Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo is Declared Miss World 2015 winner

Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo won the just concluded Miss World 2015 pageant held in Sanya, China. The 23 years old newly crowned queen battled out 116 other contestants to be crowned by the outgoing queen Rolene Stauss of South Africa. Miss Russia Sofia Nikitchuk finished second while Miss Indonesia Maria Harfanti finished third

Mireia stands 1.77m tall and is a student of Pharmacy. Her dream is to further her studies with Nutrition, before setting up a business in Nutrition and Dietics to find alternative health solutions to orthodox medicines. This the first win for Spain the pageant.

This year the beauty queens were given five challenges including Beauty with a Purpose, Multimedia, Sports, Talent, and Top Model.

Full Result

Winner: Spain – Mireia Lalaguna

1st Runner-up: Russia – Sofia Nikitchuk

2nd Runner-up:  Indonesia – Maria Harfanti

Top 5

Spain – Mireia Lalaguna

Russia - Sofia Nikitchuk

Indonesia - Maria Harfanti

Lebanon -Valerie Abou Chacra

Jamaica - Sanetta Marie

Top 11

Russia

Philippines

Guyana

Lebanon

Spain

Jamiaca

France

South Africa

Spain

Australia

 Challenge Events Winners

Miss World 2015 Top Model – Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo

Miss World 2015 Sportswoman – Miss Namibia Steffi Van Wyk

Miss World 2015 Multimedia – Miss Philippines Hillarie Parungao

Miss World 2015 Talent – Miss Guyana Lisa Punch

Miss World 2015 People's Choice Award – Miss Vietnam Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê

Miss Beauty with a Purpose – Miss Indonesia Maria Harfanti

Mireia Lalaguna wins Miss World Spain 2015.

Mireia Lalaguna Miss World Spain 2015

Mireia Lalaguna won Miss World Spain 2015. The 22-year-old beauty queen was crowned at the end of the finale held on Sunday, October 25 at Teatro Auditorio Felipe VI de Estepona in Malaga. She is 5'9" tall and was crowned by her predecessor, Miss World Spain 2014 Lourdes Rodríguez. Mireia will now represent Spain at Miss World 2015 which will take place on 19th December 2015 at Sanya, China. 

Mireia Lalaguna Miss World Spain 2015 crowning moment

The first runner-up was Miss Asturias, Angela González and Second runner-up went to Miss Baleares, Natalia Ferrer. Ángela Ponce a transgender was allowed to compete at the pageant by the organizers and turned out to be the crowd's favourite, however didn't make it to Top 10.

Mireia is from Barcelona and currently studies Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona while she works as a part-time model. She enjoys playing piano, tennis and other various sports.

Mireia Lalaguna Miss World Spain 2015 and her runner ups

Spain is yet to produce a Miss World Winner but it has one second runner-up courtesy of  Maria del Carmen Fernández (1961). Two fourth runner-up crowns Gloria María Valenciano in 1978 and Susana de la Llave Varón in 1988. In 2013 Miss World Spain Elena Ibarbia Jiménez was in the top 6 of Miss World pageant. Spain debuted at Miss World in the year 1961 with Concepción Molinera Palacios being its first representative. Spain has bagged twelve semi final spots at the Miss World Pageant.