Miss World 2015
Pictured: Miss World 2014 Rolene Strauss places the crown on Miss World 2015 winner, Mireia Lalaguna Royo in Sanya, ChinaFacebook/Miss World 2015

The 66th edition of the Miss World beauty pageant will kick-start in Washington D.C. with a grand finale taking place on Dec. 20. Spain's Mireia Lalaguna, who is the winner of Miss World 2015, will crown her successor this year on Dec. 20.

This year, over 130 contestants are expected to compete for the Miss World 2016 crown. However, only 76 contestants have been confined until now. The final list of contestants will be out in November and the contestants are expected to arrive in the U.S. capital by the end of November for the beauty pageant.

"Starting the end of November, and spanning several weeks, the 66th edition of Miss World will put the contestants through a series of challenges and interviews to determine who will win the coveted title of Miss World 2016 and become the ambassador of 'Beauty with a Purpose'," Miss World organisation said in a statement.

Here is the list of confirmed 76 contestants:

  1. Miss Albania, Endrra Kovaci
  2. Miss Argentina Elena Roca
  3. Miss Aruba Lynette Do Nascimento
  4. Miss Australia Madeline Cowe
  5. Miss Austria Dragana Stankovic
  6. Miss Bahamas Ashley Hamilton
  7. Miss Belarus Polina Borodacheva
  8. Miss Belgium Lenty Frans
  9. Miss Bolivia Leyda Suarez
  10. Miss Botswana Thata Kenosi
  11. Miss Brazil Beatrice Fontoura
  12. Miss Bulgaria Galina Mihaylova
  13. Miss Canada Anastasia Lin
  14. Miss Cayman Islands Monyque Brooks
  15. Miss Chad Sylvaine Leloum
  16. Miss Chile Antonia Figueroa
  17. Miss Colombia Shirley Atehortua
  18. Miss Cook Islands Natalia Short
  19. Miss Côte d'Ivoire Esther Memel
  20. Miss Croatia Angelica Zacchigna
  21. Miss Cyprus María Kósta
  22. Miss Czech Republic Natalie Kotkova
  23. Miss Dominican Republic Yartiza Reyes
  24. Miss England Elizabeth Grant
  25. Miss Fiji Pooja Priyanka
  26. Miss Finland Heta Sallinen
  27. Miss France Iris Mittenaere Druar
  28. Miss Ghana Antoinette Delali Kemavor
  29. Miss Guinea Safiatou Balde
  30. Miss Guyana Nurriyyih Gerrard
  31. Miss Guadeloupe Magalie Adelson
  32. Miss Gibraltar Kayley Mifsud
  33. Miss Haiti Suzana Sampeur
  34. Miss Honduras Kerelyne Webster
  35. Miss Hungary Timea Gelencser
  36. Miss Iceland Anna Lara Orlowska
  37. Miss India Priyadarshini Chatterjee
  38. Miss Italy Giada Tropea
  39. Miss Indonesia Natasha Halim
  40. Miss Israel Karin Alia
  41. Miss Jamaica Ashlie Barrett
  42. Miss Kazakhstan Alia Mergenbaeva
  43. Miss Kenya Evelyn Njambi
  44. Miss Korea Hyeon Wang
  45. Miss Kyrgyzstan Perizat Rasulbek-Kyzy
  46. Miss Latvia Linda Kinca
  47. Miss Lesotho Lebakile Mokhohlane
  48. Miss Madagascar Samantha Todivelou Rodriguez
  49. Miss Malta Anthea Zemmit
  50. Miss Malaysia Tatiana Kumar
  51. Miss Moldova Daniel Marin
  52. Miss Myanmar Bella Victor
  53. Miss Namibia Lizelle Esterhuizen
  54. Miss Nepal Asmi Shrestha
  55. Miss New Zealand Karla de Beer
  56. Miss Nicaragua Maria Laura Ramirez
  57. Miss Northern Ireland Emma Carswell
  58. Miss Peru Pierina Wong Mori
  59. Miss Paraguay Simone Freitag
  60. Miss Portugal Cristiana Viana
  61. Miss Puerto Rico Stephanie Diaz del Valle
  62. Miss Russia Yana Dobrovolskaya
  63. Miss Rwanda Jolly Mutesi
  64. Miss Scotland Lucy Kerr
  65. Miss Serbia Katarina Sulkic
  66. Miss Seychelles Christine Barbier
  67. Miss Slovakia Kristina Cincurova
  68. Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene
  69. Miss St Lucia La Toya Moffat
  70. Miss Sweden Emma Strandberg
  71. Miss Thailand Jinnita Buddi
  72. Miss Trinidad and Tobago Daniella Walcott
  73. Miss Uruguay Romina Trotto
  74. Miss USA Audra Mari
  75. Miss Vietnam Thi Dieu Ngoc
  76. Miss Wales Ffion Moyle