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{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| caption = Miss World 2016, [[Stephanie Del Valle]].
| image =  Stephanie Del Valle, Miss World 2016.jpg
| venue = [[MGM National Harbor]], [[Oxon Hill, Maryland]], [[United States]]
| date = 18 December 2016
| presenters = {{Hlist|[[Jason Cook (actor)|Jason Cook]]|[[Megan Young]]|Frankie Cena|Steve Douglas}}
| special correspondent = 
| acts = Rodrick Dixon, Morrison Brothers
| broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[E!]]|[[London Live (TV channel)|London Live]]}}
| entrants = 117
| placements = 20
| debuts = {{Hlist|[[Rwanda]]}}
| withdrawals = {{Hlist|[[Bermuda]]|[[Cameroon]]|[[Ethiopia]]|[[Gabon]]|[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]|[[Namibia]]|[[Norway]]|[[Samoa]]|[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]|[[Zambia]]|[[Zimbabwe]]}}
| returns = {{Hlist|[[Antigua and Barbuda]]|[[Belarus]]|[[Canada]]|[[Cayman Islands]]|[[Cook Islands]]|[[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]|[[Egypt]]|[[Equatorial Guinea]]|[[Ghana]]|[[Guinea-Bissau]]|[[Israel]]|[[Saint Lucia]]|[[Sierra Leone]]}}
|winner =[[Stephanie Del Valle]]<br>Puerto Rico
| before = [[Miss World 2015|2015]]
| next = [[Miss World 2017|2017]]
}}

'''Miss World 2016''' was the 66th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[MGM National Harbor]] in [[Oxon Hill, Maryland]], United States, on 18 December 2016.

[[Mireia Lalaguna]] of [[Spain]] crowned her successor [[Stephanie Del Valle]] of [[Puerto Rico]] at the end of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2016 |title=Puerto Rico's Stephanie del Valle crowned Miss World 2016 |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/155924-puerto-rico-stephanie-del-valle-wins-miss-world-2016/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the second time that the [[Miss World]] pageant held in the [[United States]]. It was the second time where Puerto Rico won Miss World, after [[Wilnelia Merced]] in [[Miss World 1975|1975]].

==Results==
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement 
! Contestant<ref>{{Cite web |title=FULL LIST: Winners of Miss World 2016 |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/12/19/1654945/full-list-winners-miss-world-2016 |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=The Philippine Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2016 |title=FULL LIST: Winners, Miss World 2016 |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/155922-full-list-winners-miss-world-2016/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Miss World 2016
|
*{{PRI}} – [[Stephanie Del Valle]]
|-
|1st Runner-Up
|
*{{DOM}} – [[Yaritza Reyes]]
|-
|2nd Runner-Up
|
*{{IDN}} – [[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]
|-
|Top 5
|
*{{KEN}} – Evelyn Njambi
*{{PHL}} – [[Catriona Gray]]
|-
|Top 11
|
* {{BEL}} – Lenty Frans
* {{BRA}} – Beatrice Fontoura
* {{CHN}} – Jing Kong
* {{KOR}} – Myriam Wang
* {{MNG}} – [[Bayartsetseg Altangerel]] §
* {{USA}} – [[Audra Mari]]
|-
|Top 20
|
* {{AUS}} – [[Madeline Cowe]]
* {{COK}} – Natalia Short
* {{flag|France|1974}} – [[Morgane Edvige]]
* {{GHA}} – Antoinette Kemavor
* {{HUN}} – Tímea Gelencsér
* {{IND}} – [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]]
* {{JPN}} – [[Priyanka Yoshikawa]]
* {{SVK}} – Kristína Činčurová
* {{THA}} – Jinnita Buddee
|}

§ People's Choice winner

===Continental Queens of Beauty===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Continental Group
! Contestant
|-
| '''Africa'''
|
*'''{{flag|Kenya}}''' – Evelyn Njambi
|-
| '''Americas'''
|
*'''{{flag|United States}}''' – [[Audra Mari]]
|-
| '''Asia'''
|
*'''{{flag|Indonesia}}''' – [[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]
|-
| '''Caribbean'''
|
*'''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' – [[Yaritza Reyes]]
|-
| '''Europe'''
|
*'''{{flag|Belgium}}''' – Lenty Frans
|-
| '''Oceania'''
|
*'''{{flag|Australia}}''' – [[Madeline Cowe]]
|}

==Challenge events==
The Miss World Organization reintroduced for the 2016 finals the Fast-Track system, in which the winners of the five Challenge Events automatically earned a place in the Top 20. The 2016 Challenge Events included Sports, Top Model, Talent, Multimedia and Beauty With A Purpose. The Interview scores determined the rest of the Top 20.

