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Miss World 2016

Miss World 2016
Date 18 December 2016
Presenters Jason Cook, Megan Young, Frankie Cena, Steve Douglas
Entertainment Rodrick Dixon, Morrison Brothers
Venue MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States
Broadcaster E!, London Live
Entrants 117
Placements 20
Debuts Rwanda
Withdrawals Bermuda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Macedonia FYRO, Namibia, Norway, Samoa, St. Kitts & Nevis, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Returns Antigua & Barbuda, Belarus, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, DR Congo Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone
Winner  Puerto Rico
Stephanie Del Valle
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Miss World 2016, the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 December 2016 in MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States, just south of Washington, D.C. 117 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. This was the second time that the United States hosted the pageant. Mireia Lalaguna of Spain crowned her successor Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico at the end of the event.

§ People's Choice winner

The Miss World Organization reintroduced for the 2016 finals the Fast-Track system, in which the winners of the five Challenge Events automatically earned a place in the Top 20. The 2016 Challenge Events included Sports, Top Model, Talent, Multimedia and Beauty With A Purpose. The Interview scores determined the rest of the Top 20.

Miss Cook Islands won the Sports challenge and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.

Miss China PR won the Top Model Competition held on December 15, 2016. She became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.

Miss World worked in partnership with Mobstar to conduct the public vote and find the winner of the Talent challenge. Miss Mongolia received the most votes and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.

Miss Philippines was named the winner of the Multimedia challenge and became the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016. The decision was based on the candidate’s posts on her official Facebook page and Twitter account, as well as her Mobstar ranking.

Five finalists were announced on December 17, 2016. Miss Indonesia was named the winner during the final night and became the fifth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.

117 delegates competed in Miss World 2016:

The judges panel for Miss World 2016 were:

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