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The Miss Universe Organization is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Universe

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....

, Miss USA

Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

and Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

beauty contest

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

s. Based in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, it is owned jointly by NBC Universal

NBC Universal

NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...

and Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...

. The current president is Paula Shugart. The organization sells television rights to the pageants in other countries.

Titleholders

The following is a list of all Miss Universe Organization titleholders over the years.

Year	Miss Universe	Country	Miss USA	State	Miss Teen USA	State
2011	Leila Lopes	Angola Miss Angola -External links:*...	Alyssa Campanella Alyssa Campanella Alyssa Campanella is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States, who is the current titleholder and winner of the 2011 Miss USA pageant....	California Miss California USA Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....	Danielle Doty Danielle Doty Danielle Doty born in 1993 in Harlingen, Texas is Miss Teen USA 2011. Doty was crowned by Miss Teen USA 2010 winner Kamie Crawford. Doty will now move into the Trump Tower in New York with Miss USA 2011 Alyssa Campanella and Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete. She is a student at Baylor...	Texas Miss Texas Teen USA The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...
2010	Ximena Navarrete Ximena Navarrete Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009.-Personal life:...	Mexico Nuestra Belleza Mexico Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...	Rima Fakih Rima Fakih Rima Fakih is an American beauty pageant contestant, and winner of the 2010 Miss USA title, and is also training to be a professional wrestler in WWE as a WWE Diva. She represented the state of Michigan in the Miss USA 2010 pageant, having previously won the 2010 Miss Michigan USA competition...	Michigan Miss Michigan USA The Miss Michigan USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss USA pageant.Michigan is recognized by as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist...	Kamie Crawford Kamie Crawford Kameran "Kamie" Crawford is a pageant titleholder from Potomac, Maryland who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 on July 24, 2010 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas...	Maryland Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...
2009	Stefanía Fernández Stefanía Fernández Stefanía Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She earned a Guinness record by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot....	Venezuela Miss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...	Kristen Dalton Kristen Dalton (Miss USA) Kristen Jeannine Dalton , from Wilmington, North Carolina, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2009.-Biography:Dalton is the daughter of Jeannine Dalton who was Miss North Carolina USA 1982...	North Carolina Miss North Carolina USA The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....	Stormi Henley Stormi Henley Stormi Bree Henley is a beauty queen from Crossville, Tennessee who won the Miss Teen USA 2009 title.-Background:Henley is the daughter of Kip & Sissi Henley and sister of Darbi Henley. Her father was the winner of The Golf Channel's The Big Break II reality television competition...	Tennessee Miss Tennessee Teen USA The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
2008	Dayana Mendoza Dayana Mendoza Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada is a model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008.-Personal life:...	Venezuela Miss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...	Crystle Stewart Crystle Stewart Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...	Texas Miss Texas USA The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....	Stevi Perry Stevi Perry Stevi Lauren Perry is an American beauty queen from Hamburg, Arkansas. She was Miss Teen USA 2008.Perry won the Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2008 title on November 25, 2007 after competing in the pageant for the first time...	Arkansas Miss Arkansas Teen USA The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition...
2007	Riyo Mori Riyo Mori is a Japanese dance instructor and model who won the Miss Universe 2007 title in May 2007.-Early life:...	Japan	Rachel Smith Rachel Smith Rachel Renee Smith is an American beauty queen and television personality from Clarksville, Tennessee, who won the Miss USA pageant in 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.-Early life:...	Tennessee Miss Tennessee USA The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....	Hilary Cruz Hilary Cruz Hilary Cruz is a beauty queen from Louisville, Colorado who won Miss Teen USA in August of 2007.In 2007, Cruz represented Colorado in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant held in Pasadena, California in August 2007. During the live television broadcast on August 24, 2007, Cruz was crowned Miss Teen USA...	Colorado Miss Colorado Teen USA The Miss Colorado Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007, the pageant has been directed by the Future Productions group which also directs pageants in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,...
2006	Zuleyka Rivera Zuleyka Rivera Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate.-Early life:...	Puerto Rico	Tara Conner Tara Conner Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American beauty queen and model, who was Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Fantasies in 2004,...	Kentucky Miss Kentucky USA The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...	Katie Blair Katie Blair Katherine Amanda Blair is an American model, beauty queen, and television personality from Billings, Montana, who held the Miss Teen USA 2006 and Miss California USA 2011 title. She was the first person from Montana to win a major pageant title...	Montana Miss Montana Teen USA The Miss Montana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Montana's first placement at Miss Teen USA occurred in 2006 at Miss Teen USA 2006...
2005	Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships...	Canada Miss Universe Canada -External links:*...	Chelsea Cooley Chelsea Cooley Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....	North Carolina Miss North Carolina USA The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....	Allie LaForce Allie LaForce Alexandra Leigh "Allie" LaForce is a beauty queen from Vermilion, Ohio who held the Miss Teen USA 2005 title who now works as a broadcast sports reporter....	Ohio Miss Ohio Teen USA The Miss Ohio Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Ohio is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, and has only placed three times. Most importantly, Allie LaForce won the Miss Teen USA crown in 2005,...
2004	Jennifer Hawkins Jennifer Hawkins Jennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.-Early life:...	Australia Miss Australia Miss Australia is the title for the winner of the Miss Australia Quest/Awards, which ran from 1954 until 2000, when the last Miss Australia was named....	Shandi Finnessey Shandi Finnessey Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American beauty queen, model, television hostess, and actress. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America where she won a preliminary award...	Missouri Miss Missouri USA The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....	Shelley Hennig Shelley Hennig Shelley Catherine "Shell" Hennig is a beauty pageant titleholder from Destrehan, Louisiana who held the Miss Teen USA 2004 title. She is also an actress who played Stephanie Johnson on Days of our Lives...	Louisiana Miss Louisiana Teen USA The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
2003	Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....	Dominican Republic	Susie Castillo Susie Castillo Susie Castillo is a former beauty queen who held the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants...	Massachusetts Miss Massachusetts USA The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant....	Tami Farrell Tami Farrell Tami Nichole Farrell is a former Miss Teen USA from Phoenix, Oregon who placed first runner-up in Miss California 2009 and was crowned Miss California USA after Carrie Prejean was dethroned by pageant officials in 2009....	Oregon Miss Oregon Teen USA The Miss Oregon Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Until Tennessee's victory in 2009, Oregon was the only state to win more than one Miss Teen USA title - they have produced three winners...
2002	Justine Pasek Justine Pasek Yostin "Justine" Lissette Pasek Patiño is a Panamanian model, FAO Goodwill Ambassador, and Miss Universe 2002.-Early life:Pasek was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the daughter of a Panamanian homemaker and Polish engineer...	Panama Miss Panamá Señorita Panamá or Miss Panamá is the common name or sash used to identify a Panamanian representative in an international pageant. Panama selects representatives to different contests including Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. The first national pageant was Miss Panamá...	Shauntay Hinton Shauntay Hinton Shauntay Hinton is an actress and former beauty queen from Starkville, Mississippi who won the Miss USA title in 2002.-Education:Hinton graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She later studied broadcast communications at Howard University....	District of Columbia Miss District of Columbia USA The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant....	Vanessa Semrow Vanessa Marie Semrow Vanessa Marie Semrow is a beauty queen from Rhinelander, Wisconsin who held the Miss Teen USA 2002 title.Semrow won her first title, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA on October 15, 2001, in a pageant paying tribute to the events of September 11, 2001...	Wisconsin Miss Wisconsin Teen USA The Miss Wisconsin Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wisconsin is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on two occasions...
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| Russia

