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This section contains two lists: the first is of the winners only with their full names, followed by a list of all winners with their runners-up and fellow semi-finalists.
1952—Armi Helena Kuusela Kovo—Finland
1953—Christiane Magnani (Martel)—France
1954—Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson—USA
1955—Hillevi Rombin—Sweden
1956—Carol Laverne Morris—USA
1957—Gladys Zender Urbina—Peru
1958—Luz Marina Zuluaga—Colombia
1959—Akiko Kojima—Japan
1960—Linda Jeanne Bement—USA
1961—Marlene Schmidt—Germany
1962—Norma Beatriz Nolan—Argentina
1963—Ieda Maria Britto Vargas—Brazil
1964—Kiriaki “Corinna” Tsopei—Greece
1965—Apasra Hongsakula—Thailand
1966—Margareta Arb Arvidsson—Sweden
1967—Sylvia Louise Hitchcock—USA
1968—Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos—Brazil
1969—Gloria Maria Diaz Aspillera—Philippines
1970—Marisol Malaret Contreras—Puerto Rico
1971—Georgina Rizk—Lebanon
1972—Kerry Anne Wells—Australia
1973—Maria Margareta Moran Roxas—Philippines
1974—Amparo Muñoz Quesada—Spain
1975—Anne Marie Pohtamo—Finland
1976—Rina Messinger—Israel
1977—Janelle “Penny” Commissiong—Trinidad/Tobago
1978—Margaret Gardiner—South Africa
1979—Maritza Sayalero Fernández—Venezuela
1980—Shawn Nichols Weatherly—USA
1981—Irene Lailin Sáez Conde—Venezuela
1982—Karen Dianne Baldwin—Canada
1983—Lorraine Elizabeth Downes—New Zealand
1984—Yvonne Ryding—Sweden
1985—Deborah Carthy-Deu—Puerto Rico
1986—Bárbara Palacios Teyde—Venezuela
1987—Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck—Chile
1988—Porntip Nakhirunkanok—Thailand
1989—Angela Visser—Holland
1990—Mona Grudt—Norway
1991—María Guadalupe “Lupita” Jones Garay—Mexico
1992—Michelle McLean—Namibia
1993—Dayanara Torres Delgado—Puerto Rico
1994—Sushmita Sen—India
1995—Chelsi Pearl Smith—USA
1996—Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo—Venezuela
1997—Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee—USA
1998—Wendy Rachelle Fitzwilliam—Trinidad/Tobago
1999—Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe—Botswana
2000—Lara Dutta—India
2001—Denise Marie Quiñones August—Puerto Rico
2002—Oksana Fyodorova (Oxana Fedorova)—Russia (dethroned)
———Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño—Panama
2003: Amelia Vega Polanco—Dominican Republic
2004: Jennifer Hawkins—Australia
2005: Natalie Glebova—Canada
2006: Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza—Puerto Rico
1952—Armi Helena Kuusela Kovo—Finland
2. Elza Kananionapua Edsman—Hawaii
3. Daisy Mavraki—Greece
4. Judy Dan—Hong Kong
5. Renate Hoy—Germany
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Olga Llorens Perez Castillo—Mexico
Catherine Edwina Higgins—South Africa
Anne Marie Tistler—Sweden
Gladys Rubio—Uruguay
Jackie Loughery—USA
1953—Christiane Magnani (Martel)—France
2. Myrna Hansen—USA
3. Kinuko Ito—Japan
4. Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez—Mexico
