[16] Her prize package included a cash prize of Mex$300,000, an appearance at the New York Fashion Week, $50,000 worth of Mary Kay cosmetics, a modeling contract with Queta Rojas management, a Volkswagen Tiguan, $125,000 worth of Tommy Hilfiger apparel and an editorial spread in Glamour magazine.

During the final question and answer round of the contest, she was asked - “How would you use your influence as Miss World to help others?” she replied by stating: “I would use my position just as I have been doing for the past three years, by being an example.

So, help anyone you can guys.”[19]At the end of the event, she won the title and was crowned Miss World 2018, on 8 December 2018 in the city of Sanya, China.

[5][6] During her reign as Miss World, she lived in England[22] and visited China,[23] Thailand,[24] Indonesia,[25] India,[26] Uganda,[27] the Philippines,[28] Ghana,[29] Singapore,[30] Poland,[31] Tanzania,[32] the Bahamas[33] and various cities in her home country Mexico.

[34] On 19 August 2019, she gave an interview in Women Fitness about her exercise routine, diet, workout, skincare and hair care, under the title 'Miss World Vanessa Ponce de León: An Unmatched Beauty'.

[35] At the end of her reign, Ponce crowned her successor Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica as Miss World 2019 in London on 14 December 2019.