Miss World 2024 begins in Delhi

After 28 years, India hosts the Miss World Pageant. One hundred twenty world beauties with brains are in Delhi right now. Miss World Pageant began on February 18th and will be there until March 9th.
Some events will happen in Delhi and others in Mumbai. Sini Shetty from India will be contesting. There are some Indian connections in this pageant.

Events to held in Delhi and Mumbai

The event here, organized by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) in India, will have Some of the events conducted at Bharath Mandapam, others at the G20 Venu, and later, the events will go to Mumbai. On March 9th, the Finale will be in Mumbai at the JIO World Convention Centre.

February 20th was the opening ceremony at The Ashok Hotel, which was telecasted live on missworld.com. The Finale will be live-streamed by Sony LIV from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. Visit the website and Instagram for further updates on Live telecasts. The website also provided information about the contestants, their activities, and their profiles so that we could assess why they deserved to be among the top 20 finalists.

Today, 115 participants delivered a 2-minute beauty with purpose speech at Bharath Mandapam yesterday. Miss World Sports Challenge will be in New Delhi. A head-to-head challenge will be on February 23rd, again at Bharath Mandapam.

In Mumbai, the events that will happen are – ‘The World Tops Designers Award’, ‘Miss World Top Model’, ‘Miss World Talent Finale’, the Multimedia Challenge Final and, of course, the grand Finale, the crowning glory.

The Indian connection at the Miss World Pageant

Navjot Kaur, the contestant from New Zealand, is the first woman of Indian origin to represent the country at the beauty pageant. Tony Ann Singh, Miss World 2019, is also here. She is a Jamaican of Indian descent.

Looking at the list of Indian who won Miss World Pageant, we can understand the impact of winning the Miss World Contest on the lives of the winners. The lifestyle of the Miss World leaps to reap the best in the World. They get to meet the best, travel the World, and be the voice for humanitarian causes. As Sushmita Sen once said, “It is a finishing School”.

The founder of Miss World is Eric Morley, and now his widow, Julia Morley, is the Chairperson of the Pageant. The Motto of Miss World is ‘Beauty with a Purpose’.

What perks and cash Miss World Title winner get

• A Miss World winner achieves the following:
• A bejewelled crown
• Prize money of around $1.5 million. Which is approximately ₹12.4 Cr
• Brand Ambassador of Miss World
• Perks provided by Miss World Sponsors
• Interaction with the best designers and photographers
• A team of assistants for makeup and designers
• Travel the World as an advocate of Humanitarian causes. And the food and accommodation are borne by Miss World.

The contestants visited Rajghat (Gandhi Memorial), and four of them spoke in Hindi, sharing their message about the Mahatma. Following are the messages from the contestants translated into English:

Welcome to India and welcome to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial.

Sini Shetty from India

Gandhi is a freedom fighter who has influenced our World.

Shami Islam Nila from Bangladesh

Gandhi has taught us about non-violence philosophies, and we are taking his spirit with us. We will take his spirit to Miss World.

Priyanka Rani Joshi from Nepal

Mahatma Gandhi’s and Miss World’s philosophies match, so we’re here to honor his life.

Navjot Kaur from New Zealand

After almost three decades, India has a chance to experience hosting Miss World firsthand. You might see beautiful women with luggage and their National flags at the airports. And for the beauty contestants, and their countries this is a chance to experience the vibes of India.

Archana Kochhar is the official designer, and the weavers will exhibit India’s rich textile tradition at the event.