Newest Miss World Winner Is 18-Year-Old American

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Alexandria Mills, a soft-spoken 18-year-old, from United States is the newest Miss World. She was named the winner in Saturday night's contest in southern China. The tall blonde was a relative surprise winner after speculation focused on other contestants.

The host country's own contestant, Tang Xiao, was among the final five. Second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.

As a brief biography on the Miss World website, she recently graduated from high school and Mills calls Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown. She would like to become a teacher.

She says "I've never met a stranger and enjoy meeting new people"

She was wearing a shimmering ivory-colored dress slit up the leg, for the final.

Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar, who was named Miss World 2009 at a ceremony in South Africa last December Mills takes over the title from her.

This is the 60th year of the Miss World Competition, and organizers brought back contestants from past decades to give the night a retrospective theme. Women from more than 100 countries participated in the contest, organizers said.