Miss Russia

Miss Russia is the annual national beauty pageant of Russia, responsible for selecting representatives to Miss Universe and Miss World.-History:The pageant has been running since 1992, however there was no Miss Russia 1994, 2000 or 2008....

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| 2001
| Denise Quiñones

Denise Quiñones

Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...

| Puerto Rico
| Kandace Krueger

Kandace Krueger

Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She was born to Larry & Barbara Johnson Krueger...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Marissa Whitley

Marissa Whitley

Marissa Whitley was Miss Teen USA 2001, representing the state of Missouri.. , Kentucky New Era She was the first titleholder from that state to win the national competition....

| Missouri

Miss Missouri Teen USA

The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 1993....

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| 2000
| Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...

| India

Miss India

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

| Lynnette Cole

Lynnette Cole

Lynnette Cole-O'Nan , won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000....

| Tennessee

Miss Tennessee USA

The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....

| Jillian Parry

Jillian Parry

Jillian Parry was Miss Teen USA 2000, representing her home town of Newtown and state of Pennsylvania. She was the first titleholder from that state to win the national competition....

| Pennsylvania

Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA

The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....

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| 1999
| Mpule Kwelagobe

Mpule Kwelagobe

Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Gaborone, Botswana was crowned Miss Universe in May 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. Since being crowned Miss Universe 1999, Mpule has been recognized and honored as a human health rights activist, especially for her fight against HIV/AIDS and advocacy for youth and women to...

| Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

| Kimberly Pressler

Kimberly Pressler

Kimberly Pressler is an entertainment presenter and former Miss USA. She is one of few women to win both the Miss New York Teen USA and Miss New York USA titles.-Pageant career:...

| New York

Miss New York USA

The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...

| Ashley Coleman

Ashley Coleman

Ashley Coleman was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title....

| Delaware

Miss Delaware Teen USA

The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

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| 1998
| Wendy Fitzwilliam

Wendy Fitzwilliam

Wendy Fitzwilliam is a former Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe, the third woman of African heritage to capture the Miss Universe crown and the second Miss Universe in history from Trinidad and Tobago.-Early life:...

| Trinidad & Tobago
| Shawnae Jebbia

Shawnae Jebbia

Shawnae Jebbia is an entertainer and former beauty queen from Mansfield, Massachusetts who won the Miss USA title in 1998....

| Massachusetts

Miss Massachusetts USA

The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant....

| Vanessa Minnillo

Vanessa Minnillo

Vanessa Joy Lachey is an-American television personality, television host, model, and actress. A former Miss Teen USA, she has been a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and a host of Total Request Live on MTV...

| South Carolina

Miss South Carolina Teen USA

The Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant is the competition that selects the representativies for the stat of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception....

