Representing Malta, Michela Galea, 18, is one of the 11 Miss World 2017 candidates confirmed to be in the Top 40. On November 14, 2017, she won the talent competition through her singing performance making her the third quarter finalist of the beauty pageant.
Galea is a student of the University of Malta where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in theatre studies. She is both a singer and an actress.
On June 10, 2017, Galea she won Miss World Malta 2017. After winning the title, she said, “I think that the competition in itself was a challenge for me because everything was completely new to me. I think that being a singer and an actress helped me throughout, in the sense that I felt confident in front of a camera, in front of the judges and the audience.”
Runner-up to Galea in the Miss World 2017 talent competition was Miss Fiji Nanise Rainima, 25. The latter played the piano and sang an original song she wrote for her late paternal grandmother and cancer survivor Ema Ratadai Rainima.
“The talent this year was just amazing and I was a part of that and I’m so grateful and honored,” Rainima said. “My friend and sister Michela Galea Miss Malta was superb and in my heart. I’m happy and proud of her winning talent because she was one of the first contestants I had the privilege of knowing.”
Miss Italy Conny Notarstefano placed third in the talent competition while Miss England Stephanie Hall and Miss Mexico Andrea Meza placed fourth and fifth, respectively. Here are the 15 other candidates who made it to the semi-finals of the competition:
- Miss Cameroon Akomo Minkata
- Miss Cyprus Helena Tselepi
- Miss Denmark Amanda Petri
- Miss Guam Destiny Cruz
- Miss Hungary Virag Koroknyai
- Miss Indonesia Achintya Holte Nilsen
- Miss Japan Haruka Yamashita
- Miss Netherlands Philisantha van Deuren
- Miss Northern Ireland Anna Henry
- Miss Paraguay Paola Oberladstatter
- Miss Scotland Romy McCahill
- Miss Spain Elisa Tulian
- Miss Turkey Asli Sumen
- Miss Trinidad and Tobago Chandini Chanka
- Miss Ukraine Polina Tkach
The Miss World 2017 grand coronation night will take place on November 18, 2017 at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. Here is Galea singing “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder:
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