The most beautiful Miss World ever. Beauty queen: what Miss World looks like in different years

Fashion & Style 23.07.2019
Fashion & Style

The Miss Universe pageant is the most important beauty pageant in the world. It was first held in Long Beach, California, USA in 1952. In 2011, this prestigious international annual competition turned 60 years old. We tried to select for you the ten most beautiful women - the winners of the Miss Universe contest in the entire history of its existence. You can check out the list we came up with below.

Sean Nichols Weatherly (born July 24, 1959) is an American actress, Miss USA and "Miss Universe 1980". Weatherly with her blond hair and sparkling blue eyes managed to win the preliminary competition by a clear margin and win all three final competitions (interview, evening dress and entrance in swimsuits). She was the only woman to score above 9.0 in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Weatherly became the fifth Miss Universe from the United States. One of her most famous film roles was as cadet Karen Adams in Police Academy 3: Retraining.

Irene Saez


In ninth place on the list of the most beautiful Miss Universe winners of all time is Irene Saez (born December 13, 1961) - Venezuelan politician, former mayor of Chacao (municipality of Caracas), governor of the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, former presidential candidate. Won the thirtieth annual competition "Miss Universe 1981" held in New York at the age of 19.


Yosef Alicia Machado Fajardo (born December 6, 1976) is a Venezuelan actress, television presenter, journalist, singer and beauty queen who has won "Miss Universe 1996". She became the fourth woman from Venezuela to win the Miss Universe title. She scored an average of 9.82 points in all three final competitions. Considered one of the most sexy women era of the 90s. In February 2006, Machado appeared on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy magazine, thus becoming the only Miss Universe to pose nude for Playboy.


Sylvia Louise Hitchcock (January 31, 1946 – August 16, 2015) was an American model, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1967. Over 56 contestants from different countries competed for the prestigious title this year, but the breathtaking exotic beauty of Sylvia Hitchcock was unquestionably the best. Her amazingly beautiful brown eyes, glorious smile, sophistication, charm and sensuality made her the true "Miss Universe" of her time. Sylvia died of cancer at the age of 69.


Natalya Vladimirovna Glebova (born November 11, 1981) is a Russian-Canadian writer, model, TV presenter and beauty queen who won Miss Universe Canada 2005 and "Miss Universe 2005" in Bangkok. A year earlier, in 2004, Natalia participated in the Miss Universe Canada contest, where she took only third place. Since 2006 he lives in Bangkok (Thailand) where he is the founder and president of Fah Glebova International.

Mona Grudt


Mona Grudt Bittrick (born 6 April 1971) is a Norwegian television presenter, dancer and competition winner. "Miss Universe 1990" held in Los Angeles, USA. She is the first and only contestant from Norway to be crowned Miss Universe. She called herself the "Beauty Queen from Hell" (because she was born in the city of interesting name Hell, Norway; besides, "hell" in Norwegian means "happiness").


Diana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada (born June 1, 1986 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actress, model, Miss Venezuela 2007 and "Miss Universe 2008". Speaks English, Spanish and Italian. As of June 2009, Mendoza has traveled as Miss Universe to Indonesia, Singapore, Italy, Vatican, Spain, France, Nicaragua, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Bahamas, Russia, El Salvador, United United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Argentina, Romania, Vietnam and USA. Currently lives in New York.


Oksana Gennadievna Fedorova (born December 17, 1977) - Russian actress, singer, TV presenter, winner of the Miss St. Petersburg (1999), Miss Russia (2001) and "Miss Universe" (2002) held in Puerto Rico. However, four months later, Oksana was stripped of the Miss Universe title, which went to Justine Pasek from Panama, who took second place in the competition. Donald Trump (the owner of the organizing company of the competition) explained the transfer of the title by the fact that the winner was obliged to participate in advertising and charity events around the world, and Oksana practically did not leave Russia. In a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study public opinion in 2012, respondents named Oksana Fedorova the most beautiful woman Russia.

