The Sports challenge at the 71st Miss World was held on 22nd February 2024 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi where the delegates were tested on their fitness, good health and positive mindset. Miss World is actually the only international pageant that has a fitness competition.
After the initial test was held, the organization announced the Top 32 delegates (eight from each continent) who will move forward to compete at the finals and one will win the Sports/Fitness challenge.
Here are the Top 32 finalists for the 71st Miss World Sports Challenge –
AMERICAS
Jaime VandenBerg representing Canada, Ambar Zenteno representing Chile, Marine Minos representing Guadeloupe, Marcela Miranda representing Guatemala, Mariela Cerros representing Nicaragua, Kathleen P. Coffre representing Panama, Lucía Arellano representing Peru, Tatiana Luna representing Uruguay.
AFRICA
Lesego Chombo representing Botswana, Miriam Xorlasi representing Ghana, Chantou Kwamboka representing Kenya, Antsaly Rajoelina representing Madagascar, Sonia Ait Mansour representing Morrocco, Leone van Jaarsveld representing Namibia, Dr. Claude Mashego representing South Africa, Arek Abraham Albino representing South Sudan.
EUROPE
Lucija Begic representing Croatia, Johanne Grundt Hansen representing Denmark, Jessica Ashley Gagen representing England, Samantha Misovits representing Greece, Hacsi Bogi representing Hungary, Sophia Hrivnáková representing Slovakia, Stina Nordlander representing Sweden and Darcey Corria representing Wales.
ASIA & OCEANIA
Kristen Wright representing Australia, Kana Yamaguchi representing Japan, Audrey Vanessa representing Indonesia, Lijin Kim representing South Korea, Bolor Bat-Erdene representing Mongolia, Priyanka Rani Joshi representing Nepal, Navjot Kaur representing New Zealand and Gwendolyne Fourniol representing Philippines.
The 71st Miss World will be crowned on 9th March 2024 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India where Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska of Poland will crown her successor at the end of the event finale. The event will be live-streamed by Sonyliv India, starting at 7:30 PM local time.
Congratulations to the finalists!