List of Miss World countries

The following lists contain all of the 128 countries and territories that have sent/will send a delegate to the international beauty pageant of Miss World.

The pageant started in 1951, and is today among the leading contests of its kind.

Contents

Current entrants

This list is only containing the countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the pageant at least once since 2006.

Country Years competed Best placement Last placed Notes
 Albania 2002–2005,
2007–		 - -
 Angola 1998–2004,
2006–2010		 1st Runner-up 2008
 Antigua & Barbuda 1986,
1991,
2001–2004,
2008		 7th Runner-up 2004 Competed as Antigua between 2001 and 2004.
 Argentina 1959–1981,
1987–		 Winner 1987
  • Caterina Ciscato (5th Runner-up)
 Aruba 1964,
1966,
1971–1985,
1989–1993,
1995–		 1st Runner-up 2002
  • Rachelle Oduber (Top 20)
 Australia 1955,
1957,
1960,
1965,
1967–		 Winner 2006
 Austria 1955–1957,
1959,
1961–1965,
1967–1981,
1983–2001, 2006–2009,
2011–		 Winner 2007
 Bahamas 1966,
1968–1995,
1997–2000,
2002–		 Top 10 2010
  • Braneka Bassett (Top 25)
 Barbados 1974–1975,
1983–1988,
1990,
1995,
2000–2006,
2008–		 Top 15 2008
 Belarus 2000,
2003–2004,
2006–2011-		 - -
 Belgium 1954– 5th Runner-up
  • Christine Delit (1962)
 1996
 Belize 1987–1991,
2002–2003,
2007–		 - -
 Bermuda 1971–1989,
1992–1993,
1995
2011-		 Winner 1980
  • Zina Marie Minks (Top 15)
 Bolivia 1960–1961,
1963,
1965,
1975,
1977,
1979–		 Top 10
  • Carla Morón (1995)
 2003
  • Helen Aponte (19th Runner-up)
 Bonaire 1996
2011-		 - -
 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1996– Top 20
  • Danijela Vinš (2002)
 2002
  • Danijela Vinš (Top 20)
 Botswana 1972–1974,
1994–		 1st Runner-up
  • Emma Wareus (2010)
 2010
  • Emma Wareus (1st Runner-up)
 Brazil 1958–1987,
1990–		 Winner 2009
  • Luciana Bertolini (Top 16)
 Bulgaria 1988,
1990–		 Top 10
  • Evgenia Kalkandzhieva (1995)
 1995
  • Evgenia Kalkandzhieva (Top 10)
 Cambodia 2006 - -
 Canada 1957–1960,
1962–1990,
1992–		 1st Runner-up 2010
  • Denise Garrido (Top 25)
 Cape Verde 1997,
2010		 - -
 Cayman Islands 1977–1995,
1997–2001,
2003–2004,
2006–2008,
2010–		 Top 15
  • Maureen Lewis (1982)
 1982
  • Maureen Lewis (Top 15)
 Chile 1963,
1966–1969,
1976–1979,
1981–2004,
2006–2008,
2011–		 Top 10 2000
 People's Republic of China 1994, 2001– Winner 2010
  • Xiao Tang (Top 5)
 Chinese Taipei 1961–1962, 1964, 1988–1989, 1991–1998, 2000, 2004–2005, 2008 1st Runner-up
  • Grace Li Shiu-ying (1961)
 1964
  • Linda Lin Su-hsing (2nd Runner-up)
 Previously competed as Republic of China.
 Colombia 1963–1965,
1968–1970,
1973–		 1st Runner-up
  • Nini Soto (1981)
  • Rocío Luna (1983)
  • Carolina Arango (1996)
  • Natalia Peralta (2002)
 2010
  • Laura Palacio (Top 25)
 Congo Democratic Republic 1985,
2005–2006,
2008		 Top 15
