- Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai, also known as Ash, is an Indian actress. She was awarded the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya Rai has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. She is currently regarded as one of the biggest names in Bollywood.
- Priyanka Chopra
Free Picture Gallery of Priyanka Chopra including pictures, wallpapers, photos, images and movie stills. Priyanka Chopra Biography Priyanka Chopra was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India on 18th July 1982 to Cap. Dr. Ashok Chopra & Dr. Madhu Chopra . Priyanka Chopra was brought up at Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Since her father was in the army, her family frequently traveled. She studied at La Martiniere Girls Hostel in Lucknow, as a young girl.
- Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai.
- Julia Morley
Julia Morley is the executive chairman, and event organizer of the Miss World pageant. She is the widow of Eric Morley from whom she inherited the role.
- Micaela Reis
Micaela Patrícia Reis is an Angolan model. She was born to Portuguese father and Angolan mother. She won the 2007 Miss Angola contest in December 2006. She finished in the top 10 at the 2007 Miss Universe pageant. She is expected to compete at Miss World 2007 pageant, which will be held on 1 December in China.
- Ruffa Gutierrez
Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez-Bektaş, who is more popularly known simply as Ruffa Gutierrez (born June 24, 1974 in Manila, Philippines), is a Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen. She was Binibining Pilipinas-World 1993 and the Miss World 1993 Second Princess. She is the daughter of 1960s matinee idol Eddie Gutierrez and former actress Anabelle Rama and the older sister of identical twin actors Richard and Raymond Gutierrez.
- Diana Hayden
Diana Hayden (born 1973) is a model from Hyderabad, India. She first came to attention when she represented India at the 1997 Miss World pageant. She became a known face when at 24 she won the crown. She became the third Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. Like the second Indian winner of the crown, Aishwarya Rai, she followed up her win by launching an acting career in the Indian film industry and internationally.
- Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Diane Davison, born April 17, 1984, was Miss World 2003, from the Republic of Ireland. At the same pageant she was also awarded the title of Queen of Europe, and was the first ever Beach Beauty contest winner. Former Miss Hawian Tropic and South County Dublin under 9 javelin champion. She is the daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh. The song "For Rosanna" was written by her father in her honour for the 1986 album, "Into the Light".
- Kathrine Sørland
Kathrine Sørland is a fashion model and beauty queen from Norway who has competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. Sørland represented Norway in the Miss World pageant in 2002, reaching the final five. Before the pageant she was the most vocal contestant in leading calls to boycott over the Amina Lawal case. However the pageant went ahead in Nigeria at Amina's insistence with Sørland's participation.
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Nazanin Afshin-Jam (born 1979 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian Singer, Songwriter, International Human Rights Activist, model, musician, actress and a former Miss World Canada, and Miss World 1st runner up. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981.
- Amina Lawal
Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1973) is a Nigerian woman. In March 2002, an Islamic Sharia court (in Funtua, Nigeria in the northern state of Katsina) sentenced her to death by stoning for adultery for conceiving a child out of wedlock. The father of the child was not prosecuted for lack of evidence. Her conviction was overturned and she has since remarried. Baobab for Women's Human Rights, an NGO based in Nigeria took up her case, …
- Alicia Machado
Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo (born December 6, 1976), commonly known as Alicia Machado, was the fourth woman from Venezuela to win the Miss Universe crown. Machado was born in Maracay in the state of Aragua. She is the daughter of a Cuban father and Spanish mother. Machado won Venezuela's 1995 pageant representing Yaracuy and then the Miss Universe 1996 crown in Las Vegas. The runner-up, Jacqueline Aguilera, also won the Miss World 1995 crown, …
- Agbani Darego
Agbani Darego (born 1983), nicknamed "Agbani" won the Miss World title in 2001.
- Veronica Schneider
Veronica Schneider Rodriguez (born 16 December 1978) is a model and actress.
- Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American Rock and Roll singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
- Cindy Breakspeare
Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare, known as Cindy Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954 in Toronto, Canada) was crowned Miss World 1976. She is a jazz artist and the mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley. She was born in 1954 to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother, and moved to Jamaica when she was four years old. As a teenager she began participating in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini.