===Sports===
Miss Cook Islands won the Sports challenge and became the first quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tkop.org/2016/12/12/miss-world-2016-cook-islands-wins-sports-round/|title=Miss World 2016: Cook Islands Wins the Sports challenge and became the first semi-finalist|date=12 December 2016|website=The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>

===Top Model===
Miss China won the Top Model Competition held on 15 December 2016.<ref name="challengevents">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/MissWorld/posts/10154875767959974|publisher=Miss World Organization|title=Challenge Event Winners|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}} She became the second quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Final result
!  Contestant
|-
| '''Winner'''
|
*'''{{flag|China}}''' – Jing Kong
|-
| '''1st Runner-Up'''
|
*'''{{IDN}}''' – [[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]
|-
| '''2nd Runner-Up'''
|
*'''{{DOM}}''' – [[Yaritza Reyes]]
|-
| '''Top 5'''
|
*'''{{FRA}}''' – [[Morgane Edvige]]
*'''{{KEN}}''' – Evelyn Njambi
|-
|}

===Talent===
Miss World worked in partnership with Mobstar to conduct the public vote and find the winner of the Talent challenge. Miss Mongolia received the most votes and became the third quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.<ref name="challengevents"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Final result
!  Contestant
|- 
| '''Winner'''
|
*'''{{MGL}}''' – [[Bayartsetseg Altangerel]]
|-
| '''Top 10'''
|
*'''{{CAN}}''' – Anastasia Lin
*'''{{CHI}}''' – Antonia Figueroa 
*'''{{CRO}}''' – Angélica Zacchigna 
*'''{{HUN}}''' – Tímea Gelencsér
*'''{{LAT}}''' – Linda Kinca
*'''{{MLT}}''' – Anthea Zammit
*'''{{PHI}}''' – [[Catriona Gray]] 
*'''{{POL}}''' – Kaja Klimkiewicz 
*'''{{UKR}}''' – Oleksandra Kucherenko
|-
|'''Top 21'''
|
*'''{{COK}}''' – Natalia Short
*'''{{CZE}}''' – Natálie Kotková
*'''{{ECU}}''' – [[Mirka Cabrera]]
*'''{{FIJ}}''' – Pooja Priyanka
*'''{{IND}}''' – [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]]
*'''{{PUR}}''' – [[Stephanie Del Valle]]
*'''{{RUS}}''' – [[Yana Dobrovolskaya]]
*'''{{SCO}}''' – Lucy Kerr
*'''{{SRB}}''' – Katarina Šulkić
*'''{{SLO}}''' – Maja Taradi
*'''{{RSA}}''' – Ntandoyenkosi Kunene
|-
|}

===Multimedia===
Miss Philippines was named the winner of the Multimedia challenge and became the fourth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016. The decision was based on the candidate's posts on her official Facebook page and Twitter account, as well as her Mobstar ranking.<ref name="challengevents"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Final result
! Contestant
|-
| '''Winner'''
|
* '''{{PHI}}''' – [[Catriona Gray]]
|-
|}

===Beauty With a Purpose===
Five finalists were announced on 17 December 2016. Miss Indonesia was named the winner during the final night and became the fifth quarter-finalist of Miss World 2016.<ref name="challengevents"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Final result
! Contestant
|-
|'''Winner'''
|
*'''{{IDN}}''' – [[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]
|- 
| '''Top 5'''
|
*'''{{IND}}''' – [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]]
*'''{{KEN}}''' – Evelyn Njambi
*'''{{NEP}}''' – [[Asmi Shrestha]] 
*'''{{PHI}}''' – [[Catriona Gray]]
|-
|}

