The Miss World was created in England in 1951 to compete against the Miss Europe. The Miss World pageant become the most successful international beauty pageant reaching almost 100 contestants each year from counties all over the world. The Presidents of Miss World were Erik Morley (1918-2000) and now his wife Julia Morley. The Miss World telecast is viewed for more than 2 millions viewers in more than 200 countries.

The main duties of Miss World are to raise money for children health, Aids causes and other important foundations. Miss World calls their platform efforts, that has raised millions of dollars to help those in need, “Beauty With a Purpose.”

The current Miss World Crown was a gift specially made by Queen Elizabeth of England for the Pageant and is the same crown that is used today.

Miss World Records

• India and Venezuela are the ones with the most winners with 5 titles each.
• Sweden (1951-1952), United Kingdom (1964-1965) India (1999-2000) are the Back to backs countries on the pageant history.
• Angela Visser Miss Universe 1989 went to Miss World 1988 and didn’t make the Semifinalists. Iceland won the crown that year.
• Michelle Mc Lean Miss Universe 1992 went to Miss World 1991 as the Queen of Africa and made the finalist. Venezuela won the Miss World crown that year.
• The most successful Miss World ever by experts is Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai, from India

Countries with the Greatest Success in the Miss World Pageant:

• United Kingdom with 4 winners
• Iceland, Jamaica and Sweden with 3 winners each
• Argentina, Australia, Austria, Holland, Russia, South Africa and USA with 2 winners.

A complete history of the Miss World Title Holders:

• 1951: Kerstin (Kiki) Haakonson—Sweden
• 1952: May Louise Flodin—Sweden
• 1953: Denise Perrier—France
• 1954: Antigone Constanda—Egypt
• 1955: Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga—Venezuela
• 1956: Petra Susanna Schürmann—Germany
• 1957: Marita Lindahl—Finland
• 1958: Penelope Anne Coelen—South Africa
• 1959: Corinne Rottschafer—Netherlands
• 1960: Norma Gladys Cappagli—Argentina
• 1961: Rosemarie Frankland—United Kingdom
• 1962: Catharina Johanna Lodders—Netherlands
• 1963: Carole Joan Crawford—Jamaica
• 1964: Ann Sidney—United Kingdom
• 1965: Lesley Langley—United Kingdom
• 1966: Reita Faria—India
• 1967: Madeline Hartog Bel Houghton—Peru
• 1968: Penelope Plummer—Australia
• 1969: Eva Rueber Staier—Austria
• 1970: Jennifer Josephine Hosten—Grenada
• 1971: Lúcia Tavares Petterle—Brazil
• 1972: Belinda Roma Green—Australia
• 1973: Marjorie “Marji” Wallace—United States
• 1974: Helen Elizabeth Morgan—United Kingdom (resigned)
  ——Anneline Kriel—South Africa
• 1975: Wilnelia Merced Cruz—Puerto Rico
• 1976: Cynthia “Cindy” Jane Breakspeare—Jamaica
• 1977: Mary Ann Catrin Stavin—Sweden
• 1978: Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence—Argentina
• 1979: Gina Ann Casandra Swainson—Bermuda
• 1980: Gabriella Brum—Germany (resigned)
  ——Kimberley Santos—Guam
• 1981: Carmen Josefina “Pilín” León Crespo—Venezuela
• 1982: Mariasela Alvarez Lebrón—Dominican Republic
• 1983: Sarah-Jane Hutt—United Kingdom
• 1984: Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal—Venezuela
• 1985: Holmfriour “Hofi” Karlsdóttir—Iceland
• 1986: Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde—Trinidad and Tobago
• 1987: Ulla Weigerstorfer—Austria
• 1988: Linda Petursdóttir—Iceland
• 1989: Aneta-Beata Kreglicka—Poland
• 1990: Gina Marie Tolleson—United States
• 1991: Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez—Venezuela
• 1992: Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina—Russia
• 1993: Lisa Hanna—Jamaica
• 1994: Aishwarya Rai—India
• 1995: Jacqueline María Aguilera Marcano—Venezuela
• 1996: Irene Skliva—Greece
• 1997: Diana Hayden—India
• 1998: Linor Abargil—Israel
• 1999: Yukta Mookhey—India
• 2000: Priyanka Mini Chopra—India
• 2001: Ibiagbanidokibubo “Agbani” Asenite Darego—Nigeria
• 2002: Azra Akin—Turkey
• 2003: Rosanna Diana Davison—Ireland
• 2004: María Julia Mantilla García—Peru
• 2005: Unnur Birna Vilhámsdóttir—Iceland
• 2006: Tatána Kucharová—Czech Republic
• 2007: Zhang Zilin – China
• 2008: Ksenia Sukhinova – Russia
• 2009: Kaiane Aldorino – Gibraltar

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