Delegates
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Matilda Mecini | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tirana |
| Angola | Lesliana Pereira | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | M'banza-Kongo |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Athina James | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | St. John's |
| Argentina | Silvana Belli | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Rawson |
| Aruba | Tracey Nicolaas | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Laura Dundovic | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Sydney |
| Bahamas | Sacha Scott | 19 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Nassau |
| Belgium | Alizée Poulicek | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Huy |
| Bolivia | Katherine David Céspedes | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | San Ignacio de Velasco |
| Brazil | Natália Anderle | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Encantado |
| Canada | Samantha Tajik | 26 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Toronto |
| Cayman Islands | Rebecca Parchment | 26 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | West Bay |
| China | Wei Ziya | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Chongqing |
| Colombia | Taliana Vargas | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Santa Marta |
| Costa Rica | María Teresa Rodríguez | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Alajuela |
| Croatia | Snježana Lončarević | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Zagreb |
| Curaçao | Jenyfeer Mercelina | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Dimitra Sergiou | 23 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Limassol |
| Czech Republic | Eliška Bučková | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Strážnice |
| Denmark | Marie-Sten Knudsen | 18 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Marianne Cruz | 23 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | Salcedo |
| Ecuador | Domenica Saporitti | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Guayaquil |
| Egypt | Yara Naoum | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Cairo |
| El Salvador | Rebeca Moreno | 22 | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | San Salvador |
| Estonia | Julia Kovaljova | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Tallinn |
| Finland | Satu Tuomisto | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Akaa |
| France | Laura Tanguy | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Angers |
| Georgia | Gvantsa Daraselia | 18 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Madina Taher | 21 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Elmshorn |
| Ghana | Yvette Nsiah | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Accra |
| Greece | Dionissia Koukiou | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Athens |
| Guam | Siera Robertson | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Yona |
| Guatemala | Jennifer Chiong | 25 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Quetzaltenango |
| Honduras | Diana Barrasa | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Jázmin Dammak | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Budapest |
| India | Simran Kaur Mundi | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Mumbai |
| Indonesia | Putri Raemawasti | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Blitar |
| Ireland | Lynn Kelly | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Dublin |
| Israel | Shunit Faragi | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kiryat Tiv'on |
| Italy | Claudia Ferraris | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bergamo |
| Jamaica | April Jackson | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Ocho Ríos |
| Japan | Hiroko Mima | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Tokushima |
| Kazakhstan | Alfina Nassyrova | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Almaty |
| Korea | Sun Lee | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Seoul |
| Kosovo | Zana Krasniqi | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Prishtina |
| Malaysia | Levy Li | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Terengganu |
| Mauritius | Olivia Carey | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Vacoas |
| Mexico | Elisa Nájera | 21 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Celaya |
| Montenegro | Daša Živković | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Nikšić |
| Netherlands | Charlotte Labee | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Den Haag |
| New Zealand | Samantha Powell | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Paraparaumu |
| Nicaragua | Thelma Rodríguez | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Chinandega |
| Nigeria | Stephanie Oforka | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Port Harcourt |
| Norway | Mariann Birkedal | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Stavanger |
| Panama | Carolina Dementiev | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Giannina Rufinelli | 22 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Luque |
| Peru | Karol Castillo | 18 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Trujillo |
| Philippines | Jennifer Barrientos | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | San Mateo |
| Poland | Barbara Tatara | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Lodz |
| Puerto Rico | Ingrid Rivera | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Dorado |
| Russia | Vera Krasova | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Moscow |
| Serbia | Bojana Borić | 21 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Sremska Mitrovica |
| Singapore | Shenise Wong | 26 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Singapore |
| Slovak Republic | Sandra Manáková | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Anamarija Avbelj | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Lukovica |
| South Africa | Tansey Coetzee | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Johannesburg |
| Spain | Claudia Moro | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Aruni Rajapaksha | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kandy |
| Switzerland | Amanda Ammann | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Abtwil |
| Tanzania | Amanda Ole Sulul | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Arusha |
| Thailand | Gavintra Photijak | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Nongkhai |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Anya Ayoung-Chee | 26 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Maraval |
| Turkey | Sinem Sülün | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos | Angelica Lightbourne | 19 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Providenciales |
| UK | Lisa Lazarus | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Swansea |
| Ukraine | Eleonora Masalab | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kharkiv |
| Uruguay | Paula Díaz | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Ciudad de la Costa |
| USA | Crystle Stewart | 26 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Missouri City |
| Venezuela | Dayana Mendoza | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Nguyễn Thùy Lâm | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Thái Bình |
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