News 2014

Rolene Strauss Miss World 2014 travels to Indonesia as part of her "Beauty with a purpose" journey. Rolene is expected to be present for the finals of Miss Indonesia 2015 finals scheduled to be held on February 16th 2015.

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Rolene Strauss, Miss World 2014, from South Africa, is starting off her year of travelling with her first trip to Hong Kong, as part of her Beauty with a Purpose project. Her Asian leg of travelling includes visiting, India, Hong Kong, China and Philippines.

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With the finale of Miss Universe 2014, the Big 4 pageants, for the year 2014, are now over. The Big 4 beauty pageant winners, Valerie Hernandez Matias Miss International, Paulina Vega Dieppa Miss Universe, Rolene Straus Miss World and Jamie Herrell Miss Earth, gave priceless expressions on hearing their names being announced as winners.

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Hold your breath, the stunning Miss World 2014 Rolene Strauss is going to visit Asia in her first leg of travelling in January. Miss Rolene will visit India, Hong Kong, China and Philippines and contribute towards the Beauty with a Purpose projects from each of these countries.On returning to South Africa after being crowned as the Miss World 2014, Rolene received an astounding welcome from the locals. During a press briefing at Kempton Park, Mr. Steven Morley, told the reporters that the newly appointed Miss World would be travelling across the globe and contribute towards the beauty with a purpose cause, he also elaborated that Rolene would keep returning to South Africa and take up different humanitarian causes. The Miss World organization also assured that they will discuss the various issues faced by locals with the South African government and work with them to resolve the same. Rolene also cleared the rumours of her being a test tube baby and being genetically modified,Rolene simply smiled and said she is thankful to her mother and father for their good genes.After visiting Asian countries in January, the Miss World will then travel to the Caribbean countries and the South America. In March Miss World 2014 is expected to travel to Indonesia, Australia, Argentina and Fiji. Rolene will be the first Miss World to travel to Argentina. In each of these countries she will be working on various humanitarian causes.On her maiden visit to India she is expected to contribute to India’s Beauty with a Purpose project which focuses on Sanitization issues in India. In Philippines she is expected to continue the work done by the former Miss World, Megan Young.

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The Miss World pageant will not have a swimsuit round from the next year's competition onwards, as per the announcement made by the pageant chairwoman Julia Morley stressing 'Beauty with a Purpose' aspect of the pageant. As per the organizers, Miss World is not just a beauty queen, she should be more like an ambassador; a spokesperson who can to help a community. In an interview with Elle, Mrs Morley explained "I don't need to see women just walking up and down in bikinis. It doesn't do anything for the woman. And it doesn't do anything for any of us." She added "I don't care if someone has a bottom two inches bigger than someone else's. We are really not looking at her bottom. We are really listening to her speak." Mrs Morley also revealed that she is hoping to set her competition apart from other pageants by emphasizing brains and personality over physical beauty. Miss World, which was founded in 1951 by Mrs Morley's late husband Eric, in fact started as a contest dedicated exclusively to swimwear and was called the Festival Bikini Contest. In 1951, when Kiki Hakansson won Miss World, she was crowned on stage in a bikini. Ever since then swimsuit round has been an integral and important part of Miss World pageant, and has been very popular with the audience too, who do love seeing beautiful women showing off their enviable figures in tiny two-pieces. In recent years, the Miss World pageant has elected not to broadcast the swimsuit or bikini portion of the show, and the girls were being judged privately in front of a small panel as part of Beach Fashion round. But as of 2015, the organizers have decided to do away with the swimsuit round altogether. Besides beach fashion round, Miss World also features a fashion round, a talent round and a sports round and the most important “Beauty with a Purpose" round where contestants do charity work. Hats off to Julia for taking such a revolutionary initiative by removing the swimsuit contest, which otherwise is the most popular segment of any beauty pageant. Will the national contests responsible for selecting their country's representative for Miss World follow and also ban swimsuit contests from their national pageants?

