List of Miss World countries
This is a list of countries that have participated in the Miss World pageant and are still actively participating as of 2023. The pageant began in 1951.
List of active participating entrants
[edit]Country/Territory | Debut [1][2][3] |
Participations | Years competed [1][2][3] |
National title |
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2002 | 18 | 2002–2004 2006–present |
Miss Universe Albania | 0 | Won Miss World Scholarship (Miss World Beauty with a Purpose) in 2003. | |||
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1998 | 23 | 1998–2004 2006–2010 2012–2013 2017–present |
Miss Angola | 3 | 1st runner-up | 2006
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2008
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Won Miss World Africa in 2006, 2007, and 2008. |
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1959 | 57 | 1959–1981 1987–present |
Belleza Argentina | 14 | Winner | 1959
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2021
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2017 | 4 | 2017–2021 | Miss Armenia | 0 | ||||
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1955 | 59 | 1955–1958 1964–1965 1967–2019 2023–present |
Miss World Australia | 32 | Winner | 1955
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2023
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Won Miss World Oceania in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Won Miss World Asia-Oceania/Asia-Pacific in 1991 & 2006. |
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1966 | 52 | 1966 1968–1995 1997–2000 2002–2021 |
Miss Bahamas | 3 | Top 10
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1992
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2021
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1994 | 11 | 1994–1996 1998–2001 2017–2019 2023–present |
Miss Bangladesh | 2 | Top 30 | 2017
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2018
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Head To Head Challenge winner in 2017 & 2018. |
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1974 | 18 | 1974–1975 1983–1988 1990 1995 2000–2006 2008–2014 2018–2019 |
Miss Barbados World | 3 | Top 10
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1974
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2018
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 2009. Won Miss World Talent in 2001 & 2008. Won the People's Choice Award in 2009. |
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1954 | 67 | 1954–present | Miss Belgium | 9 | Top 8
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1962
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2023
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Won Miss World Friendship in 1969; Miss World Designer Dress Award in 2004; Miss World Europe in 2016. |
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1987 | 22 | 1987–1991 2002–2003 2007–2018 2021–present |
Miss World Belize | 1 | Top 40
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2023
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2023
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1975 | 48 | 1960-1961
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1965
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Miss Bolivia | 5 | Top 10
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1982
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2014
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1996 | 25 | 1996–present | Miss Bosne i Hercegovine | 1 | Top 20
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2002
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2002
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Won Miss World Top Model in 2014. |
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1972 | 48 | 1972–2013 2015–present |
Miss Botswana | 4 | 1st runner-up | 2010
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2023
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Won of Miss World Africa title was in 2010. Was Head to Head Challenge winner in 2021. |
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1958 | 61 | 1958–1987 1990–present |
Miss Brazil World | 29 | Winner | 1960
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2023
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Won Miss Personality in 1983; Best National Costume in 1996; Miss Photogenic in 1998; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2013; Miss World Americas in 2012, 2013,2015 and 2019. Co-won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2014. |
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1986 | 19 | 1986 1988 1990–1998 2000–2001 2013–2019 |
Miss British Virgin Islands | 1 | Top 40
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2019
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2019
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Won Miss World Sports in 2019. |
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1988 | 28 | 1988 1990–2005 2007–2013 2015–present |
Miss World Bulgaria | 1 | Top 10
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1995
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1995
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2006 | 3 | 2006 2019–present |
Miss Cambodia | 0 | ||||
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2013 | 6 | 2013–2015 2017-2018 2021–present |
Miss Cameroon | 2 | Top 40 | 2021
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2023
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Head to Head Challenge winner in 2021. |
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1957 | 61 | 1957–1960 1962–1990 1992–2014 2016–present |
Miss World Canada | 16 | 1st runner-up
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1960
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2023
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Won Miss World Sport in 2003 & 2006; Miss World Talent in 2009; Miss World Americas 1989 & 2003. |
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1977 | 36 | 1977–1995 1997–2001 2003–2004 2006–2008 2010–2011 2016–present |
Miss Cayman Islands | 1 | Top 15
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1982
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1982
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 1994. |
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1963 | 45 | 1963 1966–1969 1976–1979 1981–2004 2006–2008 2011–2013 2015–present |
Miss World Chile | 6 | Top 10 | 1967
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2021
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Won Miss Friendship in 1966; Miss World Americas 1998; Miss World Talent 2011. Was a Miss World Head To Head Winner in 2018. |
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1994 | 21 | 1994 2001–present |
Miss China World | 14 | Winner | 2001
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2021
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Won Miss World Asia-Pacific in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 & 2010; Miss World Top Model in 2007 & 2016; Miss World Talent 2012; Tied for the Designer Award in 2018. |
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1963 | 55 | 1963–1965 1967–1970 1973–1981 1983–present |
Miss Mundo Colombia | 16 | 1st runner-up | 1968
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2021
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Won Miss World Americas in 1983, 1996 & 2002; Miss World Golf (Best Individual Award) in 2009. Head To Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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1965 | 50 | 1965–1969 1972 1974–2001 2003–2016 2019–present |
Reinas de Costa Rica | 3 | Top 15
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1965
