List of Miss World titleholders
List of Miss World winners (1951–present)
The following is a list of Miss World titleholders from the competition's inaugural edition in 1951 to present.
Miss World titleholders
Edition | Year | Representing | Miss World | Age | Hometown | National Title | Location | Date | Entrants | |
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1st | 1951 | Sweden | Kiki Håkansson [1] | 22 | Stockholm | Miss World Sweden 1951 | London, United Kingdom | July 29, 1951 | 27 | |
2nd | 1952 | May-Louise Flodin [2] | 18 | Miss World Sweden 1952 | November 14, 1952 | 11 | ||||
3rd | 1953 | France | Denise Perrier[2] | 18 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Miss World France 1953 | October 19, 1953 | 15 | ||
4th | 1954 | Egypt | Antigone Costanda[2] | 19 | Alexandria | Miss Egypt 1954 | October 18, 1954 | 16 | ||
5th | 1955 | Venezuela | Susana Duijm [2] | 19 | Aragua de Barcelona | Miss Venezuela 1955 | October 20, 1955 | 21 | ||
6th | 1956 | Germany | Petra Schürmann [2] | 23 | Mönchengladbach | Second Runner-up Miss Germany 1956 | October 15, 1956 | 24 | ||
7th | 1957 | Finland | Marita Lindahl [2] | 18 | Helsinki | Miss Suomi 1957 | October 14, 1957 | 23 | ||
8th | 1958 | South Africa | Penelope Coelen[2] | 18 | Durban | Miss South Africa 1958 | October 13, 1958 | 20 | ||
9th | 1959 | Netherlands | Corine Rottschäfer [2] | 21 | Hoorn | Miss Holland 1957 | November 10, 1959 | 37 | ||
10th | 1960 | Argentina | Norma Cappagli [2] | 21 | Buenos Aires | Miss Mundo Argentina 1960 | November 8, 1960 | 39 | ||
11th | 1961 | United Kingdom | Rosemarie Frankland [2] | 18 | Rhosllanerchrugog | Miss United Kingdom 1961 | November 9, 1961 | 37 | ||
12th | 1962 | Netherlands | Catharina Lodders[2] | 20 | Haarlem | Miss Holland 1962 | November 8, 1962 | 33 | ||
13th | 1963 | Jamaica | Carole Crawford[2] | 20 | Kingston | Miss World Jamaica 1963 | November 7, 1963 | 40 | ||
14th | 1964 | United Kingdom | Ann Sidney[2] | 20 | Poole | Miss United Kingdom 1964 | November 12, 1964 | 42 | ||
15th | 1965 | Lesley Langley[2] | 21 | Weymouth | Miss United Kingdom 1965 | November 19, 1965 | 48 | |||
16th | 1966 | India | Reita Faria[2] | 23 | Mumbai | Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966 | November 17, 1966 | 51 | ||
17th | 1967 | Peru | Madeleine Hartog-Bel[2] | 21 | Camaná | Miss Perú 1966 | November 16, 1967 | 55 | ||
18th | 1968 | Australia | Penelope Plummer[2] | 19 | Melbourne | Dream Girl Miss Australia 1968 | November 14, 1968 | 53 | ||
19th | 1969 | Austria | Eva Rueber-Staier[2] | 18 | Bruck an der Mur | Miss Austria 1969 | November 27, 1969 | 50 | ||
20th | 1970 | Grenada | Jennifer Hosten[2] | 23 | St. George's | Miss Grenada 1970 | November 20, 1970 | 58 | ||
21st | 1971 | Brazil | Lúcia Petterle[2] | 22 | Rio de Janeiro | First Runner-up Miss Brasil 1971 | November 10, 1971 | 56 | ||
22nd | 1972 | Australia | Belinda Green[2] | 20 | Melbourne | First Runner-up Dream Girl Miss Australia 1972 | December 1, 1972 | 53 | ||
23rd | 1973 | United States | Marjorie Wallace[2] | 19 | Indianapolis | Miss World USA 1973 | November 23, 1973 | 54 | ||
24th | 1974 | United Kingdom | Helen Morgan (Resigned)[2] | 22 | Walsall | Miss United Kingdom 1974 | November 22, 1974 | 58 | ||
South Africa | Anneline Kriel (Assumed)[2] | 19 | Pretoria | Miss South Africa 1974 | ||||||
25th | 1975 | Puerto Rico | Wilnelia Merced[2] | 18 | Caguas | Miss Puerto Rico for Miss World 1975 | November 20, 1975 | 67 | ||
