at Miss World 2021 pageant test positive for Covid-19 in Puerto Rico|date=16 December 2021|website=The National|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref> On 16 December, it was announced that [[Miss World Malaysia|Miss World Malaysia Lavanya Sivaji]] had tested positive for COVID-19.<ref name="auto2"/> She was required to be isolated for 10 days and not permitted onstage during the finals. The finale, originally slated for 16 December, was postponed.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 December 2021|title=Miss World 2021 temporarily postponed after several Covid-19 positive cases|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/fashion/miss-world-2021-temporarily-postponed-after-several-covid-19-positive-cases-101639708067082.html|access-date=17 December 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> During a 16 December Puerto Rico Department of Health press conference, epidemiologist [[Melissa Marzán]] confirmed 15 staff and 23 contestant positive cases associated with Miss World. She added that pageant organizers, not the island's authorities, decided to postpone.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 December 2021|title=Miss World 2021 postponed hours before finale amid Covid-19 outbreak|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/miss-world-2021-postponed-covid-19/index.html|access-date=17 December 2021|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> The rescheduled 70th Miss World pageant took place on 16 March 2022, at [[Puerto Rico]]'s [[Coca-Cola Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXw7H3HDDLG/ |title=Miss World on Instagram: "Press Release – 21st December 2021 Miss World announces new Pageant Finale and Coronation Date; Globally Televised event stays in Puerto..." |publisher=Instagram.com |date=21 December 2021 |accessdate=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/stories/1742997399111394/UzpfSVNDOjMyNzA0OTY5ODY1MTE1ODU=?view_single=true {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/miss-world-2021-pageant-finale-rescheduled-date-puerto-rico-manasa-varanasi-india-7684505/ |title=Miss World 2021 new pageant finale date has been announced  |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=22 December 2021 |accessdate=3 March 2022}}</ref>

== Recent titleholders ==
{{For|full list and details|List of Miss World titleholders}}
{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Country or territory
! {{nowrap|Miss World}}
! {{nowrap|National title}}
! Location
! Number of entrants
|-
| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| {{flag|Jamaica}}
| [[Toni-Ann Singh]]
| [[Miss Jamaica World|Miss Jamaica World 2019]]
| London, England
| 111
|-
| colspan="2" {{n/a|''2020''}}
| colspan="5" {{n/a|''No pageant held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''}}
|-
| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Karolina Bielawska]]
| [[Miss Polonia 2019]]
| [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico
| 97
|-
| colspan="2" {{n/a|''2022''}}
| colspan="5" {{n/a|''No pageant held due to the delay of the 2021 pageant''}}
|-
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| [[Krystyna Pyszková]]
| [[Miss Czech Republic#National finalists|Miss Czech Republic 2022]]
| [[Mumbai]], India
| 112
|-
|}

===Winners gallery===
<gallery>
Krystyna Pyszková (cropped).png|Miss World 2023<br />[[Krystyna Pyszková]]<br />{{flag|Czech Republic}}
Karolina Bielawska P3202042 (52230263929).jpg|Miss World 2021<br />[[Karolina Bielawska]]<br />{{flag|Poland}}
File:Toni Ann-Singh Miss World 2019.jpg|Miss World 2019<br />[[Toni-Ann Singh]]<br /> {{flag|Jamaica}}
File:Miss Mexico, Vanessa Ponce in 2018.jpg|Miss World 2018<br />[[Vanessa Ponce]]<br /> {{flag|Mexico}}
File:Manushi-Chhillar snapped at a press meet in St. Regis, Mumbai (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2017<br />[[Manushi Chhillar]]<br /> {{flag|India}}
File:Miss World 2016 (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2016<br />[[Stephanie Del Valle]]<br /> {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
File:Mireia Lalaguna (48520628511) (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2015<br />[[Mireia Lalaguna]]<br /> {{flag|Spain}}
File:Rolene Strauss at the annual Citron Polo event, 2018.jpg|Miss World 2014<br/>[[Rolene Strauss]]<br />{{flag|South Africa}}
File:Miss World 2013 Megan Young (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2013<br />[[Megan Young]]<br /> {{flag|Philippines}}
File:Yu Wenxia in Mumbai Airport.jpg|Miss World 2012<br />[[Yu Wenxia]]<br /> {{flag|China}}
File:Ivian sar. (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2011<br />[[Ivian Sarcos]]<br /> {{flag|Venezuela}}
File:Alexandria Mills at Robley Rex VAMC.jpg|Miss World 2010<br />[[Alexandria Mills]]<br /> {{flag|United States}}
File:Freedom of the City - Kaiane Aldorino - September 2011 (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2009<br />[[Kaiane Aldorino]]<br /> {{flag|Gibraltar}}
File:MissWorld 2008 (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2008<br />[[Ksenia Sukhinova]]<br /> {{flag|Russia}}
File:Miss World 2007 - Zhang Zilin (3243539382) (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2007<br />[[Zhang Zilin]]<br /> {{flag|China}}
File:Taťána Gregor Brzobohatá (2018).jpg|Miss World 2006<br />[[Taťána Kuchařová]]<br /> {{flag|Czech Republic}}
File:MajuMantillaHuanchaco (cropped).jpg|Miss World 2004<br />[[María Julia Mantilla]]<br /> {{flag|Peru}}
File:2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg|Miss World 2003<br />[[Rosanna Davison]]<br /> {{flag|Ireland}}
File:Azra Akın (2004).jpg|Miss World 2002<br />[[Azra Akin]]<br /> {{flag|Turkey}}
File:Agbani Darego Miss World 2001.jpg|Miss World 2001<br />[[Agbani Darego]]<br /> {{flag|Nigeria}}
File:Priyanka At Nikon Camera Launch.jpg|Miss World 2000<br />[[Priyanka Chopra]]<br /> {{flag|India}}
File:Yukta at an event in Mangiamo restaurant, Mumbai (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1999<br />[[Yukta Mookhey]], <br />{{flag|India}}
File:Linor (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1998<br />[[Linor Abargil]], <br />{{flag|Israel}}
File:Diana Hayden walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA 17 (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1997<br />[[Diana Hayden]], <br />{{flag|India}}
File:Miss Mundo 1995, Jacqueline Aguilera.jpg|Miss World 1995<br />[[Jacqueline Aguilera]],<br /> {{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
File:Rai Aishwarya.jpg|Miss World 1994<br />[[Aishwarya Rai]], <br />{{flag|India}}
File:Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1993<br />[[Lisa Hanna]],<br /> {{flag|Jamaica}}
File:Gina Tolleson.jpg|Miss World 1990<br />[[Gina Tolleson]],<br /> {{flag|United States}}
File:Mariasela Álvarez (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1982<br />[[Mariasela Álvarez]],<br /> {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
File:Silvana Suárez.jpg|Miss World 1978<br /> †[[Silvana Suárez]], <br />{{flag|Argentina|alt}}
File:Mary Stavin.jpg|Miss World 1977<br />[[Mary Stavin|Mary Stävin]],<br /> {{flag|Sweden}}
File:Jennifer Hosted, Miss Grenada as Miss World 1970.jpg|Miss World 1970<br /> [[Jennifer Hosten]],<br /> {{flag|Grenada|1967}}
File:Bob Hope with Eva Rueber-Staier during USO tour on USS Saratoga (CVA-60) 1969 (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1969<br />[[Eva Rueber-Staier]], <br />{{flag|Austria}}
File:Penelope Plummer (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1968<br />[[Penelope Plummer]], <br />{{flag|Australia}}
File:Madeleine Hartog Bel (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1967<br />[[Madeline Hartog-Bel]],<br /> {{flag|Peru}}
File:Miss World 1966, Dr. Reita Faria in Africa.jpg|Miss World 1966<br />[[Reita Faria]],<br /> {{flag|India}}
File:Ann Sidney 1965.jpg|Miss World 1964<br />[[Ann Sidney]], <br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}
File:Rina Lodders (1963).jpg|Miss World 1962<br />[[Catharina Lodders]], <br />{{flag|Netherlands}}
File:Norma Cappagli in Argentina (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1960<br /> †[[Norma Cappagli]], <br />{{flag|Argentina|alt}}
File:Corine Rottschäfer (miss World 1959).jpg|Miss World 1959<br /> †[[Corine Rottschäfer]], <br />{{flag|Netherlands}}
File:Penelope Anne Coelen, Miss South Africa.jpg|Miss World 1958<br />[[Penelope Coelen]],<br /> {{flag|South Africa|1928}}
File:Marita Lindahl, Miss Suomi 1957 (2) (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1957<br /> †[[Marita Lindahl]],<br /> {{flag|Finland}}
File:Petra Schürmann 5179.jpg|Miss World 1956<br />†[[Petra Schürmann]],<br /> {{flag|Germany}}
