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List of Miss World titleholders

For the Miss World runners-up and finalists, see List of Miss World runners-up and finalists.

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
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
  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
  Guam 1 1980
  South Africa 1974
Continent or region Titles Years
Oceania 1 1980
Africa 1974
Resigned wins
Country or territory Titles Years
  Germany 1 1980
  United Kingdom 1974
Continent or region Titles Years
Europe 2 1974, 1980
Dethroned not replaced wins
Country or territory Titles Year(s)
  United States 1 1973
Continent or region Titles Years
North America 1 1973
Debut wins
Countries/Territories/States
1950s
List
  • 1951:   Sweden
  • 1953:   France
  • 1954:   Egypt
  • 1955:   Venezuela
  • 1956:   Germany
  • 1957:   Finland
  • 1958:   South Africa
  • 1959:   Netherlands
1960s
List
  • 1960:   Argentina
  • 1961:   United Kingdom
  • 1963:   Jamaica
  • 1966:   India
  • 1967:   Peru
  • 1968:   Australia
  • 1969:   Austria
1970s
List
  • 1970:   Grenada
  • 1971:   Brazil
  • 1973:   United States
  • 1975:   Puerto Rico
  • 1979:   Bermuda
1980s
List
  • 1980:   Guam
  • 1982:   Dominican Republic
  • 1985:   Iceland
  • 1986:   Trinidad and Tobago
  • 1989:   Poland
1990s
List
  • 1992:   Russia
  • 1996:   Greece
  • 1998:   Israel
2000s
List
2010s
List
  • 2013:   Philippines
  • 2015:   Spain
  • 2018:   Mexico

Continents by number of wins

Continent or region Titles Years
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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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