Beauty with a Purpose

Beauty with a Purpose
Founded 1972
Founder Julia Morley
Registration no. 1142826 (England and Wales)
Focus Children
Headquarters London
Location
Area served
Global
Key people
 Julia Morley, Miss World Contestants
Website beautywithapurpose.com

The Beauty with a Purpose program is a registered charity and a non-profit organisation associated with Miss World. It raises money and participates in humanitarian projects across the world.

History

Hundreds of millions of pounds have been raised and donated to local and international organisations to aid disadvantaged children the world over.[1][2][3][4]

Variety, the Children’s Charity, for example, has been closely associated with Beauty with a Purpose for many years. When Simon Cowell was honoured with the 2010 Humanitarian Award at the Variety World Conference in Hollywood, he remarked that it was Julia Morley who should be collecting the award in his place, for her work as a humanitarian through Beauty with a Purpose.[5]

Other causes to have benefited from Beauty with a Purpose include the funding for cleft palate teams in South America, Sri Lanka and Russia, three fundraising tours to support abandoned and neglected children in Vietnam, long-term support for Operation Hunger and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Africa, and teaming up with Jackie Chan and the Chinese Red Cross in bringing financial aid to those most seriously affected by the Asian tsunami.

During the Miss World 2011 Final in London, Nelson Mandela presented Beauty with a Purpose with a message which was read out by his grandson, Chief Mandela:

‘It is indeed a proud moment for me to stand in front of you today to deliver a message of support from my grandfather Nelson Dalibhunga Mandela, former president of South Africa. Throughout his life, Nelson Mandela has supported humanitarian actions aimed at serving marginalised individuals and communities of our world. Nelson Mandela therefore salutes the Beauty with a Purpose programme which helps children worldwide and which also mobilises young people to be involved in their own country with a useful purpose to assist disadvantaged children. Nelson Mandela would like to extend a congratulatory message to the Beauty with a Purpose programme as you celebrate your 40th birthday and wishes that you grow from strength to strength as you continue with your work of empowering young people to be of service to their communities.’[6]

The Miss World contestants (with the help of their Miss World National Organisations) have set up Beauty with a Purpose projects in more than 100 countries.

Francisco Escobar has been declared as the first Ambassador of Beauty with a Purpose.

Beauty with a Purpose challenge

Beauty with a Purpose, formerly known as Miss World Scholarship, is an event established in 2001 that is celebrated during the activities before the Miss World pageant. It awards the contestant with the most relevant and important charity project in her nation. Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar from India is the first Beauty With a Purpose recipient to eventually win the Miss World crown.

Beauty with a Purpose winners

Year Winner Country Placement at Miss World
2001 Piarella Peralta  Costa Rica
2002 Nozipho Shabangu  Swaziland
2003 Denisa Kola  Albania
2004 Tonoya Anne Toyloy  Jamaica
2005 Oh Eun-young  Korea Top 6
2006 Lamisi Mbillah  Ghana Top 17
2007 Valeska Saab  Ecuador Top 16
Kayi Cheung  Hong Kong Top 16
2008 Gabrielle Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago 2nd Runner-up
2009 Pooja Chopra  India Top 16
2010[7] Natasha Metto  Kenya Top 25
2011 Astrid Yunadi  Indonesia Top 15
Stephanie Karikari  Ghana
2012 Vanya Mishra  India Top 7
2013 Ishani Shrestha    Nepal Top 10
2014[8] Julia Gama  Brazil Top 11
Rafieya Husain  Guyana Top 11
Koyal Rana  India Top 11
Idah Nguma  Kenya Top 11
Maria Rahajeng  Indonesia Top 25
2015 Maria Harfanti  Indonesia 2nd Runner-up
2016 Natasha Mannuela  Indonesia 2nd Runner-up
2017 Achintya Holte Nilsen  Indonesia Top 10
Manushi Chhillar  India Miss World 2017
Laura Lehmann  Philippines Top 40
Adè van Heerden  South Africa Top 10
Đỗ Mỹ Linh  Vietnam Top 40

References

  1. ↑ "Miss World charity auction". talkvietnam.com. 26 Oct 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "EFI Donates P1M To MWP". esquire.com. 2 Oct 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Miss World charity Soccer Match". Beautywithapurpose.com. 21 Oct 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "VANYA GIVES A GOLD STATUE OF PEACOCK FOR CHARITY AUCTION". Times Of India. 15 Aug 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Simon Cowell Accepts His Humanitarian Award. Miss World. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Chief Mandela Message to Miss world 2011". First Post. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Tshuma settles in well at Miss World". NewsDay. October 13, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Mehta, Ankita (December 11, 2014). "Miss World 2014: Top 5 Contestants of Top Model, Beach Fashion, Talent, Sports and Multimedia Revealed". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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