Miss World 2026

Miss World 2026
Miss World 2026
Date	2026
Debuts	Bhutan;
Returns	Cook Islands; Kosovo; Laos;
	← 2025

Miss World 2026
Miss World 2026
Date	2026
Debuts	Bhutan;
Returns	Cook Islands; Kosovo; Laos;
	← 2025

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Miss World 2026 will be the 73rd edition of the Miss World pageant.

Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand will crown her successor at the conclusion of the event.

Background

Selection of participants

Replacements

Ashma Kumari of Nepal was originally set to compete, but was replaced by Miss World Nepal 2025, Luna Luitel, for unknown reasons.^[1]^[2]

Debuts, and returns

This edition will mark the debut of Bhutan^[3] and the return of the Cook Islands which last competed in 2019.^[4]

Contestants

The confirmed contestants are as follows:

Country/territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Alina Akselrad^[5]	27	Córdoba
Australia	Olivija Spanovskis^{[citation needed]}	25	Adelaide
Belize	Faith Edgar^[6]	24	San Pedro
Bolivia	Vanessa Kraljevic^[7]	23	Santa Cruz
Botswana	Ruth Thomas^[8]	24	Masunga
Cambodia	Soriya Khorn^[9]	27	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Noura Njikam^[10]	25	Yaoundé
Canada	Angelina Fan^[11]	24	Toronto
Chile	Ignacia Fernández^[12]	27	Las Condes
China	Rongfei Gan^[13]	23	Zibo
Colombia	Andrea Romero^[14]	19	Barranquilla
Cook Islands	Tiarē Anguna^[15]	23	Titikaveka
Côte d'Ivoire	Fatima Koné^[16]	23	Azaguié
Croatia	Ema Helena Vičar^[17]	23	Zagreb
Czech Republic	Linda Górecká^[18]	22	Prague
Dominican Republic	Joheirry Mola^[19]	24	Santo Domingo
El Salvador	Adriana Rivas^[20]	23	Usulután
England	Grace Richardson^[21]	19	Leicester
Equatorial Guinea	María Ndong^[22]	—	Malabo
Estonia	Mari-Ann Rõuk^[23]	19	Tallinn
Finland	Kiia Huutoniemi^[24]	21	Jyväskylä
Greece	Mikaela Kasari^{[citation needed]}	19	Athens
Gibraltar	Julia Horne^[25]	26	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Lauryane Dilo^[26]	27	Petit-Bourg
Guatemala	Andrea Ortíz^[27]	20	Chiquimula
Hungary	Janka Végvári^[28]	18	Mosonmagyaróvár
India	Nikita Porwal^[29]	24	Ujjain
Indonesia	Audrey Bianca Callista^[30]	24	Jakarta
Ireland	Caoimhe Kenny^[31]	25	Dublin
Italy	Lucrezia Mangilli^[32]	26	Udine
Japan	Yui Kawana^[33]	24	Tokyo
Kazakhstan	Bagim Baltabaeva^[34]	23	Oskemen
Kenya	Ivy Trizah Muhenje^[35]	—	Nairobi
Kosovo	Marigona Musshabani^{[citation needed]}	22	Gjakova
Laos	Mongkoutphet Harnsana^[36]	24	Vientiane
Lebanon	Perla Harb^[37]	22	Al-Maamriyah
Malaysia	Taanusiya Chetty^[38]	24	Kuala Lumpur
Mexico	Cassandra García^[39]	23	Emiliano Zapata
Malta	Nicole Spiteri^[40]	23	Marsa
Mongolia	Enkhtuul Bayarsaikhan^[41]	—	Ulaanbaatar
Nepal	Luna Luitel^[42]	26	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Charlotte Boonstra^[43]	26	The Hague
Northern Ireland	Carly Wilson^[44]	24	Rathfriland
Poland	Maja Todd^[45]	21	Katowice
Scotland	Eilidh MacDonald^[46]	27	Glasgow
South Africa	Qhawekazi Mazaleni^[47]	24	Gonubie
Slovenia	Amadea Zupan^[48]	26	Sežana
Sri Lanka	Prathibha Liyanarachchi^[49]	27	Colombo
Togo	Nadiratou Afolabi^[50]	21	Sokodé
Trinidad and Tobago	Georgia-Lee Gill^[51]	24	Arima
Turkey	Sila Saraydemir^[52]	22	Istanbul
Uganda	Elle Muhoza^[53]	22	Bukomansimbi
Ukraine	Valeriia Lisovska^[54]	18	Odesa
Venezuela	Mística Núñez^[55]	24	Punto Fijo
Vietnam	Bảo Ngọc Lê Nguyễn^[56]	24	Cần Thơ
Wales	Helena Hawke^[57]	20	Caerleon

Upcoming national pageants

Country/Territory	Date
Philippines	3 February 2026 (2026-02-03)^[58]

Notes

^ Ages at the time of the pageant

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External links

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