Miss Estrella Mauritius 2018 winner is Varsha Ragoobarsingh

27 year old Varsha Ragoobarsingh won the Miss Estrella Mauritius 2018 pageant held on May 5 at the Angsana Balaclava Resort in Baie aux Tortues.

Varsha stands 1.68m tall and she will compete at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant later this year.

During the same event, Anoushka Ah Keng was crowned Miss Supranational Mauritius 2018. She is 23 years old and stands 1.7.m tall. She will enter the Miss Supranational 2018 competition.

The runner-up position was given to Trisha Mohabeer.

Vanessa Ponce wins Miss Mexico 2018

25 year old Vanessa Ponce de Leon representing Ciudad de Mexico was crowned Miss Mexico 2018 during an event gala held on May 5 at the Salon Imperial de Villa Toscana in Hermosillo, Sonora.

Vanessa stands 1.72m and she will compete representing her country at the Miss World 2018 pageant on December 8 in Sanya, China.


Ended as the 1st runner-up was 23 year old Miss Quintana Roo, Minerva Luna. She stands tall at 1.73m and will enter the Miss Supranational 2018.

Diana Romero from Sinaloa finished 2nd runner-up. Completing the top 5 were Miss Estado de Mexico, Maria Malo and Miss Micholan, Ivonne Hernandez.

Miss International Beauty Pageant 2018

Miss International was formerly known as Miss International Beauty or The International Beauty Pageant. It was highly acclaimed to be one of the four biggest and grandest international beauty competitions in the world.

The main theme of the pageant was to promote world peace, understanding and goodwill among nations. The delegates are not judged on physical beauty alone, they must serve as a "Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty", showcasing the benevolence, tenderness, beauty and intelligence, ability to take words and action publicly, and great international sensibility of a woman.

Many of pageant experts or enthusiast have described the Miss International as the most traditional beauty contest despite of our present modern day and age.

MISS INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT 2018 COVERAGE:

Miss Universe Pageant 2018

The Miss Universe Pageant is perhaps the most celebrated beauty pageant of all times. It was highly acclaimed to be one of the 4 largest beauty contests in the world.

The pageant was founded by California clothing company Pacific Mills in 1952. It was first co-owned and organized by Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, then in 1996, it was bought by business tycoon, Donald Trump. In 1998, from the name Miss Universe Inc. it was changed to Miss Universe Organization as well as it's headquarters being moved from Long Beach California, to New York City.

The pageant's main slogan was "Redefined for Today". They are looking for the delegates who possess intelligence, well-mannered, cultured as well as modernized women. The winner, since it was managed by Trump is signed a one-year contract with the Organization, traveling nationwide and abroad promoting the public awareness of HIV/AIDS, control of diseases and world peace.

According to pageant experts, the Miss Universe is the only pageant which is going with the flow of our present age and time. They are looking nowadays for beautiful, model-like and has a good runway skill winners.

MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT 2018:

Host Country: Bangkok, Thailand

Miss Manabi, Virginia Limongi Crowned Miss Ecuador 2018

Virginia Stephanie Limongi Silva representing Manabi was recently crowned as the new Miss Ecuador 2018 held during a pageant gala on May 5 at the Oro Verde Hotel in Machala in El Oro. She was crowned by the outgoing winner, Daniela Cepeda, Miss Ecudor 2017.

24 year old Virginia is from Portoviejo. She will now represent Ecuador at the Miss Universe 2018 later this year.

20 year old Miss Guayas, Michelle Nathalie Huet Rodriguez from Guayaquil finished as 1st run-up. She will go to compete in the Miss International 2018 pageant in Tokyo, Japan on November 9.

Meanwhile, Miss Miami, Norma Andrea Tejada Arcentales ended as 2nd run-up. This 22 year-old from Machala will compete at the Miss Grand International 2018 contest to be held on October 25 in Yangon, Myanmar.

