1952

ARMI KUUSELA

Finland

Host City: Long Beach, California

1953

CHRISTIANE MARTEL

France

Host City: Long Beach, California

1954

MIRIAM STEVENSON

USA

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Host City: Long Beach, California

1955

HILLEVI ROMBIN

Sweden

Host City: Long Beach, California

1956

CAROL MORRIS

USA

Host City: Long Beach, California

1957

GLADYS ZENDER

Peru

Host City: Long Beach, California

1958

LUZ MARINA ZULUAGA

Colombia

Host City: Long Beach, California

1959

AKIKO KOJIMA

Japan

Host City: Long Beach, California

1960

LINDA BEMENT

USA

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1961

MARLENE SCHMIDT

Germany

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1962

NORMA NOLAN

Argentina

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1963

IEDA MARIA VARGAS

Brazil

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1964

CORINNA TSOPEI

Greece

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1965

APASRA HONGSAKULA

Thailand

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1966

MARGARETA ARVIDSSON

Sweden

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1967

SYLVIA HITCHCOCK

USA

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1968

MARTHA VASCONCELLOS

Brazil

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1969

GLORIA DIAZ

Philippines

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1970

MARISOL MALARET

Puerto Rico

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1971

GEORGINA RIZK

Lebanon

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida

1972

KERRY ANNE WELLS

Australia

Host City: Dorado, Puerto Rico

1973

MARGARITA MORAN

Philippines

Host City: Athens, Greece

1974

AMPARO MUNOZ

Spain

Host City: Manila, Philippines

1975

ANNE MARIE POHTAMO

Finland

Host City: San Salvador, El Salvador

1976

RINA MESSINGER

Israel

Host City: Hong Kong

1977

JANELLE COMMISSIONG

Trinidad & Tobago

Host City: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1978

MARGARET GARDINER

South Africa

Host City: Acapulco, Mexico

1979

MARITZA SAYALERO

Venezuela

Host City: Perth, Australia

1980

SHAWN WEATHERLY

USA

Host City: Seoul, South Korea

1981

IRERE SAEZ

Venezuela

Host City: New York, USA

1982

KAREN BALDWIN

Canada

Host City: Lima, Peru

1983

LORRAINE DOWNES

New Zealand

Host City: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

1984

YVONNE RYDING

Sweden

Host City: Miami, Florida, USA

1985

DEBORAH CARTHY-DEU

Puerto Rico

Host City: Miami, Florida, USA

1986

BARBARA PALACIOS TEYDE

Venezuela

Host City: Panama City, Panama

1987

CECILIA BOLOCCO

Chile

Host City: Singapore

1988

PORNTIP NAKHIRUKANOK

Thailand

Host City: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

1989

ANGELA VISSER

Holland

Host City: Cancun, Mexico

1990

MONA GRUDT

Norway

Host City: Los Angeles, California, USA

1991

LUPITA JONES

Mexico

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1992

MICHELLE McLEAN

Namibia

Host City: Bangkok, Thailand

1993

DAYANARA TORRES

Puerto Rico

Host City: Mexico City, Mexico

1994

SUSHMITA SEN

India

Host City: Manila, Philippines

1995

CHELSI SMITH

USA

Host City: Windhoek, Namibia

1996

ALICIA MACHADO

Venezuela

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1997

BROOK LEE

USA

Host City: Miami Beach, Florida, USA

1998

WENDY FITZWILLIAM

Trinidad & Tobago

Host City: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

1999

MPULE KWELAGOBE

Botwana

Host City: Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago

2000

LARA DUTTA

India

Host City: Nicosia, Cyprus

2001

DENISE QUINONES

Puerto Rico

Host City: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

2002

OXANA FEDOROVA*

Russia

* Terminated

Host City: San Juan, Puerto Rico

2002

JUSTINE PASEK

Panama

* succeeded Oxana Fedorova

Host City: San Juan, Puerto Rico

2003

AMELIA VEGA

Dominican Republic

Host City: Panama City, Panama

2004

JENNIFER HAWKINS

Australia

Host City: Quito, Ecuador

2005

NATALIE GLEBOVA

Canada

Host City: Bangkok, Thailand

2006

ZULEYKA RIVERA

Puerto Rico

Host City: Los Angeles, California, USA

2007

RIYO MORI

Japan

Host City: Mexico City, Mexico

2008

DAYANA MENDOZA

Venezuela

Host City: Nha Trang, Vietnam

2009

STEPANIA FERNANDEZ

Venezuela

Host City: Nassau, Bahamas

2010

XIMENA NAVARRETE

Mexico

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada

2011

LEILA LOPES

Angola

Host City: Sao Paulo, Brazil

2012

OLIVIA CULPO

USA

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada

2013

GABRIELA ISLER

Venezuela

Host City: Moscow, Russia

2014

PAULINA VEGA

Colombia

Host City: Doral, Florida, USA

2015

ARIADNA GUTIERREZ*

Colombia

* Announced in error

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

2015

PIA WURTZACH

Philippines

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

2016

IRIS MITTENAERE

France

Host City: Manila, Philippines

2017

DEMI-LEIGH NEL-PETERS

South Africa

Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada

2018

CATRIONA GRAY

Philippines

Host City: Bangkok, Thailand

2019

ZOZIBINI TUNZI

South Africa

Host City: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2021

ANDREA MEZA

Mexico

Host City:  Hollywood, Florida, USA