Sarah Jane Waddell
Quick Facts
Biography
Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. 121 contestants competed for the crown. Megan Young of the Philippines crowned her successor Rolene Strauss of South Africa at the end of the event. This is the second time that South Africa has won the title outright and the third time they have held the title.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 2014 |
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1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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Top 5 |
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Top 11 |
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Top 25 |
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§ People's Choice winner
Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas |
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Asia |
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Caribbean |
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Europe |
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Oceania |
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Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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Albania | Xhensila Pere | 25 | Pogradec |
Argentina | Yoana Don | 23 | Santiago del Estero |
Aruba | Joitza Henriquez | 21 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Courtney Thorpe | 23 | Brisbane |
Austria | Julia Furdea | 20 | Asten |
Bahamas | Rosetta Cartwright | 19 | Nassau |
Barbados | Zoé Trotman | 22 | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Viktoria Mihanovich | 21 | Minsk |
Belgium | Anissa Blondin | 22 | Brussels |
Belize | Raquel Badillo | 21 | Belize City |
Bermuda | Lillian Lightbourn | 24 | Hamilton |
Bolivia | Andrea Forfori | 25 | Santa Cruz |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Isidora Borovčanin | 19 | Pale |
Brazil | Julia Gama | 21 | Porto Alegre |
British Virgin Islands | Rosanna Chichester | 25 | Road Town |
Cameroon | Larissa Ngangoum | 24 | Yaoundé |
Canada | Annora Bourgeault | 21 | Regina |
Chad | Sakadi Djivira | 21 | Abéché |
China PR | Du Yang | 22 | Beijing |
Colombia | Leandra García | 21 | Cali |
Costa Rica | Natasha Sibaja | 23 | San José |
Côte d'Ivoire | Yéo Jennifer | 18 | Aboisso |
Croatia | Antonija Gogić | 19 | Zagreb |
Curaçao | Gayle Sulvaran | 19 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Ioánna Filíppou | 19 | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Tereza Skoumalová | 24 | Ostrava |
Denmark | Pernille Sørensen | 23 | Aalborg |
Dominican Republic | Dhío Moreno | 24 | Santo Domingo |
Ecuador | Virginia Limongi | 19 | Portoviejo |
Egypt | Amina Ashraf | 19 | Giza |
El Salvador | Larissa Vega | 21 | Santa Ana |
England | Carina Tyrrell | 24 | Cambridge |
Equatorial Guinea | Agnes Cheba | 19 | Luba |
Ethiopia | Yirgalem Hadish | 23 | Addis Ababa |
Fiji | Charlene Tafuna'i | 20 | Nadi |
Finland | Krista Haapalainen | 24 | Helsinki |
France | Flora Coquerel | 20 | Orléanais |
Gabon | Jessie Lekery | 24 | Moyen-Ogooué |
Georgia | Ana Zubashvili | 21 | Tbilisi |
Germany | Egzonita Ala | 18 | Stuttgart |
Ghana | Nadia Ntanu | 23 | Accra |
Gibraltar | Shyanne Azzopardi | 23 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Eleni Kokkinou | 20 | Athens |
Guadeloupe | Wendy Metony | 20 | Le Gosier |
Guam | Chanel Cruz Jarrett | 20 | Agana Heights |
Guatemala | Keyla Bermúdez | 22 | Guatemala City |
Guinea | Halimatou Diallo | 20 | Conakry |
Guyana | Rafieya Husain | 21 | Anna Regina |
Haiti | Carolyn Desert | 25 | Port-au-Prince |
Hong Kong | Erin Wong | 23 | Kowloon |
Hungary | Edina Kulcsár | 24 | Budapest |
Iceland | Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir | 22 | Hafnarfjörður |
India | Koyal Rana | 21 | New Delhi |
Indonesia | Maria Rahajeng | 22 | Mamuju |
Ireland | Jessica Hayes | 20 | Cork |
Israel | Mor Maman | 20 | Beersheba |
Italy | Silvia Cataldi | 24 | Sannicola |
Jamaica | Laurie-Ann Chin | 21 | Montego Bay |
Japan | Hikaru Kawai | 19 | Sendai |
