Miss World 2017

Miss World 2017 was the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China, on 18 November 2017.

Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico crowned Manushi Chhillar of India as her successor at the end of the event. It was the sixth victory for India in the history of the pageant, tying with Venezuela for the most wins in the pageant's history.

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Selection of participants

Replacements

Michèle Ange Minkata of Cameroon was appointed to compete in the Miss World 2017 after Julie Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016, was dethroned due to indiscipline. Nguimfack was denied a U.S. visa to participate in the previous year's event and was expected to compete this year’s but Minkata, who was the fourth runner-up in Miss Cameroon 2016, stepped in as the new representative, Maria Psilou was crowned Star Hellas 2017 at a private casting organized by Vassilis Prevelakis, the national director of the Star Hellas pageant. She replaced Theodora Soukia, Miss Hellas 2017, as Greece's representative at Miss World 2017. The reasons for this change were not publicly disclosed, Felana Tirindraza of Madagascar was appointed to represent her country at the Miss World 2017 pageant after Njara Windye Harris, the original winner, chose to compete in the Miss University Africa 2017 contest instead, and Itır Esen, who was crowned Miss Turkey World 2017, was dethroned just hours later due to a controversial tweet about the 2016 Turkish coup attempt. Aslı Sümen, the first runner-up, was subsequently appointed as Miss Turkey Universe 2017.