Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007
Miss World 2007 Titlecard
Date	1 December 2007
Presenters	Angela Chow Fernando Allende
Entertainment	Duncan James Haikou Artistic Group The South African Mvezo Choir No. 9 Primary School of Sanya
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	E! SMG
Entrants	106
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Barbados Cambodia Congo DR Liberia Malawi Portugal St. Lucia Tahiti Uruguay Zambia
Returns	Albania Belize Grenada Lithuania Nepal New Zealand Paraguay Sierra Leone Suriname Swaziland Uganda
Winner	Zhang Zilin[1]  China
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Miss World 2007, the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 1 December 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.^[2] It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of China won the crown^[1][2][3] and succeeded Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic.

The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion, Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympic Games as a major co-operation between the Beijing Olympic Committee and Miss World Limited. The song had its first broadcast to a global audience at the 57th Miss World final on 1 December.

In addition, to coincide with World AIDS Day, the pageant presented a special tribute to the fight against AIDS, with a televised speech from former South African President Nelson Mandela and the presence of his daughter and grandson, along with traditional dancers from South Africa who joined the contestants in a special song.^[4]

Miss World 2007 titleholder - Zhang Zhilin

Contents

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  1 Results
  
  
  
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    1.1 Placements
    
  
  
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    1.2 Continental Queens of Beauty
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Contestants
  


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  3 Judges
  


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  4 Notes
  
  
  
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    4.1 Returns
    
  
  
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    4.2 Replacements
    
  
  
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    4.3 Withdrawals
    
  
  
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    4.4 No shows
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2007^[1][2]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2007	China – Zhang Zilin[1][3]
1st Runner-Up	Angola – Micaela Reis[2]
2nd Runner-Up	Mexico – Carolina Moran[2]
Top 5	Sweden – Annie Oliv  Trinidad and Tobago – Valene Maharaj
Top 16	Austria – Christine Reiler  Dominican Republic – Ada de la Cruz  Ecuador – Valeska Saab  Ghana – Irene Dwomoh  Grenada – Vivian Burkhardt  Hong Kong – Kayi Cheung  Jamaica – Yendi Phillips  Malaysia – Deborah Priya Henry  Puerto Rico – Jennifer Guevara  United States – Abigail McCary  Venezuela – Claudia Suárez

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Angola – Micaela Reis
Americas	Mexico – Carolina Moran
Asia & Oceania	China – Zhang Zilin
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago – Valene Maharaj
Europe	Sweden – Annie Oliv

Contestants

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   Albania – Elda Dushi
  


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   Angola – Micaela Reis
  


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   Argentina – Alejandra Bernal


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   Aruba – Boyoura Martijn
  


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   Australia – Caroline Pemberton
  


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   Austria – Christine Reiler
  


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   Bahamas – Anya Watkins
  


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   Belarus – Alena Aladka
  


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   Belgium – Halima Chehaima
  


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   Belize – Felicita Arzú
  


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   Bolivia – Sandra Hernández
  


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   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Gordana Tomić
  


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   Botswana – Malebogo Marumoagae
  


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   Brazil – Regiane Andrade
  


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   Bulgaria – Paolina Racheva
  


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   Canada – Sara Ghulam
  


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   Cayman Islands – Rebecca Parchment
  


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   Chile – Bernardita Zúñiga
  


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   China – Zhang Zilin
  


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   Colombia – María José Torrenegra


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   Costa Rica – Wendy Cordero
  


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   Croatia – Tajana Jeremić
  


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   Curaçao – Mckeyla Richards
  


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   Cyprus – Dora Anastasiou
  


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   Czech Republic – Kateřina Sokolová
  


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   Denmark – Line Kruuse
  


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   Dominican Republic – Ada de la Cruz
  


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   Ecuador – Valeska Saab
  


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   El Salvador – Michelle Melhado
  


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   England – Georgia Horsley
  


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   Estonia – Kadi Sizask


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   Ethiopia – Mihret Abebe


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   Finland – Linnea Aaltonen


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   France – Rachel Legrain-Trapani
  