Kenya | Idah Nguma | 22 | Machakos |
Korea | Hwa-young Song | 23 | Suwon |
Kosovo | Vita Rexhepi | 20 | Pristina |
Kyrgyzstan | Aikol Alikzhanova | 24 | Jalal-Abad |
Latvia | Liliana Garkalne | 19 | Riga |
Lebanon | Saly Greige | 24 | Bishmizzine |
Lesotho | Nthole Matela | 21 | Mapoteng |
Lithuania | Agnė Kavaliauskaitė | 21 | Vilnius |
Luxembourg | Frédérique Wolff | 19 | Luxembourg City |
Malaysia | Dewi Liana Seriestha | 25 | Sarawak |
Malta | Joanna Galea | 24 | Valletta |
Martinique | Anaïs Delwaulle | 20 | Fort-de-France |
Mauritius | Sheetal Khadun | 25 | Port Louis |
Mexico | Daniela Álvarez | 21 | Cuernavaca |
Moldova | Alexandra Caruntu | 18 | Ungheni |
Mongolia | Battsetseg Turbat | 23 | Ulan Bator |
Montenegro | Nataša Novaković | 18 | Podgorica |
Myanmar | Wyne Lay | 19 | Naypyidaw |
Namibia | Brumhilda Ochs | 22 | Windhoek |
Nepal | Subin Limbu | 23 | Dharan |
Netherlands | Tatjana Maul | 25 | The Hague |
New Zealand | Arielle Garciano | 22 | Lyttelton |
Nicaragua | Yumara López † | 20 | Rivas |
Nigeria | Iheoma Nnadi | 19 | Akwa Ibom |
Northern Ireland | Rebekah Shirley | 19 | Belfast |
Norway | Monica Pedersen | 25 | Moelv |
Panama | Nicole Pinto | 21 | Panama City |
Paraguay | Myriam Arévalos | 21 | Asunción |
Peru | Sofía Rivera | 24 | Oxapampa |
Philippines | Valerie Weigmann | 25 | Legazpi |
Poland | Ada Sztajerowska | 22 | Piotrków Trybunalski |
Portugal | Zita Oliveira | 24 | Lisbon |
Puerto Rico | Génesis Dávila | 24 | Arroyo |
Romania | Bianca Fanu | 25 | Timișoara |
Russia | Anastasia Kostenko | 20 | Salsk |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Djeissica Barbosa | 19 | São Tomé |
Scotland | Ellie McKeating | 19 | Milngavie |
Serbia | Milica Vukliš | 21 | Belgrade |
Seychelles | Camilla Estico | 23 | Victoria |
Singapore | Dalreena Poonam Gill | 20 | Bedok |
Slovakia | Laura Longauerová | 18 | Detva |
Slovenia | Julija Bizjak | 20 | Lesce |
South Africa | Rolene Strauss | 22 | Volksrust |
South Sudan | Awien Kuanyin-Agoth | 19 | Gogrial |
Spain | Lourdes Rodríguez | 20 | Daimiel |
Sri Lanka | Chulakshi Ranathunga | 25 | Colombo |
Sweden | Olivia Asplund | 18 | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Dijana Cvijetić | 20 | Gossau |
Tanzania | Happiness Watimanya | 20 | Dodoma |
Thailand | Nonthawan Thongleng | 20 | Surat Thani |
Trinidad and Tobago | Sarah Jane Waddell | 24 | Carenage |
Tunisia | Wahiba Arres | 20 | Menzel Bourguiba |
Turkey | Amine Gülşe | 21 | Izmir |
Uganda | Leah Kalanguka | 21 | Iganga |
Ukraine | Andriana Khasanshin | 19 | Lviv |
United States | Elizabeth Safrit | 22 | Kannapolis |
Uruguay | Romina Fernández | 20 | Montevideo |
US Virgin Islands | Aniska Tonge | 20 | St. Thomas |
Venezuela | Debora Menicucci | 23 | Caracas |
Vietnam | Nguyễn Thị Loan | 23 | Ho Chi Minh City |
Wales | Alice Ford | 21 | Cardiff |
Zimbabwe | Tendai Humda | 23 | Chitungwiza |
Judges
The judges for Miss World 2014 were:
- Julia Morley – Chairman of the Miss World Organization
- Mike Dixon – Musical Director
- Rudy Salles – Member of the National Assembly of France
- Jody Reynolds – former president of Variety International
- Marsha-Rae Ratcliff – Variety International board member
- Tony Hatch – British most celebrated musical acts and films
- Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
- Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey
- Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China PR
- Kaiane Aldorino – Miss World 2009 from Gibraltar
- Mike Dixon – Musical director
Miss Honduras World 2014
In April 2014, María José Alvarado was crowned Miss Honduras World. She was expected to represent Honduras and was scheduled to fly to London, England for the Miss World pageant. On 19 November 2014, Alvarado and her sister Sofía Trinidad were found murdered and then buried in the village of Cablotales. Miss Honduras pageant organizers decided not to replace Alvarado and the country officially withdrew from the contest. On 23 November 2014, Miss World Organisation Chairperson Julia Morley gave a special memorial service in remembrance for her and her sister.