New Miss World crowned as controversy brews over Miss England accusations

Published on 02/06/2025 - 12:55 GMT+2

The 72nd Miss World beauty pageant was held this play successful India and Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World.

Chuangsri topped a section of 108 contestants successful nan title held successful India’s confederate Hyderabad metropolis connected Saturday.

Hasset Dereje Admassu of Ethiopia was nan first runner-up successful nan competition.

Chuangsri received her crown from past year’s victor Krystyna Pyszková.

Speaking to ANI, Chuangsri said she would emotion to activity successful Bollywood if location is an opportunity.  

Chuangsri said: “I consciousness very happy and proud. It is an honour to return nan first Miss World crown to Thailand… I dream I person made them proud…If I get nan opportunity, I would emotion to (act successful Bollywood films).” 

Despite nan celebrations, contention has been brewing arsenic Milla Magee, nan reigning Miss England, has accused nan organisers of nan Miss World pageant of utilizing her arsenic model dressing. 

According to nan Guardian, Magee said she agreed to return portion successful nan 2025 Miss World pageant to beforehand her run to person CPR included successful nan schoolhouse curriculum. However, she near earlier nan expansive last connected Saturday, saying she felt she was being exploited, emotion for illustration she and different women had been provided arsenic intermezo for investors. 

Miss World organisers responded pinch a connection successful which they referred to “false and defamatory statements” that they said were “completely unfounded and inconsistent pinch nan reality of her clip pinch us”. 

Julia Morley, nan organisation’s main executive, gavean interview with nan Hindu newspaper successful which she accused Magee of leaving because she “believed she didn’t guidelines a chance successful nan competition”. 

Magee responded by saying that Morley’s comments were “vindictive and very bitter” and that she near because she “wanted to guidelines for what I judge successful and it didn’t align pinch my values.” 

She said: “I felt for illustration I’ve been fed a mendacious communicative of this strategy that promotes ‘beauty pinch a purpose’, that’s expected to beryllium astir defense and what you champion for. And I thought, right, this is simply a existent bully opportunity for maine connected a world shape to beryllium capable to talk astir Go Far pinch CPR. This isn’t astir maine opinionated connected nan stage, this isn’t astir what I wear. It’s not astir what I look like.” 

Magee claims she and different contestants were location more to entertain guests, pinch constricted opportunity fixed to beforehand their causes.  

Additional sources • ANI, Guardian, The Hindu