Miss World 2009
| Miss World 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 12, 2009 |
| Venue | Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England |
| Broadcaster | SABC |
| Entrants | 120 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Congo, French Polynesia |
| Returns | Algeria, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Nepal, Panama, Romania, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname |
Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, will be held on December 12, 2009 at the Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa and the pageant will begin from London, England[1], where Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia will crown her successor at the end of this event. About 120 contestants are expected to attend the event.
Expected contestants
As of August 18 2009, 72 delegates have been selected.
| Nation | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) |
Height (ft) |
Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
Asma Afen | 21 | 176 | 5'9" | Algiers |
 Angola |
Jesinalda Silva[2] | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Cabinda |
 Argentina |
Evelyn Lucía Manchón | 22 | 176 | 5'9.5" | San Luis |
 Australia |
Sophie Lavers[3] | 24 | - | - | Canberra |
 Austria |
Anna Hammel | 18 | 170 | 5'7" | Linz |
 Bahamas |
Joanna Brown[4] | 17 | 183 | 6'0" | Grand Bahama |
 Belarus |
Lyubov Yakovina[5] | 18 | 177 | 5'9.5" | Minsk |
 Belgium |
Zeynep Sever[6] | 19 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek |
 Bolivia |
Flavia Foianini[7] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Santa Cruz |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Andrea Šarac | 17 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Gacko |
 Botswana |
Sumaiyah Marope | 22 | 173 | 5'8" | Gaborone |
 Brazil |
Luciana Bertolini[8] | 24 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Belo Horizonte |
 Bulgaria |
Antonia Petrova[9] | 24 | 180 | 5'11" | Pernik |
 Canada |
Lena Ma | 21 | 179 | 5'10.5" | North York |
 Colombia |
Daniela Ramos[10] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Bogotá |
 Croatia |
Ivana Vasilj | 21 | 180 | 5'11" | Köln |
 Cyprus |
Christalla Tsiali | 19 | 168 | 5'6" | Larnaca |
 Ecuador |
Gabriela Ulloa | 21 | 180 | 5'11" | Esmeraldas |
 Egypt |
Yara Naoum | 21 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Cairo |
 England |
Rachel Christie | 20 | 178 | 5'10" | London |
 Ethiopia |
Lula Gezu Weldegebriel | 20 | 175 | 5'9" | Addis Ababa |
 France |
Chloé Mortaud[11] | 19 | 180 | 5'11" | Bénac |
 French Polynesia |
Nanihi Bambridge[12] | 18 | 171 | 5'7.5" | Papeete |
 Ghana |
Mawuse Appea[13] | 22 | 180 | 5'11" | Legon |
 Gibraltar |
Kaiane Aldorino | 22 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Gibraltar |
 Greece |
Alkisti Anyfanti[14] | 23 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Athens |
 Guatemala |
Angélica Guevara | 22 | 170 | 5'7" | Ayutla |
 Honduras |
Blaise Allys Masey | 19 | 170 | 5'7" | San Pedro Sula |
 Hungary |
Orsi Serdült[15] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Budapest |
 Iceland |
Guðrún Dögg Rúnarsdóttir | 18 | 182 | 5'11.5" | Akranes |
 India |
Pooja Chopra | 23 | 173 | 5'8" | Pune |
 Indonesia |
Karenina Sunny Halim[16] | 22 | 170 | 5'7" | Jakarta |
 Israel |
Adi Rodnitzki[17] | 19 | 171 | 5'7.5" | Tel Aviv |
 Italy |
Alice Taticchi[18] | 19 | 184 | 6'0.5" | Perugia |
 Japan |
Eruza Sasaki[19] | 21 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Tottori |
 Korea |
Seo Eun-mi | 22 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Seoul |
 Latvia |
Ieva Lase[20] | 20 | 178 | 5'10" | Riga |
 Lebanon |
Martine Andraos | 19 | 175 | 5'9" | Beirut |
 Liberia |