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| 1997
| Brook Lee
| USA

Miss USA

| Brandi Sherwood

Brandi Sherwood

Brandi Sherwood is an American model and pageant winner. She was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was Miss USA 1997 and Miss Teen USA 1989 and was a frequent rotating Barker's Beauty model on the US daytime television game show The Price Is Right from 2002-2009.-Pageant history:In 1997, she won...

| Idaho

Miss Idaho USA

The Miss Idaho USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss USA pageant.Idaho is one of the least successful states in the history of the competition, with only four placements in fifty-seven years...

| Shelly Moore

Shelly Moore

Shelly Moore is a beauty queen from Knoxville, Tennessee who won the Miss Teen USA 1997 title.In 1996, Moore won the Miss Northern Tennessee local title before competing for and winning the Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1997 contest. She went on to represent Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA contest held...

| Tennessee

Miss Tennessee Teen USA

The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

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| 1996
| Alicia Machado

Alicia Machado

Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo is an actress, singer and former Miss Universe. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss Universe crown.-Career:...

| Venezuela

Miss Venezuela

The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...

| Ali Landry

Ali Landry

Ali Germaine Landry is a former Miss USA , model and actress. She is perhaps best known as the Doritos Girl from her 1998 Super Bowl commercial, and for her portrayal of Rita Lefleur on the UPN sitcom Eve. In 1998, she was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.-...

| Louisiana

Miss Louisiana USA

The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

| Christie Lee Woods

Christie Lee Woods

Christie Lee Woods is an American model, actress and the first woman from Texas to capture the Miss Teen USA crown ....

| Texas

Miss Texas Teen USA

The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...

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| 1995
| Chelsi Smith

Chelsi Smith

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith is a former beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the first Miss USA in fifteen years to capture the Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995.-Early life:...

| USA

Miss USA

| Shanna Moakler

Shanna Moakler

Shanna Lynn Moakler is an American model, actress, reality television star and a former beauty queen. She was the winner of the Miss New York USA pageant in 1995 and was originally the first runner-up at Miss USA 1995. She was later crowned Miss USA after Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe...

| New York

Miss New York USA

The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...

| Keylee Sue Sanders

Keylee Sue Sanders

Keylee Sue Sanders was Miss Kansas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995.Sanders first won the Miss Kansas Teen USA title in late 1994. In August 1995 she was crowned Miss Teen USA in the national pageant televised live from Wichita, in her home state of Kansas...

| Kansas

Miss Kansas Teen USA

The Miss Kansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.This pageant has been part of the Vanbros organisation since 1992, and in 2006 celebrated their fifteen-year anniversary with a reunion of former titleholders at...

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| 1994
| Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the contest.-Personal life:Sen was born on 19 November 1975....

| India
| Lu Parker

Lu Parker

Frances Louise "Lu" Parker is a broadcast journalist and former Miss USA from South Carolina.- Early life :Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Parker attended the College of Charleston, where she was a sister of Alpha Delta Pi and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She then went on to...

| South Carolina

Miss South Carolina USA

The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....

| Shauna Gambill

Shauna Gambill

Shauna Gambill is a beauty queen from Acton, California who has held the Miss Teen USA title and competed in the Miss USA and Miss World pageants....

| California

Miss California Teen USA

The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump....

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| 1993
| Dayanara Torres

Dayanara Torres

Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, and former Miss Universe.Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant and the right...

| Puerto Rico
| Kenya Moore

Kenya Moore

Kenya Summer Moore is an American film and television actress, producer, beauty queen, model and author.She is recognizable for her roles in movies such as Waiting to Exhale, Deliver Us from Eva and the 2007 Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me...

| Michigan

Miss Michigan USA

The Miss Michigan USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss USA pageant.Michigan is recognized by as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist...

| Charlotte Lopez

Charlotte Ayanna

Charlotte Ayanna is an American actress and former Miss Teen USA.-Early life:Ayanna was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending thirteen years in foster homes after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally unfit to look after...

| Vermont

Miss Vermont Teen USA

The Miss Vermont Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed twice...

