Miss World

Miss World

Logo of the Miss World Pageant.
Motto	Beauty with a Purpose
Formation	1951
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	London
Location	United Kingdom
Official language	English
President	Julia Morley
Key people	Eric Morley
Website	Official website

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.^[1][2] Since his death in 2000, Morley's wife, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant.^[3][4] Alongside its rivals Miss Universe and Miss Earth, this pageant is one of the most publicised beauty contests in the world.^[5][6][7]

The current Miss World is Rolene Strauss of South Africa who was crowned on 14 December 2014 in London, United Kingdom. Traditionally Miss World lives in London during her reign.

Miss World is part of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

History

20th century

Miss World started as the Festival Bikini Contest, in honor of the recently introduced swimwear of the time, but was called "Miss World" by the media. It was originally planned as a one-off event. Upon learning about the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, Morley decided to make the pageant an annual event.^[8][9]

Opposition to the wearing of bikinis led to their replacement with more modest swimwear after the first contest. The first Miss World Pageant event in 1951 was the first and the last event which crowned the winner in a bikini. In Miss World 2013 all participants will use one piece of swimsuit plus traditional sarong from the belly and below as a compromise with local culture.^[10]

In 1959, the BBC started broadcasting the competition. The pageant's popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World would be among the most watched programmes of the year on British television.^[11] However, in 1970, the Miss World contest in London was disrupted by women's liberation protesters armed with flour bombs, stink bombs, and water pistols.^[12]

In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the slogan Beauty With a Purpose, with added tests of intelligence and personality.^[13] However, in the 1980s, the competition became seen as old-fashioned and politically incorrect in its native Britain, and despite its global appeal, stopped showing on British television until Channel 5 aired it from 1998-2000,^[14][15] then it shifted between lesser-known satellite channels, and is now webcast only and little-known in Britain.

21st century

Eric Morley died as the pageant entered the new century. His wife, Julia, succeeded as chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.^[16]

The century saw its first black African winner, Agbani Darego of Nigeria, in 2001. As part of its marketing strategy, Miss World came up with a "Vote For Me" television special during that edition, featuring the delegates behind the scenes and on the beach, and allowing viewers to either phone in or vote online for their favourites. It also sells its Talent, Beach Beauty and Sports events as television specials to broadcasters.^[17]

In 2002 the pageant was slated for choosing Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria to host its final. This choice was controversial, as a northern Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, was awaiting death by stoning for adultery under Sharia law there, but Miss World chose to use the publicity surrounding its presence to bring greater global awareness and action to Amina's plight (see Controversies section).^[18][19]

In 2014, the organization eliminated the swimsuit competition from the pageant.^[20]

Miss World Organisation

The Miss World Organisation owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals, a competition that has grown into one of the world’s biggest.^[21] Since its launch in 1951, the Miss World Organization has raised more than £250 million for children’s charities.^[22] Miss World is franchised in more than 100 countries.^[23][24] Miss World, Limited is a privately held firm, and thus figures for its earnings, expenses and charitable contributions are not publicly available.

Miss World becomes popular among the viewing public, which warrants the continuity of the pageant not only as a pageant itself but more importantly, an institution for humanitarian causes.^[25] Aside from raising millions of pounds for charities around the globe under the banner of its "Beauty with a Purpose" program, Miss World is also credited with directly influencing a dramatic increase in tourism in Sanya, China, host city of the Miss World finals in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2010.^[26]

The pageant

In the year preceding the global finals, each delegate must win her national title or a specially designated Miss World national preliminary. Miss World's national preliminaries are conducted by their licence-holders, who hold the franchise to use the "Miss World" name in their country. The annual final is typically a month-long event, with several preliminary galas, dinners, balls and activities, culminating in a globally telecast final show in which the field is narrowed to between 15–20 delegates.

Awards

• Venezuela has won the Miss Photogenic award four times (1984, 1990, 1995, 1996).