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Finally the most awaited grand pageant, Miss World 2014 comes to an end with the crowning of the most beautiful lady amongst the one-hundred twenty one contestants competing at the event, Rolene Strauss, the reigning Miss World South Africa 2014! Megan Young from Philippines, the Miss World 2013, crowned Rolene Strauss as the new Miss World! Rolene, 22 years of age is a medical student and aspires to be a doctor. Waving to the spectators she said "South Africa this is for you,”. After a long gap of 40 years South Africa made it to the coveted crown. The last Miss World title victory for South Africa was in the year 1974 when Anneline Kriel was crowned Miss World 1974, after the resignation of Helen Morgan from UK who was originally crowned Miss World 1974. At the Miss World 2014 preliminary events Rolene Strauss was giving her best, having secured Top 5 finalist place at Beach Fashion and Sports & Fitness challenge events. She was also amongst Top 10 finalists list in Beauty with a Purpose project and Top 10 people’s choice contestants. Edina Kulcsár from Hungary finished as first runner-up and Elizabeth Safrit from United States of America secured third place. With this amazing victory we can surely say "Waka Waka! It’s time for Africa!"

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Miss World 2014 pageant finals coronation was held on December 14’ at Excel London in London, England. Top 11 finalists for Miss World 2014 announced were: Courtney Thorpe - Australia, Júlia Gama - Brazil, Carina Tyrrell - England, Rafieya Husain - Guyana, Edina Kulcsár - Hungary, Koyal Rana - India, Idah Nguma - Kenya, Daniela Álvarez Reyes -Mexico, Rolene Strauss – South Africa, Maeya Nonthawan Thongleng - Thailand, Elizabeth Safrit – United States of America. Thailand is placed Top 11 as per the people’s choice award.

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Miss World 2014 pageant finals gala night was held on December 14’ at Excel London in London, England. Top 5 finalists for Miss World 2014 were: Courtney Thorpe - Australia, Carina Tyrrell – England, Edina Kulcsár - Hungary, Rolene Strauss – South Africa, Elizabeth Safrit – United States of America.

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The wait for the year’s biggest pageant is finally over! Miss World 2014 final gala night is scheduled to be held at Excel London in London, England on December 14 2014. Beautiful contestants from across the world will be competing for the ultimate prize, the Miss World 2014 title! Megan Young, the reigning Miss World will crown her successor on the final night as the entire world watches on with fingers crossed. Miss World 2014 is the 64th edition of the International beauty pageant which is also part of the prestigious Big Four pageants. This year saw contestants taking the competition to a whole new level; ‘Sexy’ has made a comeback with Miss World 2014! These contestants are not only an epitome of beauty, they represent their nation’s culture at International level, and they work towards improving the society at large. These beautiful ladies make World Peace look sexy! A total of One Hundred and Twenty One contestants will be competing for the coveted title. So far the contestants have competed in various challenge events such as Miss World Top Model, Beach Fashion, Multimedia, Sports, Talent and Beauty with a Purpose. Please note the timing and broadcasting details for commencement of the live coverage of the Miss World 2014 in your respective time zones. Philippines - Live Broadcaster- GMA 7 on 14th December 2014, 10:30 PM PHT Myanmar- Live Broadcaster - BecTero on 14th December 2014, 9.00 PM MMT India - Live Broadcaster - Zee Cafe on 14th December 2014, 8.00 PM IST Venezuela – Live Broadcaster - Venevision & Direct TV on 14th December 2014, 10.00 AM VET Thailand – Live Broadcaster- BecTero on 14th December 2014, 09.30 PM ICT Indonesia – Live Broadcaster – RCTI on 14th December 2014, 10.30 PM WITA USA –Live Broadcaster – E! On 14th December 2014, 09.30 AM EST Mexico – Live Broadcaster – Televisa on 14th December 2014, 08.30 AM CST Stay tuned, as we will update this page for the video or the link for you to watch Miss World 2014 Live, as it becomes available.