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| 1992
| Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992. She was19 years old when she represented Namibia and became the first and only woman from Namibia to win the crown.-Miss World:...

| Namibia

Miss Namibia

Miss Namibia is an annual, national beauty pageant held in Namibia. Winner represents Namibia in Miss World and Miss Universe.The current Miss Namibia is Odile Gertze. She was crowned on 31 July 2010.-History:...

| Shannon Marketic

Shannon Marketic

Shannon LaRhea Marketic , is a former beauty queen from Phoenix, Arizona who became Miss USA 1992.-Early life:Marketic was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1989 but held the title for only a week and a half after it was discovered an error had been made and she had actually placed first...

| California

Miss California USA

Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

| Jamie Solinger

Jamie Solinger

Jamie Patterson is a beauty queen and model from Altoona who became the first and only woman from Iowa to capture the Miss Teen USA crown and placed third runner-up to Mrs America 2005.-Miss Teen USA:...

| Iowa

Miss Iowa Teen USA

The Miss Iowa Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss Teen USA pageant, which is co-owned by the Miss Universe Organization, NBC Universal and Donald Trump...

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| 1991
| Lupita Jones

Lupita Jones

María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:...

| Mexico

Señorita México

Señorita México was the name of a national beauty pageant in Mexico, celebrated since 1952. After 2005, the pageant changed its name to "Miss Mexico". From 1952 to 1993, was the official pageant responsible for sending the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss...

| Kelli McCarty

Kelli McCarty

Kelli McCarty is an American model, actress and adult film performer who was crowned Miss USA in 1991.-Career:McCarty won the Miss USA beauty contest in 1991, competing as Miss Kansas USA...

| Kansas

Miss Kansas USA

The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...

| Janelle Bishop

Janelle Bishop

Janel Bishop is a beauty queen from Manchester, New Hampshire who won the 1991 Miss Teen USA title. She is the first African American winner of this pageant....

| New Hampshire

Miss New Hampshire Teen USA

The Miss New Hampshire Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss Teen USA pageant.In terms of number of placements New Hampshire is one of the least successful states...

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| 1990
| Mona Grudt

Mona Grudt

Mona Grudt Bittrick became the first Norwegian to capture the Miss Universe title in 1990.-Miss Universe:...

| Norway
| Carole Gist

Carole Gist

Carole Anne-Marie Gist was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990 in Wichita, Kansas...

| Michigan

Miss Michigan USA

| Bridgette Wilson

Bridgette Wilson

Bridgette Leann Wilson-Sampras is an American actress, singer and model. A Miss Teen USA in 1990, Wilson holds several acting roles in television and movies, including the role of Veronica Vaughn in the movie Billy Madison, the role of Elsa Shivers in the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, and...

| Oregon

Miss Oregon Teen USA

The Miss Oregon Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Until Tennessee's victory in 2009, Oregon was the only state to win more than one Miss Teen USA title - they have produced three winners...

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| 1989
| Angela Visser

Angela Visser

Angela Visser is the first woman from the Netherlands to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1989.-Miss Universe:...

| Netherlands
| Gretchen Polhemus

Gretchen Polhemus

Gretchen Lynn Polhemus-Jensen is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jensen was working as a cattle broker and real estate agent in her home state....

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Brandi Sherwood

Brandi Sherwood

| Idaho

Miss Idaho Teen USA

The Miss Idaho Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Idaho has only placed twice and as such is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA...

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| 1988
| Porntip Nakhirunkanok

Porntip Nakhirunkanok

Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...

| Thailand

Miss Thailand

Miss Thailand is a beauty pageant held in Thailand for single Thai women, first held on December 10, 1934 in Phra Nakorn province or The National Capital, under the name of Miss Siam ....

| Courtney Gibbs

Courtney Gibbs

Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow is a former Miss USA and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.-Miss USA:...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Mindy Duncan

Mindy Duncan

Mindy Duncan is a beauty queen from Newberg, Oregon, who won the title Miss Teen USA 1988.The petite red haired sixteen-year-old became the first Miss Oregon Teen USA to win at the Miss Teen USA competition, when she won the title in the pageant held in San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1988...

| Oregon

Miss Oregon Teen USA

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| Cecilia Bolocco
| Chile

Miss Chile

Miss Universo Chile is a national beauty pageant that selects Chile's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.-History:Chile is one of the few countries that has participated in Miss Universe since 1952, has sent 47 representatives in the pageant's 60-year history and placed 13 times in the...

| Michelle Royer

Michelle Royer

Michelle Renee Royer-Jefferson is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jefferson was a student at Texas Wesleyan University...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Kristi Addis

Kristi Addis

Kristi Addis Hickman is a former beauty queen from Holcomb, Mississippi who won the title Miss Teen USA 1987 as Kristi Lynn Addis.Addis became the first Miss Mississippi Teen USA to place at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in El Paso, Texas on July 21, 1987.After her reign...

| Mississippi

Miss Mississippi Teen USA

The Miss Mississippi Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

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| 1986
| Bárbara Palacios Teyde

Bárbara Palacios Teyde

Bárbara Palacios Teyde is the third woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss Universe crown, on July 21, 1986 in Panama City, Panama.-Personal life:...

| Venezuela

Miss Venezuela

| Christy Fichtner

Christy Fichtner

Christiane Crane "Christy" Fichtner is a former Miss USA and first runner-up to . In 2003, she participated in Who Wants to Marry My Dad?.-Early life:...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Allison Brown

Allison Brown

Allison Brown is a beauty queen from Oklahoma who won the title Miss Teen USA 1986.Brown became the first Miss Oklahoma Teen USA to win at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986....

| Oklahoma

Miss Oklahoma Teen USA

The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This state was taken over by Vanbros in 1997....