- Damian Marley
Damian Marley (born July 21, 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica), is a three time Grammy-winning reggae artist and is the youngest male child of reggae legend Bob Marley, which Damian was 2 years old when his father died, and the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian's nickname is "Junior Gong" which is derived from his father's nickname of "Tuff Gong." Damian has been performing since the age of 13.
- Lisa Hanna
ĔLisa Hanna was the third Jamaican to win the Miss World title. She won the title in 1993 in Sun City, South Africa at 18 years old. She was formerly married to businessman David Panton, a Vice President of GK2, a youth arm of the opposition political party, Jamaica Labour Party. Hanna had a small role in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back", and she has hosted the popular Jamaican talk show, "Our Voices".
- Anneline Kriel
Anneline Kriel won the 1974 Miss World contest, representing South Africa, after UK's Helen Morgan had resigned only four days after her victory. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. She was married to entertainment and casino magnet Sol Kerzner, (of Sun City fame). Also to Peter Bacon and Phillip Tucker.
- Miriam Quiambao
Miriam Quiambao - (b.May 20, 1975) is a beauty queen from the Philippines who competed in the 1999 Miss Universe pageant. Miriam Quiambao initially won the title to represent the Philippines in the 1999 Miss World pageant in London.
- Carlene Aguilar
Carlene Ang Aguilar is a Filipino beauty queen. Aguilar is a former Miss Philippines Earth and a former Bb. Pilipinas World. Carlene was born on February 8, 1982, to her parents Raul Aguilar and Catharin Ang. She has 2 brothers and a sister, all raised in the heart of Quezon City, Philippines. Carlene studied at the Immaculate Conception Academy in Greenhills for her elementary and high school education.
- Marjorie Wallace
Marjorie "Marji" Wallace won the 1973 Miss World contest, representing the United States. The Indianapolis, Indiana native became the first woman from the U.S. to win the title. The pageant was held in London, England. Prior to winning, she had been dating Indiana professional musician (bass player) Toby Myers. She won the Miss Indiana World contest in Clarksville, Indiana. Wallace's reign ended prematurely after she was criticized for dating too many high-profile men, …
- Ulla Weigerstorfer
Ulla Weigerstorfer (born 1967 in Bad Aussee, Austria) won the 1987 Miss World contest, representing Austria. She became the second woman (after Eva Rueber-Staier in 1969) from Austria to win the title. The 1987 pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Since then Weigerstorfer has: *Appeared on various TV shows, *Presented a sports programme on radio, *Written two books about cosmetics and *Undertaken work in the fast food industry.
- Reita Faria
Dr. Reita Faria Powell (born Bombay, date unknown) was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title of 1966, bringing much recognition to her home country. By winning the crown, she led the way for her successors. After her one year tenure, she refused modeling and films and instead concentrated on medical studies. She lives in Dublin, Ireland with her husband David Powell, and has two children and five grandchildren.
- Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, former Miss Iceland. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005. She was crowned Miss World in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla. Mexico (Dafne Molina Lona) and Puerto Rico (Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos) were the first and second runners up. Other contestants who made it into the final six were Miss Italy (Sofia Bruscoli), …
- Hammasa Kohistani
Hammasa Kohistani (born c. 1987 in Uzbekistan) was the first beauty contestant of Muslim origin to be crowned Miss England, at the age of 18, on 3 September 2005. She was crowned following a two-day competition at Liverpool's Olympia Theatre and was chosen from 40 contestants. She attended Lampton School in Hounslow. After her parents were forced to flee Afghanistan, she was born in Tashkent in central Uzbekistan.
- Ramona Amiri
Ramona Rina Amiri (born April 16 1980 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian woman of Assyrian and Persian heritage who won the Miss World Canada contest in 2005. She attended the contest from Vancouver. Ramona attended College Charlemagne, a private high school in Montreal, where she graduated at the age of 17. That same year' she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia with her family and began studies at the University of British Columbia in sciences.
- Dafne Molina
Dafne Molina Lona is a Mexican model who represented her country in the 55th Miss World Pageant, held in Sanya, China on December 10 2005. Prior to becoming a beauty queen, Dafne Molina participated in Elite Model Look Mexico 2002 and later received her diploma in interior design. On September 10, 2004, she competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico, held in San Luis Potosí.
