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Miss World is an annual international beauty pageant where women compete for the title of Miss World. The competition has been held since 1951 and remains one of the most widely recognized beauty contests in the world.

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Subclass of
competition
Founded by
Eric Morley
Headquarters
London
Official website
www.missworld.com
Image
Miss World 08 winner Ksenia Sukhinova.jpg
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social media followers
787000
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topic's main category
Category:Miss World
inception
1951-00-00
native label
Miss World
start time
1951-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.

The current Miss World is Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand who was crowned on 31 May 2025 in Hyderabad, India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miss World” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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