File:Miss Venezuela 1955 titleholder, Susana Duijm.jpg|Miss World 1955<br /> †[[Susana Duijm]],<br /> {{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
File:Miss World 1954, Antigone Costanda (close up).jpg|Miss World 1954<br />[[Antigone Costanda]],<br /> {{flag|Egypt|1922}}
File:Miss World 1953, Denise Perrier, Frankrijk.jpg|Miss World 1953<br />[[Denise Perrier]],<br /> {{flag|France}}
File:May Louise Flodin a (cropped).jpg|Miss World 1952<br /> †[[May-Louise Flodin]],<br /> {{flag|Sweden}}
File:Kiki Håkansson in 1950.jpg|Miss World 1951<br /> †[[Kiki Håkansson]],<br /> {{flag|Sweden}}
</gallery>

==Fast-track events==
Fast-track events of Miss World is a set of competition to decide the semifinalist or the placement of Miss World. Fast-track events was one of deciding factor to choose semifinalist beside Preliminary Interview by combining those rounds with using points system table. Prior to 2016 the winner of the fast-track events received huge amount of points but not securing semifinalist spot, however since 2016 the points system table in fast-track were abolished. Since then the winners of the "fast-track" competitions automatically make it to the quarter- or semifinals.<ref name="Billings 2013">{{cite book | last=Billings | first=S. | title=Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen | publisher=[[Channel View Publications]] | series=Encounters (Bristol, England) | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-78309-075-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz0YAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186 | page=186}}</ref> The Miss World fast-track categories are: Beauty With a Purpose, Multimedia Challenge, Sports Challenge, Talent, and Top Model. Miss World Talent added in 2001, Miss World Sports added in 2003, Miss World Top Model added in 2004, Miss World Beauty With a Purpose added in 2005, and Miss World Multimedia added in 2012. There was a fast-track named Miss World Beach Beauty (2003–2015) but it is a discontinued event due to dissatisfaction and cons in many conservative countries, this event was replacing Miss World Best in Swimsuit.

===Miss World Beauty With a Purpose===
The Beauty with a Purpose is an event established in 1972 that is celebrated before the Miss World pageant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/people-events/owner-miss-world-julia-morley-beauty-purpose/ | title=Miss World owner Julia Morley on beauty with a purpose | date=31 October 2018 }}</ref> It awards the contestant with the most relevant and important charity project in her nation. The first winner of Beauty With a Purpose was Miss World Korea 2005 Oh Eun-young.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.missworld.com/news/remembering-the-first-bwp-award-winner-oh-eun-young-from-korea/ | title=Flashback to the first BWP Award winner: Oh Eun-young from Korea | date=13 February 2024 }}</ref> Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar is the first and only Beauty With a Purpose recipient to win Miss World.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Country
! Placement at Miss World
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2005|2005]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Oh Eun-young (model)|Oh Eun-young]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|South Korea}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|Top 6
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2006|2006]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Lamisi Mbillah
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Ghana}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 17
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;" rowspan=2| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Valeska Saab]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Ecuador}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 16
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Kayi Cheung]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 16
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Gabrielle Walcott]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|2nd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Pooja Chopra]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|India}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 16
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]<ref name="NewsDay 2010" />
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Natasha Metto
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Kenya}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 25
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;" rowspan=2| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Astrid Yunadi]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 15
|-
| Stephanie Karikari
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| 
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Vanya Mishra]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|India}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|Top 7
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Ishani Shrestha]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Nepal}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 10
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;" rowspan=5| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" />
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Julia Gama]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Brazil}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 11
|- 
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Rafieya Husain]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Guyana}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 11
|- 
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Koyal Rana]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|India}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 11
|- 
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Maria Rahajeng]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 25
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Idah Nguma
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Kenya}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 11
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Maria Harfanti]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|2nd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|2nd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:GOLD;" rowspan=5| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| style="background:GOLD;"|[[Manushi Chhillar]]
| style="background:GOLD;"|{{flag|India}}
| style="background:GOLD;"|Miss World 2017
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Achintya Holte Nilsen]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 10
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Laura Lehmann]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Philippines}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Adè van Heerden
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|South Africa}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 10
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Đỗ Mỹ Linh]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Vietnam}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://missworld.com/#/news/1533|title= Beauty With A Purpose 2018|website=www.missworld.com|date= 24 October 2023}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Nepal}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 12
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Anushka Shrestha]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Nepal}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 12
|-
| style="background:#ff6;" rowspan=6| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Rehema Muthamia
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|England}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Manasa Varanasi]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|India}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 13
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Sharon Obara
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Kenya}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Tracy Perez]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|Philippines}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 13
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"|[[Shudufhadzo Musida]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"|{{flag|South Africa}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"|Top 40
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"|[[Shree Saini]]
| style="background:#ff6;"|{{flag|United States}}
| style="background:#ff6;"|1st Runner-up
|- style="background:#fffacd;"|
|[[Miss World 2023|2023]]
