Mexican Model Has Been Crowned As Miss World 2018 In Hainan Island Of China (Video)

A Mexican model andvolunteer was crowned Miss World at a glitzy event. Miss Mexico Vanessa Pance de Leon, 26, has a degree in international business, volunteers for " Migrates en el Camino" and is on the board of directors of rehab centre for girls. She was crowned as 68th Miss World by last year's winner, Manushi Chhillar of India, in the coastal city of Sanya. The colorful ceremony included US group Sisters Sledge performing their 1979 disco anthem "we are family" First runner up was Thailand's Nicolene, a 28-year -old studying business administration . Miss Belarus, Miss Jamaica and Miss Uganda were also among the final five. It is the eighth time te Miss World final has been held in Sanya, which first hosted the pageant in 2003. At the finals three years ago controversy erupted as officials in Hongkong stopped Miss Canada, Anastasia, from boarding a plane for Sanya, telling her she would not receive a visa. The 25-year-old actress claimed the decision was due to her stance on China's human rights record, including its prosecution of Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual group of which she is a practitioner.