List of Miss World Winners from 1951 to 2021

List of Miss World Winners: The oldest international beauty pageant still in operation is Miss World. In 1951, Eric Morley started it in the United Kingdom. Julia Morley, Morley’s wife, has served as the pageant’s co-chair since his passing in 2000. It is one of the “Big Four” international beauty pageants, along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth.

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Interesting Facts about Miss World Award:

• Karolina Bielawska of Poland is the reigning Miss World. She was crowned on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica.
• As part of the Festival of Britain events in 1951, Eric Morley organized a bikini contest he termed the Festival Bikini Contest.
• The press dubbed the occasion “Miss World” because it was well-attended.
• The bikini, which had just recently entered the market and was still widely seen as being immodest, was the subject of the swimsuit competition, which was created to promote it.
• The scandal was heightened when Sweden’s Kerstin “Kiki” Hakansson, the 1951 Miss World winner, was crowned in a bikini.
• Agbani Darego of Nigeria was crowned the first black Miss World in 2001.
• During that edition, Miss World created a “Vote For Me” television special as part of its marketing plan, which featured the delegates in behind-the-scenes and beach scenes and allowed viewers to call in or cast their votes online.
• Additionally, it sells television specials of its Talent, Beach Beauty, and Sports events to broadcasters.
• ITV2 was the digital channel where the 2001 pageant from South Africa was televised, with ITV airing the special one week earlier.

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List of Miss World Winners (1951-2022)

Year	Miss World Winner	Country	Age	National Title	Location	Date of Winning
1951	Kiki Håkansson	Sweden	22	Miss World Sweden	London, United Kingdom	July 29, 1951
1952	May-Louise Flodin	Sweden	18	Miss World Sweden	London, United Kingdom	November 14, 1952
1953	Denise Perrier	France	18	Miss France	London, United Kingdom	October 19, 1953
1954	Antigone Costanda	Egypt	19	Miss Egypt	London, United Kingdom	October 18, 1954
1955	Susana Duijm	Venezuela	19	Miss Venezuela	London, United Kingdom	October 20, 1955
1956	Petra Schürmann	Germany	23	Miss Germany	London, United Kingdom	October 15, 1956
1957	Marita Lindahl	Finland	18	Miss Finland	London, United Kingdom	October 14, 1957
1958	Penelope Coelen	South Africa	18	Miss South Africa	London, United Kingdom	October 13, 1958
1959	Corine Rottschäfer	Netherlands	21	Miss Nederland	London, United Kingdom	November 10, 1959
1960	Norma Cappagli	Argentina	21	Miss Argentina	London, United Kingdom	November 8, 1960
1961	Rosemarie Frankland	United Kingdom	18	Miss United Kingdom	London, United Kingdom	November 9, 1961
1962	Catharina Lodders	Netherlands	20	Miss Nederland	London, United Kingdom	November 8, 1962
1963	Carole Crawford	Jamaica	20	Miss Jamaica World	London, United Kingdom	November 7, 1963
1964	Ann Sidney	United Kingdom	20	Miss United Kingdom	London, United Kingdom	November 12, 1964
1965	Lesley Langley		21		London, United Kingdom	November 19, 1965
1966	Reita Faria	India	23	Eve’s Weekly Miss India	London, United Kingdom	November 17, 1966
1967	Madeleine Hartog-Bel	Peru	21	Miss Peru	London, United Kingdom	November 16, 1967
1968	Penelope Plummer	Australia	19	Miss World Australia	London, United Kingdom	November 14, 1968
1969	Eva Rueber-Staier	Austria	18	Miss Austria	London, United Kingdom	November 27, 1969
1970	Jennifer Hosten	Grenada	23	Miss Grenada	London, United Kingdom	November 20, 1970
1971	Lucia Petterle	Brazil	22	Miss Brazil	London, United Kingdom	November 10, 1971
1972	Belinda Green	Australia	20	Miss World Australia	London, United Kingdom	December 1, 1972
1973	Marjorie Wallace	United States	19	Miss World USA	London, United Kingdom	November 23, 1973
1974	Helen Elizabeth Morgan (Resigned)	United Kingdom	22	Miss United Kingdom	London, United Kingdom	November 22, 1974
1974	Anneline Kriel (Resigned)	South Africa	19	Miss South Africa	London, United Kingdom	November 22, 1974
1975	Wilnelia Merced	Puerto Rico	18	Miss Puerto Rico for Miss World	London, United Kingdom	November 20, 1975
1976	Cindy Breakspeare	Jamaica	22	Miss Jamaica World	London, United Kingdom	November 18, 1976
1977	Mary Stavin	Sweden	20	Miss Sweden	London, United Kingdom	November 17, 1977
1978	Silvana Suarez	Argentina	20	Miss Argentina	London, United Kingdom	November 16, 1978
1979	Gina Swainson	Bermuda	21	Miss Bermuda	London, United Kingdom	November 15, 1979
1980	Gabriella Brum (Resigned)	Germany	18	Miss Germany	London, United Kingdom	November 13, 1980
1980	Kimberley Santos	Guam	19	Miss Guam	London, United Kingdom	November 13, 1980
1981	Pilín Leon	Venezuela	18	Miss Venezuela	London, United Kingdom	November 12, 1981
1982	Mariasela Álvarez	Dominican Republic	22	Miss Dominican Republic	London, United Kingdom	November 18, 1982
1983	Sarah-Jane Hutt	United Kingdom	19	Miss United Kingdom	London, United Kingdom	November 17, 1983
1984	Astrid Carolina Herrera	Venezuela	21	Miss Venezuela	London, United Kingdom	November 15, 1984
1985	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir	Iceland	22	Miss Iceland	London, United Kingdom	November 14, 1985
1986	Giselle Laronde	Trinidad and Tobago	23	Miss Trinidad and Tobago	London, United Kingdom	November 13, 1986
1987	Ulla Weigerstorfer	Austria	20	Miss Austria	London, United Kingdom	November 12, 1987
1988	Linda Pétursdóttir	Iceland	19	Miss Iceland	London, United Kingdom	November 17, 1988
1989	Aneta Kręglicka	Poland	24	Miss Polonia	Wan Chai North, Hong Kong	November 22, 1989
1990	Gina Tolleson	United States	21	Miss USA	London, United Kingdom	November 8, 1990
1991	Ninibeth Leal	Venezuela	20	Miss Venezuela	Atlanta, United States	December 28, 1991
1992	Julia Kourotchkina	Russia	18	Miss Russia	Sun City, South Africa	December 12, 1992
1993	Lisa Hanna	Jamaica	18	Miss Jamaica World	Sun City, South Africa	November 27, 1993
1994	Aishwarya Rai	India	21	Femina Miss India	Sun City, South Africa	November 19, 1994
1995	Jacqueline Aguilera	Venezuela	19	Miss Venezuela	Sun City, South Africa	November 18, 1995
1996	Irene Skliva	Greece	18	Star Hellas	Bangalore, India	November 23, 1996
1997	Diana Hayden	India	24	Femina Miss India	Mahe, Seychelles	November 22, 1997
1998	Linor Abargil	Israel	18	Miss Israel	Mahe, Seychelles	November 26, 1998
1999	Yukta Mookhey	India	21	Femina Miss India	London, United Kingdom	December 4, 1999
2000	Priyanka Chopra	India	18	Femina Miss India	London, United Kingdom	November 30, 2000
2001	Agbani Darego	Nigeria	19	Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria	Sun City, South Africa	November 16, 2001
2002	Azra Akın	Turkey	21	Miss Turkey	London, United Kingdom	December 7, 2002
2003	Rosanna Davison	Ireland	19	Miss Ireland	Sanya, China	December 6, 2003
2004	Maria Julia Mantilla	Peru	20	Miss Peru	Sanya, China	December 4, 2004
2005	Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir	Iceland	21	Miss Iceland	Sanya, China	December 10, 2005
2006	Taťana Kucharova	Czech Republic	18	Miss Ceske Republiky	Warsaw, Poland	September 30, 2006
2007	Zhang Zilin	China	23	Miss China World	Sanya, China	December 1, 2007
2008	Ksenia Sukhinova	Russia	21	Miss Russia	Johannesburg, South Africa	December 13, 2008
2009	Kaiane Aldorino	Gibraltar	23	Miss Gibraltar	Johannesburg, South Africa	December 12, 2009
2010	Alexandria Mills	United States	18	Miss United States World	Sanya, China	October 30, 2010
2011	Ivian Sarcos	Venezuela	22	Miss Venezuela	London, United Kingdom	November 6, 2011
2012	Yu Wenxia	China	23	Miss China World	Ordos City, China	August 18, 2012
2013	Megan Young	Philippines	23	Miss World Philippines	Nusa Dua, Indonesia	September 28, 2013
2014	Rolene Strauss	South Africa	22	Miss South Africa	London, United Kingdom	December 14, 2014
2015	Mireia Lalaguna	Spain	23	Miss World Spain	Sanya, China	December 19, 2015
2016	Stephanie Del Valle	Puerto Rico	19	Miss World Puerto Rico	Oxon Hill, United States	December 18, 2016
2017	Manushi Chhillar	India	20	Femina Miss India	Sanya, China	November 18, 2017
2018	Vanessa Ponce	Mexico	26	Miss Mexico	Sanya, China	December 8, 2018
2019	Toni-Ann Singh	Jamaica	23	Miss Jamaica World	London, United Kingdom	December 14, 2019
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	Karolina Bielawska	Poland	22	Miss Polonia 2019	San Juan, Puerto Rico	December 16, 2021

