18 October 2017
Miss World 2017 - Year of Dethronements, Replacements and Controversies
In 2017, we saw many national Miss World pageant winners dethroned and/ or replaced for several reasons, and some replacements were marred with controversies too. Ten countries have gone through an ordeal of replacing their Miss World finalists which are Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, France, Greece, Iraq, Guatemala, South Africa and Turkey. Some countries dethroned their representatives because of allegations of 'being married', 'indiscipline' or 'the minimum age requirement' reasons, and some were replacements due to 'conflicting schedules' for Miss World 2017 and Miss Universe 2017.
02 / 11
Jannatul Nayeem Avril Dethroned, Replaced by Jessia Islam
Jannatul Nayeem Avril from Bangladesh was dethroned as the reigning Miss World Bangladesh 2017 for hiding information about her marriage. Though Miss World rules did not disqualify her due to her being married previously, Miss World Bangladesh organisation dethroned her for hiding the truth. Jessia Islam who was the second runner-up at the same contest was later crowned the eventual winner of the pageant, replacing Jannatul.
03 / 11
Vian Ameer Sulaiman replaced by Masty Hama Adil
Vian Ameer Sulaiman from Iraq was also dethroned as Miss World Iraq 2017 for hiding her marital status. Masty Hama Adil (first runner-up at the Miss Iraq pageant) is now the new Miss Iraq 2017 and with this, she becomes the first beauty queen from Iraq to participate in Miss World pageant. Though not confirmed by the officials, there is a speculation that Iraq might not participate in Miss World 2017 due to ongoing tension in Iraq and its Kurdish region after the independence referendum.
04 / 11
Khephra Sylvester replaced by Helina Hewlett
Helina Hewlett (first runner-up) at Miss World British Virgin Islands 2017 was appointed as the new representative of British Virgin Islands for Miss World 2017 and replaced Khephra Sylvester who will compete only in Miss Universe 2017 now, due to the conflicting dates of Miss World 2017 and Miss Universe 2017 pageants. Earlier, Khephra was to represent British Virgin Islands in both international pageants.
05 / 11
Michele Ange Minkata replaced Julie Nguimfack
Michèle Ange Minkata who was declared as the fourth runner-up in Miss Cameroon 2017 was subsequently appointed as new Miss Cameroon 2017, replacing Julie Nguimfack. Julie was controversially dethroned as well because she was refused a visa by the US embassy in Cameroon to participate in the Miss World competition.
06 / 11
Kristin Amaya replaced Anika Conolly
Cayman Islands appointed Kristin Amaya who was the first runner-up at Miss Cayman Islands 2017 to represent them in Miss World 2017, as a replacement to Anika Conolly because she didn't meet the minimum age requirement (which is 18 years). Anika was previously a replacement to Derri Dacres-Lee for the similar reason.
07 / 11
Theodora Soukia Dethroned, Replaced by Maria Psilou
Maria Psilou, who was crowned as Star Hellas 2017, and was supposed to represent Greece in Miss Universe 2017, was subsequently appointed as the representative of Greece for Miss World 2017. She replaced Theodora Soukia, Miss Hellas 2017, the original representative of Greece for Miss World 2017. The reason for replacement was not disclosed, and now Greece has no representative at Miss Universe 2017.
08 / 11
Ade van Herdeen replaced Demi Leigh Nel Peters
Adé van Herdeen, the first runner-up of Miss South Africa 2017 was appointed by Miss South Africa organisation as a replacement to Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, due to conflicting schedules of Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. The crowing of Demi ignited a lot of hope in South African fans, as she had all the potential to be Miss World 2017. In 2014, Rolene Strauss from South Africa won the Miss World 2015 title.
09 / 11
Itir Esen Dethroned, Replaced by Asli Sumen
Miss Turkey World 2017 Itır Esen was stripped-off her crown just a day after her crowning and Asli Sümen, who was originally crowned Miss Turkey Universe 2017, was later appointed as the representative of Turkey for Miss World 2017. Itir's dethronement occurred due to an “unacceptable” past tweet about last year's attempted government coup. The 18-year-old caused a social media storm after comparing her period to the spilt blood of “martyrs” who died in the coup.
10 / 11
Lisbeth Gomez replaced by Virginia Argueta
Miss Universe Gautemala 2016 Virginia Argueta replaced Miss World Guatemala 2017 Lisbeth Gómez as the representative of Guatemala for Miss World 2017, for which the reasons are not specified yet. Virginia is a model by profession and says she is a girl who was born with several talents that will make her shine internationally.
11 / 11
Alicia Aylies Replaced by Aurore Kichenin
Aurore Kichenin was appointed to represent France in Miss World 2017. Earlier Alicia Aylies was supposed to compete in both Miss World 2017 and Miss Universe 2017, but due to conflicting schedules for the two international pageants, the first runner-up Aurore Kichenin was appointed Miss World France 2017.
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