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| 1985
| Deborah Carthy-Deu

Deborah Carthy-Deu

Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She became the second Miss Universe from Puerto Rico. The contest was held at James L. Knight Center of Miami, Florida on July 15, 1985.-Early years:...

| Puerto Rico
| Laura Martinez-Herring

Laura Harring

Laura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

| Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu

Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

| Hawaii

Miss Hawaii Teen USA

The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...

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| 1984
| Yvonne Ryding

Yvonne Ryding

Yvonne Agneta Ryding is a beauty queen from Sweden who was crowned Miss Universe 1984 on July 9, 1984...

| Sweden
| Mai Shanley

Mai Shanley

Mai Therese Shanley , Miss New Mexico USA, Miss USA 1984, is a former beauty queen. Her mother is ethnically Taiwanese and is from Taiwan, while her father is Irish American....

| New Mexico

Miss New Mexico USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss New MexicoThe Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant....

| Cherise Haugen

Cherise Haugen

Cherise Vonae Haugen , is a model and actress from Sleepy Hollow, Illinois.Haugen became the first Miss Illinois Teen USA to win the Miss Teen USA title, in the pageant held in Memphis, Tennessee on April 30, 1984. She was a judge in the 1986 Miss Teen USA pageant alongside Bob Hemberger and had a...

| Illinois

Miss Illinois Teen USA

The Miss Illinois Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

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| 1983
| Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:...

| New Zealand

New Zealand at Miss Universe

Miss Universe New Zealand is the New Zealand national beauty pageant which feeds into the international Miss Universe competition. Qualification for Miss Universe New Zealand is based on regional pageants and/or personal interviews .New Zealanders have contested 44 Miss Universe pageants since its...

| Julie Hayek

Julie Hayek

Julie Lynne Hayek is an American beauty queen and actress who was Miss USA 1983.-Early life:Hayek is of Czech and German descent on her father's side and Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and English on her mother's side. Her father was an airline pilot and her mother, a high school guidance counselor...

| California

Miss California USA

| Ruth Zakarian

Ruth Zakarian

Ruth Zakarian was the winner of the first ever Miss Teen USA pageant, held in 1983 in Lakeland, Florida. She went on to compete in Miss USA 1984 as Miss Teen USA 1983.-Miss Teen USA:...

| New York

Miss New York Teen USA

The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Like the first Miss USA competition , the first Miss Teen USA competition was won by a Miss New York Teen USA. That winner was Ruth Zakarian, who went on to...

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| 1982
| Karen Dianne Baldwin

Karen Dianne Baldwin

Karen Dianne Baldwin, is the first Canadian winner of Miss Universe.-Early life:Before becoming Miss Universe, she attended London Central Secondary School in London, Ontario.-Miss Universe:...

| Canada

Miss Canada

Miss Canada was a scholarship competition for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1946. The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired in 1963 on CTV. The late Peter Jennings was host of the pageant in 1964....

| Terri Utley

Terri Utley

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| Arkansas

Miss Arkansas USA

The Miss Arkansas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant.The state pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2002 to 2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization in 2007...

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| 1981
| Irene Sáez
| Venezuela

Miss Venezuela

| Kim Seelbrede

Kim Seelbrede

Kimberly 'Kim' Seelbrede is a beauty queen from Ohio who held the title Miss USA 1981. Kimberly Seelbrede is a licensed psychotherapist in the state of New York. Kim holds a Master's degree from New York University and an undergraduate BA in Psychology.Following the pageant, Kim embarked on a...

| Ohio

Miss Ohio USA

The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years...

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| 1980
| Shawn Weatherly
| USA

Miss USA

| Jineane Ford

Jineane Ford

Jineane Ford is an American beauty queen and television personality from Arizona who held the title Miss USA 1980.- Career :Ford, who hails from Gilbert, Arizona won the Miss Arizona USA contest in 1979...

| Arizona

Miss Arizona USA

The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

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| 1979
| Maritza Sayalero

Maritza Sayalero

Maritza Sayalero is a former beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 1979 and became her country's first Miss Universe titleholder...

| Venezuela

Miss Venezuela

| Mary Therese Friel

Mary Therese Friel

Mary Therese Friel is a beauty queen and business woman from New York who has held the title Miss USA 1979.Friel, who grew up in Pittsford, New York won the titles Miss New York USA and Miss USA. She was later a model, and opened her own modelling agency in 1987...

| New York

Miss New York USA

The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...

