Miss World 2019 is all set to host its coronation night in just two days as the finale will be held on 14th December 2019 in Excel London, United Kingdom. Before the finale beckons, the most important segment of the pageant, Beauty with a Purpose, is soon to be held where the winner out of the beauties participating in the competition will win a direct spot in Top 40. Along with winning the spot in finals, the winner will also work closely with MWO to work on their projects for humanitarian causes.
Just yesterday, the ten finalists for the Beauty with a Purpose projects were announced which included Ophély Mézino Miss World France 2019, Suman Ratan Singh Rao Miss World India 2019, Princess Mikhaelia Audrey Megonondo Miss World Indonesia 2019, Alexis SueAnn Seow Su-Yin Miss World Malaysia 2019, Mandakh Tsevelmaa Miss World Mongolia 2019, Anushka Shrestha Miss World Nepal 2019, Nyekachi Douglas Miss World Nigeria 2019, Sabrine Khalifa Mansour Miss World Tunisia 2019, Maryuris Isabella Rodríguez Guzmán Miss World Venezuela 2019, Luong Thuy Linh Miss World Vietnam 2019.
Before the winner is announced, here is everything to know about these finalists’ projects for the award –
Mandakh Tsevelmaa Miss World Mongolia 2019
Mandakh’s project revolves around the liver diseases in her country as Mongolia ranks number one in world for liver diseases. She believes that increasing awareness and educating people to understand and learn how to prevent illness is the most important thing.
She has organised a free vaccination campaign and has had more than 1,000 people attend educational seminars on how to prevent liver disease from the Hepatitis B virus. She has successfully got a liver transplantation surgery for a 17-year-old orphan girlcwith the help of surgeons and by fundraising. With the aim of helping people to prevent health problems, she has also initiated a health insurance programme in Mongolia.
Alexis SueAnn Seow Su-Yin Miss World Malaysia 2019
Alexis SueAnn Seow Su-Yin, though her project, wishes to change the statistics of infant abandonment in her country. Through the foundation of Chance4Change, she aims to eradicate the increasingly chronic issue of baby and infant abandonment in Malaysia through a combination of education, discussion and development of self-worth. Through it, she also develops fundraising activities and sustainable income projects for teenagers, unwedded, abused and at-risk mothers; giving them the capability to care for themselves and their children.
Miss World Tunisia 2019 Sabrine Khalifa Mansour
Sabrine Khalifa Mansour, through her project, wishes to help the rural areas of her country. Her project aims at reaching people in rural areas, providing health services and raising awareness of the importance of prevention.
With her incredible work, till date, six medical caravans have provided medical examinations for over 1500 people with those in need receiving treatment and prescribed medication. Sabrine along with her team is dedicated to do all that they can to improve the quality of life for the people in rural areas and are committed to easing their suffering.
Miss World Venezuela 2019 Maryuris Isabella Rodríguez Guzmán
Isabella Rodriguez, through her project, aims to provide help in the rural areas of Venezuela. Coming from Petare, her hometown and the largest slum in Latin America, Isabella has been working with the community and family to develop the ‘I Dream, I Can’ personal development programme for girls whose basic rights are unmet in the midst of the social crisis in Venezuela.
#IDreamICan provides girls with information and tools to discover their purpose and self-worth as unique and valuable members of society, thus facilitating their ability to make good decisions, become leaders, and take actions that impact their lives and the lives of other girls.
Miss World India 2019 Suman Rao
Suman Rao, the representative of India, aims to help the women of traditional communities to progress living in a regressive society. Coming from a small village of Rajasthan herself, Suman has had first-hand experience of the intolerant behaviour towards women.
She aims to do away with the norms that restrict the movement of women in traditional communities and deny them the right to earn a living. She wants to eradicate the complete dependence on men that ensues translates to a lack of self-worth and agency over decisions. My project, Pragati (Progress) provides local employment allowing women to gain financial independence while still preserving vital familial and community ties.
Miss World France 2019 Ophély Mézino
Ophély Mézino, through her project, is fighting for the recognition of the deaf culture in her country. This project is so close to her heart because she is herself a hearing Child of Deaf adult. Her project revolves around making people recognise the deaf culture and French sign language that they are as much a part of the society as other people.
According to her, the deaf are not integrated, they are isolated in the society. She wishes to create a home, first in Guadeloupe a French overseas department and then in other parts of the world for the physically challenged people.
Miss World Nigeria 2019 Nyekachi Douglas
Nyekachi Douglas, through her BWAP project, aims to help the indigenous communities in her country. Her goal is to improve personal hygiene and to empower children in the Makoko community. Through her intense efforts, she has partnered with NGOs to raise awareness on personal hygiene and holding a benefit concert in which the kids will be performing. Mixing fun with service, Nyekachi wishes to bring a change in her country through her exceptional efforts.
Miss World Nepal 2019 Anushka Shrestha
Anuskha’s project is around ‘Capability Development’. It is a pilot project starting with a remote village, basically focusing on the mothers and the children of the families. With this project she wishes to take a step towards educating them, providing scholarships, adding more teachers with more teaching material and teacher training. Knowing the fact that only funding through donations won’t last long, she plans on making their parents active income generators which would be another step with this project. She also plans on helping them with practice on new market skills like carpet weaving, stone making and many more so that they could fund their own children’s education and raise them better.
Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh
Luong Thuy Linh’s project is called ‘Building Road, Connecting Dreams’ which is all about building a road on a 1,300-meter-high cliff, connecting the two poorest villages with the outside world. This newly-built road makes the villages access to the town, where the residences can get a better education, medical facilities, health care and social service. The Vietnamese beauty wishes to help the village people for basic necessities through her project.
Miss World Indonesia 2019 Princess Mikhaelia Audrey Megonondo
Princess Mikhealia’s Beauty with a Purpose revolves around the awareness of poverty among the society especially children and women. In Indonesia, many children live in conditions that are unsuitable and are excluded from education. This is the condition in Kawungsari, West Java where the children have to sell on the streets for extra income. She provides help to the villagers by showing new ways of creating income. With a better economy, the children can return to school and pursue a better life.
According to the Miss World organization, “Beauty With A Purpose sits firmly at the very heart of Miss World. Over the last 48 years, it has changed the lives of disadvantaged communities around the world. The secret lies in the economies of scale. With every crowning of Miss World is the start of a new chapter. A chapter that signals the shift from beauty pageant to global humanitarian programme focusing on the most sick and disadvantaged people in the world.”