Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh, 25, of Jamaica will crown her successor at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 16, 2022. It will be the 70th edition of the oldest active international beauty pageant, which was created by Eric Morley in 1951.

Singh was crowned Miss World 2019 at the ExCeL London in London, England, United Kingdom on December 14, 2019. Ophély Mézino, 22, of France and Suman Rao, 22, of India are the respective first and second princesses while Elis Miele, 22, of Brazil and Nyekachi Douglas, 23, of Nigeria finished in the Top 5.

Miss World is one of the six grand slam international female beauty pageants. The others are Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.

Because of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Singh was not able to crown her successor in 2020 and in 2021. This made her the longest reigning titleholder of a grand slam international female beauty pageant title.

There are 40 semifinalists competing for the Miss World 2021 title. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 12 candidates:

#12. Carla Yules, 25, Indonesia

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#11. Nellie Anjaratiana, 24, Madagascar

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#10. Shree Saini, 25, United States

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#9. Amar Pacheco Ibarra, 24, Ecuador

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#8. Khadija Omar, 20, Somalia

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#7. Karolina Kopincova, 22, Czech Republic

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#6. Sheynnis Palacios, 21, Nicaragua

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#5. Shudufhadzo Musida, 25, South Africa

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#4. Alejandra Conde, 24, Venezuela

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#3. Olivia Yace, 23, Cote d’Ivoire

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#2. April Benayoum, 22, France

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#1. Tracy Maureen Perez, 28, Philippines