New Delhi: Karolina Bielawska from Poland won the title of international beauty pageant Miss World 2021.
Indian-American Shree Saini from the United States bagged the first runner-up title, followed by Olivia Yace from Cote d’Ivoire as the second runner-up.
The coronation took place at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Olivia Yace from Côte d’Ivoire is the second runner-up.
Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica crowned Karolina Bielawska as her successor. Manasa Varanasi, who was in the Miss World race for India, went up to the Top 13 candidates but was not selected in the Top 6 winners list.
After her win, the official Instagram page of Miss World posted a video of Karolina Bielawska, Shree Saini and Olivia Yace celebrating their win.
The video shows a speechless Karolina getting excited and saying that she still needs time to process the turn of events. Shree Saini and Olivia Yace added that they were proud of Karolina’s win. ‘Our new Miss World! Karolina Bielawska from Poland,’ the video was captioned.
India last bagged the crown in 2017, represented by model-actor Manushi Chhillar.
According to missworld.com, Karolina, who is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Management wishes to pursue her PhD. Currently, working as a model, she hopes to become a motivational speaker.
The website mentions that Karolina is ‘very passionate about the voluntary work that she is involved with’. Her Beauty with a Purpose project ‘Zupa Na Pietrynie’ provides constant help to homeless people in crisis as well as raise awareness of this problem and fight against social exclusion.