  • Kayonga Mureka Tete (1985)
 1985
  • Kayonga Mureka Tete (Top 15)
 Competed as Zaire in 1985.
 Costa Rica 1965–1969,
1972,
1974–2001,
2003–		 Top 15
  • Maribel Fernández (1978)
  • Ana Lorena González (1986)
 1986
  • Ana Lorena González (Top 15)
 Côte d'Ivoire 1985,
2009-		 - - Competed as Ivory Coast in 1985.
 Croatia 1992– 1st Runner-up 2008
 Curaçao 1975–1978,
1980–1985,
1987–1996,
1998,
2000,
2002–2004,
2006–		 Top 20
  • Ayanette Statia (2002)
 2002
  • Ayanette Statia (Top 20)
 Cyprus 1960–1963,
1965–1971,
1973,
1976–		 - -
 Czech Republic 1993– Winner 2006
 Denmark 1951–1970,
1974–1995,
2000,
2003–		 1st Runner-up
  • Lilian Juul Madsen (1957)
  • Pia Rosenberg Larsen (1986)
 1992
  • Anja Hende Brond (Top 10)
 Dominican Republic 1966–2001,
2003–2009
2011–		 Winner 2007
 Ecuador 1960–1962,
1964–1972,
1974,
1976–1989,
1991–		 6th Runner-up
  • Alicia Cucalón (1986)
 2007
 Egypt 1952–1954,
1956,
1988,
1990,
1997,
2004,
2008–		 Winner 1954
 El Salvador 1975–1979,
1981–1993,
2004–		 - -
 England 2000– Top 7
  • Alize Lily Mounter (2011)
 2011
  • Alize Lily Mounter (3rd Runner-up)
 Estonia 1994–2007 Top 10 1999
 Ethiopia 2003–2010 5th Runner-up 2003
 Finland 1952–1957,
1959–2004,
2006–		 Winner 1993
 France 1951– Winner 2010
 French Polynesia 1960,
1965,
1976–1979,
1981–1982,
1984–1985,
1994–1996,
1999–2002,
2006,
2009–2010		 4th Runner-up
  • Marie Tapare (1965)
 2010
  • Mihilani Teixeira (Top 25)
 Competed as Tahiti until 2009
 Georgia 2003– 11th Runner-up
  • Irina Onashvili (2003)
 2003
  • Irina Onashvili (11th Runner-up)
 Germany 1952–1972,
1974–		 Winner 2010
  • Susanna Kobylinski (Top 25)
 Gabriella Brum from Germany, the original winner in 1980, resigned one day after she was crowned. Kimberley Santos from Guam took over.
 Ghana 1959,
1967–1968,
1988–1991,
1994–2002,
2004–		 Top 15
  • Araba Vroon (1967)
 2007
 Gibraltar 1959,
1964–		 Winner 2009
 Greece 1953– Winner 2003
  • Vasiliki Tsekoura (18th Runner-up)
 Grenada 1970,
1996,
2007		 Winner 2007
 Guadeloupe 2003– - -
 Guam 1971–1996
2011–		 Winner 1987
  • Francel Caracol (Top 12)
 Kimberley Santos took over when the original winner Gabriella Brum from Germany resigned.
 Guatemala 1976,
1979–2000,
2003,
2005–		 - -
 Guyana 1966–1971,
1988–1989,
1999,
2001–2010		 2nd Runner-up 1971
  • Nalini Moonsar (3rd Runner-up)
 Honduras 1955,
1959,
1964–1967,
1972–1984,
1986–1991,
1993,
1997,
1999–2000,
2004,
2008–		 - -
 Hong Kong China 1959,
1970,
1972–1990,
1992–		 Top 12
  • Pauline Yeung (1987)
 2007
 Hungary 1989–1992,
1994–		 - -
 Iceland 1955–1967,
1969–1973,
1975–1979,
1981–1994,
1999–2001,
2003–		 Winner 2008
 India 1959–1962,
1966,
1968–1972,
1974–1975,
1978–1988,
1990–		 Winner 2009
 Indonesia 1982–1983,
2005–		 Top 15 2011
 Ireland 1952,
1954–		 Winner 2010
  • Emma Britt Waldron (Top 5)
 Israel 1953,
1955–		 Winner 1999
