Claude Mashego Miss Wolrd pageant - Carol Bouwer
Miss World South Africa, Dr. Claude Mashego, radiates elegance and determination, standing tall as a symbol of beauty with a purpose. Image: Instagram via @MissWorldSouthAfrica

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Miss World 2024: Meet all the contestants

Miss World South Africa Claude Mashego will represent SA at the Miss World pageant in India. Let’s see who she’s up against.

09-03-24 13:46
Claude Mashego Miss Wolrd pageant - Carol Bouwer
Miss World South Africa, Dr. Claude Mashego, radiates elegance and determination, standing tall as a symbol of beauty with a purpose. Image: Instagram via @MissWorldSouthAfrica

This weekend’s Miss World pageant in Mumbai, India will see 112 contestants from around the globe compete for the coveted title.

Claude Mashego will represent South Africa at the pageant which is scheduled to be held at the Jio World Convention Centre on Saturday, 9 March.

Poland’s Karolina Bielawska is the reigning Miss World.

Mashego, who hails from Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, was crowned the winner at the first Miss World South Africa pageant in late October last year.

The 24-year-old doctor will face stiff competition from 111 other entrants in her quest to become only the fourth South African to ever be crowned Miss World.

This year’s edition will mark the debut of Togo, and the returns of Australia, Bangladesh, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Martinique, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Romania, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.

Morocco last competed in 1968, Liberia last competed in 2017, Germany, Lebanon, Lesotho, Martinique and Zimbabwe all last competed in 2018, while the others last competed in 2019.

DID YOU KNOW

Miss South Africa (or a runner-up in some instances) has always competed at Miss World, dating back to the first-ever pageant in 1956 when Norma Vorster represented Mzansi?

The three Miss South Africa’s to have gone on to be crowned Miss World are:

Penelope Coelen – 1958

Anneline Kriel – 1974

Rolene Strauss – 2014

The South African website wishes Claude Mashego the best of luck at the 2023 Miss World pageant.

Bring home the crown, Claude!

LIST OF THE 112 MISS WORLD 2023 CONTESTANTS

Country/TerritoryContestantAge
 AngolaFlorinda José21
 ArgentinaMariela Fuchs22
 AustraliaKristen Wright24
 BangladeshShammi Islam Nila21
 BelgiumKedist Deltour26
 BelizeElise-Gayonne Vernon21
 BoliviaFernanda Rivero20
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAnđela Gajić18
 BotswanaLesego Chombo22
 BrazilLeticía Frota20
 BulgariaIvana Subeva16
CambodiaSreypich Teng19
 CameroonJulia Samantha Edima28
 CanadaJaime Vandenberg27
 Cayman IslandsLeanni Tibbets27
 ChileÁmbar Zenteno28
 ChinaKe Xu Xin20
 ColombiaCamila Pinzon28
 Costa RicaKrisly Salas24
 Côte d’IvoireMylene Djihony23
 CroatiaLucija Begić23
 CuraçaoNashaira Balentien26
 Czech RepublicKrystyna Pyszková23
 DenmarkJohanne Grundt Hansen22
 Dominican RepublicMaría Victoria Bayo23
 EcuadorAnnie Zámbrano24
 El SalvadorAndrea Aguilar20
 EnglandJessica Gagen27
 EstoniaAdriana Mass21
 EthiopiaRgat Afewerki Ybrah23
 FinlandAdelaide Botty van den Bruele27
 FranceClemence Botino27
 GermanyAleksandra Modić24
 GhanaMiriam Xorlasi23
 GibraltarFaith Torres22
 GreeceSamantha Misovic19
 GuadeloupeMarie Hatchi27
 GuatemalaMarcela Miranda20
 GuineaMakia Bamba25
 Guinea-BissauMirla Ferreira Dabó27
 GuyanaAndrea King26
 HaitiValierie Alcide28
 HondurasYelsin Almendarez23
 HungaryBoglárka Hacsi23
 IndiaSini Shetty22
 IndonesiaAudrey Vanessa Susilo 24
 IraqBalsam Hussein27
 IrelandIvanna McMahon28
 ItalyRebecca Arnone21
 JamaicaShanique Singh26
 JapanKana Yamaguchi25
 KazakhstanTomiris Kakimova25
 KenyaChantou Kwamboka24
 LebanonYasmina Zaytoun21
 LesothoPoelano Mothisi23
 LiberiaVeralyn Vonleh20
 MacauLi Mengli25
 MadagascarAntsaly Rajoelina23
 MalaysiaWenanita Angang27
 MaltaNatalia Galea24
 MartiniqueAxelle René22
 MauritiusLiza Gundowry25
 MexicoAlejandra Díaz25
 MoldovaDiana Spotarenko20
 MongoliaBolor Bat-Erdene24
 MontenegroAnđela Vukadinović22
 MoroccoSonia Aït Mansour27
 MyanmarYoon Theint Theint Nway19
 NamibiaLeone van Jaarsveld27
 NepalPriyanka Rani Joshi25
 NetherlandsAmber Koelewijn18
 New ZealandNavjot Kaur27
 NicaraguaMariela Cerros25
 NigeriaAda Eme24
 Northern IrelandKaitlyn Clarke27
 NorwayAndrea Farias20
 PanamaKathleen Pérez24
 ParaguayDahiana Benítez20
 PeruLucía Arellano23
 PhilippinesGwendolyne Fourniol23
 PolandKrystyna Sokołowska25
 PortugalCatarina Ferreira25
 Puerto RicoElena Rivera19
 RomaniaAda-Maria Ileana26
 ScotlandChelsie Allison26
 SenegalFatou L’eau21
 SerbiaAnja Radić20
 Sierra LeoneDaisy Princess Mujeh Abdulai22
 SingaporeOh Wei Qi24
 SlovakiaSophia Hrivňáková22
 SloveniaVida Milivojša24
 SomaliaBahja Mohamoud22
 South AfricaClaude Mashego24
 South KoreaLijin Kim23
 South SudanArek Abraham Albino21
 SpainPaula Pérez27
 Sri LankaKavindi Nethmini27
 SwedenStina Nordlander26
 TanzaniaHalima Kopwe23
 ThailandTharina Botes27
 TogoChimène Moladja24
 Trinidad and TobagoAché Abrahams24
 TunisiaImen Mehrzi28
 TurkeyNursena Say25
 UgandaHannah Tumukunde20
 UkraineSofia Shamia18
 United StatesVictoria DiSorbo25
 UruguayTatiana Luna23
 VenezuelaAriagny Daboin27
 VietnamHuỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương24
 WalesDarcey Corria21
 ZimbabweNokutenda Marumbwa20