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 2022 from every country in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America:

(This is an ongoing list. It will be regularly updated until December 31, 2022.)

AFRICA

NORTHERN AFRICA

1. Algeria 
2. Egypt
3. Libya 
4. Mauritania
5. Morocco 
6. Sudan 
7. Tunisia 
8. Western Sahara 

EASTERN AFRICA

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

MIDDLE AFRICA

1. Angola 
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. Niger
12. Nigeria 
13. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
14. Senegal 
15. Sierra Leone
16. 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

WEST ASIA

1. Abkhazia
2. Akrotiri and Dhekelia
3. Armenia 
4. Artsakh 
5. Azerbaijan 
6. Bahrain 
7. Cyprus 
8. Georgia 
9. Iran 
10. Iraq 
11. Israel 
12. Jordan 
13. Kuwait 
14. Lebanon 
15. Northern Cyprus 
16. Oman 
17. Palestine 
18. Qatar 
19. Saudi Arabia 
20. South Ossetia 
21. Syria 
22. Turkey 
23. United Arab Emirates 
24. Yemen 

EAST ASIA

1. China 
2. Japan 
3. Mongolia 
4. North Korea 
5. South Korea 
6. Taiwan 

SOUTH ASIA

1. Afghanistan 
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. Laos 
6. Malaysia 
7. Myanmar 
8. Philippines 
9. Singapore 
10. Thailand
11. Vietnam Jade Nguyen

EUROPE

NORTHERN EUROPE

1. Denmark 
2. England 
3. Estonia 
4. Faroe Islands
5. Finland
6. Guernsey 
7. Iceland 
8. Ireland 
9. Isle of Man 
10. Jersey 
11. Latvia 
12. Lithuania
13. Northern Ireland 
14. Norway 
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. Transnistria
11. Ukraine 

WESTERN EUROPE

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

SOUTHERN EUROPE

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

NORTH AMERICA

NORTHERN AMERICA

1. Canada 
2. Greenland 
3. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
4. United States

CENTRAL AMERICA

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

CARIBBEAN

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

OTHER

1. Mexico 

OCEANIA

MELANESIA

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

MICRONESIA

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

POLYNESIA

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

OTHER

1. Australia 

SOUTH AMERICA

CARIBBEAN

1. Aruba Kiara Arends
2. Curacao 
3. French Guiana 
4. Guyana 
5. Suriname 

SOUTHERN CONE

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Falkland Islands
5. Paraguay 
6. Uruguay 

ANDEAN STATES

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