• Four Miss World winners were awarded Miss Photogenic: Astrid Carolina Herrera (Venezuela, 1984), Aishwarya Rai (India, 1994), Jacqueline Aguilera (Venezuela, 1995) and Diana Hayden (India, 1997).
• One Miss World winner was awarded Best World Dress Designer (Spectacular Evening Wear) : Azra Akin (Turkey, 2002).
• Two Miss World winner were awarded Miss World Continental Groups Northern Europe by SMS voting : Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (Iceland, 2005), Taťána Kuchařová (Czech Republic,2006).

Challenge Events (Formerly known as Fast track awards)

Since 2003 Miss World pageant also features Fast Track events during the preliminary round. The winners of Fast Track events are automatically qualified to enter the final round.

Since 2011 winners of the challenge events are no longer automatically qualified to the final round. Instead, winners and finalists of these events will be awarded bonus points to their preliminary scores. Delegates with the highest points (bonus of challenge events included) are qualified to the final round.

Challenge (Fast Track) events which have been used since 2003 are:

• Beach Fashion (Formerly known as Beach Beauty) (2003–present)
• Miss Talent (2003–present)
• Miss Sports (2003–2004, 2006–present)
• Beauty with a Purpose (2005–present)
• Top Model (2004, 2007–present)
• Multimedia Award (2012–present)
• People's Choice (2003, 2008–present)
• Personality (2003)
• Contestant's Choice (2004)

Notable winners

• 1954: Antigone Costanda is the first African and the first from a Muslim-dominated country to win Miss World Title.
• 1955: Susana Duijm is the first Latin-American and the first from Americas to win Miss World Title.
• 1963: Carole Joan Crawford is the first from the Caribbean to win Miss World Title
• 1966: Reita Faria is the first Asian to win Miss World Title.
• 1989: Aneta Kreglicka is the first Eastern European to win Miss World Title
• 2001: Agbani Darego is the first Black African to win Miss World Title.
• 2013: Megan Young is the first Southeast Asian to win the title, and the second Miss World to present the show on her final day of reign after Gina Tolleson did in 1991. However, Young is the first and only Miss World to present the finals as a main presenter whereas Tolleson presented as a correspondent. This win also marked that the country won all Big Four international beauty pageants, first in Asia and third globally after Brazil and Venezuela, both from South America.

• Four Miss World Titlist were awarded Miss Photogenic:
  • 1984: Astrid Carolina Herrera
  • 1994: Aishwarya Rai
  • 1995: Jacqueline Aguilera
  • 1997: Diana Hayden
• Two Miss World Titlist were awarded Miss World Beach Beauty:
  • 2003: Rosanna Davison
  • 2009: Kaiane Aldorino
• Three Miss World Titlist were awarded Miss World Top Model:
  • 2007: Zhang Zilin
  • 2008: Ksenia Sukhinova
  • 2013: Megan Young
• One Miss World Titlist was awarded Spectacular Swimwear:
  • 1997: Diana Hayden
• One Miss World Titlist was awarded Best World Designer (Spectacular Evening Wear):
  • 2002: Azra Akin
• One Miss World Titlist was awarded Miss World Talent:
  • 2012: Yu Wenxia

Reign Records

• Longest Completed Reign
  • Kerstin Håkansson reigns for 1 year, 3 months, 16 days or (1 year, 108 days). She was crowned on 29 July 1951 and crowned her successor on 14 November 1952.
  • Megan Young reigns for 1 year, 2 months, 16 days or (1 year, 77 days). She was crowned 28 September 2013 and crowned her successor on 14 Dec. 2014.
  • Taťána Kuchařová reigns for 1 year, 2 months, 2 days or (1 year, 62 days). She was crowned on 30 September 2006 and crowned her successor on 1 Dec. 2007.

• Shortest Completed Reign
  • Ivian Sarcos reigns for 9 months, 12 days or (285 days). She was crowned on 6 November 2011 and crowned her successor on 18 August 2012.
  • Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir reigns for 9 months, 20 days or (294 days). She was crowned on 10 December 2005 and crowned her successor on 30 September 2006.

