13 things about Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska

Karolina Bielawska represented Łódź, Poland in the 42nd edition of Miss Polonia. She represented the country in the 70th edition of Miss World.

BIOGRAPHY

Bielawska is a Polish model and beauty queen born in Łódź to Łukasz Bielawski and Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska. Lukasz is the former president of ŁKS Łódź, a sports club based in Łódź, while Agnieszka is the dean of the Faculty of Organization and Management of Politechnika Łódzka in Łódź.

While reigning as Miss World 2021, she was pursuing her master’s degree in business at Politechnika Łódzka. Her undergraduate thesis was about the image of the Miss Polonia brand.

On April 11, 2026, Karolina turned 27. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is the second Miss World from Poland following Aneta Kręglicka, who was crowned in 1989.
2. She won Miss Polonia 2019.
3. In 2020, she helped provide hot meals, food packages, drinks, clothing, masks, law advice and professional medical support for almost 300 people in need in Lodz.
4. She was supposed to represent Poland at Miss World 2020, which was cancelled due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
5. In 2021, she graduated from Politechnika Łódzka with a bachelor’s degree in management and visited Puerto Rico, United States.
6. She is Miss World Poland 2021.
7. She won Miss World 2021.
8. In 2022, she visited Ecuador, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Botswana.
9. She was a Miss Northern Ireland 2022 judge.
10. In 2023, she visited the Philippines.
11. In 2024, she visited India, Singapore, Seychelles, Wales, South Africa and France.
12. In 2025, she earned her master’s degree in business from Politechnika Łódzka and visited the Maldives, Greece, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Thailand.
13. In 2026, she visited Saudi Arabia.

TIMELINE

Karolina is 5’10” tall. Her favorite sports are tennis and badminton and she enjoys traveling, swimming and scuba diving.

2010s

• On November 24, 2019, she represented Łódź at Miss Polonia 2019 and competed against 19 other candidates at the Hotel Narvil Conference and Spa in Serock, Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. She won the title.

2020s

• On March 8, 2021, she crowned her successor Miss Polonia 2020 Natalia Gryglewska at the Arche Hotel Krakowska in Warsaw, Masovia, Poland.
• In December 2021, she represented Poland at Miss World 2021 and competed against 96 other candidates in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was selected as one of the 40 quarterfinalists.
• In January 2022, she collaborated with Zupa na Pietrynie-kuchnia, a volunteer organization in Łódź.
• On March 16, 2022, she competed against 39 other quarterfinalists during the Miss World 2021 coronation night at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan and won the title.
• On April 11, 2022, she visited the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union in New York, USA where she received $20000 as a donation to Caritas in Łódź. 
• In May 2022, she visited the Ciudad Mitad del Mundo in Pichincha, Ecuador and served as a judge at Miss Northern Ireland 2022 at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• On August 12, 2022, she attended the Miss World Vietnam 2022 coronation night as a special guest at Merry Land in Quy Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam.
• On August 25, 2022, both she and Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuy Thuc Tien arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah, Malaysia.
• In September 2022, she visited Singapore and Indonesia.
• On October 2, 2022, she was a special guest at the 85th Pulaski Day Parade in New York.
• On October 22, 2022, she was a special guest at the Miss Botswana 2022 coronation night at the Fairscape Precinct in Gaborone, Botswana.
• In September 2023, she visited the Philippines.
• On March 9, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss World 2023 Krystyna Pyszkova at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India.
• On March 15, 2024, she traveled to Singapore.
• In April 2024, she traveled to Felicite, Seychelles.
• In May 2024, she traveled to Cardiff, Wales and Johannesburg, South Africa.
• In November 2024, she traveled Paris, France.
• In February 2025, she traveled to the Maldives.
• In January 2025, she graduated from Politechnika Łódzka with a master’s degree.
• In May 2025, she traveled to Saint-Émilion, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
• In August 2025, she traveled to Athens, Greece.
• In September 2025, she traveled to Prague, Czech Republic.
• In December 2025, she traveled to Bangkok, Thailand and Dublin, Ireland.
• In January 2026, she traveled to Saudi Arabia.