==Contestants==
117 delegates competed in Miss World 2016:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missworld.com/contestants/|title=Contestants of Miss World 2016|date=27 October 2016|language=en|website=missworld.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001090215/http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/|archive-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age !! Hometown 
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|ALB}} [[Miss Universe Albania|Albania]]'''||Ëndrra Kovaçi||21||[[Tirana]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|ATG}} [[Miss Antigua & Barbuda|Antigua and Barbuda]]'''||Latisha Greene||24||[[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Belleza Argentina|Argentina]]'''||Camila Macias||19||[[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]'''||Lynette Do Nascimento||23||[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]'''||[[Madeline Cowe]]||24||[[Tully, Queensland|Tully]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]'''||Dragana Stanković||20||[[Traiskirchen]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]'''||Ashley Hamilton||24||[[Long Island, Bahamas|Long Island]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Miss Belarus|Belarus]]'''||Polina Borodacheva||23||[[Minsk]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]'''||Lenty Frans||22||[[Antwerp]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Miss Belize|Belize]]'''||Iris Salguero||21||[[Belmopan]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]'''||Leyda Suarez||20||[[Tarija]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Miss Bosne i Hercegovine|Bosnia & Herzegovina]]'''||Halida Krajišnik||19||[[Živinice]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BOT}} [[Miss Botswana|Botswana]]'''||Thata Kenosi||21||[[Gaborone]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]]'''||Beatrice Fontoura||26||[[Goiânia]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BVI}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]'''||Kadia Turnbull||25||[[Road Town]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Miss World Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]'''||Galina Mihaylova||26||[[Sofia]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]'''||[[Anastasia Lin]]||26||[[Toronto]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CAY}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]'''||Monyque Brooks||24||[[West Bay, Cayman Islands|West Bay]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|CHL}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]'''||Antonia Figueroa||21||[[Coquimbo]]
|- 
|'''{{flagicon|China}} [[Miss China World|China]]'''||Jing Kong||21||[[Nanyang, Henan]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Miss Mundo Colombia|Colombia]]'''||Shirley Atehortua||23||[[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|COK}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]'''||Natalia Short||22||[[Avarua]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]'''||Melania González||25||[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Miss Cote d'Ivoire|Cote d'Ivoire]]'''||Esther Memel||20||[[Yamoussoukro]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Miss Croatia|Croatia]]'''||Angélica Zacchigna||22||[[Pazin]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CUR}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]'''||Sabrina Namias de Castro||20||[[Willemstad]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]'''||María Moráru||23||[[Nicosia]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Miss|Czech Republic]]'''||Natálie Kotková||22||[[Prague]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss World Denmark|Denmark]]'''||[[Helena Heuser]]||20||[[Copenhagen]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]'''||[[Yaritza Reyes]]||23||[[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|COD}} [[Miss Congo (RDC)|DR Congo]]'''||Andrea Moloto||25||[[Kinshasa]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]'''||[[Mirka Cabrera]]||22||[[Machala]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]]'''||[[Nadeen Osama El Sayed]]||18||[[Cairo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ESA}} [[Nuestra Belleza El Salvador|El Salvador]]'''||Ana Cortez||21||[[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Miss