Miss World 2018 was the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China, on 8 December 2018.

At the end of the event, Manushi Chhillar of India crowned Vanessa Ponce of Mexico as her successor at the end of the event. It is the first victory of Mexico in the history of the pageant. Runner-Up was Nicolene Limsnukan of Thailand.

Returns, and, withdrawals This edition saw the return of Barbados, Belarus, Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone and Uganda; Barbados, Luxembourg and Martinique in 2014 and Belarus, Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Latvia, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone and Uganda in 2016.

Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Fiji, Guinea, Israel, Liberia, Macau, Romania, Seychelles, Sweden, Tunisia and Uruguay, withdrew from the competition.

Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 2018 – Vanessa Ponce Runner-up – Nicolene Limsnukan Top 5 – Maria Vasilevich – Kadijah Robinson – Quiin Abenakyo Top 12 – Maëva Coucke – Larissa Segarel – Murielle Ravina – Shrinkhala Khatiwada – Jessica Tyson – Solaris Barba – Linzi McLellandTop 30 – Jannatul Ferdous – Ashley Lashley – Angeline Flor Pua – Anahi Hormazabal – Mao Peirui – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Anukreethy Vas – Alya Nurshabrina – Kanako Date – Larissa Ping – Anita Ukah – Katharine Walker – Natalya Stroeva – Vanessa Peh Ting Ting – Thulisa Keyi – Marisa Butler – Veruska Ljubisavljević – Trần Tiểu Vy

Continental Queens of Beauty Continent Contestant Africa – Quiin Abenakyo Americas – Solaris Barba Asia – Nicolene Limsnukan Caribbean – Kadijah Robinson Europe – Maria Vasilevich Oceania – Jessica Tyson

Challenge events

Top Model Miss France, Maëva Coucke won the Top Model Competition and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018. Final resultContestant Winner – Maëva Coucke 1st runner-up – Peirui Mao 2nd runner-up – Aissatou Filly 3rd runner-up – Bo Ah Cho 4th runner-up – Thulisa Keyi Top 32 – Taylah Cannon – Ashley Lashley – Maria Vasilevich – Angeline Flor Pua – Jéssica Carvalho – Anahi Hormazabal – Ivana Mudnić Dujmina – Christine Keller – Maria Lepida – Morgane Thérésiné – Nunzia Amato – Kanako Date – Larissa Ping – Vanessa Ponce – Shrinkhala Khatiwada – Jessica Tyson – Anita Ukah – Solaris Barba – Katarina Rodriguez – Agata Biernat – Natalya Stroeva – Ivana Trišić – Amaia Izar – Nadia Gyi – Nicolene Limsnukan – Sevval Sahin – Trần Tiểu Vy

Talent Miss Japan, Kanako Date won the Talent Competition and became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018. Final resultContestant Winner – Kanako Date 1st runner-up – Peirui Mao 2nd runner-up – Hanna Begovic 3rd runner-up – Agata Biernat 4th runner-up – Larissa Ping Top 18 – Kalina Miteva – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Ambika Ramraj – Stephie Morency – Anukreethy Vas – Alya Nurshabrina – Yoselin Reyes – Solaris Barba – Maquenna Gaiarín – Dayanara Martinez – Amaia Izar – Nicolene Limsnukan – Marisa Butler

Sports Miss United States, Marisa Butler won the Sports Competition and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2018.

Final resultContestant Winner – Marisa Butler 1st runner-up – Vanessa Vargas 2nd runner-up – Leonie Hesselink Team Challenge Winner Red TeamLong jump – Vanessa VargasAthletics (60 metres) – Leonie HesselinkSwimming – Jessica Daniel Tyson

Team Blue Team Red Team Yellow Team Top 18 – Jessica Daniel Tyson – Katharine Walker – Solaris Barba – Linzi McLelland – Lara Kalanj – Marisa Butler – Maria Vasilevich – Vanessa Vargas – Hanna Begovic – Kelsie Woodman Bodden – Denise Romero – Aoife O'Sullivan – Nicol Ocles – Andrea Szarvas – Ekaterina Dvoretskaya – Daniela Gods-Romanovska – Leonie Hesselink – Agata Biernat Reserve – Vanessa Ponce – Sarah Laura Tucker – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Rubiato Nhamajo – Jenny Lappalainen – Tamara Zareţcaia