• Shortest Reign: their first runner-ups were crowned later on
  • Helen Morgan reigns for (4 days). She was crowned on 22 November 1974. due to dethronement.
  • Gabriella Brum reigns for (18 hours) on 27 November 1980. due to resignation

Gap Records

• The Longest Gap:
  • Anneline Kriel crowned on 26 November 1974 ← → Rolene Strauss crowned on 14 December 2014 (40 years, 18 days)

• Back-to-Back Win:
  • Kerstin Håkansson crowned on 29 July 1951 ← → May-Louise Flodin crowned on 14 November 1952 (1 year, 108 days)
  • Ann Sidney crowned on 12 November 1964 ← → Lesley Langley crowned on 19 November 1965 (1 year, 7 days)
  • Yukta Mookhey crowned on 4 December 1999 ← → Priyanka Chopra crowned on 30 November 2000 (362 days)

Age Records

• Oldest Winners
  • Aneta Kręglicka, oldest winner at the age of 24 years 244 days when she was crowned on 22 November 1989.
  • Diana Hayden, second oldest winner at the age of 24 years 205 days when she was crowned on 22 November 1997.

• Youngest Winners
  • Wilnelia Merced, youngest winner at the age of 18 years 39 days when she was crowned on 20 November 1975. (age is verified)
  • Lisa Hanna, second youngest winner at the age of 18 years 99 days when she was crowned on 27 November 1993.
  • Antigone Costanda, born-circa 1935, crowned - 18 Oct. 1954 (she is 18 but exact birth date is unverified)
  • Eva Rueber-Staier, born-circa 1952, crowned - 27 November 1969 (she is 18 but exact birth date is unverified)

Delegate Records

• 1952: year with the least number of delegates with 11 to which the eventual winner was May Louise Flodin on 14 November.

• 2013: year with the most number of delegates with 127 to which the eventual winner was Megan Young on 28 September.

Other

• Miss World remains the only one of the major international pageants with two winners resigned or dethroned: Miss World replaced Helen Morgan in 1974 and Gabriela Brum in 1980.

• Eight Miss World winners placed as runners-up or semi-finalists in the Miss Universe pageant:
  • 1955: Susana Duijm, semi-finalist
  • 1958: Corine Rottschäfer, semi-finalist
  • 1961: Rosemarie Frankland, first runner-up
  • 1966: Madeleine Hartog Bell, semi-finalist
  • 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier, semi-finalist
  • 1974: Helen Morgan, first runner-up (dethroned at Miss World 1974)
  • 1979: Gina Swainson, first runner-up
  • 2001: Agbani Darego, semi-finalist

• Four Miss World delegates were finalists/non-finalists in the pageant prior to their win at Miss Universe:
  • Georgina Rizk, non-finalist at Miss World 1970
  • Angela Visser, non-finalist at Miss World 1988
  • Michelle McLean, Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1991
  • Mpule Kwelagobe, non-finalist at Miss World 1997

• Four Miss World delegates placed as finalists/semi-finalists in the pageant prior to their win at Miss International:
  • Brucene Smith, Top 7 finalist at Miss World 1971
  • Tuula Anneli Björkling, Top 7 finalist at Miss World 1972
  • Goizeder Azua, Top 10 finalist at Miss World 2002
  • Anagabriela Espinoza, Top 15 semifinalist at Miss World 2008

• Two Miss World winners placed as runners-up in the Miss International pageant:
  • Catharina Johanna Lodders, third runner-up at Miss International 1962
  • Aneta Kręglicka, first runner-up at Miss International 1989

• Delegates who didn't Place at Miss World / Miss Universe and later won the Miss International title:
  • Sophie Perin, Miss Universe and Miss World delegate and won Miss International 1976
  • Anne Lena Hansen, Miss World delegate and won Miss International 1995
  • Christina Sawaya, Miss World delegate and won Miss International 2002

Locations

For the full list of venues, see List of Miss World titleholders.

