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 2019 is Nicole Menayo from Spain, crowned on January 24, 2020.[3]
Winners
Top Model of the World 2006, Natália Guimarães of Brazil
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Entrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nicole Menayo |  | Hurgada, Egypt | 35 |
| 2018 | Janet Leyva |  | Hurgada, Egypt | 41 |
| 2017 | Aslıhan Karalar |  | Paris, France | 39 |
| 2016 | Margo Cooper [4] |  | Bremen, Germany | 41 |
| 2015 | Elena Kosmina [5] |  | Red Sea, Egypt | 49 |
| 2014 | Tania Valencia [6] |  | Red Sea, Egypt | 41 |
| 2013 | Monica Palacios | | Red Sea, Egypt | 47 |
| 2011 | Luna Voce |  | Dortmund, Germany | 43 |
| 2010 | Loredana Salanță |  | Usedom, Germany | 44 |
| 2009 | Carolina Rodríguez Ferrero | | Dortmund, Germany | 40 |
| 2008 | Débora Lyra |  | Berlin, Germany | 41 |
| 2007 | Alessandra Alores |  | Hurghada, Egypt | 41 |
| 2006 | Natália Guimarães (Resigned) | | Kunming, China | 50 |
| Michelle de Leon (Successor) |  | |||
| 2005 | Dominika van Santen |  | Humen, China | 47 |
| 2004 | Sun Na |  | Karlsruhe, Germany | 34 |
| 2003 | Nihan Akkuş | | Aachen, Germany | 38 |
| 2002 | Natascha Börger | | Aachen, Germany | 33 |
| 2001 | Renata Janetkova |  | Kaiserslautern, Germany | 28 |
| 2000 | Yeliz Çelişkan | | Vreden, Germany | 30 |
| 1999 | Suzana Fabriova |  | Frankfurt, Germany | unknown |
| 1998 | Michelle Khan |  | Magdeburg, Germany | 28 |
| 1997 | Franzisca Schaub | | Legden, Germany | 45 |
| 1996 | Selinée Méndez |  | Koblenz, Germany | 26 |
| 1995 | Jacqueline Aguilera | | Moscow, Russia | 36 |
| 1994 | Claudine Obert |  | Miami, USA | 24 |
| 1993 | Francesca Bologna | | Miami, USA | unknown |
- Natália Guimarães, winner of the 2006 edition, resigned her title as she represented Brazil in Miss Universe 2007. She eventually placed there as the 1st runner-up.
By number of wins
| Country | Titles | Winning Years |
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3 | 2000, 2003, 2017 |
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2009, 2013, 2014 | |
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1997, 2002, 2007 | |
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2 | 1993, 2011 |
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2006*, 2008 | |
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1995, 2005 | |
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1 | 2019 |
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2018 | |
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2016 | |
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2015 | |
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2010 | |
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2006 | |
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2004 | |
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2001 | |
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1999 | |
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1998 | |
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1996 | |
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1994 |
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 |
| Congeniality | Alba Dominguez |
| Photogenic | Andreea Elena Stoia |
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.[7]
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Top Model of the World 2010 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 15 Semifinalists |
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Special awards
- Best Hair Award: Gabriela Concepción (Venezuela)
- Best Skin Award: Gabriela Concepción (Venezuela)
- Photogenic Award: Andreea Elena Stoia (Romania)
- Congeniality Award: Alba Dominguez (Spain)
- Best Evening Gown: Jennifer Paz (Honduras)
- Best Body Award: Shanna Armogan (Canada)
- Talent Award: Carolina Rodríguez (Colombia)
Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marine Tunyan | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Yerevan |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Cassie Wainwrigh | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Melbourne |
 | Kendra Wilkinson | 20 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Nassau |
 | Diana Ascarrunz Melgar | 17 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Sucre |
| Naiara Dornelas | 24 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Belo Horizonte |
| Stanimira Antonova | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Sofia |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Shanna Armogan | 26 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Quebec |
| Carolina Rodriguez | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Bogotá |
 | Martina Rakuljic | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Zagreb |
 | Norayla Maria Francisco | 25 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Willemstad |
| Eliska Bucková | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Hodonín |
| Ana Virginia Dóleo | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Santo Domingo |
 | Melissa Henriquez | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | San Salvador |
 | Saana-Kaisa Saari | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Helsinki |
| Celia Bettinger | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Pays de la Loire |
| Daniela Arkenberg | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Hanover |
 | Doris Asumaning | 26 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Accra |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Agnes Rogers | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Basse-Terre |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Jennifer Paz | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | San Pedro Sula |
 | Emerencia Bencsik | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Budapest |
 | Bryndis Gyda Grimsdottir | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Reykjavík |
 | Stephanie Crabtree | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Dublin |
 | Kristina Algozhina | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Almaty |
 | Kaqusha Thaci | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Pristina |
 | Slagjana Cvetkovska | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Skopje |
