With a whiff of controversy and not a bikini in sight, a US-educated business graduate was selected as the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years.
The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday after weeks of protests from Muslim hardliners and warnings that extremists could attack the pageant.
Miss Kazakhstan Ainur Toleulova has failed to enter the finals of the swimsuits contest at the Miss World 2013 international beauty pageant on the predominantly Hindu island of Bali, Indonesia.
Miss Kazakhstan 2011 Ainur Toleulova has already arrived to Bali island, Indonesia to compete for the main crown at the most prestigious beauty pageant Miss World.
The girl that will represent Kazakhstan at the international contest Miss Tourism 2013 in October in Equatorial Guinea, Africa, is yet to be selected by the jury.