| Miss United Kingdom | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1958 |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Location | United Kingdom |
Miss United Kingdom is a title held by the highest ranked British contestant in the Miss World pageant. The winner sometimes competes at Miss International the following year under the Britain or United Kingdom banner.[1]. Up until 2000, Miss United Kingdom was a national beauty pageant held to choose a representative for the Miss World Pageant. In 1999, Scotland and Wales held separate contestants, and in 2000, Northern Ireland sent its own representative. The existing organization now runs the Miss England competition. [2]
The current titleholder is Alize Lily Mounter of England.[3]
The pageant came to include the whole of the United Kingdom from 1960 onwards. Traditionally there would be regional heats from the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom and the top x number of contestants from the regions would then compete for the UK title.
Although Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have had separate representatives in other international pageants, Miss World did not allow this until the creation of separate Parliaments in the United Kingdom.
In 1999, Scotland (represented by Stephanie Norrie) and Wales (represented by Clare Marie Daniels) debuted in Miss World. England & Northern Ireland was represented by Miss United Kingdom, Nicola Willoughby. The following year, Julie Lee-Ann Martin became the first representative of Northern Ireland in the pageant. With the full split, Michelle Walker was the first Miss England. The Miss World Organization has announced the highest-ranking delegate of the four nations as Miss United Kingdom from that year onwards. The winner receives a cash prize and has often represented the United Kingdom at the Miss International contest the following year.
Scotland has the most winners (7), followed by Northern Ireland (2), England and Wales (1 each)
| Year | Miss United Kingdom | Age | Represented | 1st runner-up | Represented | 2nd runner-up | Represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Alize Lily Mounter[3] | England | Jennifer Reoch | Scotland | Finola Guinnane | Northern Ireland | |
| 2010 | Nicola Mimnagh[4] | Scotland | Lori Moore | Northern Ireland | — | — | |
| 2009 | Katharine Brown[1] | Scotland, Dunblane | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Chloe-Beth Morgan[5] | Wales | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Nieve Jennings[6] | Scotland | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Nicola McLean | Scotland | Catherine Jean Milligan | Northern Ireland | — | — | |
| 2005 | Lucy Evangelista | Northern Ireland | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Amy Guy | Wales | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Nicci Jolly | Inverbervie, Scotland | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Gayle Williamson | Northern Ireland | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | Juliet-Jane Horne | Aberdeen Scotland | — | — | — | ||
| 2000 | Michelle Watson | Scotland | — | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | Nicola Willoughby | Lincoln | — | — | Emma Keenan | — | |
| 1998 | Emmalene McLoughlin | Manchester | Joanne Salley | Northern Ireland | Katie Viggers | Birmingham | |
| 1997 | Vicki-Lee Walberg | Blackpool | Abby Essien | Lancaster | Sarah Smart | Leicestershire | |
| 1996 | Rachael Liza Warner | Wales | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | Shauna Marie Gunn | County Fermanagh | Angie Bowness | Sheffield | — | — | |
| 1994 | Melanie Abdoun | London | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | Amanda Louise Johnson | Nottingham | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Claire Elizabeth Smith | Chester | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Johanne Elizabeth Lewis | Mansfield | — | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | Helen Upton | Blackpool | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Suzanne Younger | Wales | Racquel Jory | England | Victoria Lace | Scotland | |
| 1988 | Kirsty Roper | Manchester | Angela Newlands | Wolverhampton | Nicola Kidd | Peterborough | |
| 1987 | Karen Mellor | Derby | Heather Daniels | Portsmouth | Helen Fairbrother | Swindon | |
| 1986 | Alison Slack | Sheffield | Joanne Sedgley | England | Suzanne Younger | Mold | |
| 1985 | Mandy Adele Shires | Bradford | Joanne Sedgley | Newquay | Barbara Christian | Wales | |
| 1984 | Vivienne Rooke | 22 | Weston-super-Mare | Lea La Salle | Wrexham | Susan Tan | Northern Ireland |
| 1983 | Sarah-Jane Hutt | 18 | Poole | Karen Lesley Moore | England | Nicola Stanley | Isle of Wight |
| 1982 | Delia Frances Dolan | 20 | Grimsby | Alison Smith | Belfast | Ann Jackson | Chichester |
| 1981 | Michele Donnelly | 20 | Cardiff | Delia Frances Dolan | Yorkshire | Georgina Kearney | Scotland |
| 1980 | Kim Ashfield | 21 | Buckley, Wales | Nicky Wright | Poole | Julie Duckworth | England |
| 1979 | Carolyn Seaward | 18 | Yelverton, Devon | Lorraine Davidson | Scotland | Karen Loughlin | Stockport |
| 1978 | Elizabeth Ann Jones | 20 | Welshpool, Powys | Janet Withey | London | Beverley Isherwood | England |
| 1977 | Madeleine Stringer | 24 | North Shields | Dorothy Walker | Edinburgh | Sarah Long | England |
| 1976 | Carol Jean Grant[**] | 19 | Glasgow | Sian Adey-Jones | Wales | Joanna Booth | Sheffield |
| 1975 | Vicki Harris | 22 | London | Sue Cuff | Manchester | Gail Inglis | Dundee |
| 1974 | Helen Morgan | 21 | Barry | Kathy Anders | England | Linda Myers | Sale |
| 1973 | Veronica Ann Cross | 23 | London | Marie Kirkwood | — | Pam Wood | — |
| 1972 | Jennifer McAdam | 24 | London | Elaine Farnworth | Ramsbottom | Julie Marcus | — |
| 1971 | Marilyn Ward | 21 | New Milton | Linda Ann Thomas | Blackpool | Anita Gudgeon | Basildon |
| 1970 | Yvonne Ormes | 20 | Nantwich | Jean Galston | Manchester | Lee Hamilton Marshall | Scotland |
| 1969 | Sheena Drummond | 18 | Tullibody | — | — | — | — |
| 1968 | Kathleen Winstanley | 23 | Wigan | Marie Smith | Glasgow | Lisa Robertshaw | Bradford South |
| 1967 | Jennifer Lynn Lewis | 20 | Leicester | Jennifer Gurley | Manchester | Nine Scott | Sheffield |
| 1966 | Jennifer Lowe Summers | 20 | Warrington | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | Lesley Langley | 20 | London | — | — | — | — |
| 1964 | Ann Sidney | 20 | Poole, Dorset | — | — | — | — |
| 1963 | Diane Westbury[*] | 19 | Ilkeston | — | — | — | — |
| 1962 | Jackie White | 20 | Alvaston | — | — | — | — |
| 1961 | Rosemarie Frankland | 18 | Rhos/Lancaster | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | Hilda Fairclough | 23 | Lancaster | — | — | — | — |
| 1959 | Anne Thelwell | 22 | Heswall | — | — | — | — |
| 1958 | Eileen Sheridan | 22 | Walton-on-Thames | — | — | — | — |
* Real name Diane Hickingbotham.
** Also known as Carolyn Grant.
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