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At the final coronation of Miss World 2014 held on December 14’ at Excel London in London, England, special awards in different categories were given to the gorgeous ladies. The categories of awards were Talent, Top Model, Sports & Fitness, Multimedia, Beach Fashion, and Beauty With a Purpose. The contestants had earlier participated in the various challenge events and Top 5 Finalists of the challenge events were selected except for Beauty With a Purpose, in which Top 10 Finalists were shortlisted. The winners of the Special Awards were - Talent - Dewi Liana Seriestha (Malaysia) The winner for Talent event was selected after a live Sing-Off between Malaysia’s Dewi Liana Seriestha (Opera Singing) & Scotland’s Ellie Mckeating (Traditional Gaelic Vocals) Top Model - Isidora Borovcanin (Bosnia and Herzegovina) The other finalists for Top Model were - China Pr - Du Yang, South Sudan - Awien Kuanyin-Agoth, Hungary - Edina Kulcsár and Australia - Courtney Thorpe Sports - Krista Haapalainen (Finland) The Sports and Fitness challenge event saw enthusiastic participation from all the contestants, the contestants were divided into groups and they competed against each other. Multimedia - Elizabeth Safrit (United States of America) The Multimedia challenge event winner was selected on the basis of how well the contestants had used the multimedia formats to promote different causes Beach Wear - Olivia Asplund (Sweden) The other finalists for the Beach Wear challenge event were Mexico - Daniela Álvarez Reyes, Kenya - Idah Nguma, South Africa - Rolene Strauss and India - Koyal Rana For the first time in history, five winners were announced for the most prestigious challenge event- Beauty With A Purpose. The winners were – Idah Nguma (Kenya) Maria Asteria Sastrayu (Indonesia) Júlia Gama (Brazil) Rafieya Husain (Guyana) Koyal Rana (India).

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Miss World 2014 pageant finals coronation has set on fire on December 14’ at Excel London in London, England. Top 25 quarter finalists for Miss World 2014 announced were: Courtney Thorpe - Australia, Andrea Forfori Aguilera - Bolivia, Júlia Gama - Brazil, Du Yang - China, Dhio Moreno Romero - DominicanRepublic, Carina Tyrrell - England, Krista Haapalainen - Finland, Nadia Naa Ntanu - Ghana, Rafieya Husain - Guyana, Edina Kulcsár - Hungary, Koyal Rana - India, Maria Asteria Sastrayu - Indonesia, Idah Nguma - Kenya, Dewi Liana Seriestha - Malaysia, Daniela Álvarez Reyes -Mexico, Tatjana Maul - Netherlands, Valerie Weigmann - Philippines, Anastasia Kostenko - Russia, Ellie Mckeating - Scotland, Rolene Strauss - SouthAfrica, Awien Kuanyin-Agoth - SouthSudan, Olivia Asplund - Sweden, Sarah Jane Waddell - Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth Safrit - United States of America, Loan Nguyen Thi - Vietnam.

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Rolene Strauss, the beautiful South Africa contestant at Miss World 2014, is leading the betting odds. Ever since the start of the competition , she has been one of the favourites to win to crown for South Africa after a gap of 40 years. The last Miss World title victory for South Africa was in the year 1974 when Anneline Kriel was crowned Miss World 1974, after the resignation of Helen Morgan from UK who was originally crowned Miss World 1974. Rolene Strauss is a medical student, and hopes to pursue MBA after completing her medicine degree, so that she can create a business with a focus on women's health. The 22-year-old maintains her body by indulging in various forms of sports including golf, netball and cycling. Strauss has always wanted to make her career in health care. Simply going as per the betting odds, the Top 10 favourites to win the crown are - India - Koyal Rana England - Carina Tyrrell Australia - Courtney Thorpe Russia - Anastasia Kostenko Turkey - Amine Gülse Mexico - Daniela Álvarez Reyes Brazil - Julia Gama Netherlands - Tatjana Maul Hungary - Edina Kulcsár Will someone other than above upset the betting calculations, and win the Miss World 2014 title?