5. Maxine Morgan—Australia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Lore Felger—Austria
Thelma Elizabeth Brewis—Canada
Jytte Olsen—Denmark
Christal Schaack—Germany
Rita Stazzi—Italy
Synnoeve Gulbrandsen—Norway
Emita Arosemena Zubieta—Panama
Mary Ann Sarmiento—Peru
Ingrid Rita Mills—South Africa
Ayten Akyol—Turkey
Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual—Uruguay
1954—Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson—USA
2. Maria Martha Hacker Rocha—Brazil
3. Virginia June Lee—Hong Kong
4. Regina Ernst—Germany
5. Ragnhild Olausson—Sweden
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Ivana Olga Kislinger—Argentina
Gloria Legisos—Chile
Marian Esquivel McKeown—Costa Rica
Jacqueline Béer—France
Rika Dialina—Greece
Maria Teresa Paliani—Italy
Mona Stornes—Norway
Liliana Torre—Panama
Isabella León Velarde Dancuart—Peru
Blesilda Mueler Ocampo—Philippines
Ana Moreno—Uruguay
1955—Hillevi Rombin—Sweden
2. Maribel Arrieta Gálvez—El Salvador
3. Maureen Neliya Hingert—Ceylon
4. Margit Nünke—Germany
5. Keiko Takahashi—Japan
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo—Argentina
Nicole De Mayer—Belgium
Emília Barreto Correa Lima—Brazil
Cathy Diggles—Canada
Margaret Rowe—England
María del Rosario Molina Chacón—Guatemala
Pastera Pagán Valenzuela—Honduras
Solveig Borstad—Norway
Carlene King Johnson—USA
Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga—Venezuela
1956—Carol Laverne Morris—USA
2. Marina Orschel—Germany
3. Ingrid Goude—Sweden
4. Iris Alice Kathleen Waller—England
5. Rossana Galli—Italy
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Ileana Carre—Argentina
Lucienne Auquier—Belgium
Maria José Cardoso—Brazil
Marcía Rodríguez—Cuba
Anita Treyens—France
Rita Gouma—Greece
Sara Tal—Israel
Erna Marta Bauman—Mexico
Lola Sabogal Morzán—Peru
Blanquita Heredia Osio—Venezuela
1957—Gladys Zender Urbina—Peru
2. Terezinha Gonçalves Morango—Brazil
3. Cynthia Cooper (stage name: Sonia Hamilton)—England
4. María Rosa Gamio—Cuba
5. Gerti Daub—Germany
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Martha Lehmann—Alaska
Hannerl Melcher—Austria
Gloria Noakes—Canada
Ligia Karavia—Greece
Valeria Fabrizzi—Italy
Kyoko Otani—Japan
Jacqueline Doreilla Bonilla—Morocco
Inger Jonsson—Sweden
Gabriela Pascal—Uruguay
Mary Leona Gage—USA (disqualified)
Mónica Lamas—Argentina (entered semi-finals after disqualification of Miss USA)
Leona Gage, Miss USA, competed in the preliminaries and earned the rights to a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1957. Following her election as Miss USA, it was revealed that she was both married and a mother of two children. She was then disqualified as a semi-finalist, never having competed in the semi-finals. Miss Argentina, who finished 16th in the preliminary judging, then became a semi-finalist. Charlotte Sheffield, the new Miss USA, did not enter the semi-finals, however she did represent the United States at the 1957 Miss World Pageant, where she was unplaced.
