Miss World 2013 was the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Bali International Convention Center in Bali, South Kuta, Indonesia, on 28 September 2013.

Miss World 2013
Megan Young, Miss World 2013
Date28 September 2013
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueBali Nusa Dua Convention Center, South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Broadcaster
Entrants127
Placements20
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMegan Young
Philippines
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Yu Wenxia of China crowned Megan Young of the Philippines as her successor at the end of the event, marking the only time to date that the Philippines has won the Miss World title. This victory also made the Philippines the third country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Background

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Location and date

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

Selection of participants

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

Results

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Placements

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Miss world 2013 participating countries and territories
Placement Contestant[1]
Miss World 2013
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 6
Top 10
Top 20

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

Continental Queens of Beauty

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Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
Europe
Oceania

Challenge events

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

Top Model

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Megan Young of Philippines won Miss World Top Model 2013.

Final result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Beach Beauty

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Sancler Frantz of Brazil won Miss World Beach Beauty 2013.

Final Result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  •   Ghana - Carranzar Naa Okailey
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 11

Sports and Fitness

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

Final Result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 20

Multimedia

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Navneet Kaur Dhillon of India won Miss World Multimedia 2013.

Final result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up

Talent

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Vania Larissa of Indonesia won Miss World Talent 2013.

Final result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 11

Beauty With a Purpose

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

Final result Contestant
Winner
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Contestants

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Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia, host city of Miss World 2013.

127 Contestants competed for the title.

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

Judges

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The judges for Miss World 2013 were:

Notes

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Debuts

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Returns

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Designations

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

Replacements

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

Withdrawals

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Did not compete

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

Controversies

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

References

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  1. ^ "Miss Philippines crowned the new Miss World". CNN. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Noémie Happart, Miss Belgique 2013". 7SUR7. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Siberian beauty Elmira Abdrazakova, 18, is crowned Miss Russia". The Siberian Times. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  4. ^ Marshall, Rhode (9 December 2012). "And Miss South Africa 2012 is ... Marilyn Ramos". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ^ Edwin Toledo. "- Miss World 2015 - Miss Universe 2015: Miss World 2013 - News from Romania". The Times of Beauty.
  6. ^ Edwin Toledo. "- Miss World 2015 - Miss Universe 2015: Miss World Norway 2013". The Times of Beauty.
  7. ^ Edwin Toledo. "- Miss World 2015 - Miss Universe 2015: Miss World St. Kitts and Nevis 2013". The Times of Beauty.
  8. ^ Sidner, Sara; Nurse, Earl (12 June 2013). "Yityish Aynaw: Meet the first black Miss Israel". CNN. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. ^ Angela Dewan (8 September 2013). "Indonesia Moves Miss World Final to Bali After Protests". The Jakarta Globe. BeritaSatu Media Holdings. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. ^ Sanskrity Sanha (5 September 2013). "Miss World 2013: Contestants Won't Wear Bikini for Beach Beauty Contest". International Business Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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