Miss World 2009

Miss World 2009
Miss World 2009 titlecard
Date	12 December 2009
Presenters	Angela Chow, Michelle McLean, Steve Douglas
Entertainment	Umoja, Gang of Instrumentals
Venue	Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Broadcaster	E!, SABC 3
Entrants	112
Placements	16
Withdrawals	Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Congo Democratic Republic, St. Lucia, Seychelles
Returns	Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Luxembourg, Macedonia FYRO, Nepal, Panama, Romania, Slovenia, Suriname, Tahiti
Winner	Kaiane Aldorino  Gibraltar

Miss World 2009, the 59th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1] 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.^[2] Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia crowned Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar at the end of event.

Results

Miss World 2009, Kaiane Aldorino at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai on 10 August 2010

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2009	Gibraltar – Kaiane Aldorino
1st runner-up	Mexico – Perla Beltrán
2nd runner-up	South Africa – Tatum Keshwar
Top 7	France – Chloé Mortaud  Canada – Lena Ma  Panama – Nadege Herrera  Colombia – Daniela Ramos
Top 16	Brazil – Luciana Bertolini  India – Pooja Chopra  Japan – Eruza Sasaki  Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva  Korea – Kim Joo-ri  Martinique – Ingrid Littré  Poland – Anna Jamróz  Sierra Leone – Mariatu Kargbo  Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang

Continental Queens of Beauty^[3][4]

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Tatum Keshwar
Americas	Mexico – Perla Beltrán
Asia & Oceania	Korea – Kim Joo-ri
Caribbean	Barbados – Leah Marville
Europe	Gibraltar – Kaiane Aldorino

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2009^[5]

•  Albania – Armina Mevlani
•  Angola – Nadia Silva
•  Argentina – Evelyn Lucía Manchón
•  Aruba – Nuraisa Lispiër
•  Australia – Sophie Lavers
•  Austria – Anna Hammel
•  Bahamas – Joanna Brown
•  Barbados – Leah Marville
•  Belarus – Yulia Sindzeyeva
•  Belgium – Zeynep Sever
•  Belize – Norma Leticia Lara
•  Bolivia – Flavia Foianini
•  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Andrea Šarac
•  Botswana – Sumaiyah Marope
•  Brazil – Luciana Reis
•  Bulgaria – Antonia Petrova
•  Canada – Lena Ma
•  China PR – Yu Sheng
•  Colombia – Daniela Ramos
•  Costa Rica – Angie Alfaro
•  Côte d'Ivoire – Dacoury Rosine Gnago
•  Croatia – Ivana Vasilj
•  Curaçao – Chantalle Thomassen
•  Cyprus – Christalla Tsiali
•  Czech Republic – Aneta Vignerová
•  Denmark – Nadia Pederson
•  Dominican Republic – Ana Contreras
•  Ecuador – Gabriela Ulloa
•  Egypt – Samah Shalaby
•  El Salvador – Elena Tedesco
•  England – Katrina Hodge
•  Ethiopia – Lula Weldegebriel
•  Finland – Sanna Kankaanpää
•  France – Chloé Mortaud
•  Georgia – Tsira Suknidze
•  Germany – Stefanie Peeck
•  Ghana – Mawuse Appea
•  Gibraltar – Kaiane Aldorino
•  Greece – Alkisti Anyfanti
•  Guadeloupe – Béatrice Blaise
•  Guatemala – Alida Reyes
•  Guyana – Imarah Radix
•  Honduras – Blaise Masey
•  Hong Kong China – Sandy Lau
•  Hungary – Orsolya Serdült
•  Iceland – Guðrún Dögg Rúnarsdóttir
•  India – Pooja Chopra
•  Indonesia – Karenina Sunny Halim
•  Ireland – Laura Patterson
•  Israel – Adi Rudnitzky
•  Italy – Alice Taticchi
•  Jamaica – Kerrie Baylis
•  Japan – Eruza Sasaki
•  Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva
•  Kenya – Fiona Konchellah
•  Korea – Kim Joo-ri
•  Latvia – Ieva Lase
•  Lebanon – Martine Andraos
•  Liberia – Shu-rina Wiah †
•  Lithuania – Vaida Petraškaitė
•  Luxembourg – Diana Nilles
•  Macedonia FYRO – Suzana Al-Salkini
•  Malaysia – Thanuja Ananthan
•  Malta – Shanel Debattista
•  Martinique – Ingrid Littré
•  Mauritius – Anaïs Veerapatren
•  Mexico – Perla Beltrán Acosta
•  Moldova – Maria Bragaru
•  Mongolia – Battsetseg Batbaatar
•  Montenegro – Marijana Pokrajac
•  Namibia – Happie Ntelamo
•    Nepal – Zenisha Moktan
•  Netherlands – Avalon-Chanel Weyzig
•  New Zealand – Magdalena Schoeman
•  Nigeria – Glory Chuku
•  Northern Ireland – Cherie Gardiner
•  Norway – Sara Skjoldnes
•  Panama – Nadege Herrera
•  Paraguay – Tamara Sosa
•  Peru – Claudia Carrasco
•  Philippines – Marie-Ann Umali
•  Poland – Anna Jamróz
•  Portugal – Marta Cadilha
•  Puerto Rico – Jennifer Colón
•  Romania – Loredana Violeta Salanta
•  Russia – Ksenia Shipilova
•  Scotland – Katharine Brown
•  Serbia – Jelena Marković
•  Sierra Leone – Mariatu Kargbo
•  Singapore – Pilar Carmelita Arlando
•  Slovakia – Barbora Franeková
•  Slovenia – Tina Petelin
•  South Africa – Tatum Keshwar
•  Spain – Carmen García
•  Sri Lanka – Gamya Wijayadasa
•  Suriname – Zoureena Rijger
•  Swaziland – Nompilo Mncina
•  Sweden – Erica Harrison
•  Tahiti – Nanihi Bambridge
•  Tanzania – Miriam Gerald
•  Thailand – Pongchanok Kanklab
•  Trinidad & Tobago – Ashanna Arthur
•  Turkey – Ebru Şam
•  Uganda – Maria Namiiro
•  Ukraine – Evgeniya Tulchevska
•  United States – Lisa-Marie Kohrs
•  Uruguay – Claudia Vanrell
•  Venezuela – María Milagros Véliz
•  Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang
•  Wales – Lucy Whitehouse
•  Zambia – Sekwila Mumba
•  Zimbabwe – Vanessa Sibanda