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Edina Kulcsár who was crowned Magyarorszag Szepe 2014 (Miss World Hungary 2014) in a pageant held on July 20’ 2014 in the Hungarian capital city at the MTV studios, is representing Hungary at the Miss World 2014 pageant, raising Hungary’s hope of bringing the first ever Miss World 2014 crown. Edina is a professional model who has been doing modelling assignments since four years and aspires to be an actress. At the ongoing Miss World 2014 pageant Edina was placed among the Top 5 finalist of Miss World Top Model and Sports & Fitness challenge events. She is also among the top favourites choice of pageant experts. Hungary has never won any Miss World crown. Apparently, Edina have it in her what it takes to secure the first ever Miss World title for Hungary. What do you think? Miss World 2014 finale is scheduled to be held on December 14’ 2014 at Excel London, England.

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Miss World 2014 pageant is on and here we go with the list of grand jury members who have been judging the beauties very carefully in each challenge event. The panel of expert judges include – Julia Morley – Julia Morley is the current Chairman and owner of the Miss World Organisation. She is wife of Eric Morley, the founder of Miss World Organisation. As Chairman of Miss World, Julia introduced the theme of ‘Beauty with a Purpose’, which focuses on raising money for sick and underprivileged children of society. Rudy Salle - Rudy Salles is a member of the National Assembly of France. He was a successful member of France’s Republican Party, the Independent Republican and Liberal Pole and the Union for French Democracy; he is now also a member of the New Center since 2007. Jody Reynolds - Jody Reynolds is a past president of Variety International and former Red Cross worker during the Vietnam War. She has been working with the Miss World Organisation since twenty years and serving as a Beauty with a Purpose judge for the past 5 years. Marsha-Rae Ratcliff - Marsha-Rae Ratcliff is also a Variety International Board Member who first created the charity’s International Gold Pin Heart Campaign. Tony Hatch - Tony Hatch is a musician by heart and has composed music for theatre and television. He is also a renowned songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer and has written and produced songs and scores for some of the UK’s most celebrated musical acts and films. Zhang Zilin - Zhang Zilin was Miss World 2007 and the first representative of China and of East Asian descent to be crowned Miss World. Zhang is one of the renowned face in Asia and global fashion industry, having done modelling assignments with top brands like L’Oréal, Rado & Swarovsky. Agbani Darego - Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model and is perhaps best known as the first ever Black African Miss World. Agbani has done modelling for Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, and Ralph Lauren. Kaiane Aldorino - Kaiane Aldorino was crowned Miss World 2009 and the first ever Miss World from Gibraltar. Azra Akin was the first Turkish woman to be crowned Miss World in the year 2002. She is a successful actress and Television personality. Currently she is the voice of the UN Population Fund in Turkey.

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Rolene Strauss, who was crowned Miss South Africa 2014 in the pageant held on March 30’2014 at the Sun City Super Bowl, South Africa has all the potential to win Miss World 2014. She is an all-rounder beauty with brains. She is a fourth year medical student who aspires to be a doctor and is a sports person too. She can also play flute, piano and guitar. Rolene has a great pageant history, having won many national titles at a very young age. When Rolene was just 15 years of age she won Elite Model Look South Africa 2007 title. She was placed amongst Top 15 in Elite Model Look International 2007 title. Rolene then competed in Miss South Africa 2011 pageant where she was placed Top 5. At the ongoing Miss World 2014 pageant she secured Top 5 finalist place at Beach Fashion and Sports & Fitness challenge events. She was also amongst Top 10 finalists list in Beauty with a Purpose project and Top 10 people’s choice contestants. Rolene is a strong contender in the Miss World 2014 pageant and looks all set to clinch the coveted crown after a gap of four years. What do you think? Given her stupendous performance so far at the Miss World 2014 pageant, all we can say is "Waka Waka! its time for Africa"

