Miss World 2011 was the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Earls Court Two in London, United Kingdom, on 6 November 2011.
At the end of the event, Alexandria Mills of the United States crowned Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. She is the sixth Venezuelan to win Miss World - currently tied with India for the most wins in the competition's history. The first and second runners-up was the Philippines's Gwendoline Ruais and Puerto Rico's Amanda Vilanova.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition saw the debut of Kyrgyzstan and Saint Barthélemy, and the return of Austria, Bermuda, Bonaire, Chile, Dominican Republic, Guam, Liberia, Nicaragua and Slovenia; Bermuda, which last competed in 1995, Bonaire and Guam in 1996, Nicaragua in 2005, Chile in 2008 and Austria, Dominican Republic, Liberia and Slovenia in 2009.
Angola, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Guyana, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.
Results Placements Placement ContestantMiss World 2011 – Ivian Sarcos 1st Runner-Up – Gwendoline Ruais2nd Runner-Up – Amanda VilanovaTop 7 – Alize Lily Mounter – Jennifer Reoch – Bokang Montjane – Kyung Min DoeTop 15 – Astrid Yunadi – Tania Bambaci – Zhanna Zhumaliyeva – Carla García – Nicoline Artursson – Iaroslava Kuriacha – Esonica Veira – Malaika Mushandu Top 20 – Karabo Sampson – Gabriela Pulgar – Lourdes Figueroa – Nicole Huber – Johanna Sansano Top 31 – Amber Greasley – Juceila Bueno – Riza Santos – Linda Szunai – Kanishtha Dhankhar – Midori Tanaka – Mianette Broekman – Natalia Gantimurova – Milica Tepavac – Patcharida Blatchford – Lee-Ann Forbes
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group ContestantAfrica - Bokang MontjaneAmericas - Ivian SarcosAsia & Oceania - Gwendoline RuaisCaribbean - Amanda VilanovaEurope - Alize Lily Mounter
Challenge Events Beach Beauty Placement Contestant Winner – Alize Lily Mounter Top 20 – Yohana Vaca Guzmán – Juceila Bueno – Tania Bambaci – Zhanna Zhumaliyeva – Axelle Perrier – Mianette Broekman – Finola Guinnane – Nicole Huber – Gwendoline Ruais – Amanda Vilanova – Natalia Gantimurova – Johanna Sansano – Milica Tepavac – Kyung-min Doe – Carla García – Nicoline Artursson – Iaroslava Kuriacha – Ivian Sarcos – Malaika Mushandu
Beauty With a Purpose Placement Contestant Winner(s) – Stephanie Karikari – Astrid Yunadi Top 30 – Antonella Kruger – Sasha Joyce – Taisha Shaddai Carrington – Benazir Charles – Karabo Sampson – Verónica Vargas – Alize Lily Mounter – Lourdes Figueroa – Kanishtha Dhankar – Catherine Onyango – Alise Miškovska – Meenakshi Subramani – Chloe Chen Tien Nee – Claire Busuttil – Luzaan van Wyk – Malina Joshi – Odilia García –Gwendoline Ruais –Amanda Vilanova –Jennifer Reoch – Bokang Montjane – Carla García – Pushpika Sandamali – Nicoline Artursson – Salha Kifai – Patcharida Blatchford – Esonica Veira – Malaika Mushandu
Sports Challenge Placement Group Contestant Winner – Marianly Burgos Top 24 Group 1(Red Team) – Amber Greasley – Sasha Joyce – Yohana Vaca Guzmán – Benazir Charles – Riza Santos – Gabriela Pulgar Group 2(Green Team) – Karabo Sampson – Denisa Domanská – Maya Olese – Marianly Burgos – Lourdes Figueroa – Linda Szunai Group 3(Blue Team) – Sabrina-Nathalie Reitz – Danielle Crosskill – Alise Miškovska – Irene Núñez – Nicole Huber – Bárbara Franco Group 4(Orange Team) – Amanda Vilanova – Jennifer Reoch – May Hsu – Nicoline Artursson – Lee-Ann Forbes – Sylvia Namutebi
Talent Placement Contestant Winner – Gabriela Pulgar Top 11 – Liu Chen – Lourdes Figueroa – Astrid Yunadi – Zhanna Zhumaliyeva – Ieva Gervinskaitė – Nicole Huber – Amanda Vilanova – Johanna Sansano – Iaroslava Kuriacha – Esonica Veira Top 20
Top Model Placement Contestant Winner – Zhanna Zhumaliyeva Top 20 – Isi Topçiu-Ulaj – Antonella Kruger – Amber Greasley – Taisha Shaddai Carrington – Yohana Vaca Guzman – Liu Chen – Alize Lily Mounter – Clémence Marie Oleksy – Kanishtha Dhankar – Tania Bambaci – Midori Tanaka – Catherine Onyango – Axelle Perrier – Gwendoline Ruais – Kyung-min Doe – Nicoline Artursson – Iaroslava Kuriacha – Ivian Sarcos – Malaika Mushandu
Judges Miss World 2011 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges.
Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization Denise Perrier – Miss World 1953 from France Antigone Costanda – Miss World 1954 from Egypt Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 from Jamaica Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss World 2008 from Russia Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar Krish Naidoo – Miss World International Ambassador Mike Dixon – Musical Director George Kotsiopoulos – Fashion Stylist & Editor Warren Batchelor – Miss World Executive Producer Andrew Minarik – Make-Up Artist & Hairdresser
Contestants Contestants from 113 countries participated in Miss World 2011. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Isi Topçiu-Ulaj 18 Tirana Antonella Kruger 19 Zárate Gillain Berry 24 Oranjestad Amber Greasley 18 Brisbane Julia Hofer 19 Mayrhofen Sasha Joyce 23 New Providence Taisha Shaddai Carrington 18 Bridgetown Anastasiya Kharlanava 21 Gomel Justine De Jonckheere 19 Wevelgem Kadejah Tunn 18 Belize City Jana Lynn Outerbridge 22 St. George's Yohana Vaca Guzmán 24 Cotoca Benazir Charles 19 Kralendijk Snežana Kuzmanović 17 Laktaši Karabo Sampson 21 Tsabong Juceila Bueno 23 Vera Cruz Vanya Peneva 23 Kazanlak Riza Santos 25 Calgary Lindsay Japal 23 George Town Gabriela Pulgar 23 Santiago Liu Chen 25 Harbin Mónica Restrepo 21 Bogotá Paola Chaverri 20 Heredia Kohiman Kouadio 18 Gagnoa Katarina Prnjak 21 Šibenik Monifa Jansen 18 Willemstad Orthodoxia Panagi 19 Larnaca Denisa Domanská 19 Kyjov Maya Olesen 20 Christiansfeld Marianly Burgos 20 San Francisco de Macorís Verónica Vargas 22 Guayaquil Donia Hamed 23 Cairo Karen Castro 18 San Salvador Alize Lily Mounter 22 London Sara Sieppi 20 Tornio Clémence Marie Oleksy 20 Vichy Janet Kerdikoshvili 19 Tbilisi Sabrina-Nathalie Reitz 21 Langenselbold Stephanie Karikari 19 Atwima Michelle Gillingwater Pedersen 24 Gibraltar Eleni Miariti 21 Athens Violaine Grainville 20 Saint-Claude Siera Robertson 21 Yoña Lourdes Figueroa 23 Guatemala City Bessy López 18 Choloma Hyman Chu 24 Hong Kong Linda Szunai 18 Nagykovácsi Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir 18 Akranes Kanishtha Dhankar 22 Mumbai Astrid Yunadi 21 Surabaya Holly Carpenter 20 Dublin Ella Ran 21 Herzlia Tania Bambaci 21 Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Danielle Crosskill 25 Kingston Midori Tanaka 23 Okayama Zhanna Zhumaliyeva 24 Uralsk Catherine Onyango 19 Githurai Nazira Nurzhanova 24 Bishkek Alise Miškovska 23 Daugavpils Yara Khouri-Mikhael 19 Byblos Meenakshi Subramani 23 Bensonville Ieva Gervinskaitė 21 Skuodas Vesna Jakimovska 20 Struga Chloe Chen Tien Nee 21 Kuala Lumpur Claire Busuttil 22 Żabbar Axelle Perrier 20 Fort-de-France Joëlle Nagapen 22 St. Pierre Gabriela Palacio 22 Aguascalientes Veronica Popovici 21 Chișinău Buyankhishig Unurbayar 22 Ulaanbaatar Maja Maraš 20 Podgorica Luzaan van Wyk 24 Windhoek Malina Joshi 23 Dharan Lauren de Robles 22 Emmen Mianette Broekman 22 Auckland Darling Trujillo 24 Ciudad Darío Sylvia Nduka 20 Isuofia Finola Guinnane 22 Drumbo Anna Larsen Zahl 23 Sortland Irene Núñez 24 Santiago de Veraguas Nicole Huber 21 Asunción Odilia García 24 Lima Gwendoline Ruais 21 Muntinlupa Angelika Ogryzek 19 Szczecin Bárbara Franco 19 Ribeira Brava Amanda Vilanova 20 San Juan Alexandra Stănescu 21 Pucioasa Natalia Gantimurova 20 Moscow Johanna Sansano 21 Gustavia Jennifer Reoch 22 Glasgow Milica