• 7 winners have been crowned Miss World on their home turf:
  • 1961: Rosemarie Frankland was crowned in London, UK.
  • 1964: Ann Sidney was crowned in London, UK.
  • 1965: Lesley Langley was crowned in London, UK.
  • 1974: Helen Morgan was crowned in London, UK. (dethroned)
  • 1983: Sarah-Jane Hutt was crowned in London, UK.
  • 2007: Zhang Zilin was crowned in Sanya, China.
  • 2012: Yu Wenxia was crowned in Ordos City, China.

• 5 winners have crowned their successors on their home turf:
  • 1961: Rosemarie Frankland crowned 1962: Catharina Lodders in London, UK.
  • 1964: Ann Sidney crowned 1965: Lesley Langley in London, UK.
  • 1965: Lesley Langley crowned 1966: Reita Faria in London, UK.
  • 1983: Sarah-Jane Hutt crowned 1984: Astrid Carolina Herrera in London, UK.
  • 1990: Gina Tolleson crowned 1991: Ninibeth Leal in Atlanta, USA.

• Outside United Kingdom, South Africa has hosted the most Miss World pageants, with seven. The various locations were:
  • South Africa: Sun City (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001), Johannesburg (2008, 2009)
• Apart from the United Kingdom and South Africa, the other states to host the pageant more than once are:
  • China: Sanya (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010) Ordos City (2012)
  • Seychelles: Mahé (1997, 1998)
  • Indonesia: Nusa Dua (2013, 2016)

Recent titleholders

For the full list of titleholders, see List of Miss World titleholders.

Year	Country/Territory	Miss World	National Title	Location	Number of Entrants
2015	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2014	South Africa	Rolene Strauss	Miss South Africa	London, United Kingdom	121
2013	Philippines	Megan Young	Miss World Philippines	Bali, Indonesia	127
2012	China PR	Yu Wenxia	Miss China World	Ordos City, China PR	116
2011	Venezuela	Ivian Sarcos	Miss Venezuela World	London, United Kingdom	113
2010	United States	Alexandria Mills	Miss World America	Sanya, China PR	115

Winners gallery

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  Miss World 2013
  Megan Young, Philippines

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  Miss World 2010
  Alexandria Mills, United States

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  Miss World 2009
  Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar

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  Miss World 2008
  Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia

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  Miss World 2007
  Zhang Zilin, China PR

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  Miss World 2006
  Taťána Kuchařová, Czech Republic

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  Miss World 2004
  Maria Julia Mantilla, Peru

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  Miss World 2003
  Rosanna Davison, Ireland

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  Miss World 2000
  Priyanka Chopra, India

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  Miss World 1999
  Yukta Mookhey, India

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  Miss World 1997
  Diana Hayden, India

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  Miss World 1994
  Aishwarya Rai, India

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  Miss World 1990
  Gina Tolleson, United States

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  Miss World 1978
  Silvana Suárez, Argentina

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  Miss World 1977
  Mary Stävin, Sweden

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  Miss World 1967
  Madeline Hartog-Bel, Peru

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  Miss World 1959
  Corine Rottschäfer, Netherlands

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  Miss World 1958
  Penelope Coelen, South Africa

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  Miss World 1957
  Marita Lindahl, Finland

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  Miss World 1954
  Antigone Costanda, Egypt

By number of wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning Years
Venezuela	6	1955, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2011
India	5	1966, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000
United Kingdom		1961, 1964, 1965, 1974 (dethroned), 1983
South Africa	3	1958, 1974 (succeeded), 2014
United States		1973, 1990, 2010
Iceland		1985, 1988, 2005
Jamaica		1963, 1976, 1993
Sweden		1951, 1952, 1977
China PR	2	2007, 2012
Russia		1992, 2008
Peru		1967, 2004
Austria		1969, 1987
Germany		1956, 1980 (dethroned)
Argentina		1960, 1978
Australia		1968, 1972
Netherlands		1959, 1962
Philippines	1	2013
Gibraltar		2009
Czech Republic		2006
Ireland		2003
Turkey		2002
Nigeria		2001
Israel		1998
Greece		1996
Poland		1989
Trinidad & Tobago		1986
Dominican Republic		1982
Guam		1980 (succeeded)
Bermuda		1979
Puerto Rico		1975
Brazil		1971
Grenada		1970
Finland		1957
Egypt		1954
France		1953

Top 15 countries by tally

For the full details, see Full Country Rankings for Miss World.

