USA's Alexandria Mills Crowned Miss World in China
By wchung | 27 Aug, 2025
The newest Miss World is from the United States.
Eighteen-year-old Alexandria Mills was named the winner in Saturday night’s contest in southern China.
Second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.
The host country’s own contestant, Tang Xiao, also was among the final five.
According to a brief biography on the Miss World website, Mills calls Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown, and she recently graduated from high school. She would like to become a teacher.
Miss U.S.A. Alexandria Mills, center, Miss Venezuela Adriana Vasini, left, Miss Botswana Emma Wareus, second left, Miss Ireland Emma Waldron, second right, and Miss China Tang Xiao, right, stand together as the five finalists during the 2010 Miss World pageant contest at the Beauty Crown Cultural Center in Sanya, in southern China’s island province Hainan, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
“I’ve never met a stranger and enjoy meeting new people,” she says in the bio.
Women from more than 100 countries participated in the contest, organizers said.
This is the 60th year of the Miss World Competition.
BEIJING (AP)
Alexandria Mills of the US cries after being crowned winner of the 2010 Miss World pageant at the Beauty Crown Cultural Center in Sanya, in southern China's island province Hainan, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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