AFRICAN Country WINS MISS WORLD 2014

Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss took home the Miss World 2014 crown in the esteemed pageant held at the ExCeL London Auditorium in UK this December.

The 22 year old is the first South African to win the title in 40 years, but the third one to do so from the first Miss World campaign 64 years ago. She held up her plans to pursue a medical career to compete in the pageant. The previous Miss World, Megan Young from Philippines, handed her the crown after a closely contested pageant for the world's best woman.

The 1st Runner up was Miss Hungary Edina Kulcsar.
And 2nd Runner up Miss USA Elizabeth Safrit.

Among Africans, Kenya followed up as 9th Position with Ida Nguma, and
Ghana was 20th with Nadia Ntanu.