6 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Sep 5, 2026 10:50 PM IST
Miss World 2026: Joheirry Mola Dominguez from the Dominican Republic received the 73rd Miss World 2026 title, beating Spain’s Elisabeth Reynés as the primary runner-up and Malaysia’s Taanusiya Chetty as second runner-up. She was topped by her predecessor, Opal Suchata Chuangsri (Thailand), the primary contestant from her nation to win the 72nd version of the pageant held final 12 months.
Successful reply
In the course of the last spherical, when requested, “Which Magnificence with a Function have you ever supported in your nation, and the way would you enhance it in case you had been topped Miss World?”, Dominguez spoke about her initiative to take English programmes to youngsters in weak communities.
“My Magnificence with a Function is to take English programmes to youngsters in weak communities as a result of I consider that realizing this language can open big doorways of alternative for them. I used to be speaking to the ladies and telling them that, because of this device, we’re right here immediately. It provides us the power to specific our emotions and talk our goal. For me, it’s one thing I’ll all the time carry in my coronary heart — realizing that I can provide these youngsters one thing so necessary. It’s a device that can stick with them and profit them for the remainder of their lives,” she responded.
The Miss World web page describes the newly-crowned winner as a “devoted educator, neighborhood advocate, and communicator”. “Joheirry holds a level in Enterprise Administration and Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana. As founder and president of Voices of Tomorrow, Joheirry expands English schooling for youngsters and youth in weak communities. She teaches Literature and Social Research in English, inspiring crucial pondering and holistic improvement. As a correspondent for Univision New York’s Ventana a Quisqueya, Joheirry highlights Dominican tradition, social points, and neighborhood tales. A Goya Provides Ambassador {and professional} mannequin, Joheirry is pushed by human connection, empathy, and the values instilled by her deeply united household.”
Her private motto” “The best present you’ll be able to supply is the chance that you simply as soon as wanted your self to be able to develop, transfer ahead, and remodel your life.”
India’s Nikita Porwal missed out a spot within the Prime 20 of the competitors.
The street to the Miss World crown started with the Prime 40, which steadily narrowed the competitors to the Prime 20, Prime 12, and Prime 6 earlier than the brand new Miss World and two runners-up had been topped.
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Joheirry Mola topped by former Miss World Opal (Picture: Screengrab enhanced utilizing AI)
She beat Malaysia, Vietnam, Eritrea, Spain, and South Africa to win the crown.
Notably, the following 12 months’s host nation will likely be Tanzania.
Nikita Porwal from India
From India, Nikita Porwal from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, participated on this 12 months’s Miss World pageant after being topped Femina Miss India World 2024 two years in the past in Mumbai. She started her profession as a TV anchor and later moved into appearing and theatre. Over time, Porwal has carried out in additional than 60 performs and even wrote a 250-page play titled Krishna Leela. She additionally appeared in a characteristic movie that has been showcased at worldwide festivals and can quickly be launched in India.
In her introduction video shared on social media, Porwal revealed her life motto: “Be a life that issues, a loss that’s felt” and added that she harbours desires of working with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali sometime.
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The actor had additionally credited her journey and development for uplifting her to be the very best model of herself. “After I look again and see how far I’ve come, I realise I’ve the ability to form my future,” she’d added, which additional motivates her to maintain pushing ahead.
Is it the 73rd or seventy fifth Miss World this 12 months?
The 73rd Miss World 2026, held in Vietnam, celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary this 12 months. It sounds complicated, however stick with us.
Since its launch in 1951 as a magnificence pageant within the UK, Miss World has topped a winner yearly—till COVID-19 precipitated a worldwide pandemic and the organisers determined to pause. The Miss World 2020 pageant was cancelled solely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The seventieth Miss World 2021 was held in Puerto Rico, on 16 March 2022. No occasion was held in 2022 on account of pandemic-related scheduling delays. The 71st version of the Miss World pageant was held on the Jio World Conference Centre in Mumbai on 9 March 2024.
Miss World 2026 prime 5 contestants (Screengrab enhanced utilizing AI)
In line with the official Miss World web site, the pageant started in 1951 and shortly grew to become an annual worldwide occasion. Regardless of dealing with criticism and controversies, notably from feminist teams, it continued to develop in reputation by means of the twentieth century, expanded globally, and launched the “Magnificence with a Function” initiative to deal with contestants’ charity work.
The web site additionally mentions that the fashionable period has seen efforts to rebrand the peageant as empowering for girls, emphasising private achievements and social contributions over bodily look. At present, Miss World is likely one of the most recognised magnificence contests, selling various representations of magnificence and humanitarian causes.
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Keep tuned for Miss Universe in Puerto Rico
Pageant lovers, don’t be disheartened. This November, Kaziah Liz Mejo from India is ready to compete within the Miss Universe pageant, to be held in Puerto Rico. All eyes are on the 19 12 months outdated legislation pupil, who beat Vaishnavi Gannesh from Tamil Nadu and Anushri Satavlekar from Gujarat to turn into the primary from Kerala to win the Miss Universe India title on August 25.
