Shammi Islam Nila, 21, of Dhaka, Bangladesh is one of the Miss World 2023 candidates set to compete in India. It is the 71st edition of the oldest active international beauty pageant.

The Bangladeshi beauty queen will arrive in India before the competition officially starts on February 18, 2024. Miss World Organization chairwoman and chief executive officer Julia Morley, 84, of London, England, United Kingdom will attend the pre-event press conference in New Delhi, India on February 9, 2024.

On March 9, 2024, the coronation ceremony will be held at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. Including Nila, a total of 118 women will compete for the crown.

Nila is a brand ambassador and a digital influencer. On January 28, 2024, she won Miss World Bangladesh 2023 at Mana Bay Water Park in Dhaka, besting 19 other candidates.

If Nila wins Miss World 2023, she will inherit the title from Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska, 24, of Poland. Crowned on March 16, 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the reigning queen was not able to crown her successor from 2022 to 2023.

This is the second time India is hosting Miss World. The beauty pageant’s 46th titleholder was crowned at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, India on November 23, 1996.

Greece’s Irene Sliva, who won the Miss World 1996 title, competed against 87 other candidates. Bangladesh’s Rehnuma Dilruba was unplaced.

Currently, Bangladesh has two Miss World placements. Representing the Asian country, Jessia Islam finished in the Top 40 in 2017 and Jannatul Ferdous Oishee finished in the Top 30 in 2018.