The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion, Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympic 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.[5]
Albania – The Miss & Mister Albania organisation replaced Egla Harxhi, Miss Albania 2007, with Elda Dushi, for 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 for not meeting the 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.
Vietnam – Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam World 2007's 2nd Runner-up Đặng Minh Thu was named by Elite Vietnam as the country's candidate at Miss World 2007. They Earlier offered Miss World's ticket to Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngô Phương Lan, who turned it down to focus on her studies in Switzerland and Teresa Sam, 1st Runner-up.
Congo Republic – Pupuce Ngalla Ibata, national director of Miss Congo (COMICO) was informed that Congo will not take part in Miss World 2007. The reason being because the Miss World Organization never replied to their application for the franchise. However, she will try to get the franchise next year.
Saint Lucia – Yasmin Walcott, national director of Miss Saint Lucia World, was 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.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miss World 2007 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 3 It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow Zhang Zilin of China won the crown 2 3 4 and succeeded Tatana Kucharova of the Czech Republic Miss World 2007Miss World 2007 Zhang ZilinDate1 December 2007PresentersAngela ChowFernando AllendeEntertainmentDuncan JamesHaikou Artistic GroupThe South African Mvezo ChoirNo 9 Primary School of SanyaVenueCrown of Beauty Theatre Sanya ChinaBroadcasterOfficial broadcaster SMGInternational E Challenge 1 Entrants106Placements16WithdrawalsBarbadosCambodiaCongo DRLiberiaMalawiPortugalSt LuciaTahitiUruguayZambiaReturnsAlbaniaBelizeGrenadaLithuaniaNepalNew ZealandParaguaySierra LeoneSurinameSwazilandUgandaWinnerZhang Zilin 2 China 20062008 The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympic 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 5 Miss World 2007 Titlecard Contents 1 Results 1 1 Placements 1 2 Continental Queens of Beauty 2 Contestants 3 Judges 4 Notes 4 1 Returns 4 2 Replacements 4 3 Withdrawals 4 4 No shows 5 References 6 External linksResults Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2007 2 3 Placements Final results ContestantMiss World 2007 China Zhang Zilin1st Runner Up Angola Micaela Reis2nd Runner Up Mexico Carolina MoranTop 5 Sweden Annie Oliv Trinidad and Tobago Valene MaharajTop 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 SuarezContinental Queens of Beauty Continental Group ContestantAfrica Angola Micaela ReisAmericas Mexico Carolina MoranAsia amp Oceania China Zhang ZilinCaribbean Trinidad and Tobago Valene MaharajEurope Sweden Annie OlivContestants106 contestants competed for the title Country Territory Contestant Age Hometown Albania Elda Dushi 18 Tirana Angola Micaela Reis 18 Luanda Argentina Alejandra Bernal 19 San Salvador de Jujuy Aruba Boyoura Martijn 21 Australia Caroline Pemberton 21 Sydney Austria Christine Reiler 25 Modling Bahamas Anya Watkins 21 Belarus Alena Aladka 22 Minsk Belgium Halima Chehaima 19 Brussels Belize Felicita Arzu 22 Orange Walk Town Bolivia Sandra Hernandez 22 Cochabamba Bosnia and Herzegovina Gordana Tomic 17 Tuzla Botswana Malebogo Marumoagae 24 Tonota Brazil Regiane Andrade 23 Sao Bento do Sul Bulgaria Paolina Racheva 19 Ruse Canada Sara Ghulam 18 Toronto Cayman Islands Rebecca Parchment 25 West Bay Chile Bernardita Zuniga 24 Vina del Mar China Zhang Zilin 23 Shijiazhuang Colombia Maria Jose Torrenegra 23 Barranquilla Costa Rica Wendy Cordero 19 Cartago Croatia Tajana Jeremic 17 Vukovar Curacao Mckeyla Richards 19 Willemstad Cyprus Dora Anastasiou 19 Xylofagou Czech Republic Katerina Sokolova 18 Prerov Denmark Line Kruuse 25 Korsor Dominican Republic Ada de la Cruz 21 Santo Domingo Ecuador Valeska Saab 23 Guayaquil El Salvador Michelle Melhado 18 San Salvador England Georgia Horsley 20 Malton Estonia Kadi Sizask 21 Rapla Ethiopia Mihret Abebe 19 Teferi Kela Finland Linnea Aaltonen 19 Kauniainen France Rachel Legrain Trapani 20 Picardy Georgia Tamar Nemsitsveridze 20 Tbilisi Germany Janice Behrendt 24 Cottbus Ghana Irene Dwomoh 21 Accra Gibraltar Danielle Perez 23 Greece Aikaterini Evangelinou 19 Athens Grenada Vivian Burkhardt 21 St George s Guadeloupe Nancy Fleurival 23 Abymes Guatemala Hamy Tejeda 22 Guatemala City Guyana Candace Charles 17 Stanleytown Hong Kong Kayi Cheung 23 Hong Kong Hungary Krisztina Bodri 21 Budapest Iceland Johanna Vala Jonsdottir 21 Reykjavik India Sarah Jane Dias 24 Mumbai Indonesia Kamidia Radisti 23 Surabaya Ireland Blathnaid McKenna 21 Kildare Israel Liran Kohener 18 Rishon LeZion Italy Giada Wiltshire 17 Lugo Jamaica Yendi Phillipps 6 22 Kingston Japan Lui Watanabe 23 Tokyo Kazakhstan Dana Kaparova 19 Astana Kenya Catherine Wainaina 22 Nyandarua Latvia Kristine Djadenko 23 Riga