Miss World 2016 contestants of Europe

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Angelica Zacchigna Miss World Croatia 2016

Angelica Zacchigna is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 175 centimeters. She hails from Croatia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a very simple, passionate and also very loyal person.’ She shares that currently her biggest ambition is to finish studies at the music conservatory, create music to become an artist. When asked about the proudest moment of her life, she recalls, “The proudest moments for me were when I sang for charity events.” The beautiful delegate lives by the motto, “Just think positive and be yourself,” and keeping this attitude she wants to go ahead at the pageant, too.

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Anna Lara Orlowska Miss World Iceland 2016

Anna Lara Orlowska is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 168 centimeters. She hails from Iceland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty wants to own a successful Event company and, hopefully, inspire young youths to do better. She loves cooking and finding new recipes to cook. When asked about the proudest moment of her life, the gorgeous tells, “During my time competing in Miss World Iceland I took part and organized a charity event for children suffering from cancer and their families. The event was a success and this being my first time to take part in a charity related with my activity, I was very proud of myself and of my group.”

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Anthea Zammit Miss World Malta 2016

Anthea Zammit is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 172 centimeters. She hails from Malta and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a very jolly and happy go lucky person who always tries her best to make other people smile.’ The beauty shares that she has a strong passion about dance as it really allows her to be herself and express her feelings. “Dance helps me clear my mind from all my worries,” says the beauty. She continues by sharing, “A day to remember was winning the ‘Malta Eurovision Young Dancers’ competition and representing my country in Czech Republic a few months later.” When asked about her motto in life, she replies, “Think before you act, in order to avoid regretting afterwards."

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Cristiana Viana Miss World Portugal 2016

Cristiana Viana is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 174 centimeters. She hails from Portugal and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. When asked to describe herself, the beauty shares, “I am very dedicated, hardworking and funny girl. I can also be a dreamer. The gorgeous tells about her career ambitions, “I want to be an events manager and a TV presenter. To achieve those goals, I have already started working in event management companies.” When asked what the most important thing in her life is, the gorgeous delegate says, “To be happy”. She continues and adds, “this is why I run behind all my dreams.”

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Daniela Marin Miss World Moldova 2016

Daniela Marin is 17 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 171 centimeters. She hails from Moldova and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. When asked to describe herself, the beauty says, “Despite the fact that I am young, it doesn’t stop me from having big dreams. I am very strong and ambitious. I work a lot in order to become successful.” To her, the most important thing in her life is education. She says, “I know that my future depends on it, because a good education will open doors and opportunities encouraging career growth.” The gorgeous delegate shares her personal motto by quoting the words, "Don’t look back in time, don’t try to look into the future, live the present."

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Diana Dinu Miss World Romania 2016

Diana Dinu is 26 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 173 centimeters. She hails from Romania and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a very happy and compassionate person, fun loving but serious when necessary.’ “I have a logical mind but understand and feel emotions as well,” says the beauty. She aspires to become a film producer. She explains, “To do so I will have to research the requirements, learn about the job description, and read step-by-step process.” When asked what the proudest moment of her life is she shares, “My proudest moment is when I found a kid in the street and I helped him out for a number of years.” She follows the motto, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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Dragana Stankovic Miss World Austria 2016

Dragana Stankovic is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 173 centimeters. She hails from Austria and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as a "family person." She says that she likes to help other people and is very ambitious. She works hard to achieve her goals. The delegate loves sports and practices cardio, such as running and cycling, to weight training one hour each day to stay fitter and healthier. When asked about her career ambitions she shares, “I would like to work in the model industry; find a good agency which embodies my values and use the fame to draw attention to beauty with a purpose.”

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Elizabeth Grant Miss World England 2016

Elizabeth Grant is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 188 centimeters. She hails from England and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. When asked to describe herself she says, “I am extremely confident but not cocky! I count myself as empathetic, charismatic, assertive, and honest and I think I possess quite a magnetic personality.” The beauty shared that she is working towards being a child psychologist. She says, “I am heading into my third year at University. I continue volunteering with children and I am in discussion with a school psychologist to shadow her everyday work.” She has also volunteered in Fiji rebuilding a primary school for 2 weeks. She goes by her personal motto which is “Mistakes are made, lessons are learnt.”

