Miss World 2024 in India: Czech Republic’s Krystyna Pyszkova wins title

Krystyna Pyszkova from the Czech Republic was topped Miss World 2024 in an extravagant ceremony in Mumbai on Saturday (March 9, 2024).

India served because the host nation after a spot of 28 years.

Yasmina Zaytoun from Lebanon secured the place of first runner-up.

The reigning Miss World, Karolina Bielawska from Poland, topped her successor on the glamorous finale.

India was represented in the pageant by 22-year-old Sini Shetty.

Mumbai-born Shetty, who was topped Femina Miss India World in 2022, didn’t handle to safe a spot in the highest 4 of the competitors.

India has claimed the distinguished title six occasions via winners resembling Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (2000), and Manushi Chillar (2017).

The 71st Miss World pageant, that includes contestants from 112 international locations across the globe, passed off on the Jio World Convention Centre in BKC.

Among the 12-judge panel for the finale had been movie producer Sajid Nadiadwala, actors Kriti Sanon and Pooja Hegde, cricketer Harbhajan Singh, information character Rajat Sharma, social employee Amruta Fadnavis, Vineet Jain (MD of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Limited), Julia Morley (Chairperson and CEO of the Miss World Organization), Jamil Saidi (Strategic Partner & Host – Miss World India), and three former Miss Worlds, together with Chillar.

Filmmaker Karan Johar and former Miss World Megan Young co-hosted the occasion, which started with full of life performances by singers Shaan, Neha Kakkar, and Tony Kakkar.

A video message from Chopra Jonas highlighting the importance of ‘magnificence with goal’, a tagline related to the Miss World pageant, was additionally screened throughout the occasion.

The ensemble forged of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut internet sequence “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” — together with Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, and Sanjeeda Sheikh — graced the stage alongside 13 fast-track Miss World contestants, showcasing the present’s newly launched track “Sakal Ban”.

Miss World occasion includes a month-long various array of rigorous competitions unfolded, encompassing expertise showcases, sports activities challenges, and charitable initiatives. These actions had been meticulously designed to showcase the attributes that outline these contestants as brokers of constructive change.