Megan Young is Miss World 2013
Miss France, Lorphelin is the 1st runner-up, while Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey is the 2nd runner-up. Filipina beauty Megan Young bested 126 entrants around the world as she took home the coveted Miss World title.
"I promise to be the best Miss World ever," Young, 23, said after winning the 63rd annual event, as a large number of Filipino fans who traveled with her celebrated by jumping and waving the country's flag.
The 127 contestants vying for the crown were introduced Saturday wearing evening gowns shimmering in sequins, many of them with plunging necklines and slits up the leg. Four candidates dropped out earlier, mainly due to illnesses, said Syafril Nasution, one of the local organizers.
Other entrants who made it in the final round of the competition are Miss Brazil Sancler Frantz, Miss Spain Elena Ibarbia, and Miss Gibraltar Maroua Kharbouch.
Megan Young made history as the first Miss World winner from the Philippines. The 23-year-old actress and film student bested more than 120 candidates from around the world to seal the country's very first blue crown.
Question and Answer
Candidates have 30 seconds to tell the judges why they deserve to be Miss World 2013
"I believe i should be the next miss world i want to genuinely help people in the world. Beauty from within and kindness that changes people’s lives and kindness in something that a deaf can hear and the blind can see"
-Miss Gibraltar
"I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other... as one, we can help society"
-Miss Philippines Megan Young
"It will be an honour to become Miss World because it’s a very prestigious title"
-Miss France Marine Lorphelin
"I would like to say to those people in need that I would give my energy and passion to make their life more easier and happier"
-Miss Spain
"Miss World is a reflection of a value of a woman. Beauty with a purpose with miss world I would be able to help many people. And i believe beauty opens doors and beauty with a purpose opens minds and hearts"
-Miss Brazil
"I believe Miss World should be a woman of substance, who is compassionate, if given once in a life time opportunity, I would influence life of young women and make difference to the life of the less privileged"
-Miss Ghana
"I believe i should be the next miss world i want to genuinely help people in the world. Beauty from within and kindness that changes people’s lives and kindness in something that a deaf can hear and the blind can see"
-Miss Gibraltar
"I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other... as one, we can help society"
-Miss Philippines Megan Young
"It will be an honour to become Miss World because it’s a very prestigious title"
-Miss France Marine Lorphelin
"I would like to say to those people in need that I would give my energy and passion to make their life more easier and happier"
-Miss Spain
"Miss World is a reflection of a value of a woman. Beauty with a purpose with miss world I would be able to help many people. And i believe beauty opens doors and beauty with a purpose opens minds and hearts"
-Miss Brazil
"I believe Miss World should be a woman of substance, who is compassionate, if given once in a life time opportunity, I would influence life of young women and make difference to the life of the less privileged"
-Miss Ghana