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   Georgia – Tamar Nemsitsveridze


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   Germany – Janice Behrendt


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   Ghana – Irene Dwomoh
  


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   Gibraltar – Danielle Pérez
  


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   Greece – Aikaterini Evangelinou
  


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   Grenada – Vivian Burkhardt
  


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   Guadeloupe – Nancy Fleurival
  


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   Guatemala – Hamy Tejeda


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   Guyana – Candace Charles
  


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   Hong Kong – Kayi Cheung
  


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   Hungary – Krisztina Bodri
  


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   Iceland – Jóhanna Vala Jónsdóttir
  


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   India – Sarah-Jane Dias
  


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   Indonesia – Kamidia Radisti
  


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   Ireland – Bláthnaid McKenna


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   Israel – Liran Kohener
  


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   Italy – Giada Wiltshire
  


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   Jamaica – Yendi Phillips
  


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   Japan – Rui Watanabe
  


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   Kazakhstan – Dana Kaparova


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   Kenya – Catherine Wainaina
  


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   Korea – Cho Eun-ju


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   Latvia – Kristīne Djadenko
  


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   Lebanon – Nadine Njeim
  


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   Lithuania – Jurgita Jurkutė
  


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   Macedonia – Jana Stojanovska


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   Malaysia – Deborah Priya Henry
  


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   Malta – Stephanie Zammit
  


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   Martinique – Vanessa Beauchaints
  


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   Mauritius – Melody Selvon


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   Mexico – Carolina Morán
  


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   Moldova – Ina Codreanu
  


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   Mongolia – Oyungerel Gankhuyag
  


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   Montenegro – Marija Ćirović
  


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   Namibia – Marichen Luiperth
  


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     Nepal – Sitashma Chand


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   Netherlands – Melissa Sneekes
  


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   New Zealand – Stephanie Dods


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   Nigeria – Munachi Nwankwo
  


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   Northern Ireland – Melissa Patton
  


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   Norway – Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge


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   Panama – Shey Ling Him
  


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   Paraguay – María de la Paz Vargas
  


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   Peru – Cynthia Calderón
  


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   Philippines – Margaret Wilson
  


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   Poland – Karolina Zakrzewska
  


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   Puerto Rico – Jennifer Guevara
  


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   Romania – Elena Roxana Azoitei


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   Russia – Tatiana Kotova
  


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   Scotland – Nieve Jennings
  


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   Serbia – Mirjana Božović
  


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   Sierra Leone – Fatmata Turay
  


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   Singapore – Roshni Kaur Soin
  


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   Slovakia – Veronika Husárová
  


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   Slovenia – Tadeja Ternar
  


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   South Africa – Megan Coleman
  


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   Spain – Natalia Zabala
  


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   Sri Lanka – Maria Colombage
  


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   Suriname – Charisse Melany Moll
  


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   Swaziland – Nkosing'phile Dlamini


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   Sweden – Annie Oliv
  


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   Tanzania – Richa Adhia
  


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   Thailand – Kanokkorn Jaicheun
  


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   Trinidad and Tobago – Valene Maharaj
  


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   Turkey – Selen Soyder
  


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   Uganda – Monica Kasyate


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   Ukraine – Lika Roman
  


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   United States – Abigail McCary
  


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   Venezuela – Claudia Suárez
  


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   Vietnam – Đặng Minh Thu


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   Wales – Kelly-Louise Pesticcio
  


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   Zimbabwe – Caroline Marufu
  

Judges

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  Julia Morley (UK) – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization


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  Duncan James (UK) – Member of the boy band Blue, now an actor and TV presenter


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  Annabel Croft (UK) – Former tennis star and television presenter


• Ben de Lisi (Italy) – Renowned fashion designer


• Li Xiao Bai (China) – managing director of New Silk Road Modelling Agency


• Bruce Zhao (China) – Chairperson of the Huayu Group


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  Makaziwe Mandela (South Africa) – Daughter of Nelson Mandela,^[2] industrialist and philanthropist


• Neal Hamil (United States) – managing director of Elite Models


• Krish Naidoo (Ireland) – Miss World International Ambassador, entrepreneur, works with many charitable organisations