|Leticía Frota
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Top 8
|}

===Miss World Talent===
Miss World Talent is a talent or fast-track competition in which contestants show their abilities in singing, dancing, poetry, etc.<ref name="Namibian Sun 2015">{{cite web | title=Steffi makes top 30 in Miss World talent round | website=[[Namibian Sun]] | date=4 December 2015 | url=http://www.namibiansun.com/art-and-entertainment/steffi-makes-top-30-in-miss-world-talent-round.89580 | access-date=23 June 2016 | archive-date=1 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701054506/http://www.namibiansun.com/art-and-entertainment/steffi-makes-top-30-in-miss-world-talent-round.89580 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Introduced in [[Miss World 1978]], the winner of the event automatically makes it into the semifinals starting 2016. The award returned at [[Miss World 2001]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Represented
! Placement at Miss World
|-
| [[Miss World 2001|2001]]
| Stephanie Chase
| {{BAR}}
|
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2002|2002]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Rebekah Revels
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{USA}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 10
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2003|2003]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Irina Onashvili<ref name="AFP 2003">{{cite web | author=AFP | title=Competition heating up ahead of Miss World finals tomorrow – News | website=Jamaica Observer | date=5 December 2003 | url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/52571_Competition-heating-up-ahead-of-Miss-World-finals-tomorrow | access-date=19 June 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822013950/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/52571_Competition-heating-up-ahead-of-Miss-World-finals-tomorrow | archive-date=22 August 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Georgia|1990}}<ref name="AFP 2003"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 20
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Shermain Jeremy]]<ref name="Getty Images 2016-3">{{cite web | title=Miss World 2004 Prepares To Be Crowned Pictures | website=Getty Images | date=19 June 2016 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/event/miss-world-2004-prepares-to-be-crowned-51815759#miss-taipei-yi-hui-xu-poses-during-a-rehearsal-of-the-miss-world-in-picture-id51817641 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}<ref name="Getty Images 2016-3"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2005|2005]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Kmisha Counts<ref name="Getty Images 2005">{{cite web | title=Contestant of the 55th Miss World 2005, Kmisha-Victoria Counts of... | website=Getty Images | date=6 December 2005 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/contestant-of-the-55th-miss-world-2005-kmisha-victoria-news-photo/56357183 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|ISV|name=US Virgin Islands}}<ref name="Getty Images 2005"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2006|2006]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Catherine Jean Milligan]]<ref name="Brankin 2016">{{cite news | last=Brankin | first=Una | title=How Miss Northern Ireland changed our lives forever | newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk | date=26 March 2016 | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/how-miss-northern-ireland-changed-our-lives-forever-34566144.html | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Northern Ireland}}<ref name="Brankin 2016"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 17
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Irene Dwomoh]]<ref name="Ghana 2007">{{cite web | title=Miss Ghana is Miss World Talent | website=Ghana HomePage, resource for News, Sports, Facts, Opinions, Business and Entertainment | date=1 December 2007 | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/crime/Miss-Ghana-is-Miss-World-Talent-135183 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{GHA}}<ref name="Ghana 2007"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Natalie Griffith<ref name="News18 2008">{{cite web|date=9 December 2008|title=Miss World 2008: More than just pretty faces|url=http://www.news18.com/photogallery/india/miss-world-2008-more-than-just-pretty-faces-761264.html|access-date=19 June 2016|website=News18}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{BAR}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#ff6;" rowspan=2| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Lena Ma<ref name="TEC 2009">{{cite web | title=Miss Gibraltar crowned Miss World' 09, Pooja Chopra is beauty with a purpose | website=[[The Economic Times]] | date=13 December 2009 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-13/news/27637676_1_pooja-chopra-angela-chow-kseniasukhi-nova | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818081442/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-13/news/27637676_1_pooja-chopra-angela-chow-kseniasukhi-nova | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 August 2016 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{CAN}}<ref name="TEC 2009"/>
| style="background:#ff6;"| 4th Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Mariatu Kargbo
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{SLE}}<ref name="TEC 2009"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 16
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Emma Britt Waldron<ref name="Independent.ie 2010">{{cite web | title=Sixty years on, how Miss World survived racism, feminism... and George Best | website=Independent.ie | date=29 October 2010 | url=http://www.independent.ie/style/beauty/sixty-years-on-how-miss-world-survived-racism-feminism-and-george-best-26693887.html | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{IRL}}<ref name="dna 2010"/>
| style="background:#ff6;"| 3rd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Gabriela Pulgar<ref name="GMA 2016-3">{{cite web | title=Miss Philippines is runner-up in Miss World in London | website=GMA News Online | date=22 January 2016 | url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/237684/showbiz/miss-philippines-is-runner-up-in-miss-world-in-london | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{CHI}}{{Efn|"... Miss England was Miss World 2011 Beach Beauty, Kazakhstan was Miss World 2011 Top Model, while Miss World 2011 Talent title went to Miss Chile ..."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201111091507.html | title=Tanzania: Miss Tanzania Flops At Miss World Show | work=[[AllAfrica.com]] | date=7 November 2011 | access-date=18 June 2016}} {{subscription required}}</ref>}}<ref name="GMA 2016-3"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 20
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Yu Wenxia]]<ref name="India Today 2012">{{cite web | title=Chinas Wen Xia Yu wins Miss World 2012 title, Vanya Mishra loses | website=India Today | date=18 August 2012 | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/miss-china-bags-the-title-of-miss-world-2012/1/213737.html | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Umbao 2012">{{cite web | last=Umbao | first=Ed | title=Miss World 2012 List of Winners Revealed | website=Philippine News | date=19 August 2012 | url=http://philnews.ph/2012/08/19/miss-world-2012-list-of-winners-revealed/ | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{flag|China}}<ref name="India Today 2012"/><ref name="Umbao 2012"/>
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2012<ref name="CTVNews 2012">{{cite web | title=China's Yu Wenxia, 23, crowned Miss World 2012 | website=CTVNews | date=18 August 2012 | url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/china-s-yu-wenxia-23-crowned-miss-world-2012-1.919694 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Vania Larissa]]<ref name="International Business Times UK 2013">{{cite web | title=Miss World 2013: Top Contestants of Talent Competition Revealed &#91;PHOTOS&#93; | website=International Business Times | date=17 September 2013 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-talent-round-finalists-2013-photos-506763 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{IDN}}<ref name="International Business Times UK 2013"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 10
