Miss World 2016 pageant is scheduled to be held on 18th December 2016 and at the conclusion of the finale, Mireia Lalaguna of Spain will pass on her crown to her successor. The Miss World is one of the oldest beauty pageants amongst the Big 4 (four) international beauty pageants. The pageant is the most popular among the Big 4 pageants, and holds significance because of its advocacy that promotes “Beauty with a Purpose”.

“Beauty with a Purpose” (BWAP) is not just a term, but an ideology that the winner of the pageant has to abide by and live throughout her reign. Hence, the “Beauty with a Purpose” projects also hold much importance in the Preliminary segments of the pageant. Hence, recently the chairman and the CEO of Miss World, Julia Morley, spoke to the candidates about the importance of BWAP during a special screening of selected Miss World 2016 Beauty with a Purpose projects.

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The special guest for the night was Miss World New Zealand 2015 Deborah Lambie who has helped over 70,000 students with free education tutorial videos that were made available online through her BWAP project. The beauty queen is currently working as a doctor. After the discussion, the Top 24 shortlisted BWAP videos were presented before the contestants, which were –

Australia – BWAP project aiming at Helping Indigenous Children

Belgium – BWAP project aiming at Assisting Children in Cambodia

Hungary – BWAP project aiming at Equestrian Therapy

Chile – BWAP project aiming at Teaching Blind Children Music

China – BWAP project aiming at Assisting a variety of care centers (Children with brain damage, building houses for children, helping the elderly)

Colombia – BWAP project aiming at Sponsoring Victims of Violence & Displacement

Cote D’Ivoire – BWAP project aiming at Helping victims of Buruli Ulcer Skin Disease

Dominican Republic – BWAP project aiming at Talent Program for Youth

Fiji – BWAP project aiming at Project Qelekuro- Assiting Victims of Cyclone Winston

Guadeloupe – BWAP project aiming at Helping the elderly

Indonesia – BWAP project aiming at Dreams Beyond the Dumpsite- Helping the scavengers of dumpsites

Ireland – BWAP project aiming at Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland

Mongolia- BWAP project aiming at Brothers-Sisters Mentorship Program

Nepal – BWAP project aiming at Classroom & Beyond- Providing classrooms for children

Nigeria – BWAP project aiming at Helping Education Centers

Panama – BWAP project aiming at A Chance to Change- Helping women in correctional facilities

Philippines – BWAP project aiming at Paradiso Project- Creating a School for children in garbage sites

Rwanda – BWAP project aiming at Targeting a variety of problems in Rwanda (Visiting Veteran Centers, Malnutrition Awareness, Drug Abuse, Domestic Tourism, Child Education)

Sierra Leone – BWAP project aiming at Helping orphans of the Ebola Virus

Sri Lanka – BWAP project aiming at Helping a School for children of Mental and Physical Disabilities & Red Cross Ambassador

Tanzania – BWAP project aiming at Female Genital Mutilation and Gender Discrimination

Thailand – BWAP project aiming at Working against Deforestation

United States – BWAP project aiming at Habitat for Humanity

Venezuela – BWAP project aiming at Improvement and Reconstruction of a school

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