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Miss World 2017
Miss World 2017, the 67th Miss World pageant, held 18 November 2017 at Sanya City Arena, China, with 118 contestants; won by India's Manushi Chhillar, crowned by Stephanie Del Valle, introducing the Head to Head Challenge format.
Miss World 2018
Miss World 2018, the 68th Miss World pageant, held December 8, 2018 in Sanya, China with 118 contestants; won by Mexico's Vanessa Ponce de Leon, the first Mexican Miss World, with Thailand first runner-up.
Miss World 2019
Miss World 2019, the 69th edition, held 14 December 2019 at ExCeL London with 111 contestants; won by Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh, with France's Ophely Mezino first runner-up and India's Suman Rao second.
Miss World 2021
Miss World 2021 (70th Miss World) was won by Poland's Karolina Bielawska on 16 March 2022 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall, San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the December 2021 final was postponed 90 days over a COVID-19 outbreak; 97 contestants competed, with Shree Saini first runner-up.
Miss World 2023
Miss World 2023, the 71st edition, was postponed from December 2023 to 9 March 2024 due to Indian elections and held in Mumbai, where Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic won and Lebanon's Yasmina Zaytoun placed first runner-up among 112 contestants.
Miss World 2025
Miss World 2025, the 72nd edition, was won by Thailand's Opal Suchata Chuangsri on May 31, 2025 in Hyderabad, India, over 108 contestants; Ethiopia's Hasset Dereje Admassu was first runner-up.
Miss World 2026
Miss World 2026, the 73rd and 75th-anniversary edition held in Vietnam (final September 5, Nha Trang), won by Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic; 111 contestants, Top 40/20/12/6 format.
Miss World 2027
Miss World 2027, the 74th Miss World Festival, will be hosted by Tanzania, the fourth African host country, in 2027 (announced as May, later reported as September). Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic is the reigning Miss World.
Miss World Philippines 2024
National pageant held July 19, 2024, at SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay; won by Krishnah Marie Gravidez of Baguio City among 33 candidates, succeeding Gwendolyne Fourniol; she later finished Top 8 and Miss World Asia at Miss World 2025.
Miss World Philippines 2026
Miss World Philippines 2026, won by Asia Rose Simpson of Quezon City on February 3, 2026 at the Mall of Asia Arena; she won Beauty with a Purpose and Talent, succeeded Krishnah Gravidez, and was named overall BWAP winner at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam.
Miss You (film)
Miss You (மிஸ் யூ) is a 2024 Tamil romantic comedy directed by N. Rajasekhar, starring Siddharth as an amnesiac who falls for Ashika Ranganath, the wife he forgot; released 13 December 2024 after a rain postponement.
Miss You After Goodbye
Miss You After Goodbye is a 2025 ReelShort vertical mini-series (75 short episodes, IMDb tt37984131) about Neil's five-year contract marriage to Keira, who loves her ex Simon; directed by Ruixi Royce Gao, starring Ben Taylor and Haley Lohrli. Distinct from same-title DramaBox and DramaWave series.
Miss You Already
Miss You Already is a 2015 British comedy drama directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Morwenna Banks, starring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore as lifelong friends facing breast cancer and pregnancy; premiered at TIFF 2015.
Miss You, Love You
Miss You, Love You is a 2026 HBO drama written and directed by Jim Rash, starring Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells as a widow and her estranged son's assistant planning a funeral; released on HBO Max May 29, 2026.
Missal
Missal is a book of prose poems by the Brazilian poet João da Cruz e Sousa, published in 1893 and regarded as the inaugural work of Symbolism in Brazil.
Missamma (మిస్సమ్మ)
Missamma (మిస్సమ్మ), Tamil Missiamma, is a 1955 Telugu romantic comedy directed by L.V. Prasad for Vijaya Vauhini Studios, starring NTR, Savitri, and ANR as unemployed graduates posing as a married couple; released 12 January 1955.
Missandei
Missandei is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones: a Naathi child enslaved as a scribe-translator in Astapor, freed by Daenerys Targaryen, later her herald; played on television by Nathalie Emmanuel, executed in season 8 but alive in the books.
Missed abortion
Missed abortion, also called missed or silent miscarriage (ICD-11 JA03), is early embryonic or fetal death retained in the uterus without expulsion; diagnosed by ultrasound criteria and managed expectantly, with mifepristone plus misoprostol, or surgically.
Missed Call (TV series)
Missed Call is a five-part 2026 Channel 5 thriller (also known as a Pernel Media drama with Groupe TF1 prebuy) starring Joanna Scanlan as Sarah Gleason, a mother searching a French village for her missing daughter Katie after missing her late-night call; created by Samuel Kissous and Matthew Thomas, aired 13-17 April 2026.
Missed Diagnosis
Missed diagnosis: failure to identify a medical condition when a clinician knows the symptoms; one of three diagnostic error types, affecting ~5.7% of ED visits and 0.7% of hospital admissions, causing major preventable harm.
Missense mutation
Missense mutation (missense variant): a single nucleotide substitution that replaces one amino acid with another in a protein; effects range from benign to disease-causing, as in sickle cell HBB p.Glu6Val.
MissFresh (每日优鲜)
MissFresh (每日优鲜) was a Chinese fresh-food e-commerce company founded around 2014 or 2015 that pioneered China's "front warehouse" model of 30-minute grocery delivery and was delisted from Nasdaq in 2023.
Misshapen ear
Misshapen ear (ICD-11 LA21.3), abnormal shape or position of the outer ear; congenital or acquired. Treated by early infant ear molding (87-92% success) or otoplasty after age 5.
Missi Hesketh
Missi Hesketh is an American Democratic politician, a teacher and former mayor of Forsyth, Missouri, and the 2026 nominee for the U.S. House in Missouri's 7th District.
Missi Pyle
Missi Pyle (Andrea Kay Pyle, born 1972) is an American actress and singer known for Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gone Girl, The Artist, and the country-rock band Smith & Pyle with Shawnee Smith.
Missiamma (மிஸ்ஸியம்மா)
Missiamma (மிஸ்ஸியம்மா) is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad, starring Gemini Ganesan and Savitri as a couple posing as married.
Missile
A missile is an unmanned, self-propelled guided weapon, often carrying a warhead, distinguished from unguided rockets and guided bombs; it spans ballistic and cruise types launched from land, sea, and air.
Missile boat
A missile boat, or missile cutter, is a small fast warship armed primarily with anti-ship missiles, generally under 500 tons and capable of 30 knots or more.
Missile defense
Missile defense, also called anti-missile defense, is a set of military systems using interceptors, radars, and satellites to destroy ballistic missiles before they reach their targets.
Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), established in 2002 as successor to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, develops and deploys US missile defense systems such as THAAD.