Beauty is power. Like a knife, both beauty and power are helpful if used properly but dangerous if abused.

Physical beauty is about symmetry. Color has little, if not nothing, to do with it.

But more than symmetry, beauty is magic. Symmetrical pair of eyes, lips and nose may still not be pleasing to the eye if put together. Asymmetrical pair of ears, chin and neck may create a piece of art if put together. That is magic.

Usually, the magic behind beauty shines when a person smiles. The truth is that a person cannot be ugly while smiling.

However, it is hypocritical to say that every person is physically beautiful. What we need to teach our children is that being more physically beautiful does not give a person more human rights because in the eyes of the law, every citizen is equal.

While the definition of physical beauty varies from generation to generation and from culture to culture, it always boils down to one thing: symmetry. Here is the list of the most beautiful women alive in 2021 from every country in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America:

• This is an ongoing list. Check back for updates.
• Click on the respective links for the list of most beautiful women from each country.

AFRICA

NORTHERN AFRICA

1. Algeria Amel Bouchoucha
2. Canary Islands
3. Ceuta
4. Egypt
5. Libya
6. Madeira
7. Melilla
8. Morocco
9. Sudan
10. Tunisia
11. Western Sahara

EASTERN AFRICA

1. Burundi
2. Comoros
3. Djibouti
4. Eritrea
5. Ethiopia
6. French Southern Territories
7. Kenya
8. Madagascar
9. Malawi
10. Mauritius
11. Mayotte
12. Mozambique
13. Reunion
14. Rwanda
15. Seychelles
16. Somalia
17. South Sudan
18. Tanzania
19. Uganda
20. Zambia
21. Zimbabwe

MIDDLE AFRICA

1. Angola Sharam Diniz
2. Cameroon
3. Central African Republic
4. Chad
5. Democratic Republic of the Congo
6. Equatorial Guinea
7. Gabon
8. Republic of the Congo
9. Sao Tome and Principe

WESTERN AFRICA

1. Benin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Cape Verde
4. Cote d’Ivoire
5. Gambia
6. Ghana
7. Guinea
8. Guinea-Bissau
9. Liberia
10. Mali
11. Mauritania
12. Niger
13. Nigeria
14. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
15. Senegal
16. Sierra Leone
17. Togo

SOUTHERN AFRICA

1. Botswana
2. Eswatini
3. Lesotho
4. Namibia
5. South Africa

ASIA

CENTRAL ASIA

1. Kazakhstan
2. Kyrgyzstan
3. Tajikistan
4. Turkmenistan
5. Uzbekistan

MIDDLE EAST

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Bahrain
4. Cyprus
5. Georgia
6. Iran
7. Iraq
8. Israel
9. Jordan
10. Kuwait
11. Lebanon
12. Oman
13. Palestine
14. Qatar Moza bint Nasser Al Thani
15. Saudi Arabia
16. Syria
17. Turkey
18. United Arab Emirates
19. Yemen

EAST ASIA

1. China
2. Japan
3. Mongolia
4. North Korea Sonu Hyang-hui
5. South Korea
6. Taiwan

SOUTH ASIA

1. Afghanistan Azita Ghanizada
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. India
5. Maldives
6. Nepal
7. Pakistan
8. Sri Lanka

SOUTHEAST ASIA

1. Brunei
2. Cambodia
3. East Timor
4. Indonesia
5. Lao
6. Malaysia
7. Myanmar
8. Philippines Marian Rivera
9. Singapore  Julie Tan
10. Thailand
11. Vietnam Tuyet Lan

EUROPE

NORTHERN EUROPE

1. Aland Islands
2. Denmark
3. England
4. Estonia
5. Faroe Islands
6. Finland
7. Iceland
8. Ireland
9. Isle of Man
10. Latvia
11. Lithuania
12. Northern Ireland
13. Norway
14. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
15. Scotland
16. Sweden
17. Wales

EASTERN EUROPE

1. Belarus
2. Bulgaria
3. Czech Republic
4. Hungary
5. Moldova
6. Poland
7. Romania
8. Russia
9. Slovak Republic
10. Ukraine Nataliya Gotsiy

WESTERN EUROPE

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. France
4. Germany
5. Liechtenstein
6. Luxembourg
7. Monaco
8. Netherlands
9. Switzerland

SOUTHERN EUROPE

1. Albania Emina Cunmulaj
2. Andorra
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Croatia
5. Gibraltar
6. Greece
7. Holy See
8. Italy
9. Malta
10. Montenegro
11. North Macedonia
12. Portugal
13. San Marino
14. Serbia
15. Slovenia
16. Spain

NORTH AMERICA

NORTHERN AMERICA

1. Bermuda
2. Canada
3. Greenland
4. Mexico
5. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
6. United States

CENTRAL AMERICA

1. Belize
2. Costa Rica
3. El Salvador
4. Guatemala
5. Honduras
6. Nicaragua
7. Panama

CARIBBEAN

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Bahamas
4. Barbados
5. British Virgin Islands
6. Cayman Islands
7. Cuba Ariadna Romero
8. Dominica
9. Dominican Republic
10. Grenada
11. Haiti
12. Jamaica
13. Puerto Rico
14. Trinidad and Tobago
15. Saint Kitts and Nevis
16. Saint Lucia
17. Saint Martin
18. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19. Sint Maarten
20. U.S. Virgin Islands

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

1. Australia
2. New Zealand

MELANESIA

1. Fiji
2. New Caledonia
3. Papua New Guinea
4. Solomon Islands
5. Vanuatu

MICRONESIA

1. Guam
2. Kiribati
3. Marshall Islands
4. Micronesia
5. Nauru
6. Northern Mariana Islands
7. Palau

POLYNESIA

1. American Samoa
2. Cook Islands
3. French Polynesia
4. Niue
5. Pitcairn
6. Samoa
7. Tokelau
8. Tonga
9. Tuvalu
10. Wallis and Futuna

SOUTH AMERICA

ABC

1. Aruba Laura Francesca Saponara
2. Bonaire
3. Curacao

THE GUIANAS

1. French Guiana
2. Guyana
3. Suriname

SOUTHERN CONE

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Paraguay Nadia Ferreira
5. Uruguay

ANDEAN STATES

1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. Ecuador
4. Peru
5. Venezuela