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Mexico's Vanessa Ponce de Leon Wins Miss World 2018

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December 11, 2018

26-year-old Vanessa Ponce de Leon from Mexico was crowned Miss World 2018 on Saturday, December 8 at a glitzy event held in Sanya, China. Miss Thailand Nicolene Limsnukan was named the runner-up.

Sanya, China - A Mexican model and volunteer was crowned Miss World at a glitzy event on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan on Saturday. She was crowned as the 68th Miss World by last year's winner, Manushi Chhillar, in the coastal city of Sanya.

Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, has a degree in international business, volunteers for "Migrantes en el Camino" and is on the board of directors of a rehab center for girls, according to the Miss World website.

First runner up was Thailand's Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan, a 20-year-old studying business administration. Miss Belarus Maria Vasilevich, Miss Jamaica Kadijah Robinson and Miss Uganda Quiin Abenakyo were also among the final five. The winners are set to join Ponce de Leon on the Miss World 2019 Beauty with a Purpose Tour.

The colorful ceremony included US group Sister Sledge performing their 1979 disco anthem "We Are Family." It was the eighth time the Miss World final had been held in Sanya, which first hosted the pageant in 2003.

At the finals three years ago controversy erupted as officials in Hong Kong stopped Miss Canada, Anastasia Lin, from boarding a plane bound for Sanya, telling her she would not receive a visa. The 25-year old claimed the decision was due to her stance on China's human rights record, including its persecution of Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual group of which she is a practitioner.

Source: ndtv.com