Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007
Miss World 2007 Titlecard
Date	1 December 2007
Presenters	Angela Chow, Fernando Allende
Entertainment	Duncan James, Haikou Artistic Group, The South African Mvezo Choir & No. 9 Primary School of Sanya
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China PR
Broadcaster	E!, Shanghai Media Group
Entrants	106
Placements	16
Withdrawals	Barbados, Cambodia, Congo Democratic Republic, Guernsey, Liberia, Malawi, Portugal, St. Lucia, Tahiti, Uruguay, Zambia
Returns	Albania, Belize, Grenada, Lithuania, Nepal, New Zealand, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Swaziland, Uganda
Winner	Zhang Zilin [1]  China PR

Miss World 2007, the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 1 December 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China PR.^[2] It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of China PR won the crown^[1][3][2] and succeeded Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic.

The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion, Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympics Games as a major co-operation between the Beijing Olympic Committee and Miss World Limited. The song had its first broadcast to a global audience at the 57th Miss World final on 1 December.

In addition, to coincide with World AIDS Day, the pageant presented a special tribute to the fight against AIDS, with a televised speech from former South African President Nelson Mandela and the presence of his daughter and grandson, along with traditional dancers from South Africa who joined the contestants in a special song.^[4]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2007^[1][2]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2007	China PR – Zhang Zilin [1][3]
1st runner-up	Angola – Micaela Reis [2]
2nd runner-up	Mexico – Carolina Morán [2]
Top 5	Sweden – Annie Oliv  Trinidad & Tobago – Valene Maharaj
Top 16	Austria – Christine Reiler  Dominican Republic – Ada de la Cruz  Ecuador – Valeska Saab  Ghana – Irene Dwomoh  Grenada – Vivian Burkhardt  Hong Kong – Kayi Cheung  Jamaica – Yendi Phillips  Malaysia – Deborah Priya Henry  Puerto Rico – Jennifer Guevara  United States – Abigail McCary  Venezuela – Claudia Suárez

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Angola – Micaela Reis
Americas	Mexico – Carolina Morán
Asia & Oceania	China PR – Zhang Zilin
Caribbean	Trinidad & Tobago – Valene Maharaj
Europe	Sweden – Annie Oliv

Contestants

Albania – Elda Dushi  Angola – Micaela Reis  Argentina – Alejandra Bernal  Aruba – Boyoura Martijn  Australia – Caroline Pemberton  Austria – Christine Reiler  Bahamas – Anya Watkins  Belarus – Alena Aladka  Belgium – Halima Chehaima  Belize – Felicita Arzú  Bolivia – Sandra Hernández  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Gordana Tomić  Botswana – Malebogo Marumoagae  Brazil – Regiane Andrade  Bulgaria – Paolina Racheva  Canada – Sara Ghulam  Cayman Islands – Rebecca Parchment  Chile – Bernardita Zúñiga  China PR – Zhang Zilin  Colombia – María José Torrenegra  Costa Rica – Wendy Cordero  Croatia – Tajana Jeremić  Curaçao – Mckeyla Richards  Cyprus – Dora Anastasiou  Czech Republic – Kateřina Sokolová  Denmark – Line Kruuse  Dominican Republic – Ada de la Cruz  Ecuador – Valeska Saab  El Salvador – Michelle Melhado  England – Georgia Horsley  Estonia – Kadi Sizask  Ethiopia – Mihret Abebe  Finland – Linnea Aaltonen  France – Rachel Legrain-Trapani  Georgia – Tamar Nemsitsveridze  Germany – Janice Behrendt  Ghana – Irene Dwomoh  Gibraltar – Danielle Pérez  Greece – Aikaterini Evangelinou  Grenada – Vivian Burkhardt  Guadeloupe – Nancy Fleurival  Guatemala – Hamy Tejeda  Guyana – Candace Charles  Hong Kong China – Kayi Cheung  Hungary – Krisztina Bodri  Iceland – Jóhanna Vala Jónsdóttir  India – Sarah-Jane Dias  Indonesia – Kamidia Radisti  Ireland – Bláthnaid McKenna  Israel – Liran Kohener  Italy – Giada Wiltshire  Jamaica – Yendi Phillips  Japan – Rui Watanabe

Kazakhstan – Dana Kaparova  Kenya – Catherine Wainaina  Korea – Cho Eun-ju  Latvia – Kristīne Djadenko  Lebanon – Nadine Njeim  Lithuania – Jurgita Jurkutė  Macedonia FYRO – Jana Stojanovska  Malaysia – Deborah Priya Henry  Malta – Stephanie Zammit  Martinique – Vanessa Beauchaints  Mauritius – Melody Selvon  Mexico – Carolina Morán  Moldova – Ina Codreanu  Mongolia – Oyungerel Gankhuyag  Montenegro – Marija Ćirović  Namibia – Marichen Luiperth    Nepal – Sitashma Chand  Netherlands – Melissa Sneekes  New Zealand – Stephanie Dods  Nigeria – Munachi Nwankwo  Northern Ireland – Melissa Patton  Norway – Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge  Panama – Shey Ling Him  Paraguay – María de la Paz Vargas  Peru – Cynthia Calderón  Philippines – Margaret Wilson  Poland – Karolina Zakrzewska  Puerto Rico – Jennifer Guevara  Romania – Elena Roxana Azoitei  Russia – Tatiana Kotova  Scotland – Nieve Jennings  Serbia – Mirjana Božović  Sierra Leone – Fatmata Turay  Singapore – Roshni Kaur Soin  Slovakia – Veronika Husárová  Slovenia – Tadeja Ternar  South Africa – Megan Coleman  Spain – Natalia Zabala  Sri Lanka – Maria Colombage  Suriname – Charisse Melany Moll  Swaziland – Nkosing'phile Dlamini  Sweden – Annie Oliv  Tanzania – Richa Adhia  Thailand – Kanokkorn Jaicheun  Trinidad & Tobago – Valene Maharaj  Turkey – Selen Soyder  Uganda – Monica Kasyate  Ukraine – Lika Roman  United States – Abigail McCary  Venezuela – Claudia Suárez  Vietnam – Đặng Minh Thu  Wales – Kelly-Louise Pesticcio  Zimbabwe – Caroline Marufu