1958—Luz Marina Zuluaga—Colombia
2. Adalgisa Colombo—Brazil
3. Geri Hoo—Hawaii
4. Eurlyne Howell—USA
5. Alicja Bobrowska—Poland
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Raquela Molina Urrutia—Chile
Evy Norlund—Denmark
Marlies Jung Behrens—Germany
Marily Kalimopoulou—Greece
Corine Rottschafer—Holland
Miriam Hadar—Israel
Tomoko Moritake—Japan
Beatriz Boluarte—Peru
Gertrud Gummels—Suriname
Birgitta Elisabet Gardman—Sweden
1959—Akiko Kojima—Japan
2. Jorunn Kristjansen—Norway
3. Terry Lynn Huntingdon—USA
4. Pamela Anne Searle—England
5. Vera Regina Ribeiro—Brazil
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Hélène Savigny—Belgium
Olga Pumarejo Korkor—Colombia
Françoise Saint-Laurent—France
Carmela Künzel—Germany
Zoidsa "Zoe" Kouroukli—Greece
Sigridur Thorvaldsdóttir—Iceland
Rina Issacov—Israel
Oh Hyunjoo—Korea
Zuzanna Cembrowska—Poland
Marie-Louise Ekstrom—Sweden
1960—Linda Bement—USA
2. Daniela Bianchi—Italy
3. Elizabeth Hodacs—Austria
4. Nicolette Joan Caras—South Africa
5. Maria Teresa Del Rio—Spain
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Jean (Gina) MacPherson—Brazil
Maria Stella Marquez Zawadzky—Colombia
Joan Ellinor Boardman—England
Ingrun Helgard Moeckel—Germany
Magda Passaloglou—Greece
Aliza Gur—Israel
Yayoi Furuno—Japan
Sohn Miheeja—Korea
Ragnhild Aass—Norway
Elaine Maurath—Switzerland
1961—Marlene Schmidt—Germany
2. Rosemarie Frankland—Wales
3. Adriana Gardiazabal—Argentina
4. Arlette Dobson—England
5. Sharon Renee Brown—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
María Gloria Silva—Chile
Simone Darot—France
Kristjana Magnusdóttir—Iceland
Atida Pisanti—Israel
Seo Yanghee—Korea
Carmela Stein Bedoya—Peru
Wang Li-Ling—Republic of China (Taiwan)
Susan Jones—Scotland
Gunilla Knutsson—Sweden
Liliane Burnier—Switzerland
1962—Norma Beatriz Nolan—Argentina
2. Anna Geirsdottir—Iceland
3. Anja Aulikki Jarvinen—Finland
4. Helen Liu Shiu Man—Republic of China (Taiwan)
5. Maria Olivia Reboucas Cavalcanti—Brazil
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Christa Linder—Austria
Marilyn McFatridge—Canada
Olga Lucía Botero Orozco—Colombia
Kim Carlton—England
Evelyn Miot—Haiti
Yehudit Mazor Rounik—Israel
Seo Bunjoo—Korea
Nouhad Cabbabe—Lebanon
Leslie Margaret Nichols—New Zealand
Macel Leilani Wilson—USA
1963—Ieda Maria Vargas Britto—Brazil
2. Aino Korva—Denmark
3. Marlene Margaret McKeown—Ireland
4. Lalaine Betia Bennett—Philippines
5. Kim Myoungja—Korea
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Olga Galuzi—Argentina
Gertrude Bergner—Austria
María Cristina Álvarez González—Colombia
Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautainen—Finland
Monique Lemaire—France
Helga Karla Ziesemar—Germany
Gianna Serra—Italy
Noriko Ando—Japan
Ellen Liebenberg—South Africa
Marite Ozers—USA
1964—Kiriaki “Corinna” Tsopei—Greece
2. Brenda Blackler—England
3. Ronit Rechtman (Rinat)—Israel
4. Siv Marta Aberg—Sweden
5. Lana Yi Yu—Taiwan (Republic of China)
FINALISTS:
María Amelia Ramírez—Argentina
Sirpa Wallenius—Finland
Edith Noël—France
Emanuela Stramana—Italy
Jorunn Nystedt Barun—Norway
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza—Bolivia
Angela Teresa Pereira de Vasconcelos—Brazil
Miriam Riart Brugada—Paraguay
Bobbi Johnson—USA
Mercedes Revenga de la Rosa—Venezuela
1965—Apasra Hongsakula—Thailand
2. Virpi Lusa Miettinen—Finland