26th | 1976 | Jamaica | Cindy Breakspeare | 22 | Kingston | Miss World Jamaica 1976 | November 18, 1976 | 60 | ||
27th | 1977 | Sweden | Mary Stävin | 20 | Örebro County | Miss World Sweden 1977 | November 17, 1977 | 62 | ||
28th | 1978 | Argentina | Silvana Suárez | 20 | Córdoba | First Runner-up Miss Mundo Argentina 1978 | November 16, 1978 | 68 | ||
29th | 1979 | Bermuda | Gina Swainson | 21 | Hamilton | Miss Bermuda 1979 | November 15, 1979 | 70 | ||
30th | 1980 | Germany | Gabriella Brum (Resigned) | 18 | Berlin | Miss Germany 1980 | November 13, 1980 | 67 | ||
Guam | Kimberley Santos (Assumed) | 19 | Hagåtña | Miss World Guam 1980 | ||||||
31st | 1981 | Venezuela | Pilín León | 18 | Maracay | First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1981 | November 12, 1981 | |||
32nd | 1982 | Dominican Republic | Mariasela Álvarez | 22 | Santo Domingo | First Runner-up Miss República Dominicana 1982 | November 18, 1982 | 68 | ||
33rd | 1983 | United Kingdom | Sarah-Jane Hutt | 19 | Poole | Miss United Kingdom 1983 | November 17, 1983 | 72 | ||
34th | 1984 | Venezuela | Astrid Carolina Herrera | 21 | Yaracuy | First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1984 | November 15, 1984 | |||
35th | 1985 | Iceland | Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir | 22 | Reykjavík | First Runner-up Ungfru Island 1985 | November 14, 1985 | 78 | ||
36th | 1986 | Trinidad and Tobago | Giselle Laronde | 23 | Port of Spain | First Runner-up Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1986 | November 13, 1986 | 77 | ||
37th | 1987 | Austria | Ulla Weigerstorfer[2] | 20 | Bad Aussee | Miss Austria 1987 | November 12, 1987 | 78 | ||
38th | 1988 | Iceland | Linda Pétursdóttir[2] | 19 | Húsavík | Miss Iceland 1988 | November 17, 1988 | 84 | ||
39th | 1989 | Poland | Aneta Kręglicka[2] | 24 | Szczecin | Miss Polonia 1989 | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | November 22, 1989 | 78 | |
40th | 1990 | United States | Gina Tolleson[2] | 21 | Spartanburg | First Runner-up Miss USA 1990 | London, United Kingdom | November 8, 1990 | 81 | |
41st | 1991 | Venezuela | Ninibeth Leal | 20 | Maracaibo | First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1990 | Atlanta, United States | December 28, 1991 | 78 | |
42nd | 1992 | Russia | Julia Kourotchkina | 18 | Shcherbinka | Miss World Russia 1992 | Sun City, South Africa | December 12, 1992 | 83 | |
43rd | 1993 | Jamaica | Lisa Hanna[2] | 18 | Kingston | Miss Jamaica World 1993 | November 27, 1993 | 81 | ||
44th | 1994 | India | Aishwarya Rai[2] | 21 | Mangalore | First Runner-up Femina Miss India World 1994 | November 19, 1994 | 87 | ||
45th | 1995 | Venezuela | Jacqueline Aguilera | 19 | Valencia | First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1994 | November 18, 1995 | 84 | ||
46th | 1996 | Greece | Irene Skliva[2] | 18 | Athens | First Runner-up Star Hellas 1996 | Bangalore, India | November 23, 1996 | 88 | |
47th | 1997 | India | Diana Hayden | 24 | Hyderabad | First Runner-up Femina Miss India 1997 | Mahé, Seychelles | November 22, 1997 | 86 | |
48th | 1998 | Israel | Linor Abargil | 18 | Netanya | Miss Israel 1998 | November 26, 1998 | |||
49th | 1999 | India | Yukta Mookhey | 21 | Bangalore | First Runner-up Femina Miss India 1999 | London, United Kingdom | December 4, 1999 | 94 | |
50th | 2000 | Priyanka Chopra | 18 | Jamshedpur | First Runner-up Femina Miss India 2000 | November 30, 2000 | 95 | |||
51st | 2001 | Nigeria | Agbani Darego | 19 | Lagos | Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2001 | Sun City, South Africa | November 16, 2001 | 93 | |