Multimedia Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada won the Multimedia Challenge, securing her place in the finals of Miss World 2018. Final resultContestant Winner – Shrinkhala Khatiwada 1st runner-up – Vanessa Ponce 2nd runner-up – Finali GalaiyaTop 10 – Maëva Coucke – Anukreethy Vas – Alya Nurshabrina – Larissa Ping – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa – Nicolene Limsnukan – Veruska Ljubisavljević

Beauty With A Purpose The Top 5 winners of the Beauty with a purpose Award (Miss Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand, Mexico & Vietnam) became the quarter-finalists of Miss World 2018. The 25 projects that were shortlisted are: Final result Contestant Winner – Shrinkhala Khatiwada Top 5 – Alya Nurshabrina – Vanessa Ponce – Jessica Tyson – Trần Tiểu Vy Top 12 – Anahi Hormazabal – Kadijah Robinson – Finali Galaiya – Mira Al Toufaily – Larissa Ping – Solaris Barba – Ysabel Bisnath Top 25 – Ashley Lashley – Jéssica Carvalho – Peirui Mao – Reihana Koteka-Wiki – Ambika Ramraj – Nunzia Amato – Kanako Date – Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa – Han Thi – Natalya Stroeva – Liliane Iradukunda – Linzi McLelland – Vanessa Peh

Global Vote Final resultContestant Winner – Nicolene Limsnukan 1st runner-up – Vanessa Ponce2nd runner-up – Quiin Abenakyo

World Fashion Designer Award Miss South Africa, Thulisa Keyi and Miss China, Peirui Mao emerged as the joint winners of the Designer Award.

Final resultContestant Winners – Peirui Mao – Thulisa Keyi Top 5 – Larissa Ping – Carla Rodrigues – Nicolene Limsnukan

Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award Miss Kenya, Finali Galaiya won the Sanya Tourism Promotional Video award. Final resultContestant Winner – Finali Galaiya 1st runner-up – Peirui Mao 2nd runner-up – Shrinkhala Khatiwada 3rd runner-up – Dayanara Martinez 4th runner-up – Alisha Cowie