3. Sue Ann Downey—USA
4. Ingrid Norrman—Sweden
5. Anja Christina Maria Schuit—Holland
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Pauline Verey—Australia
Maria Raquel Helena de Andrade—Brazil
Carol Ann Tidey—Canada
María Victoria Ocampo Gómez—Colombia
Jeanette Christjansen—Denmark
Aspa Theologitou—Greece
Aliza Panfil Sedeh—Israel
Freida Holler Figallo—Peru
Louise Vail Aurielo—Philippines
Veronika Edelgarda Hilda Prigge—South Africa
1966—Margareta Arb Arvidsson—Sweden
2. Satu Charlotta Ostring—Finland
3. Jeeranun Savettanun—Thailand
4. Yasmin Daji—India
5. Aviva Israeli—Israel
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena—Colombia
Gitte Fleinert—Denmark
Janice Carol Whiteman—England
Marion Heinrich—Germany
Marge Domen—Holland
Siri Gro Nilsson—Norway
Madeline Hartog Bel Houghton—Peru
Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano—Philippines
Paquita Torres Pérez—Spain
Maria Judith Remenyi—USA
1967—Sylvia Louise Hitchcock—USA
2. Mariela Pérez Branger—Venezuela
3. Jennifer Lynn Lewis—England
4. Ritva Helena Lehto—Finland
5. Batya Kabiri—Israel
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Carmen Silvia de Barros Ramasco—Brazil
Margrethe Rhein Knudsen—Denmark
Elia Kalogeraki—Greece
Irene van Campenhout—Holland
Laura Arminda da Costa Roque—Hong Kong
Patricia Armstrong—Ireland
Paoli Rossi—Italy
Paquita Delgado Sánchez—Spain
Eva-Lisa Svensson—Sweden
Denise Elizabeth Page—Wales
1968—Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos—Brazil
2. Anne Marie Braafheid—Curaçao
3. Leena Marketa Brusiin—Finland
4. Peggy Kopp Arenas—Venezuela
5. Dorothy Catherine “DiDi” Anstett—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Nancy Wilson—Canada
Danae Montserrat Sala Sarradell—Chile
Jennifer Lowe Summers—England
Elizabeth Cadren—France
Miranta Zafiropoulou—Greece
Miriam Fridman—Israel
Tone Knaran—Norway
Anne Marie Hellqvist—Sweden
Apantree Prayutsenee—Thailand
Daliborka Stojsic—Yugoslavia
1969—Gloria Diaz—Philippines
2. Harriet Eriksson—Finland
3. Joanne Barret—Australia
4. Chava Levy—Israel
5. Kikuyo Osuka—Japan
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Eva Reuber-Staier—Austria
Vera Lúcia Fischer—Brazil
Mónica Larson Teuber—Chile
Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky—Colombia
Patricia Ingrid Walker—Norway
María Julia Mantilla Mayer—Peru
Brigitta Lindloff—Sweden
Patrice Sollner—Switzerland
Wendy Jane Dascomb—USA
Natasa Kosir—Yugoslavia
1970—Marisol Malaret Contreras—Puerto Rico
2. Deborah "Debbie" Rale Shelton—USA
3. Joan Lydia Zealand—Australia
4. Jun Shimada—Japan
5. Beatriz Martha Gros—Argentina
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Eliane Fialho Thompson—Brazil
Kristina Hanazalova—Czechoslovakia
Angelique Bourlessa—Greece
Hilary Ann Best—Guam
Mabel Hawkett—Hong Kong
Anna Zamboni—Italy
Josephine Lena Wong Jaw Leng—Malaysia
Britt-Inger Johansson—Sweden
Diane Jane Roth—Switzerland
Bella Mercedes La Rosa de la Rosa—Venezuela
1971—Georgina Rizk—Lebanon
2. Tony Suzanne Rayward—Australia
3. Pirjo Laitila—Finland
4. Beba Franco—Puerto Rico
5. Eliane Parreira Guimarães—Brazil
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Marilyn Ann Ward—England
Myriam Stocco—France
Esther Orgad—Israel
Shigeko Taketomi—Japan
Josefina Román Gutierrez—Spain
Michele McDonald—USA
Cherrie Raphaelia Creque—U.S. Virgin Islands