• Elena Franchuk (Ukraine) – Founder of the Anti-AIDS Foundation of Ukraine

Notes

Returns

• Last competed in 1981:
  
  •  Suriname
  
  


• Last competed in 1988:
  
  •  Sierra Leone
  
  


• Last competed in 1996:
  
  •  Grenada
  
  


• Last competed in 2003:
  
  •  Belize
  
  


• Last competed in 2004:
  
  
  
  •  Lithuania
  
  
  •  Paraguay
  
  
  
  


• Last competed in 2005:
  
  
  
  •  Albania
  
  
  •    Nepal
  
  
  •  New Zealand
  
  
  •  Swaziland
  
  
  •  Uganda
  
  
  
  

Replacements

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   Albania – The Miss & Mister Albania organisation replaced Egla Harxhi, Miss Albania 2007, with Elda Dushi, for unknown reasons.


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   Belarus – Miss Belarus 2006 1st runner-up, Yulia Sindzeyeva, was supposed to compete in Miss World; however, she attended the Miss International contest in Japan, where she became 2nd runner-up. A contract with the Japanese organisation prevents her from attending the Miss World contest. 2nd runner-up, Alena Aladka, took her place.


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   Curaçao – Lisaika Everitz, Miss World Curaçao, was not accepted as Curaçao's entry to Miss World 2007 for not meeting the age requirements. She was replaced with Naemi Monte. Since Monte did not turn in the official application to the national organisation before the deadline established by Miss World Ltd, the franchiseholder appointed a new delegate: Mckeyla Richards. After this action, Naemi Monte decided to file a lawsuit against the franchiseholder, Reprod, to regain the right to represent the island at the international pageant. On 17 October, a jury decided in favour of Reprod, ending the dispute between both.


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   Latvia – Ina Avlasēviča, Miss Latvia 2006, competed in Miss World 2008. The organisation sent Kristīne Djadenko, a former Miss Latvia, to that year's pageant.


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   Vietnam – Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam World 2007's second runner-up Đặng Minh Thu was named by Elite Vietnam as the country's candidate at Miss World 2007. they Earlier offered Miss World's ticket to Miss World Vietnamese 2007 Ngô Phương Lan, who turned it down to focus on her studies in Switzerland.

Withdrawals

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   American Virgin Islands – Esonica Veira^[5] She participated 4 years later at Miss World 2011, where she became Top 15^[6] and in Miss Supranational 2013 where she was 4th runner up, Miss Earth 2014 and Miss Universe 2017.^[7]
  


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   Barbados – Natalie Griffith
  


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   British Virgin Islands – Leilani Stevens^[8] - Financial problems.


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   Chinese Taipei – Yen Chin Li


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   Guernsey – Hannah McLaughlin


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   Malawi – Peth Msinska


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    Switzerland – Amanda Ammann. She competed in Miss Universe 2008 and was unplaced. Apparently the Miss Switzerland organization gave up their Miss World licence that year.

No shows

•  Antigua & Barbuda


•  Cambodia


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   Congo Republic – Pupuce Ngalla Ibata, national director of Miss Congo (COMICO) was informed that Congo will not take part in Miss World 2007. The reason being because the Miss World Organization never replied to their application for the franchise. However, she will try to get the franchise next year.


•  Congo DR


•  Egypt


•  Honduras


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   Liberia – The Miss Liberia 2007/2008 is scheduled for 23 November 2007, just one week before the Miss World 2007 finals takes place.


•  Nicaragua


•  Portugal


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   Saint Lucia – Yasmin Walcott, national director of Miss Saint Lucia World, was informed that the island won't be represented in Miss World 2007.


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   Sint Maarten – Fabiana Arnell, national director of Sint Maarten Queen's competition has informed that reports about Shanyra Richardson's participation in Miss World are not true, but she is interested in taking part in future Miss World competitions.


•  Tahiti


•  Uruguay


•  Zambia

References

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   ^ "Miss World U.S. Virgin Islands 2011". Facebook.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
   


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External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2007

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