Contestants 118 contestants competed for the title: Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Albania Nikita Preka 22 Lezhë Angola Nelma Ferreira 20 Luanda Argentina Victoria Soto 25 Concepción del Uruguay Armenia Arena Zeynalyan 25 Yerevan Aruba Nurianne Arias 24 Oranjestad Australia Taylah Cannon23 Melbourne Austria Izabela Ion 24 Bregenz Bahamas Brinique Gibson 22 New Providence Bangladesh Jannatul Ferdous Oishee 18 Pirojpur Barbados Ashley Lashley 19 Bridgetown Belarus Maria Vasilevich 21 Minsk Belgium Angeline Flor Pua 23 Antwerp Belize Jalyssa Arthurs 18 Santa Elena Bolivia Vanessa Vargas 22 Cochabamba Bosnia and Herzegovina Anđela Paleksić 20 Sarajevo Botswana Moitshepi Elias 24 Gaborone Brazil Jéssica Carvalho 22 Parnaíba British Virgin IslandsYadali Thomas Santos 22 Tortola BulgariaKalina Miteva 19 Sofia Cameroon Aimee Caroline Nseke 22 Yaoundé Canada Hanna Begovic 19 Toronto Cayman Islands Kelsie Woodman Bodden 22 Grand Cayman Chile Anahi Hormazabal 19 Santiago China Mao Peirui 26 Yinchuan Colombia Laura Osorio 22 Medellín Cook IslandsReihana Koteka-Wiki 26 Rarotonga Croatia Ivana Mudnić Dujmina 17 Dubrovnik Curaçao Nazira Colastica 18 Willemstad Cyprus Andriánna Fiakká 19 Nicosia Czech Republic Kateřina Kasanová 19 Prague Denmark Tara Jensen 18 Hvidovre Dominican Republic Denise Romero 24 Higüey Ecuador Nicol Ocles 21 Pimampiro Egypt Mony Helal26Cairo El Salvador Metzi Solano 27 Santa Ana EnglandAlisha Cowie 19Newcastle Equatorial GuineaSilvia Adjomo Ndong20Malabo EthiopiaSoliyana Abayneh 22 Addis Ababa FinlandJenny Lappalainen 23 Helsinki France Maëva Coucke 24 Ferques GeorgiaNia Tsivtsivadze 24 Tbilisi GermanyChristine Keller 24 Düsseldorf GhanaNana Ama Benson 23 Accra Gibraltar Star Farrugia 22 Gibraltar GreeceMaria Lepida 20 Patras Guadeloupe Morgane Thérésine 22 Le Gosier Guam Gianna Sgambelluri 18 Hagåtña Guatemala Elizabeth Gramajo 22 Guatemala City Rubiato Nhamajo 23 Bafatá Guyana Ambika Ramraj 19 Georgetown Haiti Stephie Morency 26 Port-au-Prince Honduras Dayana Sabillón 23 Siguatepeque Hong Kong Wing Wong 25 Kowloon HungaryAndrea Szarvas 20 Vésztő Iceland Erla Ólafsdóttir 24 Reykjavík IndiaAnukreethy Vas 20 Tiruchirappalli IndonesiaAlya Nurshabrina 22 Bandung IrelandAoife O'Sullivan 23 Bandon ItalyNunzia Amato 21 Naples JamaicaKadijah Robinson 23 Saint Elizabeth JapanKanako Date 21 Tokyo Kazakhstan Ekaterina Dvoretskaya 20 Atyrau Kenya Finali Galaiya 24 Nairobi LaosKadoumphet Xaiyavong 21 Oudomxay Latvia Daniela Gods-Romanovska 21 Riga Lebanon Mira Al-Toufaily 26 Beirut LesothoRethabile Thaathaa 21 Maseru Luxembourg Cassandra Lopes Monteiro 18 Luxembourg City Madagascar Miantsa Randriambelonoro 20 Antananarivo Malaysia Larissa Ping 19 Lutong Malta Maria Ellul 24 Valletta Martinique Larissa Segarel 20 Fort-de-France Mauritius Murielle Ravina 22 Port Louis MexicoVanessa Ponce26Mexico City Moldova Tamara Zareţcaia 21 Chișinău Mongolia Erdenebaatar Enkhriimaa 21 Ulaanbaatar Montenegro Natalija Glušcević 18 Podgorica Myanmar Han Thi 21 Yangon Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada 26 Kathmandu NetherlandsLeonie Hesselink 26 Amsterdam New Zealand Jessica Tyson 25 Auckland Nicaragua Yoselin Gómez Reyes 23 Boaco Nigeria Anita Ukah 23 Owerri Northern Ireland Katharine Walker 23 Belfast Norway Madelen Michelsen 19 Oslo Panama Solaris Barba 19 Panama City Paraguay Maquenna Gaiarín 22 Asunción Peru Clarisse Uribe22 Chincha Alta Philippines Katarina Rodriguez 26 Davao City PolandAgata Biernat 29 Zduńska Wola Portugal Carla Rodrigues 25 Lisbon Puerto Rico Dayanara Martínez 25 Canóvanas RussiaNatalya Stroeva 19 Yakutsk RwandaLiliane Iradukunda 19 Western Province ScotlandLinzi McLelland 24 East Kilbride SenegalAïssatou Filly 22 Dakar Serbia Ivana Trišić 24 Belgrade Sierra LeoneSarah Laura Tucker 24 Bonthe SingaporeVanessa Peh 23 Singapore Slovakia Dominika Grecová 20 Bratislava Slovenia Lara Kalanj 18 Ljubljana South Africa Thulisa Keyi26 East London South Korea Bo Ah Cho 25 Seoul South Sudan Florence Thompson19 Juba Spain Amaia Izar 21 Agoitz Sri Lanka Nadia Gyi18 Colombo Tanzania Queen Elizabeth Makune 22 Dar es Salaam Thailand Nicolene Limsnukan 20 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Ysabel Bisnath 26 Port of Spain Turkey Şevval Şahin 19 Istanbul Uganda Quiin Abenakyo 22 Mayuge Ukraine Leonila Guz 19 Kherson United StatesMarisa Butler 24 Standish VenezuelaVeruska Ljubisavljević 27 Caracas Vietnam Trần Tiểu Vy 18 Quảng Nam Wales Bethany Harris 20 Newport Zambia Musa Kalaluka 20 Lusaka Zimbabwe Belinda Potts 21 Harare

Notes

Designations

Replacements

Withdrawals

- Joyce Delgado; Did not compete for an unknown reason, will compete in 2019 - Fatem Suy — Amanda Wiberg — Haifa Ghedir

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