Miss World has secured a new streaming home after Miss USA parted ways with The CW, with the pageant's 2026 grand finale set to air free on the Future Today-owned platform Fawesome. The final will be broadcast live from Nha Trang, Vietnam this Saturday, 5 September, marking a shift for the long-running competition towards free, ad-supported streaming rather than traditional cable access. The deal underlines a broader industry move towards live events on free streaming platforms, with Fawesome citing Nielsen data showing such programming already accounts for a significant share of viewing on similar services.

The finale will stream at 6am PT/9am ET (7pm local time in Vietnam), reaching an audience across 100 countries as part of the event's global broadcast. Miss World, first held in London in 1951, features segments including "Beauty with a Purpose", "Head-to-Head" and "Top Model", with reigning titleholder Suchata Chuangsri of Vietnam having won the 2026 crown in India. The move follows The CW's decision to drop both the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants in August, a decision the network attributed only to "careful consideration and conversations" with organisers, without giving further detail.