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Emma Carswell Miss World Northern Ireland 2016

Emma Carswell is 21 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 176 centimeters. She hails from Northern Ireland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty wants to become a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. She says, “Having been exposed to the reality of mental illness in the workplace at university and during charity volunteering, I want to work for Global Organizations to improve mental health in the workplace.” She loves socializing and keeps herself fit with exercises such as swimming and cycling. She shares her passion of trying to improve mental health in Northern Ireland. The beauty is currently volunteering at an International Charity, Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention. Her personal motto is “You are only confined by the walls you build yourself.”

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Emma Strandberg Miss World Sweden 2016

Emma Strandberg is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 176 centimeters. She hails from Sweden and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The gorgeous delegate works as a professional model in Stockholm. She is a veteran in the beauty pageant world with experience as the Miss Universe Sweden 2015. The stunning contestant has also need awarded with the Miss Elegance. Now, she is ready to face her international contenders and get the Miss World crown once again for the country. The stunning beauty sure looks confident and determined to achieve this dream.

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Endrra Kovaci Miss World Albania 2016

Endrra Kovaci is 21 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 173 centimeters. She hails from Albania and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as an ‘active and sociable as well as creative, hardworking, sensible and reliable.’ When asked what the most important thing of her life is, she replies, “I am a student for now but the most important thing in my life is to be a successful businesswoman; I would really like to succeed in my profession and achieve my hard work and my dedication with this career.” For the beauty graduating was the proudest moment of her life.

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Ffion Moyle Miss World Wales 2016

Ffion Moyle is 23 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 170 centimeters. She hails from Wales and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty is known to be down-to-earth. She lives with her parents in Porthyrhyd, near Carmarthen and works as a health and beauty consultant. The gorgeous shares her views saying, “You have to be presentable but it's all about beauty from within and having a good heart and a smile on your face. It's more about your perspectives in life. When asked what she would like to advocate as a beauty queen, the gorgeous says, "I would love to spread the message about positivity. It's all about growing as a person and having confidence."

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Galina Mihaylova Miss World Bulgaria 2016

Galina Mihaylova is 26 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 178 centimeters. She hails from Bulgaria and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. She is an ex-professional tennis player. The beauty describes herself as ‘a hardworking, disciplined and adaptive to change person, who is able to stay positive even in difficult moments, without being afraid of making mistakes.’ To her, gaining professional knowledge and skills by working hard at every day job while getting involved in various volunteering activities to help people is very important to her and that’s what keeps her going. The beauty shares, “The proudest moment of my life so far is the successful healing of a very dear person to me who suffered from severe depression. My involvement in that process made me stronger and able to look at the bigger picture.”

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Giada Tropea Miss World Italy 2016

Giada Tropea is 17 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 172 centimeters. She hails from Italy and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty has a strong passion for medical studies. She shares, “it has always been my dream to become a neurologist. I will certainly invest all the energy I possess to fulfill my dreams and make it all happen.” She tells that she lives by the sea in a little city in the south of Italy. She says, “I feel I have a special link with the sea. I often visit my favourite spots because the sound of the waves relaxes me and helps me clear my mind.” When asked about a moment in her life that she is proud of, “I don’t recall only one moment. I think that every time I make my parents happy and proud of me it makes me proud too.”

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Halida Krajisnik Miss World Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016

Halida Krajisnik is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 178 centimeters. She hails from Bosnia and Herzegovina and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a very friendly and communicative person.’ She says that she loves to meet new people and to explore new countries. The beauty is planning to work as an international model in future, after finishing her studies in business management and economy. When asked about the most memorable moment in her life, she says, “One of the most memorable moments I have is when my friends organized me a great birthday party for my 18th birthday. I was so proud to have such lovely friends.” The beauty believes that, ‘It is a privilege in life to be who you are.’

