Stephanie Del Valle, a 19-year-old student from Puerto Rico, was crowned Miss World in a splashy ceremony on Sunday at the new MGM National Harbor in Maryland, US.
The pageant is the lesser-known competitor to Miss Universe - a global beauty contest with a progressive bent, eschewing the swimsuit competition to judge women on their athletic prowess and charitable works, instead. (Also, their modelling skills - it is a beauty competition, after all.)