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| 1978
| Margaret Gardiner

Margaret Gardiner

Margaret Gardiner, from Woodstock, South Africa is the winner of the Miss Universe pageant in 1978. She was 18 years old when she won the pageant.. , Palm Beach Post . , St...

| South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

| Judi Andersen
| Hawaii

Miss Hawaii USA

The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...

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| 1977
| Janelle Commissiong

Janelle Commissiong

Janelle Commissiong was born in Trinidad and Tobago. Commissiong migrated to the United States at the age of 13, and returned to Trinidad and Tobago ten years later...

| Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

| Kimberly Tomes

Kimberly Tomes

Kimberly Louise Tomes is a beauty queen from Texas who has held Miss USA title.Tomes won the Miss Texas USA title in 1976, and later represented Texas in the Miss USA 1977 pageant held in Charleston, South Carolina. In the nationally televised pageant, Tomes won the Miss USA title, becoming the...

| Texas

Miss Texas USA

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

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| 1976
| Rina Messinger
| Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

| Barbara Peterson

Barbara Peterson

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| Minnesota

Miss Minnesota USA

The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...

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| 1975
| Anne Marie Pohtamo

Anne Marie Pohtamo

Anne Marie Pohtamo was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador....

| Finland

Miss Finland

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| Summer Bartholomew

Summer Bartholomew

Summer Robin Bartholomew is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant.Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Oktoberfest title....

| California

Miss California USA

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| 1974
| Amparo Muñoz

Amparo Muñoz

Amparo Muñoz Quesada was a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far, only Spaniard to win the Miss Universe pageant.-Miss Universe 1974:Amparo Muñoz came from the town of Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia,...

| Spain
| Karen Morrison

Karen Morrison

Karen Jean Morrison-Comstock is a beauty queen from St. Charles, Illinois who held the Miss USA 1974 title.-Pageants:Comstock entered the Miss Illinois USA pageant at the suggestion of her modeling agency who owned the franchise and her sister who encouraged her to participate. Paula Zahn, an...

| Illinois

Miss Illinois USA

The Miss Illinois USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state Illinois in the Miss USA pageant.Illinois is one of the most successful states in the competition. It is one of only four states to have won four or more Miss USA titles and one of only three states to...

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| 1973
| Margarita Moran

María Margarita Morán

Maria Margarita Morán Róxas-Floirendo won the Miss Philippines and Miss Universe crowns in 1973. A granddaughter of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas, she has also been known as Margie Morán Róxas and Margie Moran Róxas De Floirendo...

| Philippines

Binibining Pilipinas

Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...

| Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones (Miss USA)

Amanda Jones is a former beauty queen from Evanston, Illinois who has held the Miss USA 1973 title.Jones was crowned Miss Illinois USA 1973 and later represented Illinois in the Miss USA 1973 pageant held in New York City. She won the Miss USA title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Tanya...

| Illinois

Miss Illinois USA

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| 1972
| Kerry Anne Wells

Kerry Anne Wells

Kerry Anne Wells of Australia was the 1972 winner of the Miss Universe contest. She is from East Victoria Park, Western Australia.The 1972 pageant was the first to take place place outside the continental United States. That year, it was held in Dorado, Puerto Rico...

| Australia

Miss Australia

Miss Australia is the title for the winner of the Miss Australia Quest/Awards, which ran from 1954 until 2000, when the last Miss Australia was named....

| Tanya Wilson

Tanya Wilson

Tanya Wilson is a beauty queen from Honolulu, Hawaii who held the Miss USA 1972 title.Wilson placed second runner-up in the Miss Nevada pageant in 1969 and also competed in 1970. After moving to Honolulu with her mother, Wilson won the Miss Hawaii USA title in early May 1972...

| Hawaii

Miss Hawaii USA

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| 1971
| Georgina Rizk

Georgina Rizk

Georgina Rizk was Lebanon's first and so far only Miss Universe.Rizk was born in Beirut to a Christian household. She was crowned in the Miss Universe pageant in 1971 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. She was the first woman from the Middle East and the fourth woman from Asia to win the title...

| Lebanon

Miss Lebanon

.Miss Lebanon - Lebanon's Official National Beauty Pageant is a beauty contest in Lebanon.Miss Lebanon is the only national beauty contest that awards prizes worth more than one million US dollars to its winners. It is broadcast on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation , since 1991...

| Michele McDonald

Michele McDonald

Michele McDonald is a pageant titleholder from Butler, Pennsylvania who held the Miss USA 1971 title.Encouraged to enter the competition by her mother, McDonald won Miss Pennsylvania USA title in early May 1971. Later that month she then represented her state in the Miss USA pageant, held in Miami...

| Pennsylvania

Miss Pennsylvania USA

The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant.Michele McDonald is Pennsylvania's only Miss USA so far. At only eighteen, she was one of the youngest competitors ever to win the crown...

