section_path: Background/Selection of participants/Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
section_name: Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
paragraph_text: Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
  
  This edition saw the returns of Suriname, which last competed in 2012, North Macedonia (as Macedonia) in 2015, Latvia and Zambia in 2018, Kyrgyzstan in 2019, and Albania, Armenia, and Equatorial Guinea in 2021.
  
  Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Liberia, Macau, Morocco, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition due to their respective national organizations failing to appoint a delegate, organize a national pageant, or retain the Miss World franchise.
  
  Miss Lesotho 2023 Lerato Masila withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Tracy Nabukeera of Tanzania withdrew due to lack of sponsorship, Daniela Vojtasová of Slovakia cited academic commitments. Min Jung of South Korea withdrew due to an injury. Fabiola Vindas of Costa Rica withdrew after her national organization lost the Miss World franchise; she will instead compete in Miss Supranational 2025. Similarly, Nikoline Andersen of Norway withdrew due to scheduling conflicts and will instead compete in Miss International 2025.
  
  This edition saw the returns of Suriname, which last competed in 2012, North Macedonia (as Macedonia) in 2015, Latvia and Zambia in 2018, Kyrgyzstan in 2019, and Albania, Armenia, and Equatorial Guinea in 2021.
  
  Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Liberia, Macau, Morocco, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition due to their respective national organizations failing to appoint a delegate, organize a national pageant, or retain the Miss World franchise.
  
  Miss Lesotho 2023 Lerato Masila withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Tracy Nabukeera of Tanzania withdrew due to lack of sponsorship, Daniela Vojtasová of Slovakia cited academic commitments. Min Jung of South Korea withdrew due to an injury. Fabiola Vindas of Costa Rica withdrew after her national organization lost the Miss World franchise; she will instead compete in Miss Supranational 2025. Similarly, Nikoline Andersen of Norway withdrew due to scheduling conflicts and will instead compete in Miss International 2025.