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Dewi Liana Seriestha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/16/a-first-for-malaysia-dewi-is-miss-talent-at-miss-world-finals/|title=A First for Malaysia – Dewi is Miss Talent at Miss World Finals|last=Ten|first=Marilyn|date=16 December 2015|publisher=Borneo Post Online|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="singh 2014">{{cite web | last=singh | first=Sonalee | title=Miss World 2014 Final: Miss Talent Winner Is Miss Malaysia Dewi Liana Seriestha, Know Everything About Her | website=International Business Times AU | date=15 December 2014 | url=http://www.ibtimes.com.au/miss-world-2014-final-miss-talent-winner-miss-malaysia-dewi-liana-seriestha-know-everything-about | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{MAS}}<ref name="singh 2014"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 25
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Lisa Punch<ref name="Simi John 2015">{{cite web | last=John | first=Simi | title=Miss World 2015: Miss Guyana Lisa Punch becomes Talent Champion ahead of main competition | website=International Business Times UK | date=15 December 2015 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2015-miss-guyana-lisa-punch-becomes-talent-champion-ahead-main-competition-1533436 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://missworldguyana.gy/news-media/miss-guyana-world-wins-talent-contest/86|title=Miss Guyana World Wins Talent Contest|date=15 December 2015|publisher=Miss World Guyana|access-date=14 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093123/http://missworldguyana.gy/news-media/miss-guyana-world-wins-talent-contest/86|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Horton 2015">{{cite news | last=Horton | first=Helena | title=Miss World 2015: Spain wins and England doesn't make the Top 20 | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=20 December 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/12059378/Miss-World-2015-Miss-Canada-banned-from-the-competition-by-China.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/12059378/Miss-World-2015-Miss-Canada-banned-from-the-competition-by-China.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=19 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{GUY}}<ref name="Simi John 2015"/><ref name="Horton 2015"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 11
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Bayartsetseg Altangerel]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{MNG}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 11
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Michela Galea
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Malta}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Kanako Date
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Japan}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 30
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD|  [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Toni-Ann Singh]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{flag|Jamaica}}
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2019
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Burte-Ujin Anu
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Mongolia}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 40
|- style="background:#fffacd;"|
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| Imen Mehrzi
| {{TUN}}
| Top 40
|-
|}

===Miss World Top Model===
The Miss World Top Model is a modeling fast-track competition.<ref name="India Today 2009-5">{{cite web | title=Miss World Top Model announced | website=[[India Today]] | date=2 December 2009 | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Miss+World+Top+Model+announced/1/73274.html | access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> It was first held in 2004, but not in 2005–2006. It has been held since 2007; since 2016 the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the semifinals.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Represented
! Placement at Miss World
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Yessica Ramírez]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{MEX}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Zhang Zilin]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{flag|China}}
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2007
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]<ref name="Manago 2008" />
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Ksenia Sukhinova]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{RUS}}
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2008<ref name="Manago 2008" />
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Perla Beltrán]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{MEX}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 1st Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]<ref name="NewsDay 2010" />
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Mariann Birkedal]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{NOR}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 7
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Zhanna Zhumaliyeva]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{KAZ}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Atong Demach]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{SSD}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 7
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Megan Young]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://gulfnews.com/life-style/celebrity/miss-world-top-model-is-young-1.1236263 |title=Miss World Top Model is Young |author=Almario, Manuel |date=27 September 2013 |newspaper=[[Gulf News]] |access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{PHI}}
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2013
|-
| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" />
| Isidora Borovčanin
| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| 
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Miss World 2015: Top 10 designer dresses of contestants announced |website=International Business Times |date=12 December 2015 |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2015-top-10-designer-dresses-contestants-announced-1533046 |access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Mireia Lalaguna]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{SPN}}
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2015
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Jing Kong
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|China}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 11
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Ugochi Mitchel Ihezue |Ugochi Ihezue]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Maëva Coucke]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|France}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 12
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Nyekachi Douglas
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 5
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Olivia Yacé
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{flag|Cote d'Ivoire}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 2nd Runner-up
|- style="background:#fffacd;"|
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| Axelle René
| {{flag|Martinique|local}}
| Top 40
|-
|}

=== Miss World Sports Challenge ===
Miss World Sports or Sportswoman is a title and award given to the winner of a sports event at Miss World. It is a fast-track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatic entry into the semifinals. In 2005, there was no Miss Sports winner because it was held as a continental team competition. Starting in 2006, the individual competition returned.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Represented
!Placement at Miss World
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2003|2003]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{CAN}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 1st Runner Up  
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Amy Guy]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{WAL}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| [[Miss World 2005|2005]]
| Asia-Pacific
| Asia
| Team Challenge
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2006|2006]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Malgosia Majewska
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{CAN}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 17
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Abigail McCarry
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{USA}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Alexandra Ívarsdóttir]]<ref name="Manago 2008" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{ISL}}<ref name="Manago 2008" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Erusa Sasaki