52nd | 2002 | Turkey | Azra Akın | 21 | Ankara | Miss Turkey 2002 | London, United Kingdom | December 7, 2002 | 88 | |
53rd | 2003 | Ireland | Rosanna Davison | 19 | Dublin | Miss Ireland 2003 | Sanya, China | December 6, 2003 | 106 | |
54th | 2004 | Peru | María Julia Mantilla | 20 | Trujillo | First Runner-up Miss Perú 2004 | December 4, 2004 | 107 | ||
55th | 2005 | Iceland | Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir | 21 | Reykjavík | Ungfru Island 2005 | December 10, 2005 | 102 | ||
56th | 2006 | Czech Republic | Taťána Kuchařová | 18 | Trnava | Miss České republiky 2006 | Warsaw, Poland | September 30, 2006 | 104 | |
57th | 2007 | China | Zhang Zilin | 23 | Weihai | Miss China World 2007 | Sanya, China | December 1, 2007 | 106 | |
58th | 2008 | Russia | Ksenia Sukhinova | 21 | Tyumen | Miss Russia 2007 | Johannesburg, South Africa | December 13, 2008 | 109 | |
59th | 2009 | Gibraltar | Kaiane Aldorino | 23 | Gibraltar | Miss Gibraltar 2009 | December 12, 2009 | 112 | ||
60th | 2010 | United States | Alexandria Mills | 18 | Louisville | Miss United States World 2010 | Sanya, China | October 30, 2010 | 115 | |
61st | 2011 | Venezuela | Ivian Sarcos | 22 | Guanare | First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2010 | London, United Kingdom | November 6, 2011 | 113 | |
62nd | 2012 | China | Yu Wenxia | 23 | Shangzhi | Miss China World 2012 | Ordos City, China | August 18, 2012 | 116 | |
63rd | 2013 | Philippines | Megan Young | 23 | Olongapo | Miss World Philippines 2013 | Nusa Dua, Indonesia | September 28, 2013 | 127 | |
64th | 2014 | South Africa | Rolene Strauss | 22 | Volksrust | Miss South Africa 2014 | London, United Kingdom | December 14, 2014 | 121 | |
65th | 2015 | Spain | Mireia Lalaguna | 23 | Barcelona | Miss World Spain 2015 | Sanya, China | December 19, 2015 | 114 | |
66th | 2016 | Puerto Rico | Stephanie Del Valle | 19 | San Juan | Miss World Puerto Rico 2016 | Oxon Hill, United States | December 18, 2016 | 117 | |
67th | 2017 | India | Manushi Chhillar | 20 | Rohtak | Femina Miss India 2017 | Sanya, China | November 18, 2017 | 118 | |
68th | 2018 | Mexico | Vanessa Ponce | 26 | Mexico City | Miss Mexico 2018 | December 8, 2018 | |||
69th | 2019 | Jamaica | Toni-Ann Singh | 23 | Saint Thomas | Miss Jamaica World 2019 | London, United Kingdom | December 14, 2019 | 111 | |
2020 | No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
70th | 2021 | Poland | Karolina Bielawska | 22 | Łódź | Miss Polonia 2019 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | March 16, 2022 | 97 | |
2022 | No competition held due to the delay of the 2021 pageant | |||||||||
71st | 2023 | Czech Republic | Krystyna Pyszková | 25 | Třinec | Miss Czech Republic 2022 | Mumbai, India | March 9, 2024 | 112 |
Notes:
- Marjorie Wallace, the 1973 winner, became the first titleholder not to complete her reign, when in March 1974, she was fired for "failing to fulfill the basic requirements of the job". Organisers extended an offer to first runner-up Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines to complete the duties of Miss World for the remainder of the year, but without holding the title; when Pascual turned down that offer, organisers next turned to second runner-up Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, who accepted.[3]
- The 2002 pageant was originally to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, but was relocated to the United Kingdom after anti-pageant rioting.
