Gibraltar beauty wins Miss World title

Johannesburg: Leggy brunette Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar has been named as the new Miss World.

Aldorino was crowned at a glittering two-hour pageant in Johannesburg Saturday that saw silver confetti rain down on the stage. She clapped her hands to her mouth when her name was announced.

Aldorino said she "had no words" to describe how she felt at her win, but that she was "really happy."

She was a crowd favourite and won the swim suit competition. Although the loudest cheers were kept for hometown beauty Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar. Keshwar was the second runner up.

First runner up was Miss Mexico, Perla Beltran Acosta.