6 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Sep 5, 2026 10:50 PM IST
Miss World 2026: Joheirry Mola Dominguez from the Dominican Republic gained 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 yr.
Successful reply
In the course of the closing spherical, when requested, “Which Magnificence with a Goal 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 susceptible communities.
“My Magnificence with a Goal is to take English programmes to youngsters in susceptible communities as a result of I imagine that understanding this language can open enormous doorways of alternative for them. I used to be speaking to the women and telling them that, because of this instrument, we’re right here immediately. It provides us the power to specific our emotions and talk our objective. For me, it’s one thing I’ll at all times carry in my coronary heart — understanding that I may give these youngsters one thing so necessary. It’s a instrument that may 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 training for kids and youth in susceptible communities. She teaches Literature and Social Research in English, inspiring crucial considering 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 Offers 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 reward you may supply is the chance that you just as soon as wanted your self as a way to develop, transfer ahead, and rework 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 step by step 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 (Photograph: Screengrab enhanced utilizing AI)
She beat Malaysia, Vietnam, Eritrea, Spain, and South Africa to win the crown.
Notably, the subsequent yr’s host nation will likely be Tanzania.
Nikita Porwal from India
From India, Nikita Porwal from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, participated on this yr’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 function 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 goals 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 most effective model of herself. “After I look again and see how far I’ve come, I realise I’ve the facility 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 yr?
The 73rd Miss World 2026, held in Vietnam, celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary this yr. 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 triggered a world pandemic and the organisers determined to pause. The Miss World 2020 pageant was cancelled solely as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The seventieth Miss World 2021 was held in Puerto Rico, on 16 March 2022. No occasion was held in 2022 because 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)
Based on the official Miss World web site, the pageant started in 1951 and rapidly turned an annual worldwide occasion. Regardless of going through criticism and controversies, notably from feminist teams, it continued to develop in recognition by way of the twentieth century, expanded globally, and launched the “Magnificence with a Goal” initiative to give attention to contestants’ charity work.
The web site additionally mentions that the fashionable period has seen efforts to rebrand the peageant as empowering for ladies, emphasising private achievements and social contributions over bodily look. Immediately, Miss World is among 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 about to compete within the Miss Universe pageant, to be held in Puerto Rico. All eyes are on the 19 yr previous regulation scholar, who beat Vaishnavi Gannesh from Tamil Nadu and Anushri Satavlekar from Gujarat to change into the primary from Kerala to win the Miss Universe India title on August 25.
