Miss Guyana World Rafieya Husain continues to do well in the Miss World Pageant with the grand finale set for Sunday, December 14 in London. Husain has been named in the top five of the Multimedia Award contest with Miss Netherlands Tatjana Maul, Miss India Koyal Rana, Miss United States Elizabeth Safrit, and Miss England Carina Tyrrell.
With the grand pageant only two days away, the Miss World Organisation has announced the top five delegates in each of the contests except the Beauty with Purpose Award for which Miss Guyana is in the top 10.
Rafieya Husain has placed second in the Multimedia section of the Miss World Competition.
For the Miss World Top Model competition, the top five are Miss China Du Yang, Miss South Sudan Awien Kuanyin-Agoth, Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina Isidora Borovcanin, Miss Hungary Edina Kulcsár, and Miss Australia Courtney Thorpe.
In the Beach Fashion contest, Miss Mexico Daniela Álvarez Reyes, Miss Kenya Idah Nguma, Miss Sweden Olivia Asplund, Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss and Miss India Koyal Rana were the top five delegates.
The Talent winner will be decided on Sunday, with a sing-off between the top two choices. Miss Malaysia Dewi Liana Seriestha and Miss Scotland Ellie McKeating will take to the stage to perform their individual pieces in front of the judges, live audience, and millions watching at home.
The others in the top five are Miss Russia Anastasia Kostenko who did a ballet piece, Miss Sweden Olivia Asplund with a fabulous ice-skating routine and Miss United States Elizabeth Safrit with ballet en pointe.
Miss Finland Krista Haapalainen was adjudged the winner of the sports segment with Miss Hungary Edina Kulcsár in second position and Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss in the third spot. Miss Serbia Milica Vuklis and Miss Wales Alice Ford came in fourth and fifth respectively.
Meanwhile, according to Global Beauties.com, Miss South Africa has been the absolute favourite for the crown. If Miss South Africa wins, it will be the third Miss World crown for the African nation, and the first since 1974, when the original winner from the UK gave up the crown and the South African runner up took her place.
Whatever happens, Miss South Africa will face some tough competition on Sunday. Miss India has climbed from ninth to second place with Miss Australia in third. Misses Puerto Rico, Russia and Brazil received very high marks from the judges and could pull a surprise as well.
The Miss World Final will be broadcast LIVE across the world on Sunday from 14:30 to 17:00 GMT (18:30h-21:00h local time).