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Angelopedia's Miss World 2014 Top 5 favourites/ bot picks are Carina Tyrrell (England), Daniela Álvarez Reyes (Mexico), Rolene Strauss (South Africa), Sarah Jane Waddell (Trinidad & Tobago) & Edina Kulcsár (Hungary)

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Koyal Rana is Indian beauty titleholder of Femina Miss India 2014, who was crowned in a pageant held on April 5, 2014 in Mumbai, India. She is a successful model and winner of many national pageants earlier. Koyal started her modelling career at a very young age, having won many teen titles. In the year 2008 she won her first title of Miss Teen India 2008 followed by Miss Universal Teen 2009 title in the year 2009. She was also the winner of Scooty Teen Diva a reality show broadcasted on MTV. Koyal is the director of a NGO Moksha Foundation which aims at increasing awareness about legal and health issues and also focuses on green energy production. Koyal is giving a tough competition in the ongoing Miss World 2014 pageant by winning and making her way in Top winners list of challenge events. She was the winner of World Fashion Designer award and among the Top 5 winners list in Beach Fashion and Multimedia challenge events. She was placed under Top 10 finalists shortlisted in Beauty with a Purpose project. Will Koyal Rana be crowned by Megan Young, the reigning Miss World 2013 and bring home the coveted Miss World 2014 crown after a gap of fourteen years? What do you think? Miss World 2014 finale scheduled to be held on December 14’ 2014 at Excel London, England.

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Valerie Weigmann is a Filipino beauty queen who crowned Miss World Philippines 2014 in a pageant held on October 12’ 2014, in Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines. At the same event she bagged many special awards and titles like Best in Fashion Runaway, Best in Long Gown, Miss Solaire, Miss Figlia, Jessie Mendez Salon Ambassador, Miss Reticin 2014, Miss Bluewater Day Spa, Miss Bench, and Miss Olay. Valerie is an established Television actress and a successful professional model. She started her career in the year 2008 with the second teen edition of Pinoy Big Brother a Television show. In the year 2013 she became part of the TV series of TV5, Kidlat and also became a regular co-host of the noontime show of GMA Network, Eat Bulaga. She also star in TV commercials and appear on magazines. Valerie looks to be a strong contender at the ongoing Miss World 2014 pageant, as she is one of the most admired beauty queen among others. She is also among the Top 10 contestant in the online voting for people’s choice award and Beauty with a Purpose. Will Megan Young, the reigning Miss World 2013, again crown Valerie Weigmann as her successor at Miss World 2014? What do you think?