Rank	Country/Territory	Miss World	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up	5th Runner-Up	6th Runner-Up	Semifinalists / Quarterfinalists	Total
1	Venezuela	6	2	4	2	4	0	1	11	30
2	United Kingdom	5	5	3	5	3	4	3	10	37
3	India	5	1	0	2	1	0	2	12	23
4	United States	3	5	3	0	7	5	3	21	47
5	South Africa	3	3	6	1	4	2	0	15	34
6	Sweden	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	12	22
7	Jamaica	3	0	3	1	3	1	1	12	24
8	Iceland	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7
9	Australia	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	14	27
10	Argentina	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	12
11	Germany	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	9	18
12	Peru	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	7
13	Netherlands	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	10	15
14	Austria	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	17
15	China PR	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	8

Number of titles by continental region

Continent	Titles	Countries/Territories
Europe	25	United Kingdom* (5), Iceland and Sweden (3), Austria, Germany*, Netherlands and Russia (2), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, and Poland (1)
Americas	15	Venezuela (6), United States (3), Argentina and Peru (2), Bermuda and Brazil (1)
Asia	10	India (5), China (2) Israel, Philippines, and Turkey (1)
Oceania	3	Australia (2), Guam* (1)
Caribbean	7	Jamaica (3), Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago (1)
Africa	5	South Africa* (3), Egypt and Nigeria (1)

• NOTE - Helen Morgan (United Kingdom) and Gabriella Brum (Germany) resigned and were replaced by their respective 1st runners-up: Anneline Kriel of South Africa in 1974 and Kimberley Santos of Guam in 1980.

Continental queens of beauty

The following is a list of Continental Queens of Beauty winners since 2004.

Year	Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Caribbean	Europe
2015			(as Asia) (as Oceania)
2014	South Africa Rolene Strauss	United States Elizabeth Safrit	India Koyal Rana (as Asia)  Australia Courtney Thorpe (as Oceania)	Guyana Rafieya Husain	Hungary Edina Kulcsár
2013	Ghana Naa Okailey Shooter	Brazil Sancler Frantz	Philippines Megan Young (as Asia)  Australia Erin Holland (as Oceania)	Jamaica Gina Hargitay	France Marine Lorphelin
2012	South Sudan Atong Demach	Brazil Mariana Notarangelo	China PR Yu Wenxia	Jamaica Deanna Robins	Wales Sophie Elizabeth Moulds
2011	South Africa Bokang Montjane	Venezuela Ivian Sarcos	Philippines Gwendoline Ruais	Puerto Rico Amanda Vilanova	England Alize Lily Mounter
2010	Botswana Emma Wareus	United States Alexandria Mills	China PR Xiao Tang	St. Lucia Aiasha Gustave	Ireland Emma Britt Waldron
2009	South Africa Tatum Keshwar	Mexico Perla Beltrán	Korea Kim Joo-ri	Barbados Leah Marville	Gibraltar Kaiane Aldorino
2008	Angola Brigith dos Santos	Venezuela Hannelly Quintero	India Parvathy Omanakuttan	Trinidad & Tobago Gabrielle Walcott	Russia Ksenia Sukhinova
2007	Angola Micaela Reis	Mexico Carolina Morán	China PR Zhang Zilin	Trinidad & Tobago Valene Maharaj	Sweden Annie Oliv
2006	Angola Stiviandra Oliveira	Brazil Jane Borges	Australia Sabrina Houssami (as Asia-Pacific)	Jamaica Sara Lawrence	Czech Republic Taťána Kuchařová (as Northern Europe)  Romania Ioana Boitor (as Southern Europe)
2005	Tanzania Nancy Sumari	Mexico Dafne Molina	Korea Oh Eun-young (as Asia-Pacific)	Puerto Rico Ingrid Marie Rivera	Iceland Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (as Northern Europe)  Italy Sofia Bruscoli (as Southern Europe)