England|England]]'''||[[Elizabeth Grant (Miss England 2016)|Elizabeth Grant]]||20||[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GEQ}} [[Miss Equatorial Guinea|Equatorial Guinea]]'''||Anunciación Ongueme Esono||21||[[Micomeseng]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Miss Fiji|Fiji]]'''|| [[Pooja Priyanka]] ||25||[[Ba (town)|Ba]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]'''||Heta Sallinen||21||[[Turku]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]'''||[[Morgane Edvige]]||20||[[Le François]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Miss Georgia (country)|Georgia]]'''||Victoria Kocherova||21||[[Tbilisi]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Miss World Germany|Germany]]'''||Selina Kriechbaum||21||[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Miss Ghana|Ghana]]'''||[[Antoinette Delali Kemavor]]||21||[[Accra]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]'''||Kayley Mifsud||24||[[Gibraltar]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local}} [[Miss International Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]]'''||Magalie Adelson||23||[[Basse-Terre]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|Guam}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]'''||Phoebe Denight Palisoc||17||[[Tamuning, Guam|Tamuning]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]'''||Melanie Espina||22||[[Guatemala City]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Guinea}}'''||Safiatou Baldé||21||[[Conakry]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}'''||Sandra Araújo||19||[[Bissau]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Miss Guyana|Guyana]]'''||Nuriyyih Gerrard||25||[[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Miss Haiti|Haiti]]'''||Suzana Sampeur||21||[[Port-au-Prince]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]'''||Kerelyne Campigotti Webster||18||[[El Progreso]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Magyarország Szépe|Hungary]]'''||Tímea Gelencsér||22||[[Budapest]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]'''||Anna Orlowska||22||[[Reykjavík]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]'''||[[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]]||20||[[Guwahati]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Miss Indonesia|Indonesia]]'''||[[Natasha Mannuela Halim]]||22||[[Pangkal Pinang]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]'''||[[Niamh Kennedy]]||22||[[Portroe]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]'''||Karin Alia||18||[[Tel Aviv]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]'''||Giada Tropea||18||[[Lamezia Terme]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]'''||Ashlie Barrett||21||[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]'''||[[Priyanka Yoshikawa]]||22||[[Tokyo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Miss Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]]'''||Alia Mergenbaeva||18||[[Aktau]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss World Kenya|Kenya]]'''||Evelyn Njambi||22||[[Nairobi]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss World Korea|South Korea]]'''||Hyun Wang||21||[[Seoul]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Miss Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyzstan]]'''||Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy||18||[[Bishkek]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Mis Latvija|Latvia]]'''||Linda Kinca||18||[[Ķekava]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]'''||[[Sandy Tabet]]||21||[[Beirut]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|LES}} [[Lesotho]]'''||Rethabile Tsosane||21||[[Maseru]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]]'''||[[Tatiana Kumar]]||18||[[Kuala Lumpur]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]'''||Anthea Zammit||22||[[Żebbuġ]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]'''||Véronique Allas||20||[[Port Louis]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]]'''||Ana Girault||25||[[Mexico City]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MDA}} [[Miss Moldova|Moldova]]'''||Daniela Marin||17||[[Leova]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MGL}} [[Miss World Mongolia|Mongolia]]'''|| [[Bayartsetseg Altangerel]]
 
