Karolina Bielawska is a Polish beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2021.[3]

Karolina Bielawska
Bielawska in 2022
Born11 April 1999 (1999-04-11) (age 25)
Łódź, Poland
Alma materŁódź University of Technology[2]
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[citation needed]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Hair colorBlonde[citation needed]
Eye colorBlue[citation needed]
Major
competition(s)
  • Miss Polonia 2019
  • (Winner)
  • Miss World 2021
  • (Winner)[1]

Personal life

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Bielawska was born in Łódź. She is a business student with a bachelor's degree in management and she is studying for her master's degree.[4]

She is the daughter of Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska, dean of the Faculty of Organization and Management of the Łódź University of Technology, and Łukasz Bielawski, former president of ŁKS Łódź.[5]

Pageantry

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Miss Polonia 2019

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On 24 November 2019, Bielawska represented Łódź at Miss Polonia 2019 and won the title, making her Poland's Miss World 2020 candidate.[6] Miss World 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She retained the Miss World Poland 2021 title.

After being selected, she engaged in charity activities, such as volunteering for "Soup na Pietrynie", initiator of the Polish National Charity Action "Korona z Głowy" supporting those in need during the pandemic, ambassador of the social campaign "Dotykam = Wygrywam" acting to fight breast cancer[7] and a participant in the "FASS OFF" campaign for the Dom Foundation in Łódź.[8] She supports the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity[9] and the DKMS Foundation, is an ambassador of the charity action fighting COVID-19 in Peru, the action included in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Polonia4Neighbors", and as part of the charity project "Beauty with a purpose" together with the Foundation "Zupa na Pietrynie" created the first bathhouse in Łódź for people who are homeless.[10]

Miss World 2021

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Bielawska won Miss World 2021 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2022.[3] She became the second Pole to win Miss World after Aneta Kręglicka in 1989.[11]

During her reign as Miss World, she visited Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom,[12] Poland, Romania,[13] United States,[14] Ecuador,[15] Ivory Coast,[16] Lebanon, Vietnam,[17] Malaysia,[18] Singapore,[19] Indonesia,[20] Botswana,[21] Finland, United Arab Emirates, India,[22] Philippines, and Ukraine.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Poland's Karolina Bielawska is Miss World 2021". Rappler. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Miss World 2021 została studentka PŁ" (in Polish). Politechnika Łódzka. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Poland wins Miss World 2021". CNN Philippines. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ HITC (17 March 2022). "Miss World 2021 winner: Who is Poland's Karolina Bielawska?". Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Córka byłego prezesa ŁKS-u Łódź została Miss World! Klub komentuje" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Miss Polonia 2019 wybrana! Tak wygląda najpiękniejsza Polka". wprost.pl (in Polish). 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Karolina Bielawska, Miss Polonia 2019 ambasadorką akcji Dotykam=Wygrywam" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "NIE PIJ W CIĄŻY! Ruszyła kampania społeczna FASOFF" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity – We "play" together for little patients!". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ^ "100 meetings of Zupa Na Pietrynie - Charity Gala". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Spotkanie z Anetą Kręglicką, Miss World 1989, w niedzielę 13 października w Katowicach, w ramach KTW Fashion Week. Wstęp wolny" (in Polish). ONA. 11 October 2019. Event occurs at 17:02. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Miss World visits Miss Wales Darcey Corria in hospital". 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Hoa hậu Thế giới Karolina Bielawska đẹp quyến rũ với váy đỏ rực". 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Miss World Visits PSFCU". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Karolina Bielawska visits Ciudad Mitad del Mundo". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Event : Miss World sera présente à élection Miss Côte d'Ivoire". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  17. ^ "9 Potret Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska Saat Berkunjung ke Vietnam". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska had a purposeful tour to Malaysia!". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Karolina Bielawska speaks at the annual Singapore Fintech Festival". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Jelang Penobatan Miss Indonesia 2022, Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska Media Visit ke MNC Group". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Karolina Bielawska stars on Botswana's national TV during her visit to the country!". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Miss world 2022 Karolina Bielawska: Exclusive". 26 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Miss World visits Ukrainian refugee children in Warsaw". Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss World
2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by
  Milena Sadowska
Miss Polonia
2019
Succeeded by
  Natalia Gryglewska
Preceded by
  Milena Sadowska
Miss World Poland
2021
Succeeded by
  Krystyna Sokolowska