- Sindhura Gadde
Sindhura Gadde (born c. 1984 in Vijayawada, India) was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2005. Since her crowning, she has made several public appearances such as the TANA Conference 2005 in Detroit, Michigan and at the Hindu Samaj Temple in Wappingers Falls, New York. Sindhura made it to the semi-finals in the 2005 Miss World Pageant held in China.
- Pilin Leon
Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo, best known as Pilín León, won the 1981 Miss World contest, representing Venezuela. She became the second woman (after Susana Duijm in 1955) from the South American country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
- Linor Abargil
Linor Abargil is an Israeli model, who was the winner of the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998, after she had been crowned Miss Israel. She is 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) tall. Two months before being crowned Miss World, Abargil was raped in Italy by an Egyptian born Israeli Shlomo Nur, who was working as a travel agent in Milan. She made her case public and Nur was arrested in Israel, charged with and found guilty of rape. Abargil called for other women to follow her example.
- Mpule Kwelagobe
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Gaborone, Botswana was crowned Miss Universe in May of 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. Like Angela Visser, the 5 6' Kwelagobe participated in the Miss World pageant (in 1997) but did not place. Mpule became the first black African woman to win an international pageant and the first black African Miss Universe ever. She was the first Miss Botswana and the first Miss Botswana to go to Miss Universe.
- Tatiana Silva
Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares (born on February 5, 1985) was Miss Belgium in 2005. She entered the pageant as Miss Brussels and represented Belgium at the Miss World contest in December 2005. Born in the Belgian city of Uccle, Tatiana Tavares stood out as a result of her friendliness and her beautiful African traits, which differentiated her from the other 20 contestants.
- Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh is a young Bengali film director whose work has met with considerable critical acclaim in recent years, both in his native India and abroad.
- Wilnelia Merced
Wilnelia Merced Forsyth (born October 12, 1959 in Caguas Puerto Rico) became in 1975 the first and to date only winner of the Miss World title from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She faced a difficult year: the last Miss World before her had caused controversy by having a child out of wedlock. It was important for the winner to restore the contest's reputation.
- Linda Pétursdóttir
Linda Pétursdóttir is a former Miss World from Iceland. She is now a successful business woman running Baðhúsið, "The Bath House", a ladies-only health spa. After a period in Vancouver, Canada, she has returned to her native Iceland and given birth to a daughter Isabella. The daughter's father has not been publicly revealed.
- Osmel Sousa
Osmel Ricardo Sousa Mancilla is a Venezuelan-Cuban impresario and (as of August 2006) the president of the Miss Venezuela Organization. Formerly an advertising draftsman, Osmel Sousa joined the Venezuelan Committee of Beauty in 1969. Sousa continued working with that committee when, in 1970, Ignacio Font Coll reconstituted it as the OPPA Advertising Agency, which in turn was the predecessor of the actual Miss Venezuela Organization.
- Nancy Randall
Nancy Randall is a Brazilian-American model. She won the title "US Miss World" or Miss World USA and placed 2nd runner up in the Miss World 2004 pageant. In 2005 Randall won the title Miss New Orleans USA. She competed in the Miss Louisiana USA pageant in 2006 where she placed first runner-up to Christina Cuenca. After failing to win Miss Louisiana USA title, she entered the Miss Earth USA 2006 pageant but placed as 1st runner up (Miss Air).
- Belinda Green
Belinda Roma Green won the 1972 Miss World contest, representing Australia. Growing up in Sydney, she became the second woman from her country to win the title; the first, Penelope Plummer, was crowned Miss World in 1968. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Her triumph came in a year that saw Australia win the Miss Universe crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and placed first runner-up in the Miss International.
- Rosemarie Frankland
Rosemarie Frankland was a beauty pageant contestant who won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom and Miss World. Born in Rhosllannerchrugog, in north-east Wales in 1943, Rosemarie moved to Lancashire, England as a child. She took part in many beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Wales and, later in 1961 in London, England, she became the first British woman and the seventh European (Sweden won the two first contests, France won in 1953, Germany three years later, …