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Miss World is all set on fire with two days to go for the finale; scheduled to be held on December 14’ 2014 at Excel London, England. The Miss World Organisation has announced its list of Top 5 beauties for all its challenge events like miss world top model, beach fashion, multimedia, talent, sports & fitness and Top 10 for Beauty with a Purpose. The shortlisted contestants have been giving a tough competition in the challenge events and have come up with bright colours of success. The panel of Miss World 2014 judges have analysed the one hundred and twenty four (124) contestants very carefully. So here goes the list of Top shortlisted candidates (in no particular order) in various challenge events of Miss World 2014 pageant – Miss World Top Model China Pr - Du Yang South Sudan - Awien Kuanyin-Agoth Bosnia & Herzegovina - Isidora Borovcanin Hungary - Edina Kulcsár Australia - Courtney Thorpe Beach Fashion Mexico - Daniela Álvarez Reyes Kenya - Idah Nguma Sweden - Olivia Asplund South Africa - Rolene Strauss India - Koyal Rana Multimedia Netherlands - Tatjana Maul India - Koyal Rana Guyana - Rafieya Husain, United States - Elizabeth Safrit, England - Carina Tyrrell. Talent - The winner of talent competition will be decided on the pageant night, where the Top 2 selected contestants will perform their individual piece infront of the panel of judges and live audience. Sing-Off Top 2: Malaysia - Dewi Liana Seriestha - Opera Singing & Scotland - Ellie Mckeating - Traditional Gaelic Vocals, Russia - Anastasia Kostenko - Ballet, Sweden - Olivia Asplund - Ice Skating, United States – Elizabeth Safrit - Ballet En Pointe. Sports & Fitness - 1st - Finland - Krista Haapalainen, 2nd - Hungary - Edina Kulcsár, 3rd - South Africa - Rolene Strauss, 4th - Serbia - Milica Vuklis, 5th - Wales - Alice Ford. Beauty With a Purpose - The Miss World Organisation has shortlisted Top 10 for Beauty with a Purpose and will unveil the final winner on the pageant night. Bolivia - Andrea Forfori Aguilera, England - Carina Tyrrell, Brazil - Julia Gama, India - Koyal Rana, Guyana - Rafieya Husain, Kenya – Idah Nguma, Indonesia - Maria Sastrayu Rahajeng, Philippines - Valerie Weigmann, South Africa - Rolene Strauss, Netherlands – Tatjana Maul.

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With two days to go for the much awaited Miss World 2014 pageant, finale is scheduled to be held on December 14’ 2014 at Excel London, England, we unveil our list of Top 10 favourites shortlisted by our panel of pageant experts. So here goes the list of our Top 10 Favourites (in alphabetical order) who we think can make it to the top and clinch the coveted crown of Miss World 2014 - Australia - Courtney Thorpe is 24 years of age and stands tall at 170cm. She is a student of Mass Communications and also works part time as a freelance writer and fashion stylist. Her hobbies include wake boarding, horse riding, camping and boating. England - Carina Tyrrell is 24 years of age and stands tall at 175cm. She is a student of Preclinical Medical Studies at Cambridge University and a qualified Ski instructor. Her hobbies include painting, dress designing and she likes listening to the latest chart hits, and reading autobiographies. Hungary - Edina Kulcsár is 23 years of age and stands tall at 173cm. She is a model by profession and aspires to be an actress. She likes being in nature and loves riding horse. India - Koyal Rana is 21 years of age and stands tall at 173cm. She is the director of a NGO Moksha Foundation which aims at increasing awareness about legal and health issues and also focuses on green energy production. She is a model by profession. Lebanon - Saly Greige is 25 years of age and stands tall at 172cm. She has completed a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and currently works as a quantity surveyor. Her hobbies include swimming and reading. Mexico - Daniela Álvarez Reyes is 20 years of age and stands tall at 174cm. She is a model by profession and aspires to be a Television host. She is fond of music and is skilled at the flute and piano. She is also a trained Jazz dancer. South Africa - Rolene Strauss is 22 years of age and stands tall at 177cm. She is a fourth year medical student and aspires to be a doctor. She is a sports person and hobbies include playing golf, netball and cycling. She can also play flute, piano and guitar. Spain - Lourdes Rodriguez is 20 years of age and stands tall at 173cm. She is a language student and aims to be a successful journalist. She excels in ballet and flamenco dancing styles. Her hobbies include playing volleyball and basketball. Trinidad & Tobago - Sarah Jane Waddell is 25 years of age and stands tall at 168cm. She is an Accounts Executive & Copy Writer and aspires to become an advocate. Her hobbies include Latin dancing, playing the violin and horse riding. United States of America - Elizabeth Safrit is 22 years of age and stands tall at 174cm. She is currently working as a lobbyist and aims to become a political broadcaster for a news network. Her hobbies include runnig, practicing Bikram Yoga and watching musical theatre. She excels in Pointe Ballet dancing, special effects make-up and baking. Stay tuned to Angelopedia as we unveil the final Top 5 favourites.

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