||26||[[Ulaanbaatar]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Miss Montenegro|Montenegro]]'''||[[Katarina Keković]]||22||[[Podgorica]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|MYA}} [[Miss Universe Myanmar|Myanmar]]'''||[[Bella Myat Thiri Lwin|Myat Thiri Lwin]]||18||[[Naypyidaw]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Miss Nepal|Nepal]]'''||[[Asmi Shrestha]]||23||[[Tandi]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Netherlands]]'''||Rachelle Reijnders ||24||[[Amsterdam]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]'''||Karla De Beer||23||[[Auckland]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NIC}} [[Miss Mundo Nicaragua|Nicaragua]]'''||María Laura Ramírez||19||[[Masaya]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]'''||[[Debbie Collins]]||24||[[Lagos]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Miss Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]]'''||Emma Carswell||21||[[Belfast]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]]'''||[[Alessandra Bueno]]||25||[[Panama City]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]'''||Simone Freitag||21||[[Ciudad del Este]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]'''||[[Pierina Wong]] ||25||[[Lambayeque, Peru|Lambayeque]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Miss World Philippines|Philippines]]'''||[[Catriona Gray]]||22||[[Oas, Albay|Oas]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miss World Poland|Poland]]'''||Kaja Klimkiewicz||19||[[Glinojeck]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]'''||Cristiana Viana||19||[[Valbom]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]'''||'''[[Stephanie Del Valle]]'''||19||[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ROM}} [[List of Romania representatives at international beauty pageants|Romania]]'''||Diana Dinu||22||[[Bucharest]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Miss Russia|Russia]]'''||[[Yana Dobrovolskaya]]||19||[[Tyumen]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Miss Rwanda|Rwanda]]'''||Jolly Mutesi||20||[[Kigali]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Miss Scotland|Scotland]]'''||Lucy Kerr||19||[[East Dunbartonshire]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SER}} [[Miss Serbia|Serbia]]'''||Katarina Šulkić||18||[[Belgrade]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SEY}} [[Miss Seychelles|Seychelles]]'''||[[Christine Barbier]]||24||[[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SLE}} [[Miss Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]'''||[[Aminata Adialin Bangura]]||22||[[Port Loko]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]'''||Bhaama Padmanathan||24||[[Singapore]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miss Slovakia|Slovakia]]'''||Kristína Činčurová||19||[[Lučenec]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Miss Slovenia|Slovenia]]'''||Maja Taradi||26||[[Ljubljana]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]]'''||Ntandoyenkosi Kunene||24||[[Mkhondo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SSD}} [[Miss South Sudan|South Sudan]]'''||Akuany Ayuen||23||[[Juba]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]'''||Raquel Tejedor||20||[[Zaragoza]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]'''||Amritaa De Silva||23||[[Colombo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|LCA}} [[Saint Lucia]]'''||La Toya Moffat||24||[[Castries]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss World Sweden|Sweden]]'''||Emma Strandberg
||20||[[Stockholm]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|TAN}} [[Miss Tanzania|Tanzania]]'''||Diana Luqumay||18||[[Dodoma]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]'''||Jinnita Buddee||22||[[Chiang Rai (city)|Chiang Rai]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|TTO}} [[Miss Oneness Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]'''||[[Daniella Walcott]]||24||[[Port of Spain]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Miss Tunisie|Tunisia]]'''||Mariem Hammami||22||[[Béja]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]'''||Buse Iskenderoğlu||19||[[Ankara]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Miss Uganda|Uganda]]'''|| [[Leah Kagasa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.satisfashionug.com/miss-uganda-2016-is-leah-kagasa/|title = Miss Uganda 2016 is Leah Kagasa}}</ref> ||21||[[Kampala]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Miss Ukraine|Ukraine]]'''||Oleksandra Kucherenko||19||[[Dnipro]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miss World America|United States]]'''||[[Audra Mari]]||22||[[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]'''||Romina Trotto||19||[[Montevideo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|VIR}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|US Virgin Islands]]'''||Kyrelle Thomas||18||[[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]'''||[[Diana Croce]]||19||[[Calabozo]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Miss Vietnam|Vietnam]]'''||Trương Thị Diệu Ngọc||26||[[Danang]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Miss Wales|Wales]]'''||Ffion Moyle||23||[[Carmarthen]]
|}

