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1.1 1970s–1990s
1.2 nigeria 2002
1.3 indonesia 2013
1.4 china 2015

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the miss world organization owns , manages annual miss world finals, competition has grown 1 of world s biggest. since launch in 1951, miss world organisation has raised more £250 million children s charities disabled , underprivileged children. miss world franchised in more 100 countries. miss world, limited privately held firm, , figures earnings, expenses , charitable contributions not publicly available.

1970s–1990s

the miss world pageant has been target of many controversies since inception.

in 1970, feminist protesters threw flour bombs during live event @ london s royal albert hall, momentarily alarming host, bob hope.
the 1973 winner, marjorie wallace, stripped of title on 8 march 1974, because had failed fulfill basic requirements of job. miss world organizers did not elect serve in place.
in 1976, several countries went on boycott, because pageant included both caucasian , african representative south africa. south africa competed last time in 1977, before returning in 1991 apartheid disintegrated.
the 1980 winner gabriella brum of germany resigned 1 day after winning, claiming boyfriend disapproved. few days later emerged had been forced resign after discovered posed naked magazine.
in 1996, wide-scale protests took place in bangalore, india, on hosting of beauty contest. swimsuit shootings moved seychelles, , heavy security placed. despite chaos, pageant s live telecast went smoothly.

nigeria 2002

in year leading finals in nigeria, several european title holders lobbied governments , eu parliament support amina lawal s cause. number of contestants followed lead of kathrine sørland of norway in boycotting contest (despite controversy sørland go on become semi-finalist in both miss world , miss universe contest), while others such costa rica instructed national governments , parliaments not attend contest. among other boycotting nations denmark, spain, switzerland, panama, belgium , kenya. there further controversy on possibly suspended participation of france , south africa, may or may not have been due boycott. part, lawal asked contestants not suspend participation in contest, saying of country , could, representative of sweden had earlier remarked, make stronger case on ground in nigeria.

despite increasing international profile boycott garnering in world press, contest went ahead in nigeria after being rescheduled avoid taking place during ramadan, many prominent nations sending delegates. osmel sousa of venezuela, 1 of world s influential national directors, famously said there no question (the participation of miss venezuela in contest). trouble did not end there, however. thisday (lagos, nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting muhammad have chosen 1 of wives among contestants had been alive see it, resulted in inter-religious riots started on 22 november in on 200 people killed in city of kaduna, along many houses of worship being burned religious zealots. because of these riots, 2002 pageant moved london, following circulated reports representatives of canada , korea had withdrawn contest , returned respective countries out of safety concerns. fatwa urging beheading of woman wrote offending words, isioma daniel, issued in nigeria, declared null , void relevant saudi arabian authorities. upon pageant s return england, many of boycotting contestants chose attend, including miss norway, kathrine sørland, ironically tipped in last few days number 1 favourite crown had boycotted.

the eventual winner of pageant azra akın of turkey, first predominantly muslim country hold title since egypt in 1954.

indonesia 2013

miss world 2013 intended month-long spectacle spanning across different venues in indonesia , culminating in grand finale in nation s capital, jakarta. protests islamic groups began few weeks before contest began, resulting in pageant s finale , pre-pageant activities being isolated hindu-majority bali.

china 2015

anastasia lin, falun gong practitioner, willing , entitled participate in event miss world canada, , pageant still listed contestant. however, last minute, lin waited official invitation necessary chinese visa application, no avail , hence missed official deadline of 20 november 2015 entry pageant, , declared persona non grata chinese government. lin had openly criticized china s human rights violations. later allowed miss world organization compete @ miss world 2016.