  • Jenny Chervony (3rd Runner-up)
 Italy 1954–1962,
1964–1968,
1970–1976,
1978–		 1st Runner-up 2011
 Jamaica 1959,
1962–1974,
1976,
1978–		 Winner 2007
 Japan 1956– 3rd Runner-up
  • Midoriki Tokura (1956)
 2009
  • Eruza Sasaki (Top 16)
 Kazakhstan 1998–2000,
2002–2004,
2006–		 3rd Runner-up
  • Margarita Kravtsova (2000)
 2011
 Kenya 1960,
1967–1968,
1984–1991,
1994,
1996,
1999–		 Top 10
  • Yolanda Masinde (2000)
 2010
  • Natasha Metto (Top 25)
 Korea 1959–1971,
1973–2001,
2003–		 1st Runner-up
  • Choi Yeon-hee (1988)
 2011
  • Kyung Min Doe (4th Runner-up)
 Kyrgyzstan 2011– - -
 Latvia 1989–1997,
1999,
2001–		 - -
 Lebanon 1960–1961,
1964–1967,
1969–1970,
1973–1977,
1979–1988,
1991–		 Top 10
  • Joëlle Buhlok (1997)
 2006
 Lesotho 1979–1981,
2003
2010		 - -
 Liberia 1963–1965,
1968–1970,
1972,
1983,
1985,
1988,
1998–1999,
2005–2006,
2009,
2011–		 4th Runner-up
  • Sebah Tubman (1999)
 1999
  • Sebah Tubman (4th Runner-up)
 Lithuania 1993,
1995–2000,
2002–2004,
2007–		 - -
 Luxembourg 1957,
1959–1971,
1973,
1975–1977,
1985–1990,
2009-2010		 - -
 Macau 1986–1997,
2010-		 - -
 Macedonia FYRO 1996,
2001–2007,
2009-		 - -
 Malawi 2001,
2005,
2010		 - -
 Malaysia 1963,
1965–1966,
1970–1975,
1978–1989,
1991–		 2nd Runner-up 2007
 Malta 1965–1993,
1997–		 Top 15
  • Mary Brincat (1969)
 1969
  • Mary Brincat (Top 15)
 Martinique 2005– Top 16
  • Ingrid Littré (2009)
 2009
  • Ingrid Littré (Top 16)
 Mauritius 1970–1973,
1975,
1978–1980,
1986–1994,
1998,
2003–		 Top 10
  • Jeanne-Françoise Clement (1989)
 1989
  • Jeanne-Françoise Clement (Top 10)
 Mexico 1963,
1966–		 1st Runner-up 2009
 Moldova 2000,
2003–		 - -
 Mongolia 2005– Top 25
  • Sarnai Amar (2010)
 2010
  • Sarnai Amar (Top 25)
 Montenegro 2006– - -
 Namibia 1989–1993,
1997,
2000–		 4th Runner-up 2010
 Nepal 1997–2000,
2003–2005,
2007,
2009		 - -
 Netherlands 1951– Winner 2010
  • Desirée van den Berg (Top 25)
 Competed as Holland until 2004.
 New Zealand 1956,
1961–2005,
2007–		 1st Runner-up
  • Elaine Miscall (1963)
  • Lauralee Martinovich (1997)
 2003
  • Melanie Paul (15th Runner-up)
 Nigeria 1963,
1967–1970,
1978–1979,
1984–1985,
1987–1994,
1996,
1998–		 Winner 2004
 Northern Ireland 2000– Top 15 2010
 Norway 1953,
1958–1960,
1966–		 1st Runner-up 2010
 Panama 1967,
1971,
1977,
1979–1980,
1982–1987,
1989–2007,
2009		 5th Runner-up 2009
 Paraguay 1959,
1969,
1971–1972,
1976–1980,
1982–2000,
2003–2004,
2007–		 Top 15
  • Daisy Ferreira (1985)
 2010
 Peru 1959,
1963,
1965,
1967–1968,
1973,
1975–1990,
1994–		 Winner 2004
 Philippines 1966–1975,
1978–		 1st Runner-up
  • Evangeline Pascual (1973)
  • Gwendoline Ruais (2011)
 2011
  • Gwendoline Ruais (1st Runner Up)
 Poland 1983– Winner 2009
  • Anna Jamróz (Top 16)
 Portugal 1959,
1962–1964,
1967,
1970–1973,
1979,
1982–2001,
2003–2006,
2008–		 2nd Runner-up