Judges

• Julia Morley (UK) – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
• Duncan James (UK) – Member of the boy band Blue, now an actor and TV presenter
• Annabel Croft (UK) – Former tennis star and television presenter
• Ben de Lisi (Italy) – Renowned fashion designer
• Li Xiao Bai (China PR) – managing director of New Silk Road Modelling Agency
• Bruce Zhao (China PR) – Chairperson of the Huayu Group
• Makaziwe Mandela (South Africa) – Daughter of Nelson Mandela,^[2] industrialist and philanthropist
• Neal Hamil (United States) – managing director of Elite Models
• Krish Naidoo (Ireland) – Miss World International Ambassador, entrepreneur, works with many charitable organisations
• Elena Franchuk (Ukraine) – Founder of the Anti-AIDS Foundation of Ukraine

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1981:  Suriname Last competed in 1988:  Sierra Leone Last competed in 1996:  Grenada

Last competed in 2003:  Belize Last competed in 2004:  Lithuania  Paraguay

Last competed in 2005:  Albania    Nepal  New Zealand  Swaziland  Uganda

Replacements

•  Albania – The Miss & Mister Albania organisation replaced Egla Harxhi, Miss Albania 2007, with Elda Dushi, because of unknown reasons.
•  Belarus – Miss Belarus 2006 1st runner-up, Yulia Sindzeyeva, was supposed to compete in Miss World; however, she attended the Miss International contest in Japan, where she became 2nd runner-up. A contract with the Japanese organisation prevents her from attending the Miss World contest. 2nd runner-up, Alena Aladka, took her place.
•  Curaçao – Lisaika Everitz, Miss World Curaçao, was not accepted as Curaçao's entry to Miss World 2007 because of not meeting age requirements. She was replaced with Naemi Monte. Since Monte did not turn in the official application to the national organisation before the deadline established by Miss World Ltd, the franchiseholder appointed a new delegate: Mckeyla Richards. After this action, Naemi Monte decided to file a lawsuit against the franchiseholder, Reprod, to regain the right to represent the island at the international pageant. On 17 October, a jury decided in favour of Reprod, ending the dispute between both.
•  Latvia – Ina Avlasēviča, Miss Latvia 2006, competed in Miss World 2008. The organisation sent Kristīne Djadenko, a former Miss Latvia, to that year's pageant.
•  Vietnam – Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam World 2007's second runner-up Đặng Minh Thu was named by Elite Vietnam as the country's candidate at Miss World 2007. Earlier offered Miss World's ticket to Miss World Vietnamese 2007 Ngô Phương Lan, who turned it down to focus on her studies in Switzerland.

Withdrawals

•  US Virgin Islands – Esonica Veira
•  Barbados – Natalie Griffith
•  British Virgin Islands – Leilani Stevens
•  Chinese Taipei – Yen Chin Li
•  Guernsey – Hannah McLaughlin
•  Malawi – Peth Msinska
•   Switzerland – Amanda Ammann (competed in Miss Universe 2008 and unplaced)

No shows

•  Antigua & Barbuda
•  Cambodia
•  Congo Republic – Pupuce Ngalla Ibata, national director of Miss Congo (COMICO) affirmed that Congo will not take part in Miss World 2007. The reason being that Miss World Organization never replied to their application for the franchise. However, she will try to get the franchise next year.
•  Congo DR
•  Egypt
•  Honduras
•  Liberia – The Miss Liberia 2007/2008 is scheduled for 23 November 2007, just one week before the Miss World 2007 finals takes place.
•  Nicaragua
•  Portugal
•  Saint Lucia – Yasmin Walcott, national director of Miss Saint Lucia World, informed that the island won't be represented in Miss World 2007.
•  Sint Maarten – Fabiana Arnell, national director of Sint Maarten Queen's competition has informed that reports about Shanyra Richardson's participation in Miss World are not true, but she is interested in taking part in future Miss World competitions.
•  Tahiti
•  Uruguay
•  Zambia

References

1. Eimer, David (1 December 2007). "China wins Miss World 2007 title". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. "Local woman wins Miss World 2007". BBC NEWS. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
3. Simi John. "Miss World 2014: Beauty contest winners of last ten years". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. 106 'light the passion' for the Olympic Games

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2007