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{JAP}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 16
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]<ref name="NewsDay 2010" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Lori Moore (beauty queen)|Lori Moore]]<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=30 October 2010|title=Miss World to be crowned in China|url=http://gulfnews.com/miss-world-to-be-crowned-in-china-1.703957|access-date=7 January 2014|website=[[Gulf News]]}}</ref>+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{NIR}}<ref name="dna 2010" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 25
|-
| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| Marianly Tejeda
| {{DOM}}
|
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Sanna Jinnedal]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{SWE}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 30
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Jacqueline Steenbeek<ref name="Rappler 20132">{{cite web|date=27 September 2013|title=Megan Young places in 3 of 5 Miss World challenges|url=http://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-world/40023-megan-young-places-miss-world-challenges|access-date=19 June 2016|website=Rappler}}</ref>+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{NED}}<ref name="Rappler 20132" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 20
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Krista Haapalainen]]<ref name="John 2014" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{FIN}}<ref name="John 2014" />+
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 25
|-
| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| [[Steffi Van Wyk]]<ref name="John 2015-1">{{cite web|last=John|first=Simi|date=17 December 2015|title=Miss World 2015: Top 10 People's Choice contestants revealed; how to vote for your favourite beauty queen|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2015-top-10-peoples-choice-contestants-revealed-how-vote-your-favourite-beauty-1533797|access-date=19 June 2016|website=International Business Times}}</ref><ref name="Adina 2015">{{cite news|last=Adina|first=Armin P.|date=20 December 2015|title=PH's Miss World bet tops 'multimedia' event; Spain wins crown|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/186053/phs-hillarie-parungao-tops-multimedia-event-in-miss-world|access-date=19 June 2016|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref>+
| {{NAM}}<ref name="John 2015-1" /><ref name="Adina 2015" />+
|
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Natalia Short
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{COK}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 20
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Aletxa Mueses
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{DOM}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 40
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Marisa Butler]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{USA}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 30
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Rikkiya Brathwaite
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 40
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Karolina Vidales
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{flag|Mexico}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 6
|- style="background:#fffacd;"|
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| Lucija Begić<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pajić |first=Darko |date=24 February 2024 |title=Lucija Begić pobijedila u kategoriji sport na izboru za Miss Svijeta i ušla u top 40 u finalu |trans-title=Lucija Begić won the sports category at the Miss World pageant and entered the top 40 in the final |url=https://www.novilist.hr/mozaik/lucija-begic-pobijedila-u-kategoriji-sport-na-izboru-za-miss-svijeta-i-usla-u-top-40-u-finalu/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |website=Novi list |language=en}}</ref>
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| Top 40
|-
|}

=== Multimedia Award (''Social Media Award'') ===
Miss World Multimedia or Social Media Award is a title and award given to the winner of a Multimedia Challenge. It is a fast-track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatic entry into the semifinals. The score is based on the contestant's likes on Mobstar and Facebook.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Represented
! Placement at Miss World
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Vanya Mishra
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{IND}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 7
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Navneet Dhillon
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{IND}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 20
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Elizabeth Safrit]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{USA}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 2nd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Hillarie Parungao
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{PHL}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 11
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Catriona Gray
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{PHL}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 5
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Enkhjin Tseveendash
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{MGL}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Shrinkhala Khatiwada
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{NEP}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 12
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Anushka Shrestha
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{NEP}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 12
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Olivia Yacé
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{CIV}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 2nd Runner-up
|- style="background:#fffacd;"|
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| [[Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương]]
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| Top 40
|-
|}

===Miss World Beach Beauty (''Discontinued Event'')===
Miss World Beach Beauty was a [[swimsuit]] or fast-track competition.<ref name="Manago 2008">{{cite web |last=Manago |first=Lito |title=Miss Russia wins Miss World 2008; Philippines fails to make it in semi-finals |website=[[Yes! (Philippine magazine)|Yes!]] |date=15 December 2008 |url=http://www.pep.ph/celeb/spotlight/17747/miss-russia-wins-miss-world-2008-philippines-fails-to-make-it-in-semi-finals |access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> The Beach Beauty event started in 2003, when the Miss World Organization first held fast-track events to automatically give a semifinal spot to some of the delegates. This event allowed the Miss World delegates (over 100) to have a chance to be in the semifinals. The winner made the semifinals automatically. The Beach Beauty event showcased different swimsuits designed by [[Miss World 1975]], [[Wilnelia Merced]]. In [[Miss World 2013|2013]],The Beach Beauty event replaced swimsuit with Balinese sarong. While in [[Miss World 2015|2015]], the organisation eliminated the swimsuit competition from the pageant.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lange |first1=Maggie |title=Miss World Pageant Axes Swimsuit Portion |url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2014/12/miss-world-pageant-axes-swimsuit-portion.html |access-date=22 December 2014 |work=New York Magazine |date=18 December 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Represented
! Placement at Miss World
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2003|2003]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Rosanna Davison]]<ref name="AFP 2003"/>
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{IRL}}<ref name="AFP 2003"/>
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2003<ref name="Harding 2015">{{cite web | last=Harding | first=David | title=Miss World Rosanna Davison says Pilates has made her taller | website=NY Daily News | date=8 March 2015 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/world-rosanna-davison-pilates-made-taller-article-1.2141756 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Nancy Randall<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=20041202&id=bUVTAAAAIBAJ&pg=4500,4721483&hl=en | title=Beach Beauty | newspaper=Daily News | date=2 December 2004 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{USA}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 2nd Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2005|2005]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Yulia Ivanova (model)|Yulia Ivanova]]<ref name="Getty Images 2005-2">{{cite web | title=Contestant of the 55th Miss World 2005, Yulia Ivanova of Russia... | website=Getty Images | date=6 December 2005 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/contestant-of-the-55th-miss-world-2005-yulia-ivanova-of-news-photo/56355392 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{RUS}}<ref name="Getty Images 2005-2"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15 
