Top Model of the World

The Top Model of the World is an international search for the ultimate model. The event started in 1993 in Miami, organised by the Globana Group.[1] It is now owned and managed by the World Beauty Organization.[2]

The current Top Model of the World for 2017 is Julia Gershun from Ukraine.[3]

Winners

Top Model of the World 2006, Natália Guimarães of Brazil
YearWinnerCountryVenue
2017/2018Julia Gershun UkraineRed Sea, Egypt
2016/2017Margo Cooper [3] BulgariaBremen, Germany
2015/2016Elena Kosmina [4] UkraineRed Sea, Egypt
2014/2015Tania Valencia [5] ColombiaRed Sea, Egypt
2013/2014Monica Palacios ColombiaRed Sea, Egypt
2011/2012Luna Voce ItalyDortmund, Germany
2010/2011Loredana Salanță RomaniaUsedom, Germany
2009/2010Carolina Rodríguez Ferrero ColombiaDortmund, Germany
2008/2009Débora Lyra BrazilBerlin, Germany
2007/2008Alessandra Alores GermanyHurghada, Egypt
2006/2007Natália Guimarães (Resigned) BrazilKunming, China
Michelle de Leon (Successor) Philippines
2005/2006Dominika van Santen VenezuelaHumen, China
2004/2005Sun Na ChinaKarlsruhe, Germany
2003/2004Nihan Akkus TurkeyAachen, Germany
2002/2003Natascha Börger GermanyAachen, Germany
2001/2002Renata Janetkova Czech RepublicKaiserslautern, Germany
2000/2001Yeliz Celiskan TurkeyVreden, Germany
1999/2000Suzana Fabriova Slovak RepublicFrankfurt, Germany
1998/1999Michelle Khan Trinidad & TobagoMagdeburg, Germany
1997/1998Franzisca Schaub GermanyLegden, Germany
1996/1997Selinée Méndez Dominican RepublicKoblenz, Germany
1995/1996Jacqueline Aguilera VenezuelaMoscow, Russia
1994/1995Claudine Obert FranceMiami, USA
1993/1994Francesca Bologna ItalyMiami, USA

By number of wins

CountryTitlesWinning Years
 Colombia 3 2009, 2013, 2014
 Germany 1997, 2002, 2007
 Italy 2 1993, 2011
 Ukraine 2015, 2017
 Venezuela 1995, 2005
 Turkey 2000, 2003
 Brazil 2006(Resigned), 2008
 France 1 1994
 Dominican Republic 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago 1998
 Slovak Republic 1999
 Czech Republic 2001
 China 2004
 Philippines 2006(Successor)
 Romania 2010
 Bulgaria 2016

Host cities

In 1995 the competition was held outside the USA for the first time. The host was Russia. In 2005, it was held for the very first time in Asia, in China. In a spectacular open air show the final of the 2005 event took place in the Humen Park with over 10,000 spectators and the winner was Dominika van Santen from Margarita Island, Venezuela. The event was broadcast live with over 360 million viewers worldwide. In 2006, it was held in Kunming, China. There, Dominika van Santen crowned her successor, Natália Guimarães from Brazil.

By year

2010

Top Model of the World
Date February 21, 2010
Venue Hohensyburg Casino, Dortmund, Germany
Entrants 42
Placements 15
Winner Carolina Rodriguez
 Colombia
Congeniality Alba Dominguez
 Spain
Photogenic Andreea Elena Stoia
 Romania

The 17th Top Model Of The World Pageant was held in the Hohensyburg Casino in Dortmund, Germany from 10–21 February 2010. Forty three contestants competed in the event in which Carolina Rodriguez who represented Colombia walked away with the first Top Model of the World title for her country.[6]

Results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Top Model of the World 2010
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15 Semifinalists
Special awards

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightHometown
 ArmeniaMarine Tunyan231.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Yerevan
 AustraliaCassie Wainwrigh191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Melbourne
 BahamasKendra Wilkinson201.83 m (6 ft 0 in)Nassau
 BoliviaDiana Ascarrunz Melgar171.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)Sucre
 BrazilNaiara Dornelas241.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Belo Horizonte
 BulgariaStanimira Antonova211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Sofia
 CanadaShanna Armogan261.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Quebec
 ColombiaCarolina Rodriguez241.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Bogotá
 CroatiaMartina Rakuljic191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Zagreb
 CuraçaoNorayla Maria Francisco251.83 m (6 ft 0 in)Willemstad
 Czech RepublicEliska Bucková201.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Hodonín
 Dominican RepublicAna Virginia Dóleo251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Santo Domingo
 El SalvadorMelissa Henriquez201.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)San Salvador
 FinlandSaana-Kaisa Saari221.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Helsinki
 FranceCelia Bettinger171.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Pays de la Loire
 GermanyDaniela Arkenberg211.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Hanover
 GhanaDoris Asumaning261.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Accra
 GuadeloupeAgnes Rogers201.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Basse-Terre
 HondurasJennifer Paz181.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)San Pedro Sula
 HungaryEmerencia Bencsik231.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Budapest
 IcelandBryndis Gyda Grimsdottir181.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Reykjavík
 IrelandStephanie Crabtree181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Dublin
 KazakhstanKristina Algozhina221.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Almaty
 KosovoKaqusha Thaci201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Pristina
 MacedoniaSlagjana Cvetkovska201.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Skopje
 MaltaYasmin Falzon181.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Valletta
 MediterraneanEmma Spiteri251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Valletta
 NetherlandsFranca Nieuwenhuys201.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Amsterdam
 NorwaySandra Lura221.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)Oslo
 PhilippinesChristi Lynn McGarry191.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Manila
 Puerto RicoMerary Gutiérrez241.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Bayamón
 RomaniaAndreea Elena Stoia241.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Bucharest
 Slovak RepublicMiriam Mattova191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Bratislava
 SpainAlba Domínguez231.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Málaga
 SerbiaDragana Dujovic251.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Novi Sad
 SwedenCecilia Ragnarsson231.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Stockholm
  SwitzerlandMarina Tyulkina251.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Bern
 TaiwanXiaoou Liu251.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Taipei
 UkraineXenia Lamber231.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Kiev
 USAMuriel Susana Viera191.80 m (5 ft 11 in)DeLand
 VenezuelaGabriela Concepción201.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Puerto Cabello
 ZimbabweSonia Bott191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Harare