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Helena Heuser Miss World Denmark 2016

Helena Heuser is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 178 centimeters. She hails from Denmark and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a fighter, a young woman with a bubbly personality who likes to have fun and meet new people!’ she says that she doesn’t take life for granted. “I live every day like it was my last day on Earth!” says the beauty. She I want to be a role model for all the little girls out there who feel loneliness, low self-esteem or who don’t have many friends as I have been one of these girls. She aspires to become a dietitian. She explains, “I really want to help people creating a healthy lifestyle. I’m a firm believer in ‘Eat good, look good, feel good!’ I would really like to show people how easy and fun it can be to have a healthy lifestyle. In the future, I want to make a blog where people can follow my recipes and workout routines.”

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Heta Sallinen Miss World Finland 2016

Heta Sallinen is 21 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 171 centimeters. She hails from Finland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a warm hearted woman with a passion for new experiences. I am hard working and I always stay true to what I believe in.’ She has spent a year in Chile as a student exchange. The delegate says that it really taught me a lot and broadened her view of the world. When asked the most important thing in her life she replies, “What keeps me going is the desire to be able to make a change and influence other people, to have my thoughts heard by others.” Her personal motto to keep going in life is, “Dream until your dreams come true.”

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Kaja Klimkiewicz Miss World Poland 2016

Kaja Klimkiewicz is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 172 centimeters. She hails from Poland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. She describes herself as ‘a very confident person who knows her good and bad sides.’ The beauty says, “I am also very sociable and responsible for my actions as I know no one will live my life for me.” Her biggest ambition is to become a famous actress and she would also love to be a psychologist. The gorgeous delegate loves activities such as playing volleyball, horse riding, motorcycling. She also has a keen interest in music and spends time by listening to music, singing, and playing the guitar. She keeps by her personal motto, which is “You only get what you have worked for.”

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Katarina Kekovic Miss World Montenegro 2016

Katarina Kekovic is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 180 centimeters. She hails from Montenegro and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty considers herself as a positive and out-going person who loves life and people, attempting to balance emotions and reasons. When asked about her career ambitions, she shares, “I realized that my dream job has always been to become a motivation speaker. As a motivation speaker, I would like to write a book and transfer to people around me my own experience of living the right way.” The beauty tells that she has finished music school, held by a famous pop singer, a Eurovision 2007 winner. The beauty keeps going by believing that, “Optimism is a happiness magnet.”

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Katarina Sulkic Miss World Serbia 2016

Katarina Sulkic is 18 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 180 centimeters. She hails from Serbia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The delegate works as a model. One interesting fact about her is that she is a professional singer of traditional music. She says that she would love to release an album to introduce herself. When asked about the proudest moment of her life, she says, “The proudest moment of my life was when I won a music contest on a National TV program.” The gorgeous loves working with children. In future she wants to fulfil her career ambition by setting up an organization to help children in need.

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Kayley Mifsud Miss World Gibraltar 2016

Kayley Mifsud is 24 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 166 centimeters. She hails from Gibraltar and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a humble, positive and hard-working woman who’s main aim in life is to like it and experience it in the best way she can, helping others around me do the same.‘ The beauty enjoys teaching and is currently undertaking youth service training in order to develop her teaching skills. She shares that she practices yoga which has helped her keep calm in calamitous. When asked about her future ambitions, the gorgeous contestant replies, “I would like to use my skills, knowledge, and expertise to enter a career in international relief and development with a focus on environmental and public health work.”

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Kristina Cincurova Miss World Slovakia 2016

Kristina Cincurova is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 182 centimeters. She hails from Slovakia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty considers herself as ‘a hardworking, purposeful, helpful person who believes that dreams can be filled if ones fight for them.’ The beauty wants like to study abroad, learn more foreign languages, continue with modeling, and find her dream job, which will bring happiness to her and others. She shares the proudest moment of your life by saying, “I was very proud of myself when I forwarded at the competition Elite Model Look Slovakia at 14 years old.”