Lebanon Nadine Njeim 20 Beirut Lithuania Jurgita Jurkute 22 Plunge Macedonia Jana Stojanovska 22 Skopje Malaysia Deborah Priya Henry 22 Kuala Lumpur Malta Stephanie Zammit 22 Zejtun Martinique Vanessa Beauchaints 22 Ducos Mauritius Melody Selvon 18 Bambous Mexico Carolina Moran 19 Manzanillo Moldova Ina Codreanu 22 Chișinău Mongolia Gankhuyagiin Oyuungerel 22 Ulaanbaatar Montenegro Marija Cirovic 18 Niusic Namibia Marichen Luiperth 21 Swakopmund Nepal Sitashma Chand 24 Kathmandu Valley Netherlands Melissa Sneekes 24 The Hague New Zealand Stephanie Dods 7 17 Auckland Nigeria Munachi Nwankwo 19 Rivers State Northern Ireland Melissa Patton 20 Belfast Norway Lisa Mari Moen Junge 19 Molde Panama Shey Ling Him 21 Penonome Paraguay Maria de la Paz Vargas 20 Asuncion Peru Cynthia Calderon 19 Tacna Philippines Margaret Wilson 18 Bacolod Poland Karolina Zakrzewska 21 Zielona Gora Puerto Rico Jennifer Guevara 20 San Juan Romania Elena Roxana Azoitei 19 Constanța Russia Tatiana Kotova 22 Moscow Scotland Nieve Jennings 20 Glasgow Serbia Mirjana Bozovic 20 Lajucvac Sierra Leone Fatmata Turay 20 Freetown Singapore Roshni Kaur Soin 21 Singapore Slovakia Veronika Husarova 20 Komarno Slovenia Tadeja Ternar 20 Beltinci South Africa Megan Coleman 22 KwaZulu Natal South Korea Cho Eun ju 24 Busan Spain Natalia Zabala 24 San Sebastian Sri Lanka Maria Colombage 23 Colombo Suriname Charisse Melany Moll 22 Paramaribo Swaziland Nkosing phile Dlamini 22 Manzini Sweden Annie Oliv 20 Gothenburg Tanzania Richa Adhia 19 Mwanza Thailand Kanokkorn Jaicheun 21 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Valene Maharaj 21 Saint Margaret Turkey Selen Soyder 20 Izmir Uganda Monica Kasyate 21 Kampala Ukraine Lika Roman 22 Uzhhorod United States Abigail McCary 25 Denver Venezuela Claudia Suarez 20 Caracas Vietnam Đặng Minh Thu 19 Hanoi Wales Kelly Louise Pesticcio 23 St Mellons Zimbabwe Caroline Marufu 24 BulawayoJudgesJulia Morley UK Chairman 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 managing director of New Silk Road Modelling Agency Bruce Zhao China Chairperson of the Huayu Group Makaziwe Mandela South Africa Daughter of Nelson Mandela 3 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 UkraineNotesReturns 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 amp Mister Albania organisation replaced Egla Harxhi Miss Albania 2007 with Elda Dushi for 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 Curacao Lisaika Everitz Miss World Curacao was not accepted as Curacao s entry to Miss World 2007 for not meeting the 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 Avlasevica Miss Latvia 2006 competed in Miss World 2008 The organisation sent Kristine Djadenko a former Miss Latvia to that year s pageant Vietnam Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam World 2007 s 2nd Runner up Đặng Minh Thu was named by Elite Vietnam as the country s candidate at Miss World 2007 They Earlier offered Miss World s ticket to Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phương Lan who turned it down to focus on her studies in Switzerland and Teresa Sam 1st Runner up Withdrawals American Virgin Islands Esonica Veira 8 She participated 4 years later at Miss World 2011 where she became Top 15 9 Barbados Natalie Griffith British Virgin Islands Leilani Stevens 10 Financial problems Chinese Taipei Yen Chin Li Guernsey Hannah McLaughlin Malawi Peth Msinska Switzerland Amanda Ammann She competed in Miss Universe 2008 and was unplaced Apparently the Miss Switzerland organization gave up their Miss World licence that year No shows Antigua amp Barbuda Cambodia Congo Republic Pupuce Ngalla Ibata national director of Miss Congo COMICO was informed that Congo will not take part in Miss World 2007 The reason being because the 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 was 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 ZambiaReferences McNally Paul 1 November 2007 Challenge to broadcast Miss World final Campaign Retrieved 1 November 2007 a b c Eimer David 1 December 2007 China wins Miss World 2007 title Telegraph co uk Retrieved 26 January 2016 a b c d Local woman wins Miss World 2007 BBC News Retrieved 27 January 2016 Simi John Miss World 2014 Beauty contest winners of last ten years International Business Times UK Retrieved 27 January 2016 106 light the passion for the Olympic Games Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Walters Sacha Grindley Latoya 7 June 2010 Two times the charm The Gleaner Retrieved 18 February 2023 Noguera Al Kendrick Ramos Jansen 14 October 2019 IN PHOTOS Meet KC Montero s wife Stephanie Dods GMA Network Retrieved 18 May 2022 Noticias de Abril 16 2007 Bellezavenezolana net Retrieved 10 August 2018 Miss World U S Virgin Islands 2011 Facebook com Retrieved 10 August 2018 The Beauty Pageants Thread VII Page 158 Pinoyexchange com Retrieved 10 August 2018 External linksPageantopolis Miss World 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miss World 2007 amp oldid 1150133630 Contestants, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
