CNN said that Krystyna Pyszková, a participant from the Czech Republic, defeated 111 other competitors to win the glitzy Miss World 2024 title in Mumbai, India, on March 9.
The 23-year-old law student became the 71st Miss World after being crowned by her Polish predecessor Karolina Bielawska in a glamorous ceremony. Lebanon’s Yasmina Zeytoun was named First Runner Up.
The volunteer-activist acknowledged that the Miss World crown is a big responsibility, but stressed that she wouldn’t disappoint. “I will work hard because I realize how much it means not only to me but to the whole organization (Miss World Organization) to do well for us to be a good advocate for important causes,” she said.
Pyszkova is the second Miss World from the Czech Republic after 2006 pageant winner Tatana Kucharova. India, which last hosted the event in 1996, has bagged the title six times with Reita Faria Powell (1966), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (2000), and Manushi Chillar (2017) being named winners.