1972—Kerry Anne Wells—Australia
2. Rejane Vieira Costa—Brazil
3. María Antonieta Campoli Schachio—Venezuela
4. Ilana Goren—Israel
5. Jennifer “Jenny” McAdam—England
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Anne Marie Roger—Belgium
Heidi-Marie Weber—Germany
Roopa Satyan—India
Harumi Maeda—Japan
Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti—Peru
Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo—Philippines
Tanya Wilson—USA
1973—Maria Margarita Moran Roxas—Philippines
2. Amanda Jones—USA
3. Aina Walle—Norway
4. María del Rocio Martín Madrigal—Spain
5. Limor Schreibman—Israel
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Susana Romero—Argentina
Sandra Mara Ferreira—Brazil
Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa—Colombia
Sicta Vana Papadaki—Greece
Farzana Habib—India
Miyoko Sometani—Japan
Marcelle Herro—Lebanon
1974—Amparo Muñoz Quesada—Spain
2. Helen Elizabeth Morgan—Wales
3. Riita Johanna Raunio—Finland
4. Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacio—Colombia
5. Maureen Ava Vieira—Aruba
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Yasmin May Nagy—Australia
Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Celeste Anders—England
Shailini Bhavnath Dholakia—India
Jasmine Nereida Panay—Panama
Guadalupe Cuerva Sánchez—Philippines
Sonia María Stege Chardón—Puerto Rico
Karen Jean Morrison—USA
1975—Anne Marie Pohtamo—Finland
2. Gerthie David—Haiti
3. Summer Robin Bartholomew—USA
4. Catharina Sjodahl—Sweden
5. Rose Marie Singson Brosas—Philippines
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Ingrid Budag—Brazil
Martha Lucía Echeverry Trujillo—Colombia
Carmen Elena Figueroa—El Salvador
Vicki Harris—England
Julie Ann Farnham—Ireland
Orit Cooper—Israel
Sachiko Nakayama—Japan
1976—Rina Messinger—Israel
2. Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe—Venezuela
3. Sian Adey-Jones—Wales
4. Carol Jean Grant—Scotland
5. Julie Anne Ismay—Australia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Lilian Noemí Deasti—Argentina
María Elena Sommer—Chile
María Elena Reyes—Colombia
Anneke Dijkhuizen—Curaçao
Pauline Davies—England
Rowena Lam—Hong Kong
Bente Lihaug—Norway
1977—Janelle “Penny” Commissiong—Trinidad/Tobago
2. Eva Maria Duringer—Austria
3. Sandra Bell—Scotland
4. Aura María Mojica—Colombia
5. Marie-Luise Gassen—Germany
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Maritza Elizabet Jurado—Argentina
Blanca Aurora Sardinas—Dominican Republic
Ineke Berends—Holland
Beatriz Obregón Lacayo—Nicaragua
Luz Maria Polegre Hernández—Spain
Kimberly "Kim" Louise Tomes—USA
Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha—Venezuela
1978—Margaret Gardiner—South Africa
2. Judi Lois Anderson—USA
3. Guillermina Ruiz Domenech—Spain
4. Shirley Sáenz Starnes—Colombia
5. Cecilia Catharina Bjorndotter Rohde—Sweden
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Françoise Moens—Belgium
Marianne Muller Prieto—Chile
Karen Ingrid Gustafsson—Holland
Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez—Ireland
Dorith Jellinek—Israel
Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat—Mexico
Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga—Peru
1979—Maritza Sayalero Fernandez—Venezuela
2. Gina Ann Casandra Swainson—Bermuda
3. Carolyn Ann Seaward—England
4. Marta Jussara da Costa—Brazil
5. Anette Marie Ekstrom—Sweden