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Lenty Frans Miss World Belgium 2016

Lenty Frans is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 168 centimeters. She hails from Belgium and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a good laughing girl with a lot of dreams who always works hard to make them happen.’ She aspires to become a doctor in a developing country. She further shares that she will realize this by studying very hard and doing internships. When questioned on a make-up tip when going out, the beauty replies by saying, “A smile is the prettiest thing a girl can wear! “ She holds her personal motto in the wise words that go, "Do it with passion, or not at all."

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Linda Kinca Miss World Latvia 2016

Linda Kinca is 18 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 172 centimeters. She hails from Latvia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a focused, energetic and strong, but also good-natured person.’ She shares that she loves to help out. The beauty continues to say, “I like to have an active life, with adrenaline and risk. I am a nature-person and an adventure seeker.” To her, the most important thing in her life is to be happy. “Without happiness I couldn’t achieve my goals and enjoy life. I do what I love to do,” she says. When asked about her personal motto, the gorgeous delegate replies by saying, “Do not allow little minded people to convince you that your dreams are too big!”

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Lucy Kerr Miss World Scotland 2016

Lucy Kerr is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 174 centimeters. She hails from Scotland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself by saying, “I am extremely ambitious and energetic and take great pride in bringing out the best in others. I am a strong team player but equally confident to push myself forward as an individual.” The beauty is a trained Beauty Therapist who hopes to launch her own range of skin care products one day. “I would carry out research all over the world to develop a product that suits a range of skin types in different environments (e.g. hotter and cooler climates),” says the gorgeous. Competing in the World Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA for three years has been the proudest moment of her life as it gave her a great sense of pride when representing her country.

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Maja Taradi Miss World Slovenia 2016

Maja Taradi is 26 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 176 centimeters. She hails from Slovenia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a reliable, communicative, persistent and full of zeal person’ She wants to achieve her dreams with respect of her personal and business values. To her, it is most important to have healthy relationships based on honesty and trust. She would like to write a book for children with special needs in mental development. “I want to explain and show them that dreams are achievable and come true if you believe in yourself,” says the beauty. When asked her favourite quote, she replies, “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

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Morgane Edvige Miss World France 2016

Morgane Edvige is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 178 centimeters. She hails from France and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a challenger and a very ambitious person. She is also very friendly, sociable and takes good care of people.” To her, one of the most important things in her life is to spend time with disabled people and play sports with them. The beauty shares, “I am semi-professional at high-jump. Therefore, the proudest moment of my life was when I finished 3rd to the Caribbean Game.” She adds, “I also had to pass the qualifications for the French Championship to access to the Olympic Games but unfortunately I was injured and had to stop high jump.”

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Natalie Kotkova Miss World Czech Republic 2016

Natalie Kotkova is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 173 centimeters. She hails from Czech Republic and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a girl that is always smiling with a heart full of love and passion and a head full of dreams.’ She says, “I still realize what is realistic but I think out of the box and work hard to have a happy life.” For her, everyday should be memorable! The beauty shares that the day I left to go to California is one of my best memories, as it was a decision that made me stronger and happier. When asked about an interesting fact about her, she tells, “I would like to add that thanks to travelling, I have experienced many situations which helped me become who I am today, open my eyes, feel the world, and emotions of people and appreciate the beauty of nature.”

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Niamh Kennedy Miss World Ireland 2016

Niamh Kennedy is 21 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 180 centimeters. She hails from Ireland and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a compassionate, sincere and loyal woman who dreams of making a difference in the world.’ She works as a model and also finds interest in fashion and beauty. She is a good ballet dancer who keeps herself fit by regularly attending gym. She can also do horse riding. The most important thing in her life is the love and support from her family and loved ones as they constantly encourage her to reach for her dreams. The gorgeous delegate also likes volunteering for charity work. When asked about her personal motto, she replies, “What’s for you won’t pass by you.”

