World Miss University

World Miss University (Korean: 월드 미스 유니버시티) is an international beauty contest held annually in Seoul, South Korea since 1986,[1] with an average of about 40 contestants every year.[2]

As an event organized by the International Association of University Presidents after the United Nations named 1986 the Year of Peace,[3] the organizing committee dispatches peace missions to regions in conflict like Kosovo and Rwanda.[1]

The current titleholder is Katie Farr of England.[4]

Winners

Year Name Country Venue
1986 Rosalie van Breemen[5]  Holland Seoul, Korea
1987 Chio Yun-hee  South Korea Seoul, Korea
1988 Kathryn Elizabeth Coonz  USA Seoul, Korea
1989 Priyadarshini Pradhan  India Seoul, Korea
1990 Ekaterina Parfenova  USSR Seoul, Korea
1991 Celeste Weaver  USA Seoul, Korea
1992 Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir[6]  Iceland Seoul, Korea
1993 Ewa Wachowicz[7]  Poland Seoul, Korea
1994 —
1995 Birgitta Ína Unnarsdóttir[8]  Iceland Seoul, Korea
1996 Laura García  Spain Seoul, Korea
1997 Jang Jie-hun  South Korea Seoul, Korea
1998 —
1999
2000 Renatan Fan[9]  Brazil Seoul, Korea
2001 Eleni Pechlivanidi[10]  Greece Seoul, Korea
2002 —
2003 Ayusha Shrestha[11]  Nepal Seoul, Korea
2004 Julija Djadenko[12]  Latvia Shenzen, China
2005 Jade Collins[13]  New Zealand Seoul, Korea
2006 Cristiana Frixione[14]  Nicaragua Seoul, Korea
2007 Aleksandra Plemic[15]  Germany Seoul, Korea
2008 Sarnai Amar[16]  Mongolia Shenzen, China
2009 Cho Eun-ju[17]  South Korea Seoul, Korea
2010 Katie Farr[4]  England Seoul, Korea
2011 Siria Yasabel Bojorguez [18]  USA Seoul, Korea

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