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2006|2006]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Federica Guzmán]]<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News 2006">{{cite web | title=Czech beauty wins Miss World 2006 | website=Hurriyet Daily News | date=2 October 2006 | url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/czech-beauty-wins-miss-world-2006.aspx?pageID=438&n=czech-beauty-wins-miss-world-2006-2006-10-02 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Venezuela}}<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News 2006"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 17 
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Ada de la Cruz|Ada De La Cruz]]<ref name="Jamaica Gleaner News 2007">{{cite web | title=Beach bod beauty! | website=Jamaica Gleaner News | date=12 November 2007 | url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071112/ent/ent4.html | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{DOM}}<ref name="Jamaica Gleaner News 2007"/>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 16 
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Anagabriela Espinoza]]<ref name="Manago 2008" />
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{MEX}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 15 
|-
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
|bgcolor=GOLD| [[Kaiane Aldorino]]<ref name="India Today 2009">{{cite web |title=Miss World 2009 Beach Beauty |website=India Today |date=26 November 2009 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Miss+World+2009+Beach+Beauty+/1/72409.html |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor=GOLD| {{GIB}}<ref name="India Today 2009"/>
|bgcolor=GOLD| Miss World 2009<ref name="NY Daily News 2009">{{cite web | title=Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar named Miss World | website=[[NY Daily News]] | date=12 December 2009 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kaiane-aldorino-gibraltar-named-world-2009-article-1.437186 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]<ref name="NewsDay 2010">{{cite web |title=Tshuma settles in well at Miss World |website=NewsDay |date=13 October 2010 |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2010/10/13/2010-10-13-tshuma-settles-in-well-at-miss-world/ |access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Yara Lasanta]]
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{PUR}}<ref name="dna 2010">{{cite web |title=Miss US crowned Miss World 2010, India fails to make a mark |website=dna |date=30 October 2010 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-miss-us-crowned-miss-world-2010-india-fails-to-make-a-mark-1459999 |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 25 
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Alize Lily Mounter]]<ref name="GMA News Online 2016">{{cite web |title=Miss Philippines is runner-up in Miss World in London |website=[[GMA News and Public Affairs|GMA News]] Online |date=22 January 2016 |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/237684/showbiz/miss-philippines-is-runner-up-in-miss-world-in-london |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{ENG}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 7
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Sophie Moulds<ref name="Sinha 2012">{{cite web | last=Sinha | first=Sanskrity | title=Miss World 2012: Top 10 Beach Beauty Contestants &#91;SLIDESHOW&#93; | website=International Business Times | date=17 August 2012 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2012-beach-beauty-contestants-pictures-374715 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{WAL}}
| style="background:#ff6;"| 1st Runner-up
|-
| style="background:#ff6;"| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| style="background:#ff6;"| Sancler Frantz<ref name="Sinha 2013">{{cite web | last=Sinha | first=Sanskrity | title=Miss World 2013: Top 10 Beach Fashion Contestants &#91;PHOTOS&#93; | website=[[International Business Times]] | date=10 September 2013 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2013-beach-fashion-contestants-photos-504972 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rappler 2013">{{cite web |title=Megan Young places in 3 of 5 Miss World challenges |website=Rappler |date=27 September 2013 |url=http://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-world/40023-megan-young-places-miss-world-challenges |accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#ff6;"| {{BRA}}<ref name="Sinha 2013"/><ref name="Rappler 2013"/>
| style="background:#ff6;"| Top 6 
|-
| style="background:#fffacd;"| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]<ref name="Mehta 2014-Categories">{{cite web |last=Mehta |first=Ankita |title=Miss World 2014: Top 5 Contestants of Top Model, Beach Fashion, Talent, Sports and Multimedia Revealed |website=International Business Times, India Edition |date=11 December 2014 |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/miss-world-2014-top-5-contestants-top-model-beach-fashion-talent-sports-multimedia-revealed-616912 |access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Olivia Asplund<ref name="John 2014">{{cite web |last=John |first=Simi |title=Miss World 2014: Top 5 Contestants of Top Model, Beach Fashion, Multimedia, Talent and Sports Announced |website=International Business Times UK |date=12 December 2014 |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/miss-world-2014-top-5-contestants-top-model-beach-fashion-multimedia-talent-sports-announced-1479217 |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#fffacd;"| {{flag|Sweden}}
| style="background:#fffacd;"| Top 25 
|}

==Miss World hosts and artists==
{{incomplete list|date=June 2016}}
The following is a list Miss World hosts and invited artists through the years.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 1em 0 0; font-size:96%; width=100%;"
|-
!width=13%| Year
! Hosts
! Artists
|-
| [[Miss World 1951|1951]], [[Miss World 1952|1952]], [[Miss World 1953|1953]], [[Miss World 1954|1954]], [[Miss World 1955|1955]], [[Miss World 1956|1956]], [[Miss World 1957|1957]], [[Miss World 1958|1958]]
| [[Eric Morley]]
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1959|1959]]
| [[Bob Hope]]
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1960|1960]]
| [[Bob Hope]]
| Herald Trumpeters of the [[Royal Artillery]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/179a8c7518b84f29be9082b52d09d79d|title=''Miss World 1960''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=1930|page=33|date=3 November 1960}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1961|1961]] [[Miss World 1962|1962]],
| [[David Coleman]], [[Peter West]]
| Bob Hope{{cn|date=March 2024}}
|-
| [[Miss World 1963|1963]]
| [[Peter West]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1964|1964]]
| [[Michael Aspel]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1965|1965]]
| [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]], [[Michael Aspel]]
| [[Ronnie Carroll]], [[Lionel Blair]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b1bcfebb3d304fb78ebd4616900c3a4e|title=''Miss World 1965''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=2192|page=64|date=11 November 1965}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1966|1966]]
| [[Peter West]], [[Michael Aspel]]
| The Three Monarchs, [[Mark Wynter]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1ff4c05717c5423182f284a81f071ff0|title=''Miss World 1966''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=2244|page=49|date=10 November 1966}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1967|1967]]
| [[Simon Dee]], [[Michael Aspel]]
| [[Malcolm Roberts (singer)|Malcolm Roberts]], [[Los Zafiros (trio)|Los Zafiros]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/318c7f4d7b2b4184982f3c92b3cdeff8|title=''Miss World 1967''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=2296|page=67|date=9 November 1967}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1968|1968]]
| [[Michael Aspel]], commentary by [[Keith Fordyce]]