Angela Visser


Second place in the list of the ten most beautiful winners of the Miss Universe contest of all time is Angela Visser (born October 18, 1966) - Dutch actress, model, Miss World 1988, winner of the contest "Miss Universe 1989" held in Cancun, Mexico. She is the first contestant from the Netherlands to win the Miss Universe pageant.


The most beautiful winner of the Miss Universe contest of all time is Jennifer Hawkins (born December 22, 1983) - Australian model, TV presenter, entrepreneur, Miss Universe Australia 2004, winner of the contest "Miss Universe 2004". She was a judge in the finals of the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Vietnam. She has a perfect body and is extremely Beautiful face which graced the cover of many international magazines. Contest owner Donald Trump described Hawkins in an interview as "the most beautiful Miss Universe contestant he has seen in many, many years."

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The annual Miss World contest has been held since 1951, but we have selected 9 winners who, in our subjective opinion, deserve your attention.

Penelope Keulen, SA. "Miss World 1958"

She won the competition at the age of 18, now she is 77 years old.

This sweet 18-year-old girl captivated the jury with her spontaneity, beauty, grace, and became the first winner of the Miss World contest from Africa. She is one of the few who returned to their homeland (South Africa) and lives there to this day. Despite her age (she is still 77 years old), she runs a business on her own - she has a beauty salon. She is also interested in photography. Judging by the pictures, Penelope did not resort and does not resort to the services of plastic surgeons, which is worthy of respect. And her smile was just as charming.

Ann Sidney, UK. "Miss World 1964"

She won the competition at the age of 20, now she is 73 years old.


After winning the competition, Ann began to be invited to appear in TV shows and movies. I must admit, the girl really has a very cinematic appearance. Among her most famous works are episodes in the TV series The Avengers, Birds in the Bush and Thanks for Buying, as well as in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice. She still carefully monitors her figure and is a frequent guest at various social events.

Wilnelia Merced, Puerto Rico. "Miss World 1975"

She won the competition at the age of 18, now she is 59 years old.


During the year that she held the title of Miss World 1975, Vilnelia traveled a lot. She liked England more than other countries, where she met her husband Bruce Forsyth (the highest paid British TV presenter). In 2011, he received a knighthood, therefore, now she also has the right to use the title "Lady Forsythe" in circulation. Unfortunately, in August 2017, Bruce died. So, now Wilnelia - enviable bride in which you do not recognize the true Puerto Rican.

Cindy Breakspear, Jamaica. "Miss World 1976"

She won the competition at the age of 22, now she is 62 years old.


Cindy has always been interested in two things: modeling and music. After winning the Miss World contest, she nevertheless decided to leave her modeling career and seriously took up singing. Interesting fact from her biography: Cindy has a son with Bob Marley, with whom Breakspear had an affair. It is known that Bob dedicated the song Turn Your Lights Down Low to his ex-wife. Cindy later married Senator and lawyer Tom Tavares, with whom she had two children, although the couple eventually divorced. Now Breakspear is married to musician Rupert Bent II and still continues to work as a model and singer.

Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria. "Miss World 1987"

She won the competition at the age of 20, now she is 50 years old.


Like many winners of this competition, Ulla began to host various programs on television and radio, and also wrote a book about beauty "In the realm of smells - essential oils and their action”, which, by the way, can be bought even now. In addition, Weigerstorfer is actively involved in charity work and entrepreneurship. And she also has a post in the Austrian Parliament, so she dresses and makes up modestly, since it is not customary to stand out in politics.

Gina Tolleson, USA. "Miss World 1990"

She won the competition at the age of 20, now she is 47 years old.


As is often the case, after winning the prestigious competition, Gina met the right people, in particular with Alan Thicke, with whom she organized the Miss America pageant in El Paso (Texas). The couple got married, but divorced in the late 90s. Now Gina is no longer involved in competitions, but continues to lead a social life. She holds the post of executive editor of one of the magazines in Santa Barbara, so she attends social events and parties on duty.