FINALISTS:

3rd run-up: Miss New Jersey - Blanca Stefany Arambulo Pinargote

4th run-up: Miss Pastaza - Kerstin Heszen Maria Johst Salamah

5th run-up: Miss Esmeraldas - Bertha Ximena Arroyo Marin

REST OF THE TOP 10 SEMI-FINALISTS:

Miss Guayas - Allison Magali Matamoros Yepez

Miss Guayas - Iskra Julissa Landucci Martinez

Miss Pichincha - Lucia Gabriela Jimenez Prado

Miss Pichincha - Maria Fernanda Yepez Montesdeoca

Yulia Polyachikhina Crowned Miss Russia 2018

18 year old Yulia Polyachikhina from Chuvashia was crowned as the new Miss Russia 2018 during a beauty pageant held at the Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on April 18.

She was crowned by the outgooing winner, Polina Popova from Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Finished as the 1st run-up was Violetta Tyurkina representing Belgorod. While Natalya Stroyeva from Yakutia was the 2nd run-up.

Rest of the top 10:

Kabardino-Balkaria – Diana Nagoyeva

Krasnodar Krai – Angelina Likhopud

Krasnoyarsk – Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya

Sverdlovsk Oblast – Polina Kostyuk

Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush

Vladimir Oblast – Alexandra Kosogorova

Yelets – Olga Lomakina

Top 20 Finalists:

Barnaul – Anastasiya Ilinykh

Bashkortostan – Zemfira Baydavletova

Cherkessk – Viktoria Artemenko

Kaliningrad – Violetta Maurer

Kaluga – Tatiana Fitsukova

Karelia – Anastasiya Mikhailenko

Kostroma – Svetlana Khokhlova

Lyubertsy – Veronika Arsich

Saint Petersburg – Darina Abramova

Tambov – Ulyana Lyakhova

Yulia will now representing her country at the Miss Universe and Miss World contests later this year.

Philippines will host Mr. World in 2019

The Miss World Organisation (MWO) has formally announced that the next edition of Mr World will take place on January 27, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. The contestants will arrive in Manila on January 11 and will spend nearly three weeks in the beautiful archipelago of islands, hosted by the Resorts World group.

Originally the contest, which celebrates it's 10th edition was scheduled to take place in September this year, but the organisation stated that due to an increased demand for national franchises, they have decided to postpone the contest until early 2019. At the press conference attended by the reigning Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar and Mr World 2016, Rohit Khandelwal (both from India) together with Philippines' National Director, Arnold Vegafria, the MWO stated that they are expecting more than 100 contestants to battle it out for the Mister World title.

"There are so many beautiful beaches over here. And the food here in the Philippines... I'm already very fond of halo-halo and so many different dishes. Besides, [in] the Philippines, the people are really friendly and I think just like a week is not enough to visit," Vegafria said.

Meet the 12 Finalists for Miss South Africa 2018

The twelve finalists for the annual Miss South Africa was already chosen. The 2018 edition will be held on May 27 at Sun International’s new flagship venue, the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria.

South Africa's pride, the reigning Miss Universe, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters will crown her successor during the event.

Meet the 12 Finalists of Miss South Africa 2018

Akile Khoza 23 Bushbuckridge	Anzelle von Staden 25 Centurion	Bryoni Govender 21 Kempton Park
Danielle de Jager 20 Benoni	Karishma Ramdev 23 Chatsworth	Margo Fargo 25 Heidedal
Noxolo Ndebele 24 Pinetown	Tamarin Bensch 25 Bedfordview	Tamaryn Green 23 Paarl
Thandokazi Mfundisi 23 East London	Tharina Botes 21 Roodepoort	Thulisa Keyi 26 East London

* See also Tamaryn Green Crowned Miss South Africa 2018

Deshauna Barber from DC wins Miss USA 2016

26 year old Deshauna Barber was crowed Miss USA 2016 last June 5 at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The daughter of retired U.S. military sergeant, Deshauna is an officer in the U.S. Army. After graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Management from Virginia State University, she moved to Washington D.C. where she is currently working as an IT Analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is currently commissioned as a logistics commander for the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit.

In her spare time, she works closely with organizations that focus on PTSD treatment for soldiers returning from deployments and suicide prevention in the armed forces.

The first-runner up was Miss Hawaii, Chelsea Keolani Hardin, and the second-runner up was Miss Georgia, Emanii Davis. Miss California, Nadia Mejia and Miss Alabama, Peyton Brown completed the Top 5 finalists.

