Miss World 2021

Miss World 2021 was the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2022. The coronation was originally scheduled to be held on 16 December 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. However, the pageant was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Puerto Rico.

Contestants from 97 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, featuring the smallest number of candidates at the pageant since 2003. The pageant was hosted by Peter Andre for the second time, and Fernando Allende. Don Omar, Gente de Zona, Victor Manuel, Pedro Capó, and the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra (''Filarmónica de Puerto Rico'') conducted by Angel Velez with guest conductor Mike Dixon performed in this year's pageant.

At the end of the event, Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica crowned Karolina Bielawska of Poland as Miss World 2021. It is the second victory of Poland in the history of the pageant after their victory in 1989.

Background

Location and date

The edition was initially set at the end of 2020 but was postponed indefinitely due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. On 8 March 2021, the Miss World Organization confirmed that the competition will take place at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 December 2021.

The threat of the Omicron variant had already detected in some parts of the world during the pre-pageant activities, as the disease started to ravage and swept across the island. On 14 December Miss World Indonesia Pricilia Carla Yules tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution, her roommate Miss World India Manasa Varanasi and five others were classified as suspected cases. Miss World Organization chairwoman Julia Morley confirmed that the delegates are currently isolated and in quarantine and that they will not be on stage for the final show if they do not produce a negative PCR test.

On 15 December, Puerto Rico Department of Health confirmed that 17 positive cases for COVID-19 related to the Miss World pageant activities, includes contestants and technical personnel.

An official statement stating that Miss World Malaysia Lavanya Sivaji tested positive for COVID-19 by her national director via ''Miss World Malaysia'' Instagram on 16 December 2021. She will be required to be isolated for 10 days and will not be permitted on the stage during the finals as part of Puerto Rico Department of Health and Miss World guidelines. The finale, originally slated 16 December, was later postponed and will be held on an unspecified date but within 90 days in Puerto Rico.

On 16 December, epidemiologist Melissa Marzán confirmed that 15 staff and 23 contestants were positive cases associated with Miss World during the Puerto Rico Department of Health press conference. She added that pageant organizers decided to postpone, not the island's authorities.

The rescheduled 70th Miss World pageant would take place on 16 March 2022 via ''Miss World'' social media accounts on 22 December and would be held at Puerto Rico's Coca-Cola Music Hall instead of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, and 40 semifinalists had returned to Puerto Rico from 9 to 11 March 2022 for the rescheduled event.https://www.facebook.com/stories/1742997399111394/UzpfSVNDOjMyNzA0OTY5ODY1MTE1ODU=?view_single=true

Selection of participants

On 15 December, the government of Sint Maarten officially denounced the participation of Lara Mateo at Miss World 2021 as dutch territory representative. The current franchise holder of the Miss and Mr World license for Sint Maarten did not select Lara Mateo for her participation; they are currently under investigation by the government. Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs said the government discovered that Lara Mateo was wrong registered by Guadeloupe's franchise holder to represent Sint Maarten. The local government issued an official letter stating that they did not endorse Lara Mateo to Miss World. She added that Collectivité de Saint-Martin, neither their Tourism Department nor the Culture Department, did not know or acknowledge the candidate and reassured that their winners would solely compete at Miss France.

Incidents before the pageant

On 28 February 2022, Del Valle took to Instagram to announce she would no longer be hosting the pageant's 70th edition, claiming "It is contrary to my ethics and moral principles to continue working with an organization that has acted in a defamatory, frivolous and unfair manner; solely for the purpose of causing harm." Puerto Rico with a Purpose's lawsuit against Del Valle and Del Valle's countersuit are still active.

Results

15 contestants earned their spot in the semi-finals via various challenges and the remaining 25 semi-finalists were officially announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page on 21 January 2022. There was a tie for the Top 12 placements on the coronation night, which increased the placements to Top 13 which include the Digital Media Challenge Winner. Shree Saini of United States was awarded as Beauty With A Purpose Ambassador and she will accompany the new Miss World, Karolina Bielawska of Poland during her reign.

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Continental Queens of Beauty

Challenge Events

Head-to-Head Challenge

The contestants were officially assigned to their grouping via ''Miss World'' YouTube Channel on 24 November 2021.

Round 1

* Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 40 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to the Top 40 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
* Advanced to the Top 40 via judges' choice.

*Note: wasn't assigned to any group for the Head-to-Head challenge.

Round 2

The winner of each group will compete at the head-to-head final in the Capitol of Puerto Rico on 9 December. The eight semi-finalists were officially announced via ''Miss World'' YouTube Channel on 24 November 2021.

* Advanced to the Top 40 via the Head-to-Head challenge.

Talent

Talent finals was held on 4 December 2021 The winner were officially announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page on 13 December 2021.

Top Model

Top Model finals was held on 6 December 2021

Miss Cote D'Ivoire, Olivia Yacé, won Top Model Competition and become the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2021.

Designer Dress

Best Designer Dress Award was given to Korea during the Top Model finals of Miss World 2021.

Sports

Sports event was initially held on 1 December 2021. Miss Norway, Amine Storrød, had an asthma attack during the event which had to delay the rest of the competition. The winners were officially announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page on 13 December 2021.

Multimedia

The winner were officially announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page on 21 January 2022.

Beauty With a Purpose

The finalists were officially announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page on 13 December 2021. The Top 6 finalists were announced as winners. The 18 other semifinalists were later announced via ''Miss World'' Facebook page through contestants' personal profiles.

Contestants

97 contestants competed for the title:

Notes

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Returns

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References

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