Miss Bermuda Alyssa Rose took to the stage in the Miss World competition this weekend in an international live broadcast from China.

While Ms Rose scored high in both the fitness and the talent rounds, with her modern tap performance bringing her to the finals in the latter competition, she was unable to secure a position in the top 20 overall.

During Saturday morning’s broadcast, she initially appeared in a long red gown, earning applause and cheers from the audience when she was named.

She was also highlighted briefly for both her dance performance and her efforts in the multimedia competition, and took to the front stage later in the choreographed Dances of the World segment wearing gold and peach.

In a Facebook post after the competition, Ms Rose said: “When I was a little girl I dreamed of walking on the Miss World stage. When I left high school at 18, I wrote in my final yearbook that my dream was still to represent Bermuda at Miss World.

“After 23 incredible years of life, last night I lived my dream. This isn’t about winning at all, nor is it about being the best or the most beautiful, it’s about growing and learning to become a better more worldly person.

“Miss World stands for so much more than the average person perceives it, the organisation spends the entire year travelling to various countries to help underprivileged children. That is their premise and beauty with a purpose has helped millions of people around the world and having been a part of that means so much more than any crown would.”

At the end of the day, it was Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna who took home the Miss World Crown, with representatives from Russia, Indonesia, Lebanon and Jamaica filling out the top five.