Miss World 2021: Poland’s Karolina Bielawska crowned

List of Miss World Winners from India

India and Venezuela are the two nations to have won the Miss World title the most, which is six times. Manushi Chillar is the last Indian to have been crowned in 2017, while Reita Faria was the first to represent India to win the prestigious Miss World title in 1966. See the complete list of Indian winners of Miss World below.

Year	Winner
2017	Manushi Chhillar
2000	Priyanka Chopra
1999	Yukta Mookhey
1997	Diana Hayden
1994	Aishwarya Rai
1966	Reita Faria

List of Miss World Winners

Ques. Who has won Miss World the most?

Ans. India and Venezuela are the two nations to have won the Miss World title the most, which is six times.

Ques. Which Indian won Miss World?

Ans. Manushi Chillar is the last Indian to have been crowned in 2017, while Reita Faria was the first to represent India to win the prestigious Miss World title in 1966. Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mookhey, Diana Hayden, and Aishwarya Rai are the other winners of the Miss World title from India.

Ques. Who was 1 Miss World?

Ans. The competition was initially planned as a special occasion associated with the Festival of Britain. A total of 27 contestants vied for the first Miss World crown. Sweden’s Kiki Hakansson was the victor. She was the only champion to ever receive her crown while wearing a bikini.

Ques. Who is the youngest winner of Miss World?

Ans. On November 23, 1996, the Miss World pageant was held in Bangalore, India, and the stunning Irene Skliva was named the winner. She had just turned 18 years old.

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