The ranking of the most beautiful women in the world has been updated. The first place is taken by a Thai actress
A Thai actress has topped the list of the world's most beautiful women.
On August 17, the Netizens Choice platform, owned by the US digital media organization The Netizens Report, announced the results of a global survey that had been conducted for several months. It asked Internet users to choose the "most beautiful woman in the world" of 2026.
**Highest result in history**
Lingling Sirilak Kwon took first place in the survey, collecting more than 22 million votes. She was also named the "Most Beautiful Thai Actress of 2026" with more than 10 million votes. This was the highest result in the history of the annual survey, which has been conducted since 2022.
**Turkish actresses who took second and third place**
The second place was taken by the 2025 winner - Turkish actress Sila Turkoglu with 18.5 million votes. The third place was taken by the 2024 winner, Turkish actress Yagmur Yuksel.
**Leading Thai beauties**
This year, representatives of Thai show business significantly dominated the ranking of the 20 most beautiful women in the world. In addition to Lingling, the list also included Orm Kornnapat (4th place), Phryne Sarocha (15th place), Becky Armstrong (17th place), Yoko Apasra (18th place).
**Who is the most beautiful Chinese actress?**
Chinese actress Dilrabo Dilmurat was named the "Most Beautiful Chinese Actress of 2026" with more than 3.2 million votes. Since this nomination was held for the first time, she became the first winner of this title.
Dilmurat also took 7th place in the world ranking with more than 3.3 million votes. The star of the film “Three Lives, Three Worlds: The Book of Sleep” was far behind Bai Lu, who took 6th place - Bai Lu had collected more than 8 million votes. However, in a survey conducted in China itself, Bai Lu took third place.
**Top 20**
The following are among the 20 most beautiful women in the world: Turkish Su Burcu Yazgi Coskun (5th place), Ilsu Demirci (8th place), Scarlett Johansson (9th place), Cemre Arda (10th place), Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage (11th place), Rihanna (12th place), Bella Hadid (13th place), K-pop star Ninnin (14th place), South African singer Tayla (16th place), Turkish actress Sinem Unsal (19th place), Sydney Sweeney (20th place).
**Who is Lingling Sirilak Kwon?**
According to information, Lingling was born in 1995 and has Chinese-Thai roots. Her father is from Hong Kong and her mother is from the Thai province of Kalasin. The 31-year-old actress was born in her father's homeland and moved to Thailand at the age of 17. Due to this, she is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Thai.
She studied tourism at university. She began her career with beauty contests and later signed a contract with Channel 3 and began her acting career.
Lingling gained great popularity with her role in the 2024 TV series "Our Secret". After that, she became one of the most sought-after actresses in Thai show business.
**Worked with expensive brands**
She is currently the face of the Dior brand, as well as the first representative of the BYD automobile company in Thailand. Her advertising projects cover a variety of areas, including luxury goods, cars, cosmetics and real estate. The actress has also posed for prestigious magazines such as Vogue Hong Kong and Vogue Thailand.
**Never dreamed of becoming an actress**
The actress said that before entering show business, she never dreamed of becoming an actor. “At first, I couldn’t speak Thai well, I had no acting experience at all. I wasn’t even used to watching Thai TV series,” Lingling said.
Despite this, she worked on herself and became one of the most popular actresses in Thailand in a short time.
According to reports, if Lingling hadn’t entered show business, she would have been engaged in her favorite field - business. She said that she likes to see other people use the products she has made. In addition, Lingling opened a restaurant in Bangkok with her brother, “Guan Ji.” She also sells various sweets.