Queens of beauty titles

These are the countries with the most Continental Queen of Beauty titles per continental group (region in bold) throughout the years:

Country	Titles	Awarded As	Winning Years
Venezuela	12	Americas	1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2011
South Africa	12	Africa	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2014
Jamaica	10	Caribbean	1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013
Australia	7	Oceania	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2013
	1	Asia & Oceania	1991
	1	Asia-Pacific	2006
India	7	Asia & Oceania	1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2014
China PR	6	Asia & Oceania	2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012
Philippines	3	Asia & Oceania	1993, 2004, 2011
	3	Asia	1982, 1986, 2013
Israel	3	Asia	1983, 1984, 1985
	2	Europe	1998, 1999
Korea	4	Asia & Oceania	1988, 1995, 2005, 2009
Thailand	2	Asia & Oceania	1989, 1992

Pageant controversies

The Miss World pageant has been the target of many controversies since its inception.

• In 1970, feminist protesters threw flour bombs during the live event at London's Royal Albert Hall, momentarily alarming the host, Bob Hope.^[27][28]
• In 1973, the judges made their final rankings of the seven finalists by assessing each one's personality, stage presence and the ability to speak before an audience. The Majority Vote System determined the final rankings of the seven finalists. Odd numbers of judges were always used, to prevent ties from occurring. Chairman of the judges in 1973 was Peter Dimmock, Head of BBC Outside Broadcasts. The winner, Marjorie Wallace, was stripped of her title on 8 March 1974, because she had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job. The Miss World organizers did not elect someone to serve in her place.^[29]
• In 1976, several countries went on a boycott, because the pageant included both a Caucasian and African representative for South Africa.^[30] South Africa competed for the last time in 1977, before it was welcomed back in 1991 as Apartheid disintegrated.^[31]
• The 1980 winner Gabriella Brum of Germany resigned one day after winning, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. A few days later it emerged that she had been forced to resign after it was discovered that she posed naked for a magazine.^[32]
• In 1996, wide-scale protests took place in Bangalore, India, over the hosting of the beauty contest. The swimsuit shootings were moved to the Seychelles, and heavy security was placed. Despite the chaos, the pageant's live telecast went on smoothly.^[33][34][35]

The 2002 Nigeria contest

In the year leading up the finals in Nigeria, several European title holders lobbied their governments and the EU parliament to support Amina Lawal's cause.^[36][37] A number of contestants followed the lead of Kathrine Sørland of Norway in boycotting the contest (despite the controversy Sørland would go on to become a semifinalist in both the Miss World and Miss Universe contest), while others such as Costa Rica were instructed by their national governments and parliaments not to attend the contest. Among the other boycotting nations were Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Panama, Belgium and Kenya. There was further controversy over the possibly suspended participation of France and South Africa, which may or may not have been due to the boycott.^[38] For her part, Lawal asked that contestants not suspend their participation in the contest, saying that it was for the good of her country and that they could, as the representative of Sweden had earlier remarked, make a much stronger case for her on the ground in Nigeria.^[39]

Despite the increasing international profile the boycott was garnering in the world press, the contest went ahead in Nigeria after being rescheduled to avoid taking place during Ramadan, with many prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one of the world's most influential national directors, famously said "there is no question about it (the participation of Miss Venezuela in the contest)." The trouble did not end there, however. A ThisDay (Lagos, Nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting that Muhammad would probably have chosen one of his wives from among the contestants had he been alive to see it (this suggestion would have been considered an insult to most Moslems because contestants bared themselves in bathing suits which is considered immoral by conservative Muslim standards), resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in which over 200 people were killed in the city of Kaduna, along with many houses of worship being burned by religious zealots.^[40] Because of these riots, the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following widely circulated reports that the representatives of Canada and Korea had withdrawn from the contest and returned to their respective countries out of safety concerns. A fatwa urging the beheading of the woman who wrote the offending words, Isioma Daniel, was issued in Nigeria, but was declared null and void by the relevant Saudi Arabian authorities.^{[41][42][43][44]} Upon the pageant's return to England, many of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norway, Kathrine Sørland, who was ironically tipped in the last few days as the number one favourite for the crown she had previously boycotted.^{[45][46][47][48][49]}

