Miss World PH Gwendolyne Fourniol is in the Top 20 of the Miss World Top Model Challenge
Current reigning Miss World Philippines Gwendolyne Fourniol continues to show that she is a contender in the Miss World pageant as she makes it to the Top 20 of one of the pageant's preliminary challenges.
In one of the more recent posts on the Miss World Philippines Instagram account, the organization revealed that Gwendolyne has made it to the Top 20 of the Miss World Top Model Challenge, one of the pageant's fast-track competitions. Ever since 2016, winners of the Top Model Challenge have automatically made it to the Miss World semifinals.
Aside from Gwendolyne, making up the rest of the Top 20 are the candidates from Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Peru, Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Scotland, Slovakia, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, and Turkey.
Before her Top 20 placement in the Top Model Challenge, Gwendolyne had earlier placed in the Top 25 of the Miss World Head to Head Challenge. Eventually winning the Miss World Head to Head Challenge were the delegates from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, England, and Botswana.
Gwendolyne had earlier caught attention during the Miss World opening ceremonies with her national costume inspired by authentic Ilonggo textiles and which she explained represents the “Filipina's craft spirit of dignity, growth, and joy”.
Gwendolyne has also shared photos of her participating in the Miss World Sports Challenge wearing a salmon pink athletic outfit. The Sports Challenge was introduced to the Miss World pageant back in 2003 and is a preliminary event that automatically enters its winner into the pageant's semi-finals.
Before that, Gwendolyne wore a red ensemble while presenting her Beauty With a Purpose advocacy to the Miss World selection committee.
The Miss World finals is set to happen on March 9, 2024 (India Time) at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. Gwendolyne was initially set to compete in the Miss World pageant back on December 16, 2023, when it was first scheduled at the ICC Delhi India, but the finals were moved due to elections that were happening in India at the time.