Aishwarya Rai, India. "Miss World 1994"

She won the competition at the age of 21, now she is 43 years old.


Aishwarya is probably the most famous of all the Miss World winners. And all because she is a popular Indian fashion model and actress, as well as the beauty ambassador of L’Oréal Paris. In addition to being beautiful, Rai is also smart and fluent in five languages: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Tulu and English. She is married to Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and they have a 5-year-old daughter. But the family and the child do not prevent Aishwarya from continuing to act in films and commercials, as well as shine on the red carpet of international film festivals.

Linor Abargil, Israel. "Miss World 1998"

She won the competition at the age of 18, now she is 37 years old.


Linor's story cannot be called cloudless: shortly before Miss World, the girl was raped. The culprit was found, convicted, imprisoned, but this is not so important ... We must pay tribute to Abargil, she managed to rise above the situation, went to the competition, where she withstood all the tests with dignity, and eventually won it. Now Linor, in addition to modeling, is engaged in social and public work to protect the rights of women. She is often invited to various TV shows where these topics are covered. By the way, in 2013 it was filmed documentary about the fate of Linor under the name Brave Miss World ("Brave Miss World").

India's Manushi Chhillar won the Miss World 2017 title on Saturday. The 20-year-old Indian beat Mexico's Andrea Meza and Britain's Stephanie Hill to second and third respectively.

Manushi Chhillar, 20, a medical student, plans to become a cardiac surgeon and open a chain of hospitals in rural areas. Judging by the way the careers of those who won the competition developed, she will be able to do it. In the past 10 years, the winners of the most famous beauty pageant have become movie actresses, presenters and even governors.

2007 - Zhang Zilin, China

The title of "Miss World - 2007" in the finals of the contest, held in the resort Chinese city of Sanya, was won by the representative of China, 23-year-old Zhang Zilin. She became the first Chinese woman to win this title. Tall Zilin is 23 years old, her height is 182 centimeters. At the time of the competition, she worked as a secretary in a company in Beijing. But after the victory began new life. In 2008, Zhang Zilin and other four famous models Xia Minjie, Song Yang, Yang Fang, Wang Yi jointly recorded a solemn song on English language for the ceremony of handing over the torch of the Olympics under the name "Ignite the passion - pass the dream!". In 2013, Zhang secretly married investment banker and businessman Niel Nie. And in 2014-2016. she starred in several films ("The Monkey King", "Bugs 3D", "Meet Miss Anxiety", "The Monkey King: The Beginning").

2008 - Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia

The Miss World 2008 competition, the final of which was held at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg (South Africa), was won by Russian Ksenia Sukhinova. At the time of the competition, she was studying in Tyumen at the State Oil and Gas University as a specialist in management and informatics in technical systems. True, even during her studies, she began her modeling career. After winning, in 2009 Ksenia becomes the face of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Moscow. She worked at the Fashion House of Valentin Yudashkin. For a long time She has worked as a model in the US and Europe. She met with millionaire Sergey Govyadin, whom she broke up with in 2015.

2009 Kayane Aldorino, Gibraltar

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2011 - Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela

Miss World", which was held in London.

Sarkos, despite her young age, has already received an education in the field of HR and worked in one of the television companies. As she stated during the competition, her dream is to work with children (Miss World herself has 12 brothers and sisters). However, after her victory, she became very popular as a model and made an excellent career in the United States.

2012 - Yu Wenxia, ​​China

Miss China", 23-year-old Yu Wenxia won the final. The victory was "home" - the final was again held in China. The second place was taken by a British resident, Welsh Elizabeth Molds, the third was the representative of Australia, Michelle Kahawati.

Before the competition, Yu said in an interview that she dreamed of becoming a singer, which she was going for - by the time of the victory, she had already studied for 4 years at the folk music course at Harbin University. But after the victory, she, like the first winner Zhang Zilin, was attracted by the cinema. She even got a small role in The Transporter Refueled.

