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Miss World 2023
Miss World 2023 will be the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant, to be held in the United Arab Emirates in 2023, marking the first edition to stage the final in the Middle East. Karolina Bielawska of Poland will crown her successor at the end of the event. Background Location and date On 13 February 2023, Julia Morley, chairperson of the Miss World Organization, announced that the competition will take place in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. "Further details to follow," Morley added, referring to the final date and the venue of the pageant. Selection of participants Contestants from 87 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. One of them is a designee after the withdrawal of the original contestant. Poelano Mothisi, the first runner-up in Miss Lesotho 2021, was appointed to represent her country as the original winner Refiloe Lefothane pursued to continue her studies abroad. The 2023 edition will see the returns of Aruba, Australia, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2021
Miss World 2021 was the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2022. The coronation was originally scheduled to be held on 16 December 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. However, the pageant was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Puerto Rico. Contestants from 97 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, featuring the smallest number of candidates at the pageant since 2003. The pageant was hosted by Peter Andre for the second time, and Fernando Allende. Don Omar, Gente de Zona, Victor Manuel, Pedro Capó, and the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra (''Filarmónica de Puerto Rico'') conducted by Angel Velez with guest conductor Mike Dixon performed in this year's pageant. At the end of the event, Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica crowned Karolina Bielawska of Poland as Miss World 2021. It is the second victory of Poland in the history of the pageant after their vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivisión
Bolivisión is a commercial Bolivian television station based in Santa Cruz. The channel was launched on June 17, 1997. . Retrieved on June 9, 2007 History Background On September 1, 1985, América Televisión, an open television channel owned by Banco Mercantil, was launched. With its studios in the Batallón Colorados Building, the station became one of the first private channels in Bolivia. With broadcasts lasting 6 hours in its first 2 years of broadcast, its transmission schedules progressively increased to 18 hours a day. América Televisión (unrelated to the Peruvian channel of the same name) was the first private network in the country to broadcast via satellite in 1994 and was one of the first to reach the 9 capitals of the departmen ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Bolivia
Miss Bolivia is a national beauty pageant in Bolivia. The pageant was founded in 1959, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History The contest was founded in 1959 and Gloria Suárez de Limpias has been the event's director since 1979. As of 2019, Bolivia has not won a Miss Universe or Miss World title. A three-hour parade is held annually on August 5. Bolivian TV channel Unitel Bolivia, Unitel broadcasts it to the rest of Latin America, and cable broadcasts are available in the United States. For approximately one month, there are several preliminary events and presentations regarding the main parade. Official Divisions ;Beni * Miss Beni * Srta. Beni * Miss Moxitania ;Chuquisaca * Miss Chuquisaca * Srta. Chuquisaca * Miss La Plata ;Cochabamba * Miss Cochabamba * Srta. Cochabamba * Miss Valle ;La Paz * Miss La Paz * Srta. La Paz * Miss Illimani ;Oruro * Miss Oruro * Srta. Oruro ;Pando * Miss Pando * Srta. Pando ;Potosí * Miss Potosí * Srta. Potosí ;Santa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biscayne, Belize
Biscayne is a village in Belize District of the central-east coastal region of Belize. Though the area was originally inhabited by Mayans The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived within that historical reg ... this village was established in the region of Belize that was first settled by Europeans. It is one of 192 municipalities administrated at the village level in the country for census taking purposes. The village had a population of 517 in 2010. This represents roughly 0.6% of the district's total population. This was a 33.90% increase from 386 people recorded in 2000. References Populated places in Belize District {{Belize-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VPL-FM
LOVE FM is a radio station based in Belize City, operating since February 14, 1993. It is part of RSV Media Center, whose chairman is Dr. Rene Villanueva, Sr. It broadcasts family-oriented programs and mature, contemporary style music. History Love FM was the first private radio station to cover the entire nation of Belize. Love FM guided the nation through the national emergencies brought on by Hurricanes Mitch, Keith, Chantal and Iris Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye *Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris or IRIS may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional ent .... In many villages, especially those in Southern Belize, Love FM's signal was the only one they could receive. An independent survey conducted by British Forces in 2006 showed that despite the fact that there are 36 radio stations in Belize today some 66.6 percent of those surveyed still rely on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Belize