  • Ana De Almeida (1971)
 1971
  • Ana De Almeida (2nd Runner-up)
 Puerto Rico 1959,
1970–1985,
1989–		 Winner 2011
 Romania 1990–1992,
1994–1996,
1999–2007,
2009-		 1st Runner-up
  • Ioana Boitor (2006)
 2006
  • Ioana Boitor (1st Runner-up)
 Russia 1992– Winner 2010
 Saint Barthelemy 2011– - -
 St. Kitts & Nevis 1985–1988,
2010		 - -
 St. Lucia 1975,
1994,
2004–2006,
2008, 2010		 Top 15
  • Sophia St Omer (1975)
 2010
  • Aiasha Gustave (Top 25)
 Scotland 1999– 2nd Runner-up 2011
  • Jennifer Reoch (6th Runner-up)
 Serbia 2006– - -
 Seychelles 1969–1973,
1975,
1992,
1994–1999,
2008		 Top 15
  • Jane Stravens (1972)
  • June Gouthier (1973)
 1973
  • June Gouthier (Top 15)
 Sierra Leone 1986,
1988,
2007–		 Top 16
  • Mariatu Kargbo (2009)
 2009
  • Mariatu Kargbo (Top 16)
 Singapore 1972–1976,
1978–		 Top 15
  • Pauline Poh (1976)
 1976
  • Pauline Poh (Top 15)
 Slovakia 1993– - -
 Slovenia 1992–2007,
2009		 - -
 South Africa 1956–1977,
1991–		 Winner 2011 Anneline Kriel took over when the original winner Helen Morgan from the United Kingdom resigned.
 Spain 1960–1964,
1970–1974,
1976---		 2nd Runner-up
  • Carmen Cervera (1961)
 2011
  • Carla García (Top 15)
 Sri Lanka 1953–1955,
1961,
1963–1968,
1970–1971,
1973–1975,
1977–1982,
1984–1990,
1992–1994,
1999–2000,
2003–		 3rd Runner-up
  • Manel Illangakoon (1953)
 1978
  • Manohori Vanigasooriya (Top 15)
 Previously competed as Ceylon.
 Suriname 1961,
1963–1966,
1981,
2007,
2009		 - -
 Swaziland 1975,
1978–1980,
1983–1988,
1991–1999,
2002–2003,
2005,
2007–2009		 Top 15
  • Ilana Lapidos (1986)
 1986
  • Ilana Lapidos (Top 15)
 Sweden 1951– Winner 2011
 Tanzania 1967,
1994–		 Top 6 2005
 Thailand 1968,
1970–1997,
1999,
2001–		 3rd Runner-up
  • Prathumrat Woramali (1989)
 2010
 Trinidad & Tobago 1966,
1971,
1975–		 Winner 2008
 Turkey 1954,
1956,
1958,
1960–1961,
1963–1964,
1966–1973,
1975–1983,
1986–		 Winner 2002
 Uganda 1967–1968,
1985,
1988–1989,
1992–1993,
1996–1997,
2001–2005,
2007–		 - -
 Ukraine 1992,
1994–		 Top 10 2011
  • Iaroslava Kuriacha (Top 15)
 Uruguay 1959–1962,
1964–1965,
1975–1988,
1990–1993,
1996–2003,
2005–2006,
2008–2010		 4th Runner-up
  • Katja Thomsen (2000)
 2000
  • Katja Thomsen (4th Runner-up)
 United States 1951– Winner 2010
 United States Virgin Islands 1976,
1978–1980,
1982–2002,
2005,
2010-		 Top 10
  • Vania Thomas (1989)
 2011
  • Esonica Veira (Top 15)
 Competed as Virgin Islands between 1976 and 1980 and as American Virgin Islands between 1982 and 2002 and in 2005
 Venezuela 1955–1958,
1961–1978,
1980–		 Winner 2011
 Vietnam 2002– 10th Runner-up 2009
 Wales 1999– 14th Runner-up 2004
 Zambia 1974,
1992,
1995–1999,
2003–2006,
2008–		 - -
 Zimbabwe 1975,
1980–1982,
1993–2004,
2006–		 3rd Runner-up
  • Angeline Musasiwa (1994)
 2011
  • Malaika Mushandu (Top 15)
 Competed as Rhodesia in 1975.