2013 - Megan Young, Philippines.

Miss World 2013" was won by Filipino Megan Young. In the final, she beat the representatives of France and Ghana. Megan Young was born in the USA and moved to the Philippines when she was 10 years old. She started her acting career very early: she first participated in the reality show StarStruck ( analogue of the show "Voice" and "We are looking for talent"). Then she played in popular TV shows. After winning the competition, Young continued her acting career, and also began her career as an artist.

2014 - Rolin Strauss, South Africa

Miss South Africa "on the second attempt. Prior to winning, Rolin studied at the University of Bluefontein School of Medicine as an obstetrician-gynecologist. In 2015, she married businessman D'Neil Strauss, whom she met for three years. In the spring of 2016, she opened a family charitable foundation "The Strauss Foundation", which deals with the prevention of women's health.On January 6, 2017, she gave birth to a son.

2015 - Mireya Lalaguna Royo, Spain

Spaniard Mireya Lalaguna Royo became the winner of the Miss World contest, which was held in the resort of Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan. She was ahead of the second Russian Sofia Nikitchuk and Indonesian Maria Harfanti (third place). Mireya became the first Spaniard to win the competition. She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona. "I'm getting used to the attention, some people see me as some kind of goddess, but I believe that I'm the same person as everyone else," says the winner. After her victory, she went on a tour of the United States and Canada, and then to Kenya to take part in humanitarian programs (all Miss World winners make such tours). According to Mireya, her dream is to create a business focused on food and diet.

2016 - Stephanie Del Valle, Puerto Rico

Miss World 2016. Stephanie Del Valle is studying communications and law at Pace University in New York. It was Stephanie who presented the crown to this year's winner, Indian beauty Manushi Chhillar.

The Miss World pageant is the oldest beauty pageant of international importance. The first time it was arranged in London in 1951. Today the competition is held according to the same rules that were established in the late 1950s. All Miss World winners are required to speak at least one foreign language, be able to communicate with people and have good manners. High hopes are placed on girls, and they are the standard of beauty. Schoolgirls want to be like them, they are inherited, imitated. Many people dream of the Miss World crown, but only one gets the right to wear it: the most beautiful and magnificent. Charming representatives of different countries won in different years. Who are they? Now we will get to know them better.

TOP 5 most memorable winners

Below will be presented all the winners of the "Miss World", which the audience remembers the most.

  • Kikki Hokansson- it was hard not to remember this girl, because she became the first winner of the now famous competition. In 1951 she represented all the beauties of Sweden. The real name of the girl is Kerstin, but the organizers of the festival decided to change it to Kikki, a more flirtatious form of the name. At the time of Kikki's victory, she was 22 years old, she entered the history of the event as the only laureate dressed in a bikini during the awards ceremony.
  • Eva Ruber-Steyer(1969). All Miss World winners, after the end of the project, as a rule, begin to do charity work. But this Austrian decided to devote herself to creativity. She became a film actress, and after the end of her career, she took up sculpture. Eva played in three parts of the film epic about the famous Bond agent and worked with Ridley Scott himself.

  • Gabriella Broom- An 18-year-old German who won in 1980 refused the title of "Miss World" 18 hours after receiving it. Gabriella motivated her decision by the fact that her boyfriend does not approve of this turn of events. But in fact, before winning the competition, the girl was actively filming for men's glossies. And such behavior is in no way linked to such a “clean” status.
  • Aishvaria Rai- This is one of the most popular nominees of the competition. The Indian actress received the coveted crown in 1994. This girl became the first Indian woman, a wax copy of which was placed in Madame Tussauds.
  • Zhang Zilin- this girl was the first Chinese woman who managed to become Miss World in 2007. The woman is engaged in the modeling business and acts in films.