The eventual winner of the pageant was Azra Akın of Turkey, the first predominantly Muslim country to hold the title since Egypt in 1954.^[50]

Double/Triple Win in a Decade

No Double/Triple Win

• 1970 - 1979; 2000 - 2009

1951 - 1959

• : Miss World 1951, Miss World 1952

1960 - 1969

• : Miss World 1961, Miss World 1964, Miss World 1965

1980 - 1989

• : Miss World 1981, Miss World 1984
• : Miss World 1985, Miss World 1988

1990 - 1999

• : Miss World 1991, Miss World 1995
• : Miss World 1994, Miss World 1997, Miss World 1999

Most Successful Miss World

Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai from India was honored as the most successful Miss World ever during the finale night of Miss World 2014 in December 2014.^[51]

See also

References

External links

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• Miss World official website

Miss World 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Titleholders Continental Queens Hosts & Invited Artists Continental Groups Runners-Up and Finalists Editions Award winners Countries Rankings

Miss World titleholders 1951–1959 Kiki Håkansson (1951) May-Louise Flodin (1952) Denise Perrier (1953) Antigone Costanda (1954) Susana Duijm (1955) Petra Schürmann (1956) Marita Lindahl (1957) Penelope Coelen (1958) Corine Rottschäfer (1959) 1960–1979 Norma Cappagli (1960) Rosemarie Frankland (1961) Catharina Lodders (1962) Carole Crawford (1963) Ann Sidney (1964) Lesley Langley (1965) Reita Faria (1966) Madeline Hartog-Bel (1967) Penelope Plummer (1968) Eva Rueber-Staier (1969) Jennifer Hosten (1970) Lúcia Petterle (1971) Belinda Green (1972) Marjorie Wallace (1973) Helen Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974) Wilnelia Merced (1975) Cindy Breakspeare (1976) Mary Stävin (1977) Silvana Suárez (1978) Gina Swainson (1979) 1980–1999 Gabriella Brum/Kimberley Santos (1980) Pilín León (1981) Mariasela Álvarez (1982) Sarah-Jane Hutt (1983) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985) Giselle Laronde (1986) Ulla Weigerstorfer (1987) Linda Pétursdóttir (1988) Aneta Kręglicka (1989) Gina Tolleson (1990) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Julia Kourotchkina (1992) Lisa Hanna (1993) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Irene Skliva (1996) Diana Hayden (1997) Linor Abargil (1998) Yukta Mookhey (1999) 2000–2019 Priyanka Chopra (2000) Agbani Darego (2001) Azra Akın (2002) Rosanna Davison (2003) María Julia Mantilla (2004) Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005) Taťána Kuchařová (2006) Zhang Zilin (2007) Ksenia Sukhinova (2008) Kaiane Aldorino (2009) Alexandria Mills (2010) Ivian Sarcos (2011) Yu Wenxia (2012) Megan Young (2013) Rolene Strauss (2014) Complete list (1951–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Miss World participant countries and territories Active (1951–present) Albania Angola Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Guadeloupe Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia FYRO Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Samoa São Tomé & Príncipe Scotland Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Barthelemy St. Kitts & Nevis Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Wales Zambia Zimbabwe Inactive (Since 2011) Algeria (2002) Andorra (2003) Antigua & Barbuda (2008) Bangladesh (2001) Cambodia (2006) Cape Verde (2010) Cook Islands (1990) Cuba (1975) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) Estonia (2005) Gambia (1986) Greenland (1992) Grenada (2007) Guernsey (1975) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Jordan (1981) Madagascar (2001) Monaco (1955) Morocco (1968) Montserrat (1964) Northern Marianas (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) St. Lucia (2010) St. Martin (2001) St. Vincent and Grenadines (1994) Swaziland (2009) Syria (1966) Tahiti (2010) Tonga (1986) Turks and Caicos (2004)

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