Grand Slam Ranking and Country of the Year 2011
2011: ANALYSING THE MAIN CHANGES IN THE GRAND SLAM RANKING DURING THE PAST YEAR
India, 8th place. exchange places with Finland, then 9th;
Up two notches, the Philippines returned to the Top 10, in 10th place. Germany, on the other hand, left the Top 10 for the first time, ranking 12th;
Puerto Rico kept on moving up fast, going from 17th to 14th place;
Angola and Ecuador moved 18 notches up each, arriving at the 52nd and 53rd positions in the Grand Slam Ranking, respectively; they were the best movers of the year;
Mongolia, up 15, was 88th.
Miss World Ranking in 2011 (Top 20): 1-England / UK 2-United States 3-Venezuela 4-South Africa 5-India 6-Jamaica 7-Australia 8-Sweden 9-Israel 10-France 11-Germany 12-Brazil 13-Austria 14-Finland 15-Argentina 16-Ireland 17-Netherlands 18-Iceland 19-Denmark 20-Colombia.
Miss Universe Ranking in 2011 (Top 20): 1-United States 2-Venezuela 3-Sweden 4-Brazil 5-Puerto Rico 6-Colombia 7-Finland 8-India 9-Japan 10-Australia 11-Philippines 12-Mexico 13-Germany 14-South Africa 15-Israel 16-Canada 17-England / UK 18-Spain 19-Greece 20-Norway.
Miss International Ranking in 2011 (Top 20): 1-Venezuela 2-United States 3-Spain 4-Philippines 5-Colombia 6-England / UK 7-Japan 8-Finland 9-Australia 10-Brazil 11-Korea 12-Poland 13-Germany 14-France 15-India 16-Mexico 17-Norway 18-Iceland 19-Israel 20-Greece.
Miss Supranational Ranking in 2011 (Top 20): 1-Poland 2-Panama 2-Ukraine 4-Belarus 5-Czech Republic 6-Slovenia 7-Peru 8-Vietnam 9-Honduras 10-Brazil 11-Puerto Rico 12-Greece 13-Thailand 14-England / UK 14-United States 16-Colombia 17-Bahamas 17-Croatia 17-Moldova 17-Slovakia.
COUNTRY OF THE YEAR 2011: VENEZUELA
In 2011 Venezuela remained on top, being named Country of the Year for the second consecutive year, 11th overall! Beautiful Ivian Sarcos won the Miss World title, while Jessica Barboza placed 2nd in Miss International, and Vanessa Gonçalves placed in the Top 15 of Miss Universe. Andrea Carolina del Valle did not place in Miss Supranational.
Even without winning any Grand Slam titles in 2011, Puerto Rico came 2nd after getting great results in all four pageants: 3rd places in Miss World and Miss Supranational, 4th in Miss International, and a Top 15 placement in Miss Universe.
Angola took the bronze medal after winning the Miss Universe title, in Brazil.
This is how the top nations of 2011 scored in the Grand Slam Ranking:
1) Venezuela (4601 points);
2) Puerto Rico (3425);
3) Angola (3000).
Top 5: Ecuador and Poland, each with 2753.