As the reigning queen Toni-Ann Singh successfully held the throne for almost over two years, she will finally be crowning her successor in less than a week as all the delegates are engaged in the pre-pageant activities and fast track competitions prior to the grand coronation night of Miss World 2021.

Succeeding Toni, Jamaica’s delegacy has been held by Khalia Hall for this year’s pageant as she was crowned Miss World Jamaica 2021. Interestingly, the diva holds a strong chance to create a back-to-back victory for the country this year, with some big shoes to fill in.

25 years old Hall has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Manchester, England, before she joined the National University of Singapore as a Manchester international exchange student. In the pursuit of her passion, she later became a food blogger and started her plant-based Shibumi Jamaica food delivery service in Jamaica in 2020.A vegan and foodie at heart, this beauty queen has her own YouTube channel where she actively shares her cooking recipes and videos.

Her proudest moment was when she moved to Italy to pursue her passion for cooking. Khalia, enjoys, swimming, reading and playing netball. Her biggest fears are lizards and her favourite book is ‘The Little Mermaid.’ She strongly believes that, “If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality is without.”

She is passionate about food and health and this is the focus of her Beauty with a Purpose project ‘HEAL’ – Healthy Eating as a Lifestyle. Khalia uses education to show that healthy eating can not only improve your health but also be delicious.

Khalia will be competing for the back-to-back win at Miss World 2021, the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant, is all set to be held on 16th December 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica will crown her successor at the end of the event finale.