They were the first

All Miss World winners go through many qualifying rounds and auditions before reaching the big final. They have to show all their patience and, perhaps, courage. The path to the treasured ribbon will not be easy. So who won the first beauty contests? We have already named the name of the very first beauty of the planet - Kikki Hokansson. Well, the next ten title holders were:


Victories 1962-1982

The winners of the Miss World contest for 1962-1982 are as follows.

In 1962, the Netherlands won, namely Katarina Lodders. The following year, Jamaica came first with Carol Crawford. In 1964 and 1965 the victory was again for Great Britain, it was won by Ann Sidney and Leslie Langley, respectively. In 1966, luck smiled at India, and specifically Reita Faria. Madeleine Hartog Bell of Peru won in 1967. And the next year, the Australian Penelope Plummer won the competition. We have already named the winner of 1969.

1970s in Grenada with Jennifer Hosten. Brazilian Lucia Petterle won in 1971. Australia was lucky enough to win again in 1972 with Belinda Green. A girl from the USA for the first time became the most beautiful on the planet in 1973. 1974 again became a landmark for England, the victory was brought by Helen Morgan. Wilnelia Merced in 1975 represented Puerto Rico. 1976 was a victorious year for Jamaica - Cindy Breakspear had success. Sweden (Marie Stevin) and Argentina (Silvana Suarez) won in 1977 and 1978. introduced in 1979 by Gina Swanson. In 1980, the same Broom won, which we talked about above. In 1981 and 1982 the victory was for Pelin Leon from Venezuela and Mariasela Alvarez from the Dominican Republic.

1980s to 2000s

Miss World winners for all years from 1983 to 2000:

  • 1983 - Great Britain, Sarah-Jane Hutt.
  • 1984, 1991, 1995 - Venezuela, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Ninibet Leal and Jacqueline Aguilera.
  • 1985, 1988 - Iceland, Holmfridur Karlsdottir and Linda Petursdottir.
  • 1986 - Trinidad and Tobago, Gisele Laronde.
  • 1987 - Austria, Ulla Weigerstorfer.
  • 1989 - Poland, Aneta Kreglitska.
  • 1990 - USA, Gina Tolleson.
  • 1992 - Russia, Yulia Kurochkina.
  • 1993 - Jamaica, Lisa Hanna.
  • 1996 - Greece, Irine Skliva.
  • 1997, 1999 and 2000 - India, Diana Hayden, Yukta Mukhi and Priyanka Chopra.
  • 1998 - Israel, Linor Abargil.

Nowadays

And in our century there is a competition "Miss World". All winners for the XXI century will be presented below.

So, starting from 2001 and ending in 2016, the winners were: Agbani Darego from Nigeria, Azra Akin from Turkey, Rosanna Davison from Ireland, Maria Julia Mantilla from Peru. Unnur Birna Viljalmsdottir from Iceland, Tatyana Kukharzhova from the Czech Republic, Zhang Zilin from China. These are consecutive winners until 2008. Further winners since 2009: Gibraltar (Kayane Aldorino), USA (Alexandria Mills), Venezuela (Ivian Sarcos), China (Yu Wenxia), Philippines (Megan Young), South Africa (Rolin Strauss), Spain (Mireya Lalaguana) and South Africa (Candice Abrahams).

The revival of the beauty contest "Miss Russia", held in Paris from 1929 to 1939, took place in Moscow after the collapse of the USSR - in 1992. We present to you all the winners of this prestigious competition, as well as some information about how their fate developed in the future!

Anna Baichik - Miss Russia 1993. Now Anna Baychik is an associate professor, senior lecturer at the Department of International Journalism, candidate of political sciences.

The winner of the Miss Russia contest in 1994 was Inna Zobova. Irina was born in Khimki in 1976. Now Russian top model. actress and face of the famous brand Wonderbra. Now lives in France with her boyfriend Bruno Aveillant, a French photographer and filmmaker.


Elmira Tuyusheva - Miss Russia 1995. Obninsk beauty was born in 1977. Now she is married to Vladislav Maratovich Metreveli. Has a son Jan.


