The Miss World contest is moving to London from Nigeria after riots by Muslim youths opposed to the show left more than 100 people dead and 500 injured in the city of Kaduna.
The pageant's organisers said the show would be held in London on 7 December instead of the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
In Abuja, police say they have regained control of the streets after violent protests spread to the city over the plans to hold the contest there.
In a statement, the pageant organisers said the change of venue was in the "overall interests of Nigeria and the contestants".
Pageant publicist Stella Din added: "The show definitely will go on".
The contestants were under pressure to pull out of the event even before they arrived in Africa. Campaigners protesting against the death sentence imposed on a young Nigerian woman called Amina Lawal urged a boycott of Miss World.
On 22 March this year, the 31-year-old woman was sentenced to be stoned to death by an Islamic court in the northern state of Katsina for bearing a child out of wedlock after she was raped. Her lawyers are appealing the decision.
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