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Oleksandra Kucherenko Miss World Ukraine 2016

Oleksandra Kucherenko is 19 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 177 centimeters. She hails from Ukraine and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty is currently pursuing journalism from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is also a great ballet dancer and can also play piano as she passed out with a gold medal from a music school. Her mother works as an economist and her father is a financier. One interesting fact about her is that she has never worked as a model, in fact she aspires to become a TV anchor in her future. Oleksandra is a dancer from Dnipro and is currently studying at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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Polina Borodacheva Miss World Belarus 2016

Polina Borodacheva is 23 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 176 centimeters. She hails from Belarus and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a cheerful and sociable person.’ She wants to become a writer and be TV presenter of a travel program. The gorgeous delegate loves activities such as yoga and running to stay fit. She also likes to play handball. Besides that, she spends her free time reading, painting, or singing. She also aspires to travel a lot and explore the world. When asked about her personal motto, the beautiful contestant replied, “Always be yourself!”

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Rachelle Reijnders Miss World Netherlands 2016

Rachelle Reijnders is 24 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 175 centimeters. She hails from Netherlands and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as “positive, energetic, driven, social and helpful.” The beauty shares her career ambitions by saying, “I want to improve the quality of Health Care and health inequalities between countries, and I want to realize them by doing research in new technologies that can be used in a new way of care delivering.” The gorgeous delegate keep on going in life with optimism and cheerfulness as she believes in the saying, “Always look on the bright side of life.”

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Raquel Tejedor Melendez Miss World Spain 2016

Raquel Tejedor Melendez is 20 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 182 centimeters. She hails from Spain and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. When asked to describe her, the beauty replies, “A word that characterises me is that I am a very feisty person. I love to reach my goal with hard work and perseverance. I am also humble, friendly, and generous. At the beginning, I am always a little shy but as soon as I pick trust, I am a very outgoing person.” The gorgeous is currently studying Psychology and would like to become a psychologist. She is also ambitious to work in the fashion world. The beauty shares that the proudest moment of her life was when she graduated because that meant the end of a very important stage of her life.

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Selina Kriechbaum Miss World Germany 2016

Selina Kriechbaum is 21 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 175 centimeters. She hails from Germany and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as “a young, world open minded and creative woman who wants to show everybody who doesn’t believe in her that she can achieve her dreams. The proudest moment of her life was when she was being crowned as the “Queen of Europe 2015” in Egypt. The beauty loves to indulge in creative endeavours such as sewing, design, architecture, and art. She likes modeling as well as singing. The beauty loves to cook and bake and is a fitness freak. Her motto in life is “It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.”

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Timea Gelencser Miss World Hungary 2016

Timea Gelencser is 22 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 171 centimeters. She hails from Hungary and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty describes herself as ‘a very determinate and ambitious person.’ She says, “I always work hard to achieve my dreams. I love to socialize and be surrounded by good-hearted people. I also love giving without expecting anything in return.” The beauty has been competing at acrobatic show dance for 10 years and has also been placed at the second position at the European Championship and at the 3rd place at the World Championship. When asked about her future plans she shares, “I’m still opening my wings in many areas. I love numbers, math, and marketing but I’m addicted to sport, and last but not least, my dream is to work in the media. I wish I could mix all these together, but I believe life will help me find myself.”

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Yana Dobrovolskaya Miss World Russia 2016

Yana Dobrovolskaya is 18 years of age and stands at an astounding height of 174 centimeters. She hails from Russia and will be representing her country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The beauty is a professional ballroom dancer and became a European Champion in 2015, as part of ballroom representation in Russia. That was the proudest moment in her life. She shares that she has also performed at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014. When asked what she would change about her personality & look, the gorgeous replied by saying, “I believe that each of us should appreciate their own qualities, which were given by God, that’s why I wouldn’t change anything.” She holds a wonderful personal motto which is, “Treat people the way you want them to treat you.”