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| 1970
| Marisol Malaret

Marisol Malaret

Marisol Malaret Contreras was the very first Puerto Rican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.-Biography:She started to work from an early age due to the death of her father and chronic illness of her mother...

| Puerto Rico
| Deborah Shelton

Deborah Shelton

Deborah 'Debbie' Shelton is an American beauty queen and actress who held the Miss USA title and appeared on Dallas for three seasons.-Pageants:In 1970 Shelton competed in the Miss Virginia USA pageant to spite her then boyfriend...

| Virginia

Miss Virginia USA

The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists, they have had two Miss USAs. They are one of only three states to have had two Miss...

Wendy Dascomb

Wendy Dascomb is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.In 1969 Dascomb, a resident of Danville, Virginia, and freshman at Stratford College, reluctantly competed in the Miss Piedmont pageant at the urging of college faculty. She won then advanced to the...

| Virginia

Miss Virginia USA

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| 1968
| Martha Vasconcellos

Martha Vasconcellos

Martha Vasconcellos , is a Brazilian who became that country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's...

| Brazil

Miss Brasil

The Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held almost every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants.It is one of the most important beauty contest of the world, with USA and Venezuela...

| Dorothy Anstett

Dorothy Anstett

Dorothy Catherine Anstett is a pageant titleholder from Kirkland, Washington who held the Miss USA 1968 title.Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title...

| Washington

Miss Washington USA

The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant.Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA...

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| 1967
| Sylvia Hitchcock

Sylvia Hitchcock

Sylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...

| USA

Miss USA

| Cheryl Ann Patton

Cheryl Patton

Cheryl Patton is a pageant titleholder from North Miami Beach, Florida who has held the Miss USA title.In 1966 Patton was a runner-up in the Miss Florida World pageant. The following year she won the Miss Florida USA 1967 title and represented Florida in the Miss USA 1967 pageant held in Miami...

| Florida

Miss Florida USA

The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA...

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| 1966
| Margareta Arvidsson

Margareta Arvidsson

Margareta Arvidsson, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 12, 1947, was 18 years old when she was crowned as the 1966 Miss Universe . She represented Vänersborg in the 1966 Miss Sweden Pageant....

| Sweden
| Maria Remenyi

Maria Remenyi

Maria Remenyi is a beauty queen who held the title of Miss USA 1966.-Early life:Remenyi was born in Denmark and grew up in Hungary after her father was transferred to an army post there...

| California

Miss California USA

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| 1965
| Apasra Hongsakula

Apasra Hongsakula

Apasra Hongsakula is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1965. She is the daughter of Group Captain "Perm" and Kayoon Hongsakula...

| Thailand

Miss Thailand

Miss Thailand is a beauty pageant held in Thailand for single Thai women, first held on December 10, 1934 in Phra Nakorn province or The National Capital, under the name of Miss Siam ....

| Sue Ann Downey
| Ohio

Miss Ohio USA

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| 1964
| Corinna Tsopei

Corinna Tsopei

Kiriaki "Corinna" Tsopei is a beauty pageant winner and actress. In 1964, Tsopei became the first Greek winner of the Miss Universe pageant.-Career:...

| Greece

Star Hellas

Star Hellas-Miss Hellas-Miss Young is the longest-running beauty pageant in Greece. The winner of the contest is crowned Star Hellas and goes on to represent Greece in Miss Universe, B Star Hellas goes to Miss International while Miss Hellas goes to Miss World...

| Bobbie Johnson

Bobbie Johnson

Barbara Joan "Bobbi" Johnson is a former beauty queen from Alexandria, Virginia who held the Miss USA 1964 title and has competed in the Miss Universe pageant....

| District of Columbia

Miss District of Columbia USA

The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant....

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| 1963
| Ieda Maria Vargas

Ieda Maria Vargas

Iêda Maria Vargas , is a Brazilian who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. Vargas is a native of Rio Grande do Sul...

| Brazil

Miss Brasil

| Marite Ozers
| Illinois

Miss Illinois USA

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| 1962
| Norma Nolan

Norma Nolan

Norma Nolan , is an Argentine who became, in 1962, the first woman from that country to obtain the Miss Universe title. She won the title in Miami Beach, Florida. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent...

| Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

| Macel Leilani Wilson

Macel Leilani Wilson

Macel Leilani Wilson, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was the first Asian American to win the Miss USA beauty pageant, and a film editor for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.-Miss USA 1962:...

| Hawaii

Miss Hawaii USA

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| 1961
| Marlene Schmidt

Marlene Schmidt

Marlene Schmidt , a professional Engineer, came to fame as winner of the 1961 Miss Universe pageant. Later she had a career in the movie industry....

| Germany

Miss Germany

Miss Germany is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Germany. In 1927, the contest was held for the first time.In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the title Miss Germany could not be patented or...

| Sharon Brown

Sharon Brown

Sharon Rene Brown is a beauty queen from Louisiana who was crowned Miss USA 1961, becoming the first Miss USA titleholder in history to win the Photogenic award.-Early life:...

| Louisiana

Miss Louisiana USA

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| 1960
| Linda Bement

Linda Bement

Linda Jeanne Bement , is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the third Miss USA to be crowned Miss Universe.-Miss Universe 1960:...

| USA

Miss USA

| Linda Bement

Linda Bement

Linda Jeanne Bement , is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the third Miss USA to be crowned Miss Universe.-Miss Universe 1960:...

| Utah

Miss Utah USA

The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss USA pageant.Utah has been quite successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. Their most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced one Miss USA in 1960...

