Miss Poland Karolina Bielawska (C) smiles after profitable the seventieth Miss World magnificence pageant in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 16. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Photos)
Poland's Karolina Bielawska was topped the seventieth Miss World on Wednesday, with contestants and organizers expressing solidarity with Ukrainians throughout an on-stage candle tribute on the televised finale.
Bielawska, who works as a mannequin and is finding out for a grasp's diploma, claimed the title in Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, three months after the competition was delayed resulting from a Covid-19 outbreak. Miss USA, Shree Saini, was named first runner-up, whereas Ivory Coast's Olivia Yacé took the second runner-up spot.
In addition to the same old performances and stay judging, the glitzy ceremony featured messages of help for Ukraine following Russia's unprovoked invasion of the nation, which shares a border with Poland. In a single section, Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh, who received Miss World in 2019, sung a rendition of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's "The Prayer" as these on stage and within the viewers held candles aloft.
The phrases "a prayer for peace" appeared on a display behind the finalists. The official Miss World Twitter account tweeted that the efficiency was a part of the pageant's efforts to "stand with Ukraine." Organizers additionally mentioned that greater than 7,000 candles had been ready for the present, which was broadcast in over 100 nations.
In a assertion revealed previous to the pageant, CEO of Miss World Ltd., Julia Morley, mentioned: "We should do one thing, even when it might appear by no means sufficient to mild one candle, if all of us mild a candle collectively we are able to change the world," whereas inviting folks world wide to "shine their mild for Ukraine" and publish photographs to social media.
Earlier this week, Miss World organizers revealed a video message from 2016's Miss Ukraine, Oleksandra Kucherenko. In opposition to a digital backdrop of footage from the battle, she appealed to nations world wide "to help us, to shut the sky above Ukraine and to avoid wasting the world (from a) nuclear disaster," including: "Our peace is your peace."
The present Miss Ukraine, Oleksandra Yaremchuk, who didn't qualify for the ultimate occasion, is at the moment in Kyiv, the group mentioned.
Initially scheduled for December, the Miss World pageant was postponed after a number of folks linked to the occasion -- together with 23 of the 97 contestants -- examined optimistic for Covid-19 with simply days to go.
Solely the 40 semi-finalists had been invited again for Wednesday's rearranged occasion, which was hosted by the English singer and TV persona Peter Andre and the Mexican singer and actor Fernando Allende.
Preliminary competitions had already taken place by that point, with Yacé named winner of the pageant's High Mannequin portion, Mongolian consultant Burte-Ujin Anu profitable the Miss World Expertise content material and Mexico's Karolina Vidales named Miss World Sports activities.
High picture caption: Miss Poland Karolina Bielawska (middle) smiles after profitable the seventieth Miss World magnificence pageant on the Coca-Cola Music Corridor in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 16, 2022.
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