 | Yasmin Falzon | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Valletta |
| Emma Spiteri | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Valletta |
 | Franca Nieuwenhuys | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Amsterdam |
 | Sandra Lura | 22 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Oslo |
| Christi Lynn McGarry | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Manila |
 | Merary Gutiérrez | 24 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bayamón |
| Andreea Elena Stoia | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Bucharest |
| Miriam Mattova | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Bratislava |
| Alba Domínguez | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Málaga |
 | Dragana Dujovic | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Novi Sad |
 | Cecilia Ragnarsson | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Stockholm |
 | Marina Tyulkina | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bern |
 | Xiaoou Liu | 25 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Taipei |
| Xenia Lamber | 23 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Kiev |
 | Muriel Susana Viera | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | DeLand |
| Gabriela Concepción | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Puerto Cabello |
 | Sonia Bott | 19 | 1.75 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 |
| Congeniality | Alejandra Panozo Muguertegui |
| Photogenic | Denise Garrido |
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 |
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| Top Model of the World 2011 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 15 Semifinalists in ranking order |
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Special awards
| Special Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best In Evening Gown |
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| Best Body |
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Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yasmine Ouchene | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Algiers |
| Juletta Gizhlaryan | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Yerevan |
| Christine Andrew | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Sydney |
 | Katerina Fedosejeva | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Riga |
| Johanna Castillo | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Miami |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Annelien Pauwels | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Brussels |
| Nina Astrakhantseva | 21 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Simferopol |
| Alejandra Panozo Muguertegui | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Cochabamba |
| Juliete Beraldo de Pieri | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Maringá |
| Petia Velkova | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Sofia |
| Denise Gerrido | 23 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Bradford |
 | Oksana Solomanina | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Moscow |
| Anush Evoyan | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Yerevan |
| Xiong Ziyi | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Shanghai |
| Lizeth Romero | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bogota |
 | Rikke Jorgensen | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Copenhagen |
| Thelma Lecta | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Santo Domingo |
| Anita Puertas | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | San Salvador |
 | Georgia Jennifer Smith | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | London |
| Leslie Braumann [14] | 26 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Berlin |
| Portia Abena Essel | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Accra |
| Marika Popotte | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Basse-Terre |
| Marilyn Orellana | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Tegucigalpa |
 | Michelle Almeida | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Mumbai |
| Dana Jangarasheva | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Almaty |
 | Park Jae-rang | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Seoul |
 | Ludmila Elgina | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Bishkek |
| Agnese Eiduka | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Riga |
 | Karolina Zubkute | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Vilnius |
 | Melanie Santiago Duran | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Luxembourg |
| Ivana Stojanova | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Skopje |
| Laureen Vlashof | 24 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Amsterdam |
 | Jade Martine Roberts | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Belfast |
| Madison Elliott | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Manila |
 | Zusanna Brzezinska | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Warsaw |
| Loredana Violeta Salanța | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Bucharest |
| Irina Gorlova | 26 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Moscow |
| Rosa Córdoba | 18 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | San Andrés |
| Eva Rodríguez Quiroga [13] | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Madrid |
 | Antoinell Keizer | 22 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Kingstown |
| Sofia Hällstrand | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Stockholm |
| Diana Loboda | 18 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Kiev |
 | Percivia Chimfwembe Mulenga | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Lusaka |
| Vanessa Sibanda | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Harare |
See also
- List of beauty contests
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". Archived from the original on 2018-11-17.
- "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 ..." Archived from the original on 2018-11-15.
- "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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