==Notes==
===Debuts===
* '''{{flag|Rwanda}}'''

===Returns===
Last competed in [[Miss World 1990|1990]]:
* '''{{flag|Cook Islands}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2008|2008]]:
* '''{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}'''
* '''{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2010|2010]]:
* '''{{flag|Saint Lucia|name=St. Lucia}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2011|2011]]:
* '''{{flag|Cayman Islands}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2012|2012]]:
* '''{{flag|Sierra Leone}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2013|2013]]:
* '''{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss World 2014|2014]]:
* '''{{flag|Belarus}}'''
* '''{{flag|Canada}}'''
* '''{{flag|Egypt}}'''
* '''{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}'''
* '''{{flag|Ghana}}'''
* '''{{flag|Israel}}'''

===Designations===
*'''{{flagicon|ATG}} [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua & Barbuda]]''' – Latisha Greene was appointed as Miss Antigua & Barbuda World by Calvin Southwell, president of Antigua Pageants Ltd and national director of Miss World in the island nation.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/236326296733794/photos/a.236333673399723.1073741828.236326296733794/339472616419161/?type=3 |title= Miss Antigua and Barbuda World 2016|date=21 November 2016|publisher=Miss Regal International Antigua & Barbuda}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}
*'''{{flag|British Virgin Islands}}''' – Kadia Turnbull was chosen Miss World British Virgin Islands 2016 at a casting call held by Damion Grange, the national director of Miss World British Virgin Islands pageant.
*'''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' - Melania González was appointed Miss Mundo Costa Rica 2016 after a casting call was organized by Allan Aleman, the national director of Reinas de Costa Rica pageant who is also franchise holder for Miss World in Costa Rica.
*'''{{flag|El Salvador}}''' - Ana Cortez was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2016 by Telecorporacion Salvadorena, the license holder for Miss World in El Salvador after the national pageant, [[Nuestra Belleza El Salvador]] was not held for the second consecutive year. Cortez works for the company as a TV presenter and DJ radio host. 
*'''{{flag|Germany}}''' - Selina Kriechbaum was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Detlef Tursies, the national director of Miss Deutschland pageant after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early November. Kriechbaum represented the state of [[Hesse]] at Miss Deutschland 2015 and was the 3rd runner-up at the pageant.
*'''{{flag|Mongolia}}''' - Bayartsetseg Altangerel was appointed Miss World Mongolia 2016 after a casting call was organized by Asian Future Group the franchise holder for Miss World in Mongolia.
*'''{{flag|Montenegro}}''' - Katarina Keković, Miss Universe Montenegro 2015 was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by [[Vesna De Vinča]], the national director of Miss Montenegro pageant who decided to send Tea Babic, Miss Montenegro 2016 to Miss World 2017 pageant so as to allow more preparation time for the new delegate after the national contest was postponed to late October 2016. Keković was the 1st runner-up at Miss Montenegro 2015 pageant and was supposed to compete at [[Miss Universe 2016]] however she has been replaced by Adela Zoranić, Miss Universe Montenegro 2016.
*'''{{flag|Nigeria}}''' - [[Debbie Collins]], [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|MBGN Universe 2015]] was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by Silverbird Group, the license holder for Miss World in Nigeria after [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|MBGN 2016]] pageant was cancelled because of economic recession plaguing the country. Collins represent the [[Ebonyi State]] at MBGN 2015 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
* '''{{flag|Panama}}''' – Alessandra Bueno was chosen Señorita Panamá Mundo 2016 by Edwin Dominguez after being appointed the new franchise holder for Miss World in Panama. Bueno was selected at casting call held in association with [[Justine Pasek]] and Cesar Anel Rodríguez, the organizers of Señorita Panamá pageant due to time constraints in organizing the pageant. Previously Medcom Corporation under the direction of [[Marisela Moreno]] held the franchise for Miss World in Panama.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/ey/nueva-miss-mundo-2016-1041272 |title= Nueva Miss Mundo 2016|date=2 September 2016|publisher=Panama America}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|Romania}}''' – Diana Dinu was appointed Miss World Romania 2016 by Ernest Hadrian Böhm, the national director of Miss World Romania after a casting call was organized by ExclusivEvent agency franchise holders for Miss World in Romania.
*'''{{flag|Singapore}}''' - Bhamaa Padmanathan was appointed Miss World Singapore 2016 after a casting call was held by [[Inès Ligron]] the new national director of Miss World Singapore pageant. Previously Raymund Ooi held the franchise for Miss World in Singapore.
* '''{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}''' - Daniella Marie Walcott was appointed Miss World Trinidad and Tobago 2016, by Vanessa Sahatoo-Manoo, the President of Oneness Entertainment and the national director of Miss World Trinidad & Tobago pageant after taking into account the weak corporate economic situation in the country. Walcott is also the younger sister of [[Gabrielle Walcott]] who was 2nd runner-up at [[Miss World 2008]] and also the cousin of Magdalene Walcott, who made it to the Top 20 at [[Miss World 2003]]. Daniella has been training since she was 12 years old by Miss World 1986, Giselle Laronde to become Miss World.
* '''{{flag|Tunisia}}''' – Meriem Hammemi was appointed to represent Tunisia at Miss World 2016 by Aida Antar the national director of [[Miss Tunisie]] pageant because of scheduling conflicts after the 2016 edition of the pageant was postponed to early December 2016. Hammemi represented the Governorate of [[Béja Governorate|Béja]] at the Miss Tunisie 2015 and was the 2nd runner-up at the pageant.
* '''{{flag|US Virgin Islands}}''' -  Kyrelle Thomas was appointed Miss US Paradise World 2016 after a casting call was organised by Cnydee Frontal, the national director of Miss US Paradise pageant.
* '''{{flag|Venezuela}}''' - [[Diana Croce]] was appointed to compete at Miss World 2016 by [[Osmel Sousa]], the national director of [[Miss Venezuela]] pageant after Miss Venezuela Mundo 2016 pageant was not held because of ongoing economic recession in the country. Croce represented the state of [[Nueva Esparta]] at [[Miss Venezuela 2016]] and was the 1st Runner-Up at the pageant.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://lanacionweb.com/farandula-y-espectaculos/diana-croce-ira-al-miss-mundo-2016/|title= Miss Mundo Venezuela 2016|date=28 October 2016|publisher=Lanacionweb}}</ref>