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Adriana Virginia Álvarez—Argentina
Sarita Diana Acosta—Belize
Andrea Hontschik—Germany
Lorraine Davidson—Scotland
Veronika Wilson—South Africa
Mary Therese Friel—USA
Janet Beverly Hobson—Wales
1980—Shawn Nichols Weatherly—USA
2. Linda Gallagher—Scotland
3. Diana Delyse Nottle—New Zealand
4. Maria Rosario Rivera Silayan—Philippines
5. Eva Brigitta Anderson—Sweden
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Teresa Lynn “Terry” MacKay—Canada
María Patricia Arbelaez Pelaez—Colombia
Guobjörg Sigurdardóttir—Iceland
Kim Eunjung—Korea
Gloria Karamañites Davis—Panama
Agnes Tañon Correa—Puerto Rico
Thilda Raina Fuller—Tahiti
1981—Irene Lailin Sáez Conde—Venezuela
2. Dominique Dufour—Canada
3. Eva Lena Lundgren—Sweden
4. Adriana Alves de Oliveira—Brazil
5. Dominique Van Eeckhoudt—Belgium
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urgüeyez—Ecuador
Marion Kurz—Germany
Ingrid Johanna Maria Schouten—Holland
Donella Elizabeth Clemmence Thomsen—New Zealand
Mona Olsen—Norway
Tatiana Teraiamano—Tahiti
Kim Seelbrede—USA
1982—Karen Dianne Baldwin—Canada
2. Patty Chong Kerkos—Guam
3. Cinzia Fiordeponti—Italy
4. Tina Roussou—Greece
5. Terri Lea Utley—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Celice Pinto Márques da Silva—Brazil
Della Frances Dolan—England
Sari Kaarina Aspholm—Finland
Kerstin Natalie Paeserack—Germany
María Francesca Zaza Reinoso—Peru
Odette Octavia Scrooby—South Africa
Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavian—Uruguay
1983—Lorraine Elizabeth Downes—New Zealand
2. Julie Lynne Hayek—USA
3. Roberta Brown—Ireland
4. Lolita Laure Morena—Switzerland
5. Karen Lesley Moore—England
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Nina Marjaana Rekola—Finland
Loana Katharina Radecki—Germany
Federica Maria Moro—Italy
Karen Elisabeth Dobloug—Norway
Kathie Lee(Lee Lee-Beng)—Singapore
Ana Isabel Herrero García—Spain
Paola Laura Ruggeri Ghigo—Venezuela
1984—Yvonne Ryding—Sweden
2. Leticia "Tisha" Snyman—South Africa
3. Carmen María Montiel Avila—Venezuela
4. Maria Desiree Verdadero—Philippines
5. Susana Caldas Lemaitre—Colombia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Brigitte Berx—Germany
Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang—Guatemala
Nancy Neede—Holland
Savinee Prakaranang—Thailand
Mai Therese Shanley—USA
1985—Deborah Carthy-Deu—Puerto Rico
2. Teresa Sánchez López—Spain
3. Kayonga “Benita” Mureka Tete—Zaire
4. Silvia Cristina Martínez Stapulionis—Venezuela
5. Andrea Beatriz López Silva—Uruguay
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Márcia Giagio Canavezes de Oliveira—Brazil
Karen Elizabeth Tilley—Canada
Claudia van Sint Jan del Pedregal—Chile
Olivia Marie Tracey—Ireland
Laura Elena Martínez-Herring—USA
1986—Bárbara Palacios Teyde—Venezuela
2. Christiane Crane “Christy” Fichtner—USA
3. María Mónica Urbina Pugliese—Colombia
4. Brygida Bziukiewicz—Poland
5. Tuula Polvi—Finland
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Deise Nunes de Souza—Brazil
Mariana Villasante—Chile
Elizabeth Robison Latalladi—Puerto Rico
Eveline Nicole Glanzmann—Switzerland
Aimee Likobe Dobala—Zaire
1987—Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck—Chile
2. Roberta Capua—Italy
3. Michelle Renee Royer—USA
4. Inés María Calero Rodríguez—Venezuela
