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Miss World 2026: Miss Dominican Republic crowned, France’s Indira Ampiot reaches the Top 12

From Le Figaro · () French

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  • Joheirry Mola Dominguez of the Dominican Republic won Miss World 2026 in Nha Trang, Vietnam, after a four-and-a-half-hour ceremony.
  • Miss Malaysia and Miss Spain finished third and second, respectively, while France’s Indira Ampiot reached the Top 12 but missed the Top 6.
  • Dominguez, 24, is from Santo Domingo and works as a literature and social sciences teacher.

Joheirry Mola Dominguez of the Dominican Republic won Miss World 2026 after four and a half hours of competition in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Miss Spain finished second and Miss Malaysia third.

The 24-year-old winner comes from Santo Domingo and works in education as a teacher of literature and social sciences. She succeeds Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand.

France’s Indira Ampiot, Miss France 2023, reached the Top 12 but was eliminated just before the Top 6. She struggled during her speaking segment and apologized three times for her English, despite entering the contest as a bookmakers’ favorite.

Ampiot still improved on France’s previous result. Agathe Cauet finished in the Top 40 last year. France has not won the competition since Denise Perrier took the title in 1953.

Four French contestants competed this year. Audrey Ho-Wen-Tsaï, Miss Guyane, was eliminated before the Top 20 and finished in the Top 40. Annaëlle Ibo of Guadeloupe and Laurence Fibleuil of Martinique did not make the 40 finalists.

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