Tepavac 23 Novi Sad Natasha Beckley 24 Freetown May Hsu 21 Singapore Michaela Ňurciková 21 Nové Zámky Lana Mahnič Jekoš 21 Grosuplje Bokang Montjane 25 Johannesburg Kyung-min Doe 20 Daegu Carla García 21 Telde Pushpika Sandamali 21 Colombo Nicoline Artursson 18 Halmstad Salha Kifai 18 Ilala Patcharida Blatchford 21 Bangkok Lee-Ann Forbes 21 Saint James Gizem Karaca 19 Istanbul Sylvia Namutebi 23 Kampala Iaroslava Kuriacha 19 Vinnytsia Erin Cummins 19 Arlington Esonica Mictecia Veira 22 St. Thomas Karina Maldonado 18 Montevideo Ivian Sarcos 22 Guanare Victoria Phạm Thúy Vy 22 Hanoi Sara Manchipp 21 Port Talbot Malaika Mushandu 19 Harare
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Designations – Isi Topçiu-Ulaj was appointed to represent Albania, she was the 3rd runner-up at the Miss Albania 2010 pageant. – Anastasiya Kharlanava was appointed to represent Belarus, after no national pageant was held because the Miss Belarus pageant is a bi-annual event. It was last time held in 2010. Anastasiya was the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Belarus 2010 pageant. – Monifa Jansen was appointed as Senorita Kòrsou World 2011 after she wasn't allowed to compete at Miss Universe 2011 because she didn't meet the age minimum requirement. – Donia Hamed was appointed to represent Egypt after no national pageant was held due to the political crisis. Donia was previously Miss Universe Egypt 2010. – Eleni Miariti was appointed to represent Greece, after no national pageant was held due to the financial crisis. She was chosen among the group of contestants that took part of the Miss World Greece 2011 casting call held on 8 October. – Lourdes Figueroa was appointed to represent Guatemala. She was Miss Guatemala 2009 and delegate at Miss Universe 2009 – Buyankhishig Unurbayar. – Darling Trujillo was appointed "Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2011" after the new national director Denis Davila, was awarded the license of Miss World in Nicaragua. – Erin Cummins was appointed to represent United States by Elite Models, license holders for Miss World in the United States. Cummins works for Elite Models as a professional model. – Esonica Veira was appointed to represent US Virgin Islands, she was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe US Virgin Islands 2011 pageant. – Victoria Phạm Thúy Vy was appointed to represent Vietnam after Miss Vietnam 2010 Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân refused to compete in the competition, she is the 2nd runner-up of Miss Vietnam World 2010.
Replacements – Julia Hofer replaced the original winner of Miss Austria 2011 pageant, Carmen Stamboli, because Carmen was overage and didn't meet the age requirements stipulated by Miss World organisation. Julia was the 1st runner-up at the national pageant. – Miss Hong Kong 2011 winner Rebecca Zhu was replaced by the 1st runner-up Hyman Chu, Because Rebecca was too busy to star in her first TV Drama ever during Miss World 2011. – Joelle Nagapen replaced Laetitia Darche due to Laetitia's participation at the Miss Intercontinental 2011 pageant. Joelle was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Mauritius 2010 pageant. – Cynthia de la Vega was replaced by Gabriela Palacio after being dethroned for failing to fulfill her duties as Miss World Mexico.
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