2011

Top Model of the World
Date March 16, 2011
Venue Usedom Island, Germany
Entrants 44
Placements 15
Debuts Bay Island, Caspian Sea, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, San Andrés, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Withdrawals Bahamas, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo, Malta, Mediterranean, Norway, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, Venezuela
Returns Algeria, Baltic Sea, Belgium, Black Sea, Caucasus, China, Denmark, England, India, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Zambia
Winner Loredana Violeta Salanța
 Romania
Congeniality Alejandra Panozo Muguertegui
 Bolivia
Photogenic Denise Garrido
 Canada

The 18th Top Model Of The World Pageant was held in Usedom Island, Germany in March 16, 2011. 44 contestants competed in the event in which Loredana Violeta Salanța who represented Romania walked away with the first Top Model of the World title for her country.

Results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Top Model of the World 2011
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  •  Poland – Zusanna Brzezinska
4th runner-up
Top 15 Semifinalists in ranking order
Special awards
Special Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality
  •  Bolivia – Alejandra Panozo Muguertegui
Miss Photogenic
Best In Evening Gown
  •  Poland – Zusanna Brzezinska
Best Body
  •  Brazil – Juliete Beraldo de Pieri

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightHometown
 AlgeriaYasmine Ouchene211.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Algiers
 ArmeniaJuletta Gizhlaryan221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Yerevan
 AustraliaChristine Andrew181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Sydney
 Baltic SeaKaterina Fedosejeva231.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Riga
 Bay IslandJohanna Castillo221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Miami
 BelgiumAnnelien Pauwels211.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Brussels
 Black SeaNina Astrakhantseva211.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Simferopol
 BoliviaAlejandra Panozo Muguertegui251.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Cochabamba
 BrazilJuliete Beraldo de Pieri201.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Maringá
 BulgariaPetia Velkova221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Sofia
 CanadaDenise Gerrido231.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Bradford
 Caspian SeaOksana Solomanina221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Moscow
 Caucasus Anush Evoyan231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Yerevan
 ChinaXiong Ziyi251.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Shanghai
 ColombiaLizeth Romero241.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Bogota
 DenmarkRikke Jorgensen191.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Copenhagen
 Dominican RepublicThelma Lecta221.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Santo Domingo
 El SalvadorAnita Puertas221.78 m (5 ft 10 in)San Salvador
 EnglandGeorgia Jennifer Smith171.73 m (5 ft 8 in)London
 GermanyLeslie Braumann [13]261.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Berlin
 GhanaPortia Abena Essel201.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Accra
 GuadeloupeMarika Popotte241.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Basse-Terre
 HondurasMarilyn Orellana231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Tegucigalpa
 IndiaMichelle Almeida221.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Mumbai
 KazakhstanDana Jangarasheva181.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Almaty
 KoreaPark Jae-rang211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Seoul
 KyrgyzstanLudmila Elgina191.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Bishkek
 LatviaAgnese Eiduka241.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Riga
 LithuaniaKarolina Zubkute221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Vilnius
 LuxembourgMelanie Santiago Duran201.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)Luxembourg
 MacedoniaIvana Stojanova191.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)Skopje
 NetherlandsLaureen Vlashof241.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Amsterdam
 Northern IrelandJade Martine Roberts191.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Belfast
 PhilippinesMadison Elliott231.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Manila
 PolandZusanna Brzezinska201.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Warsaw
 RomaniaLoredana Violeta Salanța191.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)Bucharest
 RussiaIrina Gorlova261.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)Moscow
 San AndrésRosa Córdoba181.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)San Andrés
 SpainEva Rodríguez Quiroga [12]211.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Madrid
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAntoinell Keizer221.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)Kingstown
 SwedenSofia Hällstrand171.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Stockholm
 UkraineDiana Loboda181.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)Kiev
 ZambiaPercivia Chimfwembe Mulenga221.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Lusaka
 ZimbabweVanessa Sibanda211.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)Harare

See also

References

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Further reading

  • "Malaika heads for Miss Top Model of the World". News Day.
  • "Christina is 'Top Model of the World' Zambia". Zambia Daily Mail.
  • "Pushpika Sandamali brimming with confidence". Sunday Observer
  • "Pushpika to Make a Dream Debut".
  • "Yuen proves she's the next top model".
  • "Baci represents Ghana at the Top Model of the World Pageant".
  • Abigail O'Leary (16 August 2015). "Aigburth model jetting to Egypt for Top Model of the World competition". Liverpool Echo.
  • "Jade eyes up model trophy ..."
  • "Bahamas' Celeste Marshall begins stay in Egypt for Top Model of the World".
  • "Zimbabwe: Zim in World's Next Top Model Pageant". AllAfrica.
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