The 66th edition of the Miss World beauty pageant will kick-start in Washington D.C. with a grand finale taking place on Dec. 20. Spain's Mireia Lalaguna, who is the winner of Miss World 2015, will crown her successor this year on Dec. 20.
This year, over 130 contestants are expected to compete for the Miss World 2016 crown. However, only 76 contestants have been confined until now. The final list of contestants will be out in November and the contestants are expected to arrive in the U.S. capital by the end of November for the beauty pageant.
"Starting the end of November, and spanning several weeks, the 66th edition of Miss World will put the contestants through a series of challenges and interviews to determine who will win the coveted title of Miss World 2016 and become the ambassador of 'Beauty with a Purpose'," Miss World organisation said in a statement.
Here is the list of confirmed 76 contestants:
- Miss Albania, Endrra Kovaci
- Miss Argentina Elena Roca
- Miss Aruba Lynette Do Nascimento
- Miss Australia Madeline Cowe
- Miss Austria Dragana Stankovic
- Miss Bahamas Ashley Hamilton
- Miss Belarus Polina Borodacheva
- Miss Belgium Lenty Frans
- Miss Bolivia Leyda Suarez
- Miss Botswana Thata Kenosi
- Miss Brazil Beatrice Fontoura
- Miss Bulgaria Galina Mihaylova
- Miss Canada Anastasia Lin
- Miss Cayman Islands Monyque Brooks
- Miss Chad Sylvaine Leloum
- Miss Chile Antonia Figueroa
- Miss Colombia Shirley Atehortua
- Miss Cook Islands Natalia Short
- Miss Côte d'Ivoire Esther Memel
- Miss Croatia Angelica Zacchigna
- Miss Cyprus MarÃa Kósta
- Miss Czech Republic Natalie Kotkova
- Miss Dominican Republic Yartiza Reyes
- Miss England Elizabeth Grant
- Miss Fiji Pooja Priyanka
- Miss Finland Heta Sallinen
- Miss France Iris Mittenaere Druar
- Miss Ghana Antoinette Delali Kemavor
- Miss Guinea Safiatou Balde
- Miss Guyana Nurriyyih Gerrard
- Miss Guadeloupe Magalie Adelson
- Miss Gibraltar Kayley Mifsud
- Miss Haiti Suzana Sampeur
- Miss Honduras Kerelyne Webster
- Miss Hungary Timea Gelencser
- Miss Iceland Anna Lara Orlowska
- Miss India Priyadarshini Chatterjee
- Miss Italy Giada Tropea
- Miss Indonesia Natasha Halim
- Miss Israel Karin Alia
- Miss Jamaica Ashlie Barrett
- Miss Kazakhstan Alia Mergenbaeva
- Miss Kenya Evelyn Njambi
- Miss Korea Hyeon Wang
- Miss Kyrgyzstan Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy
- Miss Latvia Linda Kinca
- Miss Lesotho Lebakile Mokhohlane
- Miss Madagascar Samantha Todivelou Rodriguez
- Miss Malta Anthea Zemmit
- Miss Malaysia Tatiana Kumar
- Miss Moldova Daniel Marin
- Miss Myanmar Bella Victor
- Miss Namibia Lizelle Esterhuizen
- Miss Nepal Asmi Shrestha
- Miss New Zealand Karla de Beer
- Miss Nicaragua Maria Laura Ramirez
- Miss Northern Ireland Emma Carswell
- Miss Peru Pierina Wong Mori
- Miss Paraguay Simone Freitag
- Miss Portugal Cristiana Viana
- Miss Puerto Rico Stephanie Diaz del Valle
- Miss Russia Yana Dobrovolskaya
- Miss Rwanda Jolly Mutesi
- Miss Scotland Lucy Kerr
- Miss Serbia Katarina Sulkic
- Miss Seychelles Christine Barbier
- Miss Slovakia Kristina Cincurova
- Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene
- Miss St Lucia La Toya Moffat
- Miss Sweden Emma Strandberg
- Miss Thailand Jinnita Buddi
- Miss Trinidad and Tobago Daniella Walcott
- Miss Uruguay Romina Trotto
- Miss USA Audra Mari
- Miss Vietnam Thi Dieu Ngoc
- Miss Wales Ffion Moyle
