The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since 2000, Morley’s wife, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant.

Alongside with its rival Miss Universe and Miss Earth contests, this pageant is one of the most publicised beauty contests in the world. The telecast of the final competition is the world’s largest live annual beauty pageant television event with global viewers.

The winner spends a year travelling to represent the Miss World Organization and its various causes. Traditionally, Miss World lives in London during her reign.

Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, will be held on December 12, 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 12, 2009.112 contestants from all over the world are competing for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant’s history. Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia will crown her successor at the end of this event. For the first time since 2003, 20 semifinalists will be chosen for this year

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