The delegates include Miss Uganda Trivia Elle Muhoza, who shares a strong connection to Rwanda through her maternal lineage.
The 73rd edition will feature contestants from countries around the world, with Eritrea, French Guiana, Maldives, Mozambique and Pakistan set to participate for the first time.
Several countries that did not take part in last year’s competition are also returning this year. They include Aruba, the Bahamas, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo, Laos, Malawi, Morocco, Norway, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Tanzania and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
This year’s pageant coincides with celebrations marking 75 years since Miss World was established. It is one of the world’s longest-running and most prominent international beauty pageants.
Rwanda is not participating in this year’s competition, while several other East African countries, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda, will be represented.
Rwanda made its Miss World debut in 2016, when Jolly Mutesi became the country’s first representative. Contestants, including Elsa Iradukunda, Liliane Iradukunda, and Meghan Nimwiza, followed her.
Naomie Nishimwe, who was crowned Miss Rwanda 2020, did not compete at Miss World following the cancellation of the 2020 global pageant due to the COVID-19 pandemic and her subsequent departure from the local organizing agency. Grace Ingabire represented Rwanda in 2021 and remains the country’s last contestant to appear on the Miss World stage.
Divine Muheto, crowned Miss Rwanda 2022, was unable to compete at Miss World 2023 after the national pageant’s operations were suspended.
The latest contestants will compete for the crown currently held by Thailand’s Suchata Chuangsri, who won Miss World 2025.
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