Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of Miss World, was held on 14th December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. Rolene Strauss of South Africa was crowned the new queen by her predecessor Megan Young of the Philippines. 121 contestants competed for the crown. This was the second time that South Africa won the title outright and the third time the country held the title. Edina Kulcsár from Hungary, Elizabeth Safrit from USA were adjudged first and second runners-up respectively.
Top 5 also included Courtney Thorpe from Australia and Carina Tyrrell from England. Top 11 also included Koyal Rana from India, Julia Gama from Brazil, Rafieya Husain from Guyana, Idah Nguma from Kenya, Daniela Álvarez from Kenya and Nonthawan Thongleng from Thailand (People’s Choice).
Top 25 also included Andrea Forfori from Bolivia, Du Yang from China, Dhío Moreno from Dominican Republic, Krista Haapalainen from Finland, Nadia Ntanu from Ghana, Maria Sastrayu from Indonesia, Dewi Liana Seriestha from Malaysia, Tatjana Maul from Netherlands, Valerie Weigmann from Philippines, Anastasia Kostenko from Russia, Ellie McKeating from Scotland, Awien Kuanyin-Agoth from South Sudan, Olivia Asplund from Sweden, Sarah Jane Waddell from Trinidad and Tobago and Nguyen Th? Loan from Vietnam.
Continental Queens of Beauty
Africa - Idah Nguma from Kenya
Americas – Elizabeth Safrit from United States
Asia – Koyal Rana from India
Caribbean – Rafieya Husain from Guyana
Europe – Edina Kulcsár from Hungary
Oceania – Courtney Thorpe from Australia
The delegates who competed at Miss World 2014 were –
Xhensila Pere representing Albania
Yoana Don representing Argentina
Joitza Henriquez representing Aruba
Courtney Thorpe representing Australia
Julia Furdea representing Austria
Rosetta Cartwright representing Bahamas
Zoé Trotman representing Barbados
Viktoria Mihanovich representing Belarus
Anissa Blondin representing Belgium
Raquel Badillo representing Belize
Lillian Lightbourn representing Bermuda
Andrea Forfori representing Bolivia
Isidora Borovcanin representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Julia Gama representing Brazil
Rosanna Chichester representing British Virgin Islands
Larissa Ngangoum representing Cameroon
Annora Bourgeault representing Canada
Sakadi Djivira representing Chad
Du Yang representing China
Leandra García representing Colombia
Natasha Sibaja representing Costa Rica
Yéo Jennifer representing Côte d'Ivoire
Antonija Gogic representing Croatia
Gayle Sulvaran representing Curaçao
Ioánna Filíppou representing Cyprus
Tereza Skoumalová representing Czech Republic
Pernille Sørensen representing Denmark
Dhío Moreno representing Dominican Republic
Virginia Limongi representing Ecuador
Amina Ashraf representing Egypt
Larissa Vega representing El Salvador
Carina Tyrrell representing England
Agnes Cheba representing Equatorial Guinea
Yirgalem Hadish representing Ethiopia
Charlene Tafuna'i representing Fiji
Krista Haapalainen representing Finland
Flora Coquerel representing France
Jessie Lekery representing Gabon
Ana Zubashvili representing Georgia
Egzonita Ala representing Germany
Nadia Ntanu representing Ghana
Shyanne Azzopardi representing Gibraltar
Eleni Kokkinou representing Greece
Wendy Metony representing Guadeloupe
Chanel Cruz Jarrett representing Guam
Keyla Bermúdez representing Guatemala
Halimatou Diallo representing Guinea
Rafieya Husain representing Guyana
Carolyn Desert representing Haiti
Erin Wong representing Hong Kong
Edina Kulcsár representing Hungary
Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir representing Iceland
Koyal Rana representing India
Maria Rahajeng representing Indonesia
Jessica Hayes representing Ireland
Mor Maman representing Israel
Silvia Cataldi representing Italy
Laurie-Ann Chin representing Jamaica
Hikaru Kawai representing Japan
Idah Nguma representing Kenya
Hwa-young Song representing South Korea
Vita Rexhepi representing Kosovo
Aikol Alikzhanova representing Kyrgyzstan
Liliana Garkalne representing Latvia
Saly Greige representing Lebanon
Nthole Matela representing Lesotho
Agne Kavaliauskaite representing Lithuania
Frédérique Wolff representing Luxembourg
Dewi Liana Seriestha representing Malaysia
Joanna Galea representing Malta
Anaïs Delwaulle representing Martinique
Sheetal Khadun representing Mauritius
Daniela Álvarez representing Mexico
Alexandra Caruntu representing Moldova
Battsetseg Turbat representing Mongolia
Nataša Novakovic representing Montenegro
Wyne Lay representing Myanmar
Brumhilda Ochs representing Namibia
Subin Limbu representing Nepal
Tatjana Maul representing Netherlands
Arielle Garciano representing New Zealand
Yumara López † representing Nicaragua
Iheoma Nnadi representing Nigeria
Rebekah Shirley representing Northern Ireland
Monica Pedersen representing Norway
Nicole Pinto representing Panama
Myriam Arévalos representing Paraguay
Sofía Rivera representing Peru
Valerie Weigmann representing Philippines
Ada Sztajerowska representing Poland
Zita Oliveira representing Portugal
Génesis Dávila representing Puerto Rico
Bianca Fanu representing Romania
Anastasia Kostenko representing Russia
Djeissica Barbosa representing São Tomé and Príncipe
Ellie McKeating representing Scotland
Milica Vukliš representing Serbia
Camilla Estico representing Seychelles
Dalreena Poonam Gill representing Singapore
Laura Longauerová representing Slovakia
Julija Bizjak representing Slovenia
Rolene Strauss representing South Africa
Awien Kuanyin-Agoth representing South Sudan
Lourdes Rodríguez representing Spain
Chulakshi Ranathunga representing Sri Lanka
Olivia Asplund representing Sweden
Dijana Cvijetic representing Switzerland
Happiness Watimanya representing Tanzania
Nonthawan Thongleng representing Thailand
Sarah Jane Waddell representing Trinidad and Tobago
Wahiba Arres representing Tunisia
Amine Gülse representing Turkey
Leah Kalanguka representing Uganda
Andriana Khasanshin representing Ukraine
Elizabeth Safrit representing United States of America
Romina Fernández representing Uruguay
Aniska Tonge representing US Virgin Islands
Debora Menicucci representing Venezuela
Nguyen Tho Loan representing Vietnam
Alice Ford representing Wales
Tendai Humda representing Zimbabwe