Miss World 2010 Winner : Alexandria Mills

Miss World 2010 Winner is Miss USA, Alexandria Mills

Miss United States, Alexandria Mills, has won the Miss World crown for 2010, defeating more than 100 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony in southern China.

The blonde Mills, 18, wept as outgoing Miss World Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar placed the tiara on her head and led her to a diamond-shaped throne, in honour of the pageant's 60th anniversary.

Botswana's Emma Wareus was second, and Venezuela's Adriana Vasini placed third in the competition. The pageant was held in Sanya, China.

Indian beauty Manasvi Mamgai, who even failed to find a place in the top 20, danced to the classical number Dhai shyam rok lai from the 2002 film Devdas. The 22-year-old was dressed in a traditional Indian attire.

Judges : Denise Perrier Lanfranchi, Miss World 1953
Ann Sidney, Miss World 1964
Mary Stävin, Miss World 1977
Agbani Darego, Miss World 2001
Maria Julia Mantilla, Miss World 2004

Top 5 contenders for Miss World:
Venezuela
Ireland
China PR
United States
Botswana


And the lucky 7 were:
Venezuela
Ireland
China PR
Italy
Norway
United States
Botswana

The top 20 Miss World finalists:
Paraguay: Egni Eckert
St Lucia: Aiasha Gustave
Netherlands: Desiree Berg
France: Virginie Dechenaud
Canada: Denise Garrido
Bahamas: Braneka Bassett
Colombia: Laura Restrepo
South Africa: Nicole Flint
Thailand: Yuwaret Rueangsri
Mongolia: Sarnai Amar
Romania: Lavinia Postolache
Italy: Giada Pezzaioli
United States: Alexandria Mills
Germany: Susanna Kobylinski
China Pr: Tang Xiao
Botswana: Emma Wareus
French Polynesia: Mihilani Teixeira
Scotland: Nicola Mimnagh
Venezuela: Adriana Vasini
Russia: Irina Sharipova