5. Laurie Tamara Simpson—Puerto Rico
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Jessica Patricia Newton Sáez—Peru
Geraldine Villaruz Asis—Philippines
Marion Nicole Teo—Singapore
Susanne Karin Thoerngren—Sweden
Carmelita Louise Ariza—Turks & Caicos
1988—Porntip “Bui” Nakhirunkanok—Thailand
2. Chang Yoonjung—Korea
3. Amanda Beatriz Olivares Philips—Mexico
4. Mizuho Sakaguchi—Japan
5. Pauline Yeung (Yeung Bo-Ling)—Hong Kong
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra—Colombia
Patricia Jiménez—Dominican Republic
Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland—Norway
Courtney Gibbs—USA
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán—Venezuela
1989—Angela Visser—Holland
2. Louice Drevenstam—Sweden
3. Gretchen Polhemus—USA
4. Joanna Gapinska—Poland
5. Adriana Abascal López Cisneros—Mexico
SEMI-FINALISTS:
María Macarena Mina Garachena—Chile
Aasa Maria Lovdahl—Finland
Andrea Stelzer—Germany
Sandra Foster—Jamaica
Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung—Venezuela
1990—Mona Grudt—Norway
2. Carole Anne Marie Gist—USA
3. Lizeth Yamilé Mahecha Arévalo—Colombia
FINALISTS:
Rosario Rico Toro del Pilar—Bolivia
Urania Haltenhoff Nikiforos—Chile
María de los Angeles “Marilé” del Rosario Santiago—Mexico
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Jana Kronkova—Czechoslovakia
Suzanne Sabloak—India
Julide Ates—Turkey
Andreína Katarina Goetz Blohm—Venezuela
1991—María Guadalupe “Lupita” Jones Garay—Mexico
2. Paulien Huizinga—Netherlands
3. Yulia Lemigova—USSR
FINALISTS:
Kimberley Mais—Jamaica
Kelli McCarty—USA
Jackeline Rodríguez Strefezza—Venezuela
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger—Curaçao
Maréva Georges—France
Vivian Rosanna Benítez Brizuela—Paraguay
Natasha Pavlovic—Yugoslavia
1992—Michelle McLean—Namibia
2. Diana Paola Turbay Gómez—Colombia
3. Madhushri “Madhu” Sapre—India
FINALISTS:
Anke van Dermeersch—Belgium
Vivian Jansen—Netherlands
Carolina Eva Izsak Kemenify—Venezuela
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Georgina Denahy—Australia
Lisa Maree de Montalk—New Zealand
Monica Brodd—Sweden
Shannon LaRhea Marketic—USA
1993—Dayanara Torres Delgado—Puerto Rico
2. Paula Andrea Betancourt Arroyave—Colombia
3. Milka Yelisava Chulina Urbanich—Venezuela
FINALISTS:
Voni Delfos—Australia
Namrata Shirodkar—India
Kenya Summer Moore—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Leila Cristine Schuster—Brazil
Pavlina Barbukova—Czech Republic
Tarja Smura—Finland
Eugenia del Pilar Santana Alba—Spain
1994—Sushmita Sen—India
2. Carolina Gómez Correa—Colombia
3. Minorka Marisela Mercado Carrero—Venezuela
FINALISTS:
Charlene Bonnin Gonzalez—Philippines
Silvia Lakatosova—Slovak Republic
Frances Louise “Lu” Parker—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Rea Toutounzi—Greece
Arianna David—Italy
Dominique Forsberg—Sweden
Patricia Fässler—Switzerland
1995—Chelsi Pearl Smith—USA
2. Manpreet Brar—India
3. Lana Buchberger—Canada
FINALISTS:
Desirée Lowry Rodríguez—Puerto Rico
Arlene Peterkin—Trinidad/Tobago
Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo—Venezuela
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe—Colombia
Cándida Lara Betances—Dominican Republic
Eleanora Beatrice Carrillo Alamanni—El Salvador
Augustine Masilela—South Africa
1996—Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo—Venezuela