Inactive entrants

The following lists consist of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant since 2004, but participated at least once in the past.

Non-existing countries and territories

This list is containing the countries and territories which competed at least once in the past, but will probably never compete again because they now do not exist.

Country Years competed Best placement Last placed Notes
 Czechoslovakia 1967,
1969,
1989–1992		 5th Runner-up
  • Alzbeta Strkulová (1967)
 1969
  • Marcela Bitnarová (Top 15)
 Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
 Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1959–1961 Top 11
  • Vivien Lentin (1959)
 1960
  • Jenny Lee Scott (Top 15)
 Split into Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (Malawi).
 Serbia & Montenegro 2003–2005 - - Split into Serbia and Montenegro.
 Tanganyika 1960 - - Became Tanzania after union with Zanzibar.
 U.S.S.R. 1989–1990 - - Split into Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
 Yugoslavia 1966–1975,
1982–1991,
1996–2002		 1st Runner-up
  • Nikica Marinović (1966)
 2002
  • Ana Šargić (Top 20)
 Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia FYRO and Bosnia & Herzegovina left the federation in 1992. The remaining parts of Yugoslavia competed until 2003, when it was reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia & Montenegro.

Africa South

Country Years competed Best placement Last placed Notes
 Africa South 1970–1976 1st Runner-up
  • Pearl Jansen (1970)
 1974
  • Evelyn Williams (Top 15)
 From 1970 to 1976, South Africa sent two representatives to Miss World, one white and one black. The white delegate wore the regular South Africa sash, but the black delegate had to wear the sash with the name Africa South.

United Kingdom

Country Years competed Best placement Last placed Notes
 United Kingdom 1951–1999 Winner 1997

Others

These countries and territories have not sent a delegate to the contest since 2006, but they may compete again in the future.

Country Years competed Best placement Last placed Notes
 Algeria 2002 - -
 Andorra 2003 - -
 Bangladesh 1994–1996,
1999–2001		 - -
 British Virgin Islands 1986,
1988,
1990–1998,
2000–2001		 - -
 Burma 1960 - -
 Cook Islands 1987–1988,
1990		 - -
 Cuba 1955,
1975		 3rd Runner-up
  • Gilda Marín (1955)
  • Maricela Clark (1975)
 1975
  • Maricela Clark (3rd Runner-up)
 Dominica 1978 - -
 Fiji Islands 2004 - -
 Gambia 1965–1967
1969–1970
1983–1986		 - -
 Greenland 1991–1992 - -
 Guernsey 1974–1975 - -
 Haiti 1975 5th Runner-up
  • Joëlle Apollon (1975)
 1975
  • Joëlle Apollon (5th Runner-up)
 Hawaii 1959,
2001		 - -
 Isle of Man 1977–1988 - -
 Jersey 1974–1981 - -
 Jordan 1959–1960,
1962–1963,
1965–1966		 - -
 Madagascar 1960–1961,
1974,
1990,
1999–2001		 - -
 Monte Carlo 1953,
1955		 4th Runner-up
  • Elizabeth Chovisky (1953)
 1953
  • Elizabeth Chovisky (4th Runner-up)
 If it ever returns to the pageant, it will probably compete as Monaco.
 Montserrat 1964 Top 16
  • Helen Joseph (1964)
 1964
  • Helen Joseph (Top 16)
 Morocco 1956–1958,
1964–1968		 - -
 Nicaragua 1960–1961,
1964,
1968–1971,
1974–1975,
1977,
1998,
2001–2005		 3rd Runner-up
  • Ligia Argüello (2001)
 2001
  • Ligia Argüello (3rd Runner-up)
 Northern Marianas 2003 - -
 Papua New Guinea 1977,
1980–1981,
1987–1990		 - -
 St. Maarten 1998–1999,
2001		 - -
 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1978,
1985–1987,
1989,
1994		 - -
Syria 1965–1966 - -
 Switzerland 1952–1954,
1956,
1966–1968,
1970–2001,
2003–2005		 1st Runner-up
  • Sylvia Müller (1952)
 2003
  • Bianca Sissing (10th Runner-up)
 Tonga 1983,
1986		 - -
 Tunisia 1956–1958,
1963–1965,
1967–1971,
1974–1975,
1978		 3rd Runner-up
  • Jacqueline Tapia (1957)
 1957
  • Jacqueline Tapia (3rd Runner-up)
 Turks & Caicos 1982–1988,
2004		 - -
 Western Samoa 1977–1988 - - Competed as Samoa until 1979. If it ever returns to the pageant, it will compete as Samoa.

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