Miss Universe Belize (formerly known as ''Miss Belize'') is a national beauty pageant to select the country's representative for the Miss Universe pageant. History In the early days of Miss Universe Belize (then known as Miss Belize), one pageant was held yearly to select a representative for the Miss Universe pageant, with either the winner or a runner-up representing Belize at Miss World. Recently, there has been an emergence of different pageants to select representatives for different international pageants as opposed to just one pageant with several winners. 2008 Miss Universe Belize 2008 Tanisha Vernon spoke out against "Pageants Belize, owner, and only employee – Margaret Johnson". Her crown was then revoked in July 2008. 2016 In 2016, Opal Enriquez took over the Miss Belize franchise. 2018—2022 In 2018, Romeo Escobar, a three-time Emmy award-winning producer took over the franchise of Miss Universe in Belize. He left the franchise in 2023, citing disagreements with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elewijt
Elewijt is a village in the municipality of Zemst, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. History Roman period The village was first founded in the 1st century as a Roman vicus on a junction of roads. It kept existing until it was destroyed at the end of the third century. Hundreds of years later, a new village slowly began to arise, with the center half a mile to the south of the ruins of the old village. post-Roman period Throughout most of the late Middle Ages, Elewijt and the nearby village of Perk formed a Herrschaft (territory) herrschaft. In the 11th century, a wooden fort was built in the southwestern part of the village. Later the Elewijt Castle (''Het Steen'') was modernised and in the 1630s it was a residence of the famous painter Pieter Paul Rubens. Monuments Elewijt contains the castle of Het Steen, which was owned by Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Nieuwsblad
''Het Nieuwsblad'' (; en, The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports. History and profile In 1929, ''Het Nieuwsblad'' was published by ''De Standaard'' for the first time. In 1939, the sports paper ''Sportwereld'' (established in 1912) was purchased by De Standaard and turned into a daily supplement to their two main newspapers, "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad". In 1957, three other newspapers were purchased by ''De Standaard'' and initially kept in circulation. In 1966, the further publication of two of them, ''Het Nieuws van de Dag'' and ''Het Vrije Volksblad'', was stopped. The same happened with the third paper, Het Handelsblad, in 1979. In 1959, two more newspapers were purchased, of which ''De Landwacht'' disappeared in 1978. The other paper, ''De Gentenaar'', was turned into a "cover-paper" for ''Het Nieuwsblad'' around the city of Ghent. ''De Gentenaar'' stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Belgium
Miss Belgium is a national beauty pageant in Belgium. The winner of Miss Belgium automatically represents her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants if the dates do not overlap. Rules *Belgian nationality *to be never married and without children *to have an age of 18 to 27 year History Queen of the Beach The first contest looking for the most beautiful girl in was in 1928. It was journalist Jean-Jacques Fortis who organised the contest "La Reine de la Plage" - "The Queen of the Beach" as a promotion for the journal Piccolo, now |
Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). .... Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000. The ''Bridgetown'' port, found along Carlisle Bay, Barbados, Carlisle Bay (at ) lies on the southwestern coast of the island. Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area (as roughly defined by the Ring road, Ring Road Bypass or more commonly known as the ABC Highway), sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Barbados World
Miss Barbados World beauty pageant selects representatives for the Miss World pageant from Barbados. Organization The current Miss Barbados World Pageant franchise holder is Stephanie Chase. Before that the Franchise holder was Cortez Blacket, Stephanie Chase herself is a former Miss Barbados 2001 who won the talent portion at the Miss World contest in South Africa that year and later a five-year record contract. As of 2011, Stephanie Chase handed over the Miss Barbados World franchise to Leah Marville. Notable finishes To date, the only Miss Barbados winner who has become a 'top ten finalist' in the Miss World pageant was Linda Yvonne Fields, who was placed eighth over-all in the 1974 Miss World Contest held at Royal Albert Hall, London, England. Since then, the only Miss Barbados who has been was predicted/projected to place at Miss World was the 2009 Miss Barbados title holder, Leah Marville. In 2004 Kennifer Marius was placed 3rd in the Talent Competition behind Antigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