| [[Gene Pitney]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3eb31bd1df6c4462a36bbec2a47197a9|title=''Miss World 1968''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=2348|page=68|date=7 November 1968}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1969|1969]]
| [[Michael Aspel]], [[Pete Murray (DJ)|Pete Murray]]
| [[Frank Ifield]], The [[Roy Budd|Roy Budd Trio]], [[Lionel Blair]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/279eef67903d499886a69dec4ed63d6f|title=''Miss World 1969''|journal=The Radio Times|issue=2402|page=50|date=20 November 1969}} BBC Genome Project Retrieved 24 June 2016</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 1970|1970]]
| Bob Hope,<ref name="Hylton 2015">{{cite book | last=Hylton | first=S. | title=The Little Book of the 1970s | publisher=History Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-7509-6322-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bz_iCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT159 | page=159}}</ref><ref name="Kurmelovs 2016">{{cite web | last=Kurmelovs | first=Royce | title=The 'Modern' Miss World Competition Is Still Boring and Sexist | website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] | date=18 April 2016 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/photos-of-miss-world-competition-adelaide/ | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> Michael Aspel, [[Keith Fordyce]]
| [[Lionel Blair]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1971|1971]], [[Miss World 1972|1972]], [[Miss World 1973|1973]], [[Miss World 1974|1974]]
| Michael Aspel and [[David Vine]]
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1975|1975]]
| David Vine and [[Ray Moore (broadcaster)|Ray Moore]]
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1976|1976]]
| [[Sacha Distel]], [[Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield|Patrick Lichfield]], and Ray Moore
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1977|1977]]
| [[Andy Williams]], and Ray Moore
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1978|1978]]
| Sacha Distel and [[Paul Burnett]]
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1979|1979]]
| Sacha Distel, [[Esther Rantzen]], [[Germaine Greer]] and Ray Moore
|
|-
| [[Miss World 1980|1980]]
| [[Peter Marshall (British broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]], [[Judith Chalmers]] and [[Anthony Newley]]
| [[Anthony Newley]] and The [[Dougie Squires]] Dancers
|-
| [[Miss World 1981|1981]], [[Miss World 1982|1982]], [[Miss World 1983|1983]], [[Miss World 1984|1984]], [[Miss World 1985|1985]]
| Peter Marshall and Judith Chalmers
|
:1981 – [[Julio Iglesias]] and The Dougie Squires Dancers
:1982 – [[The Three Degrees]]
:1983 – [[Leo Sayer]] and The Ken Warwick Dancers
:1984 – [[The Drifters]] and The Ken Warwick Dancers
:1985 – [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] and The Ken Warwick Dancers
|-
| [[Miss World 1986|1986]]
| Peter Marshall and [[Mary Stävin]]
| [[Five Star]] and The Ken Warwick Dancers
|-
| [[Miss World 1987|1987]]
| Peter Marshall and [[Alexandra Bastedo]]
| [[Rick Astley]] and The Ken Warwick Dancers
|-
| [[Miss World 1988|1988]]
| Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo
| Koreana and [[Donny Osmond]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1989|1989]]
| Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo and John Davidson
| [[Aswad (band)|Aswad]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1990|1990]]
| Peter Marshall and [[Michelle Rocca]]
| [[Jason Donovan]] and [[Richard Clayderman]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1991|1991]]
| Peter Marshall and [[Gina Tolleson]]
| [[Indecent Obsession]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1992|1992]]
| [[Billy Dee Williams]], [[Jerry Hall]], [[Deborah Shelton]], Doreen Morris and [[Suanne Braun]]
| Abigail Kubheka, Sophia Foster, [[MarcAlex]], Mara Louw, Paul Buckby, Malie Kelly, Leslie Klein-Smith and Soweto String Quartet
|-
| [[Miss World 1993|1993]]
| [[Pierce Brosnan]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19931129&id=72FhAAAAIBAJ&pg=6454,4025003&hl=en | title=Ruffa is 2nd runner-up in Miss World Competition | newspaper=[[Manila Standard]] | date=29 November 1993 | access-date=22 June 2016 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Doreen Morris, [[Kim Alexis]] and Gina Tolleson
| [[George Benson]], Crissy Caine, Jon Cecil, Sam Marais, [[PJ Powers]] and Vicky Sampson
|-
| [[Miss World 1994|1994]]
| [[Richard Steinmetz]], Suanne Braun and [[Bronson Pinchot]]
| David Abbate, [[Yvonne Chaka Chaka]], Johnny Clegg, Free Flight Dance Company and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
|-
| [[Miss World 1995|1995]]
| Richard Steinmetz, [[Jeff Trachta]] and [[Bobbie Eakes]]
| Caught in the Act
|-
| [[Miss World 1996|1996]]
| Richard Steinmetz and [[Ruby Bhatia]]
| [[Alisha Chinnai]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1997|1997]]
| Richard Steinmetz and [[Khanyi Dhlomo|Khanyi Dhlomo Mkhize]]
| [[Ricky Martin]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1998|1998]]
| [[Eden Harel]] and [[Ronan Keating]]
| [[Boyzone]] and [[Errol Brown]]
|-
| [[Miss World 1999|1999]]
| [[Ulrika Jonsson]] and [[Melanie Sykes]]
| [[Robert Palmer]], [[Westlife]] and [[Enrique Iglesias]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2000|2000]]
| [[Jerry Springer]] and [[Rebecca de Alba]]
| [[Bryan Ferry]], [[Bond (band)|bond]], [[Leonard Cohen]] and [[S Club 7]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2001|2001]]
| Jerry Springer and [[Claire Elizabeth Smith]]
| Umoja
|-
| [[Miss World 2002|2002]]
| [[Sean Kanan]] and Claire Elizabeth Smith
| [[Chayanne]] and [[BBMak]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2003|2003]]
| [[Phil Keoghan]], [[Amanda Byram]]<ref name="GulfNews 2003">{{cite web | title=Miss World pageant to be televised live | website=[[Gulf News]] | date=5 December 2003 | url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/miss-world-pageant-to-be-televised-live-1.372354 | access-date=22 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811125018/http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/miss-world-pageant-to-be-televised-live-1.372354 | archive-date=11 August 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Angela Chow]]
| [[Luis Fonsi]], Bryan Ferry, [[Morrissey]] and Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe
|-
| [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
| Troy McClain, [[Angela Chow]] and [[Lisa Snowdon]]
| [[Lionel Richie]] and [[Il Divo]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2005|2005]]
| [[Tim Vincent]] and [[Angela Chow]]
| [[Alexander O’Neal]] and Beijing Singing & Dancing Theatre

|-
| [[Miss World 2006|2006]]
| [[Tim Vincent]], [[Angela Chow]] and Grazyna Torbicka
| [[Westlife]], [[Robin Gibb]] and [[Amici Forever|Amici]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2007|2007]]
| [[Fernando Allende]] and [[Angela Chow]]
| [[Duncan James]], [[Haikou|Haikou Artistic Group]], [[Mvezo|The South African Mvezo Choir]] and No. 9 Primary School of Sanya
|-
| [[Miss World 2008|2008]]
| Tumisho Masha and [[Angela Chow]]
| [[McFly]], [[Alesha Dixon]], [[Jeanette Winterson]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2009|2009]]
| [[Angela Chow]], [[Michelle McLean]]<ref name="The Huffington Post 2010">{{cite news | title=Miss World 2009 Contestants| newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=18 March 2010 | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/11/miss-world-2009-contestan_n_389016.html | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bustillo 2009">{{cite web | last=Bustillo | first=Deena | title=Angela Chow, Miss World Host, Pics and Bio | website=Zimbio | date=12 December 2009 | url=http://www.zimbio.com/Angela+Chow/articles/2y7SW8cfbJ-/Angela+Chow+Miss+World+Host+Pics+Bio | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
| Umoja, Gang of Instrumentals
|-
| [[Miss World 2010|2010]]
| Angela Chow,<ref name="Báo điện tử Tiền Phong 2010">{{cite web | title=Người đẹp Mỹ giành vương miện Hoa hậu Thế giới | website=[[Tiền Phong (newspaper)|Tiền Phong]] | date=30 October 2010 | url=http://www.tienphong.vn/van-nghe/nguoi-dep-my-gianh-vuong-mien-hoa-hau-the-gioi-517162.tpo | language=vi | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> Steve Douglas
