Tayla Robinson from Johannesburg was crowned Miss Teen World at a pageant held in Houston, Texas on the weekend. Tayla beat contestants from 16 other countries to win the title. She is 16 years old and measures 1,66m tall. Earlier this year she was crowned Miss Teen Globe SA, a pageant organised by Beyond 2000 Promotions. At the time it was reported that she would be competing at the Trinidad-based Miss Teen Worldwide pageant (formerly Miss Teen World), but she ended up at the Miss Teen World pageant, a US-based pageant.
Apart from beauty pageants, Tayla excels in dance and modelling having been a multiple-award winner at the 2008 and 2009 World Championship of the Performing Arts in Hollywood.