Judges

• Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
• Priyanka Chopra – Miss World 2000 from India^[6][5]
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR
• Mike Dixon – Musical Director
• JJ Schoeman – Designer
• Lindiwe Mahlangu-Kwele – CEO Johannesburg Tourism Company
• Graham Cooke – MD World Travel Group
• Warren Batchelor – Executive Producer of Miss World 2009

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1985:  Côte d'Ivoire Last competed in 1990:  Luxembourg Last competed in 2006:  Liberia  Tahiti

Last competed in 2007:  Macedonia    Nepal  Panama  Romania  Slovenia  Suriname

Replacements

•  England – Due to the media attention following the allegations against her, Rachel Christie has now decided to withdraw from the Miss World competition and relinquish her Miss England crown. Katrina Hodge replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.^[7]
•  Germany – Alessandra Alores was disqualified due to several explicit pictures of her on the Internet. Stefanie Peeck replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.^[8][9][10]
•  Russia – Sofia Rudieva was allowed to compete in Miss Universe 2009 by the Miss Universe Organization, but the Miss World Organization did not accept her as a contestant due several explicit pictures of her on the Internet. Ksenia Shipilova replaced her to participate in Miss World 2009.^[11]
•  Singapore – The original winner, Ris Low, backed out of the finals at Miss World 2009. Her decision came after a slew of negative media reports in which she incurred the ire of the public for her poor English.^[12] Later, news of her conviction for credit card fraud in May also surfaced, after she stole credit cards worth $6000.^[13] She was sentenced to two years' probation for credit card fraud. There was a national petition for her to step down. Then, Ris Low was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.^[14] The first runner-up Claire Lee, declined to represent Singapore due to a back injury which prevents her from standing for long periods of time, and also as Ris Low accused her of backstabbing her,^[15] and she withdrew from the pageant immediately. Claire Lee also rebutted Ris Low's allegations on her blog.^[16] On 9 October, ERM World Marketing announced Pilar Carmelita Arlando as the new Miss Singapore World 2009, who represented Singapore at the Miss World contest. Before that, she was officially the second runner-up at Miss Singapore World 2009.^[17][18] However, Pilar was criticised by many netizens for not knowing who's the first president of Singapore, not knowing how many years Singapore has been independent, and claiming that the Merlion, a symbol of Singapore, became extinct in 1965, unaware that the Merlion is a fictitious animal.^[19][20]
•  Uruguay – Cinthia D'Ottone was the original Uruguayan representative to Miss World 2009, but she was replaced at last minute by Claudia Vanrell due to Cinthia's health related issues.^[21]
•  Vietnam – Trần Thị Hương Giang was appointed to represent Vietnam at Miss World 2009. She is the 2nd runner-up of Miss Vietnam Global 2009.

Withdrawals

•  Antigua & Barbuda – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
•  Cayman Islands – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship for the national pageant^[22]
•  Chile – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship for the national pageant
•  Chinese Taipei – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
•  Congo DR – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
•  St. Kitts & Nevis – Venetta Zakers, the winner of the Miss World Saint Kitts and Nevis 2009 pageant, will not compete in Miss World 2009 due to communication problems between her and the national pageant organisation. However, the pageant will be held again in 2010 to select the representative for Miss World 2010.^[23]
•  St. Lucia – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
•  Seychelles – Due to lack of funding and sponsorship
•  Iraq

References

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6. "Miss World will not change the world: Priyanka Chopra". India Today. December 14, 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
7. England withdraws from the competition Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
8. Alessandra Alores disqualified as Miss World Germany 2009 Archived 14 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
9. Article of Alores disqualification
10. Article of Alores disqualification Archived 20 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
11. Toledo, Edwin (22 June 2009). "Sofia Rudieva disqualified as Miss World Russia 2009". Worldofmisses.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
12. "Fraud Conviction, 'Singlish' Trip Up Singapore Beauty Queen Ris Low". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
13. "Miss Singapore World convicted of credit card fraud in May". Channel NewsAsia. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
14. "Suffering from bipolar disorder: Ris". News.asiaone.com. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
15. Archived 4 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
16. "BREAKING NEWS: Backstabber? Who? Me? Ris Low accuses runner-up Claire Lee for backstabbing her – VRForums – Singapore IT & Lifestyle Community!". Forums.vr-zone.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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18. New Miss Singapore World 2009 Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
19. "When did the Merlion become extinct? (Miss Singapore World 2009 Pt 1)". Razortv. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
20. "Funny Miss Singapore World 2009 Pilar Arlando's Interview Video: When Did Merlion Become Extinct? | Wayang Times ~ Funny and Entertaining Asian News". Wayangtimes.com. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
21. Toledo, Edwin (11 November 2009). "Cinthia D'Ottone replaced by Claudia Vanrell as Miss World Uruguay 2009". World of Misses. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
22. "Cayman Islands – Cay Compass News Online – Miss Cayman pageant cancelled". Caycompass.com. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
23. Toledo, Edwin (9 September 2009). "St. Kitts & Nevis withdraws". World of Misses. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2009