Miss World
The Miss World pageant began in the United Kingdom in 1951. This international beauty pageant was founded by Eric Morley and includes contestants from over a hundred countries. It's "rival" is the Miss Universe pageant. The country of Venezuela has had the most Miss World title holders with six.
The current Miss World, crowned in 2011, is Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela.
Miss World Pageant Winners
| Year | Miss World | Country |
| 2012 | Yu Wenxia | China |
| 2011 | Ivian Sarcos | Venezuela |
| 2010 | Alexandria Mills | United States |
| 2009 | Kaiane Aldorino | Gibraltar |
| 2008 | Ksenia Sukhinova | Russia |
| 2007 | Zi Lin Zhang | China |
| 2006 | Tatana Kucharova | Czech Republic |
| 2005 | Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir | Iceland |
| 2004 | Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia | Peru |
| 2003 | Rosanna Davison | Ireland |
| 2002 | Azra Akin | Turkey |
| 2001 | Agbani Asenite Darego | Nigeria |
| 2000 | Priyanka Chopra | India |
| 1999 | Yukta Mookhey | India |
| 1998 | Linor Abargil | Israel |
| 1997 | Diana Hayden | India |
| 1996 | Irene Skliva | Greece |
| 1995 | Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano | Venezuela |
| 1994 | Aishwarya Rai | India |
| 1993 | Lisa Hanna | Jamaica |
| 1992 | Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina | Russia |
| 1991 | Ninbeth Beatriz Leal Rodriguez | Venezuela |
| 1990 | Gina Marie Tolleson | United States |
| 1989 | Aneta Beata Kreglicka | Poland |
| 1988 | Linda Petursdottir | Iceland |
| 1987 | Ulla Weigerstorfer | Austria |
| 1986 | Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1985 | Holmfriour Karlsdottir | Iceland |
| 1984 | Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal | Venezuela |
| 1983 | Sarah-Jane Hutt | United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Mariasela Alvarez Lebron | Dominican Republic |
| 1981 | Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo | Venezuela |
| 1980 | Gabriela Brum | Germany |
| Dethroned and succeeded by Kimberly Santos of Guam | ||
| 1979 | Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson | Bermuda |
| 1978 | Silvana Rosa Suarez Clarence | Argentina |
| 1977 | Mary Ann Catrin Stavin | Sweden |
| 1976 | Cynthia Jane Breakspeare | Jamaica |
| 1975 | Wilnelia Merced | Puerto Rico |
| 1974 | Anneline Kriel | South Africa |
| 1973 | Marjorie Wallace | United States |
| 1972 | Belinda Green | Australia |
| 1971 | Lucia Petterle | Brazil |
| 1970 | Jennifer Josephine Hoste | Grenada |
| 1969 | Eva Von Rueber Staier | Austria |
| 1968 | Penelope Plummer | Australia |
| 1967 | Madeline Hartog Bell | Peru |
| 1966 | Reita Faria | India |
| 1965 | Lesley Langley | United Kingdom |
| 1964 | Ann Sydney | United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Carole Joan Crawford | Jamaica |
| 1962 | Catharina Lodders | Holland |
| 1961 | Rosemarie Frankland | United Kingdom |
| 1960 | Norma Gladys Cappagli | Argentina |
| 1959 | Corine Rottschafer | Netherlands |
| 1958 | Penelope Anne Coelen | South Africa |
| 1957 | Marita Lindahl | Finland |
| 1956 | Petra Schurmann | Germany |
| 1955 | Carmen Susana Duijim Zubillaga | Venezuela |
| 1954 | Antigone Costanda | Egypt |
| 1953 | Denise Perrier | France |
| 1952 | May-Louise Flodin | Sweden |
| 1951 | Kiki Haakonson | Sweden |
Every attempt is made to insure the accuracy of the above information, however accuracy is not guaranteed.
