Contestants
Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
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Albania | Rudina Suti | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Gjirokastër |
Argentina | Camila Solórzano Ayusa | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Tucumán |
Australia | Rachael Margot Smith | 23 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Perth |
Bahamas | Garnell Storr | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mushca Cay |
Belgium | Debby Gommeren | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Antwerp |
Bhutan | Tsokye Karchung | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Thimphu |
Bolivia | Carolina Urquiola | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | La Paz |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Alisa Zlatarevic | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Nametso Ngwako | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Serowe |
Brazil | Tatiane Alves | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Conselheiro Lafaiete |
Canada | Denise Garrido | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bradford |
China | Zhou Yingkun | 22 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | Shandong |
Colombia | Mariana Rodríguez | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Cali |
Costa Rica | Wendy Cordero | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Cartago |
Cuba | Jessica Silva | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Camagüey |
Congo, DRO | Olga Yumba | 21 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kasai-Oriental |
Congo, RO | Katissia Kouta | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | Brazzaville |
Czech Republic | Hana Svobodová | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Zadní Zhořec |
Dominican Republic | Diana González Flores | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | San Francisco de Macorís |
Ecuador | Andrea Carolina León | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Machala |
El Salvador | Teresita Gómez | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | San Salvador |
England | Caroline Duffy | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | York |
Ethiopia | Kidan Tesfahun | 24 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Addis Ababa |
Finland | Minna Nikkila | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Tampere |
France | Charlotte Lagauzere | 24 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bayonne |
Georgia | Sopiko Svimonishvili | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Rustavi |
Germany | Dayana Schult | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Schwerin |
Ghana | Sara Adoley Addo | 24 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Accra |
Greece | Ria Antoniou | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Athens |
Guadeloupe | Jennifer Desbouiges | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Basse-Terre |
Guam | Jennifer Neves | 26 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Hagatña |
Honduras | Kenia Andrade | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Atlántida |
Hungary | Krisztina Polgár | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Törökszentmiklós |
India | Tanvi Vyas | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Vadodara |
Indonesia | Hedhy Kurniati | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Jakarta |
Israel | Lin Mor | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Tel Aviv |
Italy | Caterina Pasquale | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Crotone |
Jamaica | Simone Burke | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | St. Andrew |
Japan | Akemi Fukumura | 26 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tokyo |
Korea | Seo Seol-hee | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Daegu |
Kosovo | Yllka Berisha | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Pristina |
Latvia | Anita Baltruna | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Jelgava |
Lebanon | Pamela Saade | 25 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Beirut |
Liberia | Marit Woods | 21 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Monrovia |
Lithuania | Ingrida Kazlauskaite | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kaunas |
Luxembourg | Nadia Neves Pereira | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Luxembourg |
Macau | Qian Wei-Na | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Macau |
Malaysia | Audrey Ng | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Perak |
Malta | Maria Galea | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Valletta |
Martinique | Frédérique Violene Grainville | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Fort-de-France |
Mexico | Abigail Elizalde | 23 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Torreón |
Netherlands | Melanie de Laat | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Utrecht |
New Zealand | Rachel Crofts | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Manawatu |
Nicaragua | Thelma Rodríguez | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Chinandega |
Nigeria | Uko Ezinne | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Lagos |
Northern Ireland | Gemma Walker | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Slievemore |
Pakistan | Nosheen Idrees | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Jhelum |
Panama | Shassia Ubillús | 25 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | Panama City |
Peru | Giuliana Zevallos | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Loreto |
Philippines | Karla Henry | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Cebu City |
Poland | Karolina Filipkowska | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Łódź |
Romania | Ruxandra Popa | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Abrud |
Russia | Anna Mezentseva | 23 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Moscow |
Rwanda | Cynthia Akazuba | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kigali |
Scotland | Courtney St. John | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Glasgow |
Serbia | Bojana Traljic | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Subotica |
Singapore | Ivy Leow Kian Peng | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Singapore |
Slovak Republic | Martina Tóthová | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Piešťany |
Slovenia | Sara Frančeškin | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Ljubljana |
South Africa | Matapa Maila | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Limpopo |
South Sudan | Nok Nora Duany | 18 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Juba |
Spain | Adriana Reverón | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tenerife |
Suriname | Priscilla Yhap | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Paramaribo |
Sweden | Fanny Blomé | 18 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | Norrköping |
Switzerland | Nasanin Nuri | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Teheran |
Tahiti | Vahinetua Flaccadori | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Papeete |
Chinese Taipei | Tsai Yin-Yin | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Taipei |
Tanzania | Miriam Odemba | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Arusha |
Thailand | Piyaporn Deejing | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Nakhon Ratchasima |
Turkey | Demet Karadeniz | 25 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Ankara |
Turks & Caicos | Sessily Pratt | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Providenciales |
Uganda | Daisy Nabagereka | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Kampala |
USA | Jana Murrell | 26 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Omaha |
Venezuela | Daniela Torrealba | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | San Cristóbal |
Wales | Jamie Lee Williams | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Powys |
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