===Replacements===
* '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' - Camila Macías was crowned the new Belleza Argentina 2016 by Nadia Cerri, the national director of Belleza Argentina pageant, after [[Elena Roca]] the original winner was dethroned for committing repeated breaches of obligations stipulated in her contract. Macias represented the province of Córdoba at Belleza Argentina 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eltribuno.info/elena-roca-no-sera-miss-mundo-argentina-2016-n771230|title=Elena Roca no será Miss Mundo Argentina 2016|website=eltribuno.info|date= 5 October 2016}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|Curaçao}}''' – Nashaira Balentien, Miss World Curaçao 2016 will not compete in this edition due personal reason. Sabrina Namias de Castro, replace her, Sabrina previously competed at [[Reina Hispanoamericana]] 2016.
* '''{{flag|France}}''' - Morgane Edvige was appointed Miss World France 2016 by [[Sylvie Tellier]], the national director of Miss France pageant, as a replacement to [[Iris Mittenaere]], Miss France 2016,  who will not be able to compete at Miss World contest because of conflicting schedules, as she crowns her successor just a day before the Miss World 2016 finals. Edvige represented the island of Martinique at Miss France 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant. Mittenaere would later win [[Miss Universe 2016]] in Manila.
* '''{{flag|Kenya}}''' - Evelyn Njambi replaced Roshanara Ebrahim, Miss World Kenya 2016 after she was stripped of her title by Terry Muigai, the national director of Miss World Kenya pageant for the breach of code of conduct stipulated in her contract. Njambi represented Kiambu County at the Miss World Kenya 2016 and was crowned the 1st runner-up at the pageant<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/07/31/miss-world-kenya-dropped-by-franchise-over-grave-situation_c1395401 |title= Miss World Kenya dropped by franchise over 'grave situation'|website= the-star.co.ke |publisher= The Star, Kenya |date= 31 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/08/05/this-is-the-beauty-replacing-the-dethroned-miss-world-kenya-queen_c1398911|title= This is the beauty replacing the dethroned Miss World Kenya queen|website=  the-star.co.ke |publisher= The Star, Kenya|date=5 August 2016}}</ref> 
* '''{{flag|Lesotho}}''' - Lebakile Mokhohlane, the original winner of Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant, declined to participate at Miss World 2016 pageant due to her study commitments, hence Rethabile Tsosane was appointed to replace Mokhohlane. Tsosane was the 4th runner-up at Miss Lesotho 2016 pageant and had also won the Top Model award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FaceOfLesotho/photos/a.638800439466094.1073741825.522357834443689/1267992316546900/?type=3&theater|title=It's very sad to announce that the reigning Miss World Lesotho Kiki Mokhahlane won't be taking part in the upcoming Miss World pageant in Washington D.C |website= wwwfacebook.com |date=21 September 2016}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}

===Withdrawals===
* '''{{flag|Bermuda}}'''– Miss Bermuda 2016 pageant was not held due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|Cameroon}}''' – Julia Nguimfack, Miss Cameroon 2016 withdrew due to visa problems.
* '''{{flag|Ethiopia}}''' – Soliyana Assefa, Miss Ethiopia 2016 withdrew at the last minute.
* '''{{flag|Gabon}}''' – Miss Gabon 2016 pageant was postponed due to the political turmoil and unrest in the country that followed after the general elections.
* '''{{flag|Macedonia}}''' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|Namibia}}''' – Lizelle Esterhuizen, Miss Namibia 2016, not compete at Miss World pageant after Conny Maritz, the national director of the Miss Namibia pageant, decided to send Esterhuizen only to [[Miss Universe 2016]] due to lack of funding and sponsorship. Usually the winner of Miss Namibia pageant competes at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|Samoa}}''' – No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|St. Kitts and Nevis}}'''– No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|Zambia}}''' – the Miss Zambia 2016 pageant finals were scheduled just a day before the Miss World finals.
* '''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}''' – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Mary Chiwenga cancelled the 2016 edition of the Miss Zimbabwe pageant due to lack of quality candidates to compete at an international level.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.missworld.com}}

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