Miss World 1997, the 47th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place on 22 November 1997 at the Plantation Club in Baie Lazare, Seychelles. Eighty-six delegates competed. Diana Hayden of India won the title and was crowned by Miss World 1996, Irene Skliva. It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in the Seychelles; Hayden became the third Indian winner after Reita Faria (1966) and Aishwarya Rai (1994).