Miss World 2015 News: Miss World 2015 Is Miss Spain; Miss Indonesia Won the Most Coveted Beauty with a Purpose Award
Mireia Lalaguna Royo was crowned as this year's Miss World, and she made history tonight since she holds the title as the very first Miss World winner from Spain.
The 65th Miss World pageant was held last evening, Dec. 19, and over 110 candidates from all over the world traveled in China to win the title. The contestants participated in several challenge events, like the Talent, Sports, Top Model, and Multimedia competition, in the three weeks that the pageant was held in Sanya.
The Talent competition winner is Miss Guyana, while the Sports champion is Miss Namibia. Miss Philippines, Hillarie Parungao, got the Multimedia award for being active in different types of media platforms, and the eventual winner, Mireia Lalaguna Royo of Spain, bagged the Top Model award.
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The award that every delegate wanted, the Beauty with a Purpose, was awarded to Miss Indonesia, for her personal mission to bring clean water to the rural towns and villages in her country, according to the Telegraph UK. After it was announced that she is among the Top 5 candidates, Miss Indonesia said in her speech that Miss World's Beauty with a Purpose is her inspiration to reach out to people. "We are so much more than us. We are fearfully and wonderfully made not just to exist in this world but to make a difference," she said.
The winners of each of the challenges gained points, and the top 20 highest scorers moved on to the semifinals, which was announced last night. Among those who earned a spot in the Top 20 are the candidates from Brazil, China PR, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, and South Sudan. The contestants from Australia, France, Guyana, Philippines, South Africa, and Vietnam ended up in the Top 11, and lastly, besides Spain and Indonesia, the ladies from Russia, Lebanon, and Jamaica completed the Top 5.
