When asked what she will do after the competition, she said to the Associated Press “I will try to do the best that I can now that I have opportunity and advantage.”
There has been controversy in the host city of Johannesburg, South Africa, where the competition was estimated to cost the city R90 million (€8m, US$12m). In response to criticism pageant owner Julia Morley said “Charity work is integral to the Miss World ethos and part of the brief to contenders in each country is that they volunteer their time or fundraise for charity.”