Miss World 1951 be competing at international beauty pageants: Miss World 1951 Miss World 1951, the first Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The contest was originally intended to be a one-off event connected with the Festival of Britain. A total of 26 contestants competed for the inaugural Miss World title; while the names of 16 contestants are archived, there is no information on the remaining 10 contestants who represented Britain. The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden. She wore a bikini when being crowned, the only winner to ever do so.
Miss World Bangladesh Miss World Bangladesh Miss World Bangladesh is the national beauty pageant of Bangladesh. The event was created to give Bangladesh the opportunity to participate in the "Miss World" pageant. In October 2017, Jannatul Nayeem Avril became the first ever Miss World Bangladesh. She was stripped of her title one week later, after it was discovered that she was not 16, but 27 years old and had been previously married. Jessia Islam, the first runner-up, was declared the winner and represented Bangladesh at Miss World 2017 where she placed in the top 40. In October 2018, Jannatul Ferdous Oishi won the