Miss Russia 1996 became Alexandra Petrova from Cheboksary. in 2000, she was shot in the head, two days before her twentieth birthday.


Miss Russia 1997 - Elena Rogozhina. In 1999, Elena became the winner of the Miss Europe contest. Elena managed to star in Abdulov's film "The Bremen Town Musicians", then went to America to work in a modeling agency. She got married there, they say unsuccessfully. Subsequently, traces of her were lost.


Miss Russia 1998 was won by Anna Malova, who was born in 1972 in Yaroslavl. In 20011, in America, Anna Malova was arrested on charges of forging medical prescriptions for obtaining drugs. Later, her prison term was replaced with compulsory treatment for drug addiction.


Miss Russia 1999 was Anna Kruglova from Kazan. Anna did not want to continue her career as a film actress and left for the USA work in a modeling agency.

In 2001, the title of Miss Russia was won by Oksana Fedorova (subsequently the winner of the Miss Universe contest). Unlike all the other winners of this competition, Oksana has developed a more than enviable. Now she is a presenter, actress and, above all, the happy wife of Andrey Borodin, an employee of the Presidential Administration, and the mother of two children.


Miss Russia 2002 was Svetlana Koroleva from Petrozavodsk. In the same year, the winner of the Miss Europe contest. In 2003 - the main snow maiden of the country. Now married, three children.


Victoria Lopyreva became the winner of the Miss Russia 2003 contest. Now Victoria is a popular TV presenter and model who has entered politics, is a member of the United Russia party.


Miss Russia 2004 was a girl from Naberezhnye Chelny Diana Zaripova. Diana worked in many Moscow modeling agencies, including Valentin Yudashkin.


Miss Russia 2005 Alexandra Ivanovskaya. Alexandra was born in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1989. The girl won her first competition "Barbara-beauty of a long braid" at the age of 9.


Miss Russia 2006 is Tatyana Kotova. Born in 1985 in the Rostov region. From 2008 to 2010 she was a soloist of the VIA Gra group. Since September 2010, she began her solo career.


Miss Russia 2007 was a resident of Tyumen Ksenia Sukhinova. In 2008, Ksenia becomes the owner of Miss World. Since 2011, she lived in a civil marriage with 49-year-old millionaire Sergey Govyadin.


Miss Russia 2009 was a resident of St. Petersburg Sofia Rudneva. The future Miss Russia, at the age of 15, was noted in an erotic photo shoot, which would later become scandalous for her. However, Sofia's fans believe that the girl managed to act not only for an erotic magazine, but also for a foreign porn film.


Irina Antonenko from Yekaterinburg became Miss Russia 2010. Irina starred in several films and in one performance. In 2011, Irina married businessman Vyacheslav Fedotov, but in 2014 the couple broke up.


Miss Russia 20012 was a girl from Chelyabinsk Natalya Gantimurova. Natalia is a prominent representative of the ancient Tungus family of the Gantemirovs. Natalya decided to spend the $100,000 she received on charity and buy her mother a white Mercedes.


Miss Russia 2012 was received by a resident of the Smolensk region Elizaveta Golovanova. The calling card of Elizabeth Golovanova is her luxurious long hair.


Miss Russia 2013 was a Tatar (already the third in a row) Elmira Abdrazakova.


Yulia Alipova, a resident of the Saratov region, became Miss Russia 2014. After the competition, Yulia received a cash prize of 100 thousand dollars and became the owner of a car.


Miss Russia 2015 was Sofia Nikitchuk, a native of Yekaterinburg. Sophia gained notoriety after she posed for the cover of Stolnik magazine in May 2015 in the nude, wrapped in the Russian tricolor. The prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region in relation to Sofia was checked.


Representative of Tyumen Yana Dobrovolskaya won the national contest "Miss Russia - 2016". She received the $1 million crown, adorned with pearls and diamonds, from last year's winner. Sofia Nikitchuk.


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