Shurina Wiah[21] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Monrovia |
 Luxembourg |
Diana Nilles[22][23] | 20 | 179 | 5'10.5" | Walferdange |
 Malawi |
Joyce Mphande[24] | 20 | 182 | 5'11.5" | Lilongwe |
 Malta |
Shanel Debattista | 22 | 170 | 5'7" | Pieta |
 Martinique |
Ingrid Littré | 21 | 178 | 5'10" | Fort-de-France |
 Mauritius |
Anaïs Veerapatren[25] | 22 | 183 | 6'0" | Curepipe |
 Mexico |
Perla Beltrán[26] | 22 | 178 | 5'10" | Guamúchil |
 Montenegro |
Marijana Pokrajac | 22 | - | - | Podgorica |
 Namibia |
Happie Ntelamo[27] | 21 | 185 | 6'1" | Katima Mulilo |
 New Zealand |
Magdalena Schoeman[28] | 18 | 172 | 5'8" | Christchurch |
 Nigeria |
Glory Chuku[29] | 20 | 184 | 6'0.5" | Lafia |
 Northern Ireland |
Cherie Gardiner[30] | 17 | 182 | 5'11.5" | Bangor |
 Norway |
Sara Skjoldnes[31] | 17 | 170 | 5'7" | Skien |
 Panama |
Nadege Herrera[32] | 22 | 182 | 5'11.5" | Panama City |
 Paraguay |
Tamara Sosa | 19 | 181 | 5'11.5" | Asunción |
 Peru |
Claudia Carrasco [33] | 21 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Cuzco |
 Philippines |
Marie-Ann Umali[34] | 22 | 173 | 5'8" | Batangas City |
 Puerto Rico |
Jennifer Colón | 21 | 173 | 5'8" | Bayamon |
 Russia |
Ksenia Shipilova | 18 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Ivanovo |
 St. Kitts & Nevis |
Venetta Zakers | 23 | 172 | 5'8" | St. Paul's |
 Scotland |
Katharine Brown[35] | 19 | 178 | 5'10" | Dunblane |
 Serbia |
Jelena Marković | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Užice |
 Sierra Leone |
Mariatu Kargbo | 24 | 173 | 5'8" | Freetown |
 Singapore |
Ris Low | 19 | 172 | 5'7" | Singapore |
 Slovakia |
Barbora Franeková | 20 | 178 | 5'10" | Žilina |
 South Africa |
Tatum Keshwar[36] | 25 | 181 | 5'11.5" | Durban |
 Spain |
Carmen García[37] | 22 | 180 | 5'11" | Pinos Puente |
 Sri Lanka |
Gamya Wijayadasa | 22 | - | - | Malabe |
 Eswatini |
Nompilo Mncina | 23 | 178 | 5'10" | Mbabane |
 Turkey |
Ebru Şam | 19 | 175 | 5'9" | Germany |
 United States |
Lauren Parry | 18 | 182 | 5'11.5" | Seattle |
 Venezuela |
María Milagros Véliz[38] | 25 | 178 | 5'10" | Guacara |
 Wales |
Lucy Whitehouse | 22 | 168 | 5'6" | Barry |
 Zimbabwe |
Vanessa Sibanda[39] | 21 | 179 | 5'10" | Harare |
Upcoming national pageants
| Date | Country | Pageant |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2009 |  Mongolia |
Miss Mongolia World |
| August 21, 2009[40] |  Congo Republic |
Miss Congo |
| August 22, 2009 |  Hong Kong China |
香港小姐競選 |
| August 22, 2009 |  Jamaica |
Miss Jamaica World |
| August 22, 2009 |  Kenya |
Miss World Kenya |
| August 28, 2009 |  El Salvador |
Belleza Del Mundo El Salvador |
| September 4, 2009 |  Costa Rica |
Miss Costa Rica World |
| September 5, 2009 |  Finland |
Miss Maailma Suomi |
| September 5, 2009 |  Germany |
Miss World Deutschland |
| September 5, 2009 |  Guadeloupe |
Miss Guadeloupe International |
| September 5, 2009 |  Ukraine |
Міс Україна |
| September 11, 2009 |  Romania |
Miss World Romania |
| September 18, 2009 |  Nepal |
मिस नेपाल |
| September 20, 2009 |  Kazakhstan |
Мисс Казахстан |
| September 26, 2009 |  Cayman Islands |
Miss Cayman Islands |
| September 26, 2009 |  Ireland |
Miss Ireland |
| September 26, 2009 |  Uganda |
Miss Uganda |
| October 2009 |  Lithuania |
Mis Leituva |
| October 3, 2009 |  Barbados |
Miss Barbados World |
| October 24, 2009[41] |  Czech Republic |
Miss České Republiky |
| November 7, 2009 |  Aruba |
Miss Aruba |
| September 26, 2009 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
Miss Trinidad & Tobago |
| November 8, 2009 [42] |  Vietnam |
Hoa hậu Thế giới người Việt |
| November 27, 2009 |  Dominican Republic |
Miss Mundo Dominicana |
National pageant notes
Debuts
- Congo will compete in Miss World for the first time.
