Spanish beauty is Miss World 2015
(MENAFN- Arab News) SANYA China: Spain's Mireia Lalaguna Royo has been named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya.
The win followed a lengthy competition dogged by controversy over China's refusal to allow Canada's entrant to attend.
Sofia Nikitchuk of Russia was the runner-up and Indonesia's Maria Harfanti took third place in Saturday night's final.
Not present was Miss Canada Chinese-born Anastasia Lin who'd been prevented from boarding her connecting flight to Sanya from Hong Kong last month after China refused her a visa on arrival.
Lin is an outspoken critic of Chinese religious policy and a follower of the Falun Gong meditation practice which was outlawed by China in 1999.
The first Miss World contest was held 64 years ago in Britain.
The win followed a lengthy competition dogged by controversy over China's refusal to allow Canada's entrant to attend.
Sofia Nikitchuk of Russia was the runner-up and Indonesia's Maria Harfanti took third place in Saturday night's final.
Not present was Miss Canada Chinese-born Anastasia Lin who'd been prevented from boarding her connecting flight to Sanya from Hong Kong last month after China refused her a visa on arrival.
Lin is an outspoken critic of Chinese religious policy and a follower of the Falun Gong meditation practice which was outlawed by China in 1999.
The first Miss World contest was held 64 years ago in Britain.
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