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.
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/Territory | Contestant | Age |
Angola | Florinda José | 21 |
Argentina | Mariela Fuchs | 22 |
Australia | Kristen Wright | 24 |
Bangladesh | Shammi Islam Nila | 21 |
Belgium | Kedist Deltour | 26 |
Belize | Elise-Gayonne Vernon | 21 |
Bolivia | Fernanda Rivero | 20 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Anđela Gajić | 18 |
Botswana | Lesego Chombo | 22 |
Brazil | Leticía Frota | 20 |
Bulgaria | Ivana Subeva | 16 |
Cambodia | Sreypich Teng | 19 |
Cameroon | Julia Samantha Edima | 28 |
Canada | Jaime Vandenberg | 27 |
Cayman Islands | Leanni Tibbets | 27 |
Chile | Ámbar Zenteno | 28 |
China | Ke Xu Xin | 20 |
Colombia | Camila Pinzon | 28 |
Costa Rica | Krisly Salas | 24 |
Côte d’Ivoire | Mylene Djihony | 23 |
Croatia | Lucija Begić | 23 |
Curaçao | Nashaira Balentien | 26 |
Czech Republic | Krystyna Pyszková | 23 |
Denmark | Johanne Grundt Hansen | 22 |
Dominican Republic | María Victoria Bayo | 23 |
Ecuador | Annie Zámbrano | 24 |
El Salvador | Andrea Aguilar | 20 |
England | Jessica Gagen | 27 |
Estonia | Adriana Mass | 21 |
Ethiopia | Rgat Afewerki Ybrah | 23 |
Finland | Adelaide Botty van den Bruele | 27 |
France | Clemence Botino | 27 |
Germany | Aleksandra Modić | 24 |
Ghana | Miriam Xorlasi | 23 |
Gibraltar | Faith Torres | 22 |
Greece | Samantha Misovic | 19 |
Guadeloupe | Marie Hatchi | 27 |
Guatemala | Marcela Miranda | 20 |
Guinea | Makia Bamba | 25 |
Guinea-Bissau | Mirla Ferreira Dabó | 27 |
Guyana | Andrea King | 26 |
Haiti | Valierie Alcide | 28 |
Honduras | Yelsin Almendarez | 23 |
Hungary | Boglárka Hacsi | 23 |
India | Sini Shetty | 22 |
Indonesia | Audrey Vanessa Susilo | 24 |
Iraq | Balsam Hussein | 27 |
Ireland | Ivanna McMahon | 28 |
Italy | Rebecca Arnone | 21 |
Jamaica | Shanique Singh | 26 |
Japan | Kana Yamaguchi | 25 |
Kazakhstan | Tomiris Kakimova | 25 |
Kenya | Chantou Kwamboka | 24 |
Lebanon | Yasmina Zaytoun | 21 |
Lesotho | Poelano Mothisi | 23 |
Liberia | Veralyn Vonleh | 20 |
Macau | Li Mengli | 25 |
Madagascar | Antsaly Rajoelina | 23 |
Malaysia | Wenanita Angang | 27 |
Malta | Natalia Galea | 24 |
Martinique | Axelle René | 22 |
Mauritius | Liza Gundowry | 25 |
Mexico | Alejandra Díaz | 25 |
Moldova | Diana Spotarenko | 20 |
Mongolia | Bolor Bat-Erdene | 24 |
Montenegro | Anđela Vukadinović | 22 |
Morocco | Sonia Aït Mansour | 27 |
Myanmar | Yoon Theint Theint Nway | 19 |
Namibia | Leone van Jaarsveld | 27 |
Nepal | Priyanka Rani Joshi | 25 |
Netherlands | Amber Koelewijn | 18 |
New Zealand | Navjot Kaur | 27 |
Nicaragua | Mariela Cerros | 25 |
Nigeria | Ada Eme | 24 |
Northern Ireland | Kaitlyn Clarke | 27 |
Norway | Andrea Farias | 20 |
Panama | Kathleen Pérez | 24 |
Paraguay | Dahiana Benítez | 20 |
Peru | Lucía Arellano | 23 |
Philippines | Gwendolyne Fourniol | 23 |
Poland | Krystyna Sokołowska | 25 |
Portugal | Catarina Ferreira | 25 |
Puerto Rico | Elena Rivera | 19 |
Romania | Ada-Maria Ileana | 26 |
Scotland | Chelsie Allison | 26 |
Senegal | Fatou L’eau | 21 |
Serbia | Anja Radić | 20 |
Sierra Leone | Daisy Princess Mujeh Abdulai | 22 |
Singapore | Oh Wei Qi | 24 |
Slovakia | Sophia Hrivňáková | 22 |
Slovenia | Vida Milivojša | 24 |
Somalia | Bahja Mohamoud | 22 |
South Africa | Claude Mashego | 24 |
South Korea | Lijin Kim | 23 |
South Sudan | Arek Abraham Albino | 21 |
Spain | Paula Pérez | 27 |
Sri Lanka | Kavindi Nethmini | 27 |
Sweden | Stina Nordlander | 26 |
Tanzania | Halima Kopwe | 23 |
Thailand | Tharina Botes | 27 |
Togo | Chimène Moladja | 24 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Aché Abrahams | 24 |
Tunisia | Imen Mehrzi | 28 |
Turkey | Nursena Say | 25 |
Uganda | Hannah Tumukunde | 20 |
Ukraine | Sofia Shamia | 18 |
United States | Victoria DiSorbo | 25 |
Uruguay | Tatiana Luna | 23 |
Venezuela | Ariagny Daboin | 27 |
Vietnam | Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương | 24 |
Wales | Darcey Corria | 21 |
Zimbabwe | Nokutenda Marumbwa | 20 |