- French Polynesia: Tahiti will be returning to Miss World after 3 years under the name French Polynesia. The territory had previously sent delegates under the name Tahiti, though Tahiti is only one island in French Polynesia. A new pageant, Miss French Polynesia, has been created to send contestants to Miss World, in contrast with the traditional Miss Tahiti Nui, whose winner is sent to Miss Earth.
Returning countries and territories
| Year last competed |
Country |
|---|---|
| 1988 | St. Kitts & Nevis |
| 1990 | Luxembourg |
| 2002 | Algeria |
| 2006 | Liberia |
| 2007 | Nepal, Panama, Romania, Suriname |
Other notes
- Shanel Debattista (Malta) competed in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2007 in Jesolo, Italy on June 25, where she was among the Top 25 (24th).
- Zeynep Sever (Belgium), Chloé Mortaud (France), Martine Andraos (Lebanon), Anaïs Veerapatren (Mauritius), Happie Ntelamo (Namibia) and Tatum Keshwar (South Africa) will compete in Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009.
- Yara Naoum (Egypt) competed in Miss Universe 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. She did not place in the top 15.
- Karenina Sunny Halim (Indonesia), is half American and half Indonesian. She is the first Miss Indonesia of dual origin. Her mother was born in Montana, United States.
- Karence DeCosta, the reigning St. Thomas Carnival Queen 2009 and a possible candidate to represent the American Virgin Islands at Miss World 2009, was killed in a car accident on June 8, 2009, just hours after her graduation[43].
- Luciana Bertolini (Brazil) is sister of Miss World 1998 semifinalist and Miss Photogenic, Adriana Reis.
- For the first time in 59 years, England will send a black delegate to Miss World, Rachel Christie, who also is the niece of the famous former athlete Linford Christie.
References
- ^ Global Beauties - Tonight is THE night! Who will be Miss World 2008?
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Angola 2009
- ^ Miss Sophie Lavers named Miss World Australia
- ^ Miss Bahamas World 2009
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Belarus 2008
- ^ Miss Belgium
- ^ Miss Bolivia 2009/2010
- ^ Candidata de Roraima repete a irmã e vai disputar o Miss Mundo UOL Tabloide
- ^ GlobalBeauties News - Miss Bulgaria
- ^ Daniela Ramos Lalinde elegida Miss Mundo Colombia 2009
- ^ Miss France 2009
- ^ Nanihi Bambridge, 18 ans, élue Miss Polynésie 2009
- ^ Miss Ghana 2008
- ^ Star Hellas 2009
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- ^ Miss Israel 2009
- ^ Miss Mondo Italia 2009
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- ^ Miss Latvia - Ieva Lase
- ^ Miss Liberia 2009
- ^ Miss Luxembourg 2009
- ^ Miss Luxembourg Official Website
- ^ The Daily Times - Miss Malawi 2008
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Mauritius 2008
- ^ Global Beauties - Nuestra Belleza México 2008
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Namibia 2009
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- ^ Miss World Peru - Global Beauties
- ^ Miss Philippines 2009
- ^ Miss Scotland 2009
- ^ Miss South Africa 2008 - Tatum Keshwar
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- ^ "Miss Trujillo Stefanía Fernández fue electa Miss Venezuela 2008". El Universal. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ Sibanda crowned Miss Tourism Zimbabwe
- ^ Grandslam Pageants' Pageant Calendar
- ^ Miss ČR Přehled akcí na rok 2009
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