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| 1959
| Akiko Kojima

Akiko Kojima

is a Japanese model and the first Miss Universe to originate from Asia.- Biography :Akiko was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she bested four other finalists from Norway, the USA, England, and Brazil for the 1959 Miss Universe crown in Long Beach, California...

| Japan
| Terry Huntingdon

Terry Huntingdon

Terry Lynn Huntingdon is Miss USA 1959.After winning the Miss California USA crown, Huntingdon, from Mount Shasta, California went on to become California's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA. She is also the first Miss USA to win in her home state.Ms. Huntington was also a...

| California

Miss California USA

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| 1958
| Luz Marina Zuluaga

Luz Marina Zuluaga

Luz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...

| Colombia
| Eurlyne Howell
| Louisiana

Miss Louisiana USA

Gladys Zender

Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier is a beauty queen from Peru who became the first Latin American woman to win the Miss Universe title.-Miss Universe:...

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Miss Peru

Peru has been competing in the Miss Universe pageants for over 50 years. Their first representative was Ada Gabriela Bueno in 1952. Five years later, It became the first Latin American and Spanish-speaking country to win the Miss Universe crown when Gladys Zender became Miss Universe 1957. As of...

| Charlotte Sheffield

Charlotte Sheffield

Charlotte Sheffield was Miss USA 1957.After winning the Miss Utah USA crown, Sheffield, from Salt Lake City, Utah went on to become Utah's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA, when Mary Leona Gage was stripped of her title days later during the Miss Universe 1957 competition...

| Utah

Miss Utah USA

Mary Leona Gage

Mary Leona Gage was a beauty queen from Maryland who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first, and so far, only woman from that state to capture the Miss USA crown...

| Maryland

Miss Maryland USA

The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments....

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| Carol Morris

Carol Morris

Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....

| USA

Miss USA

| Carol Morris

Carol Morris

Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....

| Iowa

Miss Iowa USA

The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant.While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence...

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| 1955
| Hillevi Rombin

Hillevi Rombin

Hillevi Schine, , crowned as Miss Sweden and is the fourth winner of Miss Universe in 1955. She was the first deceased Miss Universe title holder since the pageant's inception.-Biography:...

| Sweden
| Carlene Johnson

Carlene King Johnson

Carlene King Johnson Drake was Miss USA 1955.After winning the Miss Vermont USA crown, Johnson, from Rutland, Vermont went on to become Vermont's only representative to achieve the title of Miss USA. Previously, she was Miss Vermont 1953.Johnson was born to Dr. Norman & Katherine King Johnson....

| Vermont

Miss Vermont USA

The Miss Vermont USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states, but they have produced a Miss USA - Carlene King Johnson in 1955...

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| Miriam Stevenson

Miriam Stevenson

Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson born 4 July 1933, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, won the Miss USA pageant as Miss South Carolina USA in 1954. She was the first Miss USA to hold the Miss Universe beauty crown....

| USA

Miss USA

| Miriam Stevenson

Miriam Stevenson

| South Carolina

Miss South Carolina USA

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| 1953
| Christiane Martel

Christiane Martel

Christiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....

| France

Miss France

Miss France is the trademark of an annual beauty pageant. Rights to the trademark were obtained in 2002 by the Dutch television production company Endemol through its subsidiary Miss France SAS, whose director general is Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2002. Endemol also holds the rights in France to...

| Myrna Hansen

Myrna Hansen

-Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...

| Illinois

Miss Illinois USA

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| Armi Kuusela

Armi Kuusela

3. ; Victoria Advocate, 5 May, 19534. ; Owosso Argus-Press, 30, June 1952-External links:*...

| Finland

Suomen Neito

Suomen Neito is a traditional Finnish beauty contest. The most prestigious beauty contest in Finland, however, is Miss Suomi ....

| Jackie Loughery

Jackie Loughery

Jacqueline "Jackie" Loughery is best known as the first Miss New York USA and winner of the first Miss USA beauty pageant, in Long Beach, California. In 1952, she won the title only after a second ballot broke a first-place tie...

| New York

Miss New York USA

The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...

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In 2002, Fedorova was dethroned by the Miss Universe Organization and replaced by Pasek, the first runner-up.

In 1957, Gage was stripped of her Miss USA title when it was revealed that she was married and the mother of two children. Sheffield, the first runner-up, replaced her.

External links

Miss Universe Organization

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