- The 2008 pageant was originally to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, but was relocated to South Africa after a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia.
- Three countries have achieved back-to-back wins: Sweden in 1951 and 1952, United Kingdom in 1964 and 1965, and India in 1999 and 2000.
Countries or territories by number of wins
Country or territory | Titles | Years |
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India | 6 | 1966, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2017 |
Venezuela | 1955, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2011 | |
Jamaica | 4 | 1963, 1976, 1993, 2019 |
United Kingdom | 1961, 1964, 1965, 1983 | |
South Africa | 3 | 1958, 1974, 2014 |
United States | 1973, 1990, 2010 | |
Iceland | 1985, 1988, 2005 | |
Sweden | 1951, 1952, 1977 | |
Czech Republic | 2 | 2006, 2023 |
Poland | 1989, 2021 | |
Puerto Rico | 1975, 2016 | |
China | 2007, 2012 | |
Russia | 1992, 2008 | |
Peru | 1967, 2004 | |
Austria | 1969, 1987 | |
Argentina | 1960, 1978 | |
Australia | 1968, 1972 | |
Netherlands | 1959, 1962 | |
Mexico | 1 | 2018 |
Spain | 2015 | |
Philippines | 2013 | |
Gibraltar | 2009 | |
Ireland | 2003 | |
Turkey | 2002 | |
Nigeria | 2001 | |
Israel | 1998 | |
Greece | 1996 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1986 | |
Dominican Republic | 1982 | |
Guam | 1980 | |
Bermuda | 1979 | |
Brazil | 1971 | |
Grenada | 1970 | |
Finland | 1957 | |
Germany | 1956 | |
Egypt | 1954 | |
France | 1953 |
- Assumed wins
Titles assumed following resignations.
Country or territory | Titles | Years |
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Guam | 1 | 1980 |
South Africa | 1974 |
- Resigned wins
Country or territory | Titles | Years |
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Germany | 1 | 1980 |
United Kingdom | 1974 |
Continent or region | Titles | Years |
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Europe | 2 | 1974, 1980 |
- Dethroned not replaced wins
Country or territory | Titles | Year(s) |
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United States | 1 | 1973 |
Continent or region | Titles | Years |
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North America | 1 | 1973 |
- Debut wins
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Continents by number of wins
Continent or region | Titles | Years |
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Europe | 27 | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2021, 2023 |
North America | 14 | 1963, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
Asia | 11 | 1966, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2017 |
South America | 1955, 1960, 1967, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2004, 2011 | |
Africa | 5 | 1954, 1958, 1974, 2001, 2014 |
Oceania | 3 | 1968, 1972, 1980 |
Winners gallery
See also
- List of Miss World editions
- List of Miss World runners-up and finalists
- List of Miss Earth titleholders
- List of Miss International titleholders
- List of Miss Universe titleholders
- Big Four international beauty pageants
References
- ^ Sanghani, Radhika (December 19, 2014). "Miss World ditches 'sexist bikini round' after 63 years". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Rose, D. (2010). Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland. Simon and Schuster. pp. 149–157. ISBN 978-1-4391-3149-7. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ Requintina, Robert R. (7 September 2010). "2010 Miss Universe bets compete in Miss World". Manila pradeep. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010.
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