2. Taryn Scheryl Mansell—Aruba
3. Iyabode Ololade “Lola” Remilekun Odusoga—Finland
FINALISTS:
Vanessa Guzmán Niebla—Mexico
Ilmira Shamsutdinova—Russia
Ali Landry—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Carmen Milena Mayorga—El Salvador
Sandhya Chib—India
Natalí Patricia Sacco Ángeles—Peru
Annika Duckmark—Sweden
1997—Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee—USA
2. Marena Josefina Bencomo Gimenez—Venezuela
3. Margot Rita Bourgeois—Trinidad/Tobago
FINALISTS:
Verna Angela Maria Vasquez—Curaçao
Denny Mendez—Italy
Lía Victoria Borrero González—Panama
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Kristiina Heinmets—Estonia
Nafisa Joseph—India
Ana Rosa Brito Suárez—Puerto Rico
Victoria Lagerström—Sweden
1998—Wendy Rachelle Fitzwilliam—Trinidad/Tobago
2. Veruska Tatiana Ramírez—Venezuela
3. Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica—Puerto Rico
FINALISTS:
Silvia Fernanda Ortíz Guerra—Colombia
Shawnae Nicole Jebbia—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Michela Dauzacker Marchi—Brazil
Lymaraina D’Souza—India
Andrea Roche—Ireland
Anna Malova—Russia
Kerishnie Naicker—South Africa
1999—Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe—Botswana
2. Miriam Redito Quiambao—Philippines
3. Diana Nogueira González—Spain
FINALISTS:
Sonia Raciti—South Africa
Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto—Venezuela
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Akuba Cudjoe—Ghana
Gul Panag—India
Nicole Haughton—Jamaica
Silvia Salgado Cavazos—Mexico
Brenda Liz López Ramos—Puerto Rico
2000—Lara Dutta—India
2. Claudia Cristina Moreno González—Venezuela
3. Helen Lindes Griffiths—Spain
FINALISTS:
Kim Yee—Canada
Lynnette Cole—USA
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín—Colombia
Evelyn Mikomagi—Estonia
Sonia Rolland—France
Heather Joy Hamilton—South Africa
Corrinne Crewe—Zimbabwe
2001—Denise Marie Quiñones August—Puerto Rico
2. Evelina Papantoniou—Greece
3. Kandace Gayle Krueger—USA
4. Eva Monica Anna Ekvall Johnson—Venezuela
5. Celina Jaitley—India
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Élodie Gossuin—France
Ilanit Levi—Israel
Ibiagbanidokibubo “Agbani” Asenite Darego—Nigeria
Oxana Kalandyrets—Russia
Eva Sisó Casals—Spain
2002: Oksana Fyodorova (Oxana Fedorova)—Russia
(dethroned September 23, 2002—replaced by first runner-up)
Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño—Panama
3. Zhuo Ling—China
4. Vanessa Do Ceu Carreira—South Africa
5. Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora—Venezuela
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Anisa Kospiri—Albania
Neelam Verma—Canada
Demetra Eleftheriou—Cyprus
Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla—Germany
Neha Dhupia—India
2003: Amelia Vega Polanco—Dominican Republic
2. Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba—Venezuela
3. Cindy Nell—South Africa
4. Sanja Papic—Serbia & Montenegro
5. Miyako Miyazaki—Japan
FINALISTS:
Gislaine Rodrigues Ferreira—Brazil
Leanne Marie Cecile—Canada
Katerina Smrzová—Czech Republic
Ndapewa Alfons—Namibia
Faye Alibocus—Trinidad & Tobago
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Ana José Sebastião—Angola
Marietta Chrousala—Greece
Stefanie de Roux Martin—Panama
Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos—Peru
Susie Castillo Cintrón—USA