| [[Shayne Ward]],<ref name="Eimer 2010">{{cite news | last=Eimer | first=David | title=Miss USA crowned Miss World amid political tensions | website=The Telegraph | date=30 October 2010 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8098822/Miss-USA-crowned-Miss-World-amid-political-tensions.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8098822/Miss-USA-crowned-Miss-World-amid-political-tensions.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=23 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Dave Koz]], Carlos Aponte<ref>{{cite web | title=Miss US crowned Miss World 2010, India fails to make a mark | website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=30 October 2010 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-miss-us-crowned-miss-world-2010-india-fails-to-make-a-mark-1459999 | access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 2011|2011]]
| [[Angela Chow]],<ref name="News18 2011">{{cite web | title=Venezuela's Ivian Sarcos is Miss World 2011 | website=News18 | date=7 November 2011 | url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/venezuelas-ivian-sarcos-is-miss-world-2011-416382.html | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> [[Jason Cook (actor)|Jason Cook]], Steve Douglas
| [[Diversity (dance troupe)|Diversity]],<ref name="Mason 2011">{{cite news | last=Mason | first=Rowena | title=Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World 2011, but 200 protest outside | website=The Telegraph | date=7 November 2011 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8873423/Miss-Venezuela-crowned-Miss-World-2011-but-200-protest-outside.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8873423/Miss-Venezuela-crowned-Miss-World-2011-but-200-protest-outside.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=22 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Blue (English band)|Blue]],{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} [[Ramin Karimloo]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2012|2012]]
| [[Myleene Klass]],<ref name="Getty Images 2016">{{cite web | title=Miss World 2012 host Mylene Klass (L) of Britain holds a microphone for Miss World 2011 winner Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela | website=[[Getty Images]] | date=22 June 2016 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/miss-world-2012-host-mylene-klass-of-britain-holds-a-news-photo-150454618#miss-world-2012-host-mylene-klass-of-britain-holds-a-microphone-for-picture-id150454618 | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> [[Jason Cook (actor)|Jason Cook]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jasoncookonline.net/jason-hosted-miss-world-2012/ | title=Jason Cook online | publisher=Jasoncookonline.net | access-date=22 June 2016}}{{better source needed|date=June 2016}}</ref> Lily Wu, Ni Ran Mutu, Steve Douglas
| Rodrick Dixon, Huhehaote Youth Horse Cello Troupe
|-
| [[Miss World 2013|2013]]
| [[Myleene Klass]], [[Kamal Ibrahim (presenter)|Kamal Ibrahim]], [[Daniel Mananta]],  Amanda Zevannya, Steve Douglas
| [[Matt Cardle]],<ref name="Fennelly 2013">{{cite news | last=Fennelly | first=Gary | title=Miss Northern Ireland Meagan Green prepares for Miss World 2013 final in Bali Indonesia | newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] | date=22 September 2013 | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/miss-northern-ireland-meagan-green-prepares-for-miss-world-2013-final-in-bali-indonesia-29597839.html | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> [[Blue (English band)|Blue]],<ref name="Fennelly 2013"/><ref name="The Express Tribune 2013">{{cite web | title=Miss World 2013 crown goes to Miss Philippines | website=[[The Express Tribune]] | date=28 September 2013 | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/610802/miss-world-2013-crown-goes-to-miss-philippines/ | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> GIGI Art of Dance, Soerya Soemirat Dance Group, [[Iskandar Widjaja]], Maylaffayza
|-
| [[Miss World 2014|2014]]
| [[Tim Vincent]], [[Megan Young]],<ref name="Daily Pakistan Global 2015"/> Frankie Cena, Steve Douglas
| [[Sky Blu (rapper)|Sky Blu]],<ref name="Heller 2014">{{cite web | last=Heller | first=Corinne | title=Miss World 2014 Winner Is Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss | website=[[E! Online]] | date=14 December 2014 | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/606398/miss-world-2014-winner-is-miss-south-africa-rolene-strauss-see-photos-and-find-out-who-else-make-the-top-10 | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> [[The Vamps (British band)|The Vamps]]<ref name="Marsh 2014">{{cite web | last=Marsh | first=Harriet | title=Miss England misses out on 2014 Miss World crown | website=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=14 December 2014 | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/miss-world-2014-miss-england-4810330 | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| [[Tim Vincent]], [[Megan Young]],<ref name="Daily Pakistan Global 2015">{{cite web | title=Miss World 2015: Megan Young to host beauty pageant | website=Daily Pakistan Global | date=19 December 2015 | url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/miss-world-2015-megan-young-to-host-beauty-pageant/ | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> [[Angela Chow]],<ref name="The Manila Times Online 2015"/> Steve Douglas, [[Neil Krisralam]]
| [[Yu Wenxia]],<ref name="Pawar 2015">{{cite web | last=Pawar | first=Rushali | title=Miss World 2015 Grand Finale: Live stream the ceremony &#91;VIDEO&#93; | website=[[International Business Times]], India Edition | date=19 December 2015 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/miss-world-2015-grand-finale-live-stream-ceremony-video-660186 | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> The Wholls,<ref name="West 2015">{{cite web | last=West | first=Victoria | title=Picture Gallery: Bedford band The Wholls performs at Miss World | website=Bedford Today | date=21 December 2015 | url=http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/local/picture-gallery-bedford-band-the-wholls-performs-at-miss-world-1-7127036 | access-date=22 June 2016 | archive-date=11 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911154438/http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/local/picture-gallery-bedford-band-the-wholls-performs-at-miss-world-1-7127036 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Julian Believe<ref name="The Manila Times Online 2015">{{cite web | title=Miss Spain is new Miss World | website=[[The Manila Times]] | date=20 December 2015 | url=http://www.manilatimes.net/miss-spain-is-new-miss-world/235471/ | access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Miss World 2016|2016]]
| [[Jason Cook (actor)|Jason Cook]], [[Megan Young]], [[Frankie Cena]], Steve Douglas{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
| Rodrick Dixon, Morrison Brothers
|-
| [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
| [[Fernando Allende]], [[Angela Chow]], [[Megan Young]], [[Frankie Cena]], Barney Walsh, Steve Douglas<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-world/188823-megan-young-host-miss-world-2017-photos|title= IN PHOTOS: Megan Young hosts Miss World 2017|publisher= philippines.shafaqna|website= www.philippines.shafaqna.com|date=18 November 2017}}</ref>
| [[Kristian Kostov]], [[Celine Tam]], Jeffrey Li, Zizi
|- 2017. 2017, pageant, Sanya, China. 1crown. event.
| [[Miss World 2018|2018]]
| [[Fernando Allende]], [[Angela Chow]], [[Frankie Cena]], [[Megan Young]], [[Stephanie Del Valle]], Barney Walsh
| [[Donel Mangena]], [[Dimash Kudaibergen]], [[Sister Sledge]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2019|2019]]
| [[Megan Young]], [[Peter Andre]], [[Stephanie Del Valle]], [[Fernando Allende]], Steve Douglas
| Peter Andre, [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2021|2021]]
| [[Peter Andre]], [[Fernando Allende]]
| [[Don Omar]], [[Gente de Zona]], [[Victor Manuel]], [[Pedro Capó]], and The [[Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lafci.org/angel-velez | title=Angel Velez }}</ref> Angel Velez with guest conductor [[Mike Dixon (conductor)|Mike Dixon]]
|-
| [[Miss World 2023|2023]]
| [[Karan Johar]], [[Megan Young]]
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Neha Kakkar]], [[Tony Kakkar]], [[Toni-Ann Singh]]
|}

==See also==
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* [[Beauty with a Purpose]] – a registered charity and nonprofit organisation associated with Miss World that raises money and participates in humanitarian projects across the world
* [[Big Four international beauty pageants]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-16/miss-world-feminist-or-old-fashioned-objectification/7416074|title=Miss World: Old-fashioned, sexist beauty contest or advancing feminism's cause?|last=Hunters|first=Story|date=16 May 2016|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|access-date=21 June 2016}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.missworld.com/}}

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