PHOTO: Miss World 2013 Winner Megan Young, centre arms outstretched, poses for photographs with Miss World Contestants in London, Nov. 25...
PHOTO: Miss World 2013 Winner Megan Young, centre arms outstretched, poses for photographs with Miss World Contestants in London, Nov. 25, 2014.
On Sunday, Miss World will be crowned where it all began 63 years ago – in London.
From Albania to Zimbabwe, 121 contestants are competing for the title, but one country is not represented. There’s no Miss Honduras.
The body of Maria Jose Alvarado was found buried on a remote riverbank near the northwestern city of Santa Barbara on the day she was due to fly to London. The new Miss World will travel to Honduras to build a school in her hometown that will be named in her honor.
Police in Honduras accuse her sister Sofia's boyfriend of shooting them in a fit of jealousy after seeing Sofia dancing with another man at a party.
Miss South Africa, 22-year-old medical student Rolene Strauss, is the 6/4 favorite to take the title, followed by Miss England and Miss India at 7/1. Keep an eye out for Miss United States: Elizabeth Safrit is an outsider at 20/1.
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