The annual event was televised live from FOX which had the performances of popular Australian EDM duo Nervo, country singer Chris Brown, and the reunion of the Backstreet Boys who are kicking off their new summer tour.

Also present at the event to crown the new winner were the outgoing Miss USA 2015, Olivia Jordan, the reigning Miss Teen USA 2015, Katherine Haik and Miss Universe 2015, Pia Wurtzbach.

Standing 1.76m tall, Barber will represent the USA in the upcoming Miss Universe 2016 pageant on December.

Myat Thiri Lwin wins Miss Myanmar World 2016

17-year old Myat Thiri Lwin was crowned Miss Myanmar World 2016 during a gala event held at the Gandamar Grand Ballroom in Yangon on June 4th, and televised live through Channel 7. Lwin will now represent the Golden Land of Myanmar during the Miss World 2016 finals later this year.

The runners-up were M Ja Seng (who competed in Miss Grand International 2014) and La Yate Pyar.

Lindita Idrizi wins Miss Albania Universe 2016

19 year old Lindita Idrizi from Elbasani was crowned Miss Universe Albania held at the Tirana Palace Congress last June 2.

Standing 1.78m tall, Lindita currently works as a professional model. She will now be the official entry of Albania at the Miss Universe 2016 competition this December.

The 1st runner-up place went to 21 year old Endrra Kovaci from Tirana. She receives the title Miss World Albania 2016 and will now represent her country at the Miss World 2016 finals to be held later this year.

Miss Gibraltar 2016 is Kayley Mifsud

23 year old Kayley Mifsud was crowned Miss Gibraltar 2016 at the end of the annual event held at the John Mackintosh Hall.

Mifsud, who beat 8 other contestants for the title, was visibly surprised with her victory, who is an aspiring Health and Safety adviser and wants to continue the her work as raising funds for Calpe House, a facility in the United Kingdom where Gibraltar residents can obtain proper medical treatment.

Standing 1.73 m tall, Kayley will now represent Gibraltar at the Miss World 2016 finals later this year.

The 1st runner-up was Joseanne Barr, 23-year old law student who will travel to Tokyo, Japan to compete for the Miss International 2016 title in October. The 2nd runner-up is Aicha Ben Yahya, a 23-year old yoga enthusiast and clerk who will compete in the Miss Supranational 2016 pageant in Poland on December.

Renato Barabino wins Mister Venezuela 2016

18 year old Renato Barabino Gandica won the title of Mister Venezuela 2016, where 14 handsome contestants competed. Walfred Crespo and Gustavo Acedo placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Renato will be the representative of Venezuela in Mr World 2016 contest in Southport, England on July 19.

Miss USA 2016 Preliminary Competition Video

Last June 2, 52 stunning contestants, representing the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the winner of #Miss52USA, competed in swimsuit and evening gown categories for a chance to enter the Top 15 semi-finals and to eventually win the crown of Miss USA 2016 which will be held on Sunday, June 5th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Watch the preliminary show and pick your favorites! Video Courtesy IMG Universe, LLC.

Michelle Leon is Miss Grand United States 2016

19 year old Michelle Leon won in her homestate and was crowned Miss Grand United States 2016 during a ceremony held May 28 in New York. Michelle stands 1.72 m tall and will be the host contestant during the Miss Grand International 2016 international finals to take place in Las Vegas on October 25.

A professional model, Michelle is of Ecuadorian descent having won the title of Miss Ecuador New York in 2013. She also competed in the Miss New York Teen USA pageant in recent years where she became a finalist.

Miss and Mr. World Sweden 2016 Crowned

The election of the Swedish representatives to both the Miss World and Mr. World competitions took place in Stockholm on May 28.

The winner of Miss World Sweden 2016 is 19-year old Emma Strandberg. The 1.76 m beauty will represent her country during the 2016 Miss World finals expected to take place in November-December.

Elected as Mr. World Sweden 2016 is 26-year old Robin Mahler. The 1.81 m model will travel to Southport, England, to compete for the Mr. World 2016 title on July 19.