Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss (L) And Miss Trinidad And Tobago Sarah Jane Waddel
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss (L) and Miss Trinidad and Tobago Sarah Jane Waddel wear face paint during the Miss World sports competition at the Lee Valley sports complex in north London, November 26, 2014. Contestants from 126 countries are in London to compete in the 2014 Miss World competition. Reuters/Andrew Winning

On Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, a new Miss World will be crowned in London at ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Centre. There are 120 beautiful, multi-talented women from all across the world who are vying for the 2014 Miss World crown. With the coronation ceremony, the more than three-week long event, which began on Nov. 20, will come to an end.

According to AFP, South Africa's Rolene Strauss is the top favourite to win this year's Miss World beauty pageant. The other top favourites are Miss Australia Courtney Thorpe, Miss England Carina Tyrrell, Miss India Koyal Rana and Miss Russia Anastasia Kostenko.

Courtney Thorpe, 24, is from Brisbane. She is studying Mass Communication at a University. She also works as a freelance writer and fashion stylist. According to the official Miss World site, "Passionate about writing, she (Courtney) was recently the fashion editor for an international publication and has also had a children's book published." Her future plan includes writing a series of educational Children books.

In Australia, the event will be telecast live on E!. The full list of broadcasters can be seen here. Viewers can also watch the event live on the Miss World official You Tube Channel. Here is link of the You Tube channel. 2014 Miss World will be broadcast live from 14:30 to 17:00 GMT.

The last year winner Miss Philippines Megan Young will be co-hosting the final event of the beauty pageant along with Tim Vincent, a Welsh actor and Presenter of Access Hollywood, and Frankie Cena, the Mr. World Canada 2013 and the Miss World 2014 Web Presenter. The British boy-band The Vamps and Sky Blu from LMFAO are set to perform live at this year's Miss World beauty pageant.

The 2014 Miss World judges are: Julia Morley, who is the current Chairman and owner of the Miss World Organisation; Rudy Salles, a member of the National Assembly of France; Jody Reynolds, a former president of Variety International who has been helping children around the world; Marsha-Rae Ratcliff, a Variety International Board Member who first created the charity's International Gold Pin Heart Campaign; Tony Hatch, a legendary English composer for musical theatre and television; Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin Miss World 2007, who was the first representative of China and of East Asian descent to be crowned Miss World; Agbani Darego, a Nigerian model and the first ever Black African Miss World; Miss World 2009, Kaiane Aldorino GMH, who was the first ever Miss World from Gibraltar; and Miss World 2002, the first Turkish woman to be crowned Miss World, Azra Akin.