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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[a] Hometown National Title Location Date Entrants
1st 1951  Sweden Kiki Håkansson [1]
22
 Stockholm The Prettiest Girl in Sweden 1951 London, United Kingdom July 29, 1951 27
2nd 1952 May-Louise Flodin [2]
18
 Miss Sweden World 1952 November 14, 1952 11
3rd 1953  France Denise Perrier[2]
18
 Ambérieu-en-Bugey Miss World France 1953[b] October 19, 1953 15
4th 1954  Egypt Antigone Costanda[2]
19
 Alexandria Miss Egypt 1953 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
2024 No competition held due to the delay of the 2023 pageant
72nd 2025 [to be determined] [to be determined] [to be determined] [to be determined] [to be determined] Hyderabad, India May 31, 2025 [to be determined]

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.[4]
  • 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 Sweden
  • 1953: France France
  • 1954: Egypt Egypt
  • 1955: Venezuela Venezuela
  • 1956: Germany Germany
  • 1957: Finland Finland
  • 1958: South Africa South Africa
  • 1959: Netherlands Netherlands
1960s
List
  • 1960: Argentina Argentina
  • 1961: United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • 1963: Jamaica Jamaica
  • 1966: India India
  • 1967: Peru Peru
  • 1968: Australia Australia
  • 1969: Austria Austria
1970s
List
  • 1970: Grenada Grenada
  • 1971: Brazil Brazil
  • 1973: United States United States
  • 1975: Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  • 1979: Bermuda Bermuda
1980s
List
  • 1980: Guam Guam
  • 1982: Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
  • 1985: Iceland Iceland
  • 1986: Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
  • 1989: Poland Poland
1990s
List
  • 1992: Russia Russia
  • 1996: Greece Greece
  • 1998: Israel Israel
2000s
List
  • 2001: Nigeria Nigeria
  • 2002: Turkey Turkey
  • 2003: Republic of Ireland Ireland
  • 2006: Czech Republic Czech Republic
  • 2007: China China
  • 2009: Gibraltar Gibraltar
2010s
List
  • 2013: Philippines Philippines
  • 2015: Spain Spain
  • 2018: Mexico 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

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at time of Miss World.
  2. ^ Denise Perrier had won Miss France 1953 under a separate Miss France pageant organized by a separate competing committee (French Committee of Elegance) rather than the main one (Miss France Committee/Comité Miss France), and was later designated by the competing committee as Miss World France 1953 when that committee obtained the franchise license rights for France at Miss World.[3]

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. ^ Associated Press Archive Newsroom (1953). Miss France 1953. Retrieved 2025-03-14 – via Universeal Crowns on YouTube. {{cite AV media}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ 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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