Miss Barbados Universe is the national beauty pageant responsible for selecting a delegate to represent Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

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Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

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History

Miss Barbados Universe sent its first contestant to Miss Universe in 1978 and has sent 11 delegates between 1978 and 2005. They have never sent a delegate for more than 5 years in a row.

After the death of the National Director Andy Niles in 2006 Candi Nicholls, a former member of Niles' team, took over the franchise. Niles was national Director from 2003 to 2005.

Titleholders

Miss Barbados representatives since 1976:

Year	Winner	Placement
1976	Jewell Nightingale
1977	Margaret Rouse
1978	Judy Miller
1979	Barbara Bradshaw
1984	Lisa Worme
1985	Liz Wadman
1986	Roslyn Irene Williams
1987	Dawn Michelle Waithe
1999	Olivia Harding
2003	Nadia Forte
2004	Cindy Batson
2005	Nada Yearwood
2007	Jewel Dianne Garner