Reigning Miss World Krystyna Pyszzkova (left) and Miss World Philippines Krishnah Gravidez/ARMIN P. ADINA
Out of greater than 100 aspirants for the Miss World crown, solely three women will battle it out within the ultimate spherical of competitors, the worldwide group revealed.
At a press convention held in Hyderabad, capital metropolis of the southern state of Telangana in India, earlier this week, the Miss World Group (MWO) introduced the a number of rounds of elimination, and what number of women can be chosen in every phase.
From the preliminary roster of 108 delegates from completely different nations and territories all over the world, solely 25 will transfer to the subsequent spherical of competitors that can be introduced on the finale present.
Within the three earlier editions of the Miss World pageant, 40 women survived the primary minimize. The 2018 competitors, in the meantime, had 30 quarterfinalists.
For the 2025 contest, the High 25 will then be trimmed to 12. They are going to then compete for spots within the High 6. The ultimate minimize will see solely three women competing for the crown, with the 2 women edged out of the title receiving runner-up spots.
Within the earlier editions, six women had been referred to as to the ultimate spherical, the place one winner and two runners-up emerged. Final yr, representatives from 4 continental divisions comprised the finalists, with just one runner-up proclaimed.
When Megan Younger scored the Philippines’ first, and to date solely, Miss World victory in 2013 in Indonesia, there have been six finalists. Two runners-up had already been referred to as and she or he held fingers with three different women earlier than she was introduced because the winner.
This yr, the Miss World pageant is holding its 72nd version, with India internet hosting it for the second yr in a row. The South Asian nation first mounted the worldwide competitors in 1996.
Telangana’s internet hosting of the 72nd Miss World “Competition” was introduced in February, with the whole calendar of actions for Might launched in March. Nonetheless, rigidity erupted within the India-Pakistan border on Tuesday night, Might 6, simply because the delegates had been beginning to arrive.
The Miss World Group nonetheless has not launched any assertion relating to its host nation’s retaliatory missile assault on a Pakistani-controlled space within the Kashmir area up north, and the brewing tensiion between the neighbors.
The ultimate competitors present of the 72nd Miss World pageant can be held on the Hyderabad Worldwide Conference and Exhibition Middle (HITEX) in Hyderabad on Might 31. Krishnah Gravidez is representing the Philippines. /ra
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