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1986
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Won Miss World Scholarship (Miss World Beauty with a Purpose) in 2001. |
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1992 | 9 | 1992–2019 2023–present |
Miss Croatia | 7 | 1st runner-up | 1993
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2023
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Won Miss World Europe in 1993, 1994 & 1995. Won Best Dress Designer in 2006. |
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1975 | 40 | 1975–1978 1980–1996 1998 2000 2002–2004 2006–present |
Señorita Curaçao | 1 | Top 20
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2002
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2002
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 2000. |
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1993 | 27 | 1993–2016 2018–present |
Miss Czech Republic | 5 | Winner | 1998
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2023
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Won Miss World Northern Europe in 2006. |
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1951 | 61 | 1951–1970 1974–1995 2000 2003–2019 2023–present |
Miss Danmark | 15 | 1st runner-up | 1954
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2019
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1966 | 52 | 1966–present | Miss Dominican Republic | 14 | Winner | 1966
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2023
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Won Miss World Sport in 2011 & 2017; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2007. |
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1960 | 55 | 1960–1962 1964–1972 1974 1976–1989 1991–present |
Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador | 5 | Top 7
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1970
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2021
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Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2007. |
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1975 | 32 | 1975–1979 1982–1993 2004–present |
Reinado de El Salvador | 1 | Top 15
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2017
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2017
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2000 | 21 | 2000–present | Miss England | 8 | 2nd runner-up | 2011
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2023
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Competed as Britain in 1951 & 1952; as Great Britain from 1953 to 1957; as United Kingdom from 1958 to 1999. Won Miss World Europe in 2011; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2011. |
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2012 | 6 | 2012–2014 2016–2021 |
Miss Equatorial Guinea | 0 | ||||
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1994 | 15 | 1994–2007 2021–present |
Miss Estonia | 1 | Top 10
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1999
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1999
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2003 | 15 | 2003–2019 | Miss Ethiopia | 1 | Top 20 | 2003
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2003
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Won Miss World Africa in 2003. |
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1952 | 67 | 1952–1957 1959–2004 2006–present |
Miss Finland | 18 | Winner | 1952
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2014
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Won Miss World Sport in 2014. |
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1951 | 70 | 1951–present | Miss France | 33 | Winner | 1951
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2023
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Won Miss World Top Model in 2018; Miss World Europe in 2019. |
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2003 | 17 | 2003–2019 | Miss Georgia | 1 | Top 20
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2003
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2003
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Won Best in Talent/Miss World Talent in 2003. |
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1952 | 68 | 1952–2018 2023–present |
Miss World Germany | 17 | Winner
(dethroned/resigned)[4] |
1952
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2010
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1959 | 30 | 1959 1967–1968 1989–1991 1994–2002 2004–2011 2013–2014 2016–present |
Miss Ghana | 6 | 2nd runner-up | 1967
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2016
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Won Miss World Talent in 2007; Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2006; Best Evening Gown 1995. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2011. |
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1959 | 59 | 1959 1964–present |
Miss Gibraltar | 3 | Winner | 2009
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2023
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Won the People's Choice Award in 2013. |
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1953 | 67 | 1953–2019 2023–present |
Star Hellas | 10 | Winner | 1953
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2003
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2003 | 16 | 2003–present | Miss International Guadeloupe | 1 | Top 30
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2012
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2012
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1976 | 39 | 1976 1979–2000 2003 2005–2019 |
Miss Guatemala | 3 | Top 20 | 2011
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2017
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2013 | 6 | 2013–2017 2021–present |
Miss World Guinea | 1 | Top 40
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2021
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2021
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2013 | 5 | 2013 2016 2018–present |
Miss World Guinea-Bissau | 0 | ||||
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1966 | 27 | 1966–1971 1988–1989 1999 2001–2010 2012–2019 2023–present |
Miss Guyana | 9 | 2nd runner-up | 1966
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2019
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 2014; Miss World Talent in 2015. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2014; was a head-to-head challenge winner in 2019. |
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1975 | 9 | 1975 2013–present |
Miss Haiti | 1 | Top 7
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1975
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1975
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1955 | 42 | 1955 1959 1964–1967 1972–1984 1986–1991 1993 1997 1999–2000 2004 2008–2013 2015–present |
Miss Honduras | 0 | ||||
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1959 | 45 | 1959 1970 1972–1988 1992–2014 2017–2019 |
Miss Hong Kong Pageant | 4 | Top 12 | 1983
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2019
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Competed as an overseas territory of the UK until 1997 when it was handed back to China. Won Miss World Asia in 1987; Miss Personality in 1974. Co-won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2007. |
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1989 | 31 | 1989–1992 1994–present |
Magyarország Szépe | 4 | 1st runner-up | 2011
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2021
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Won Miss World Europe in 2014. |
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1955 | 57 | 1955–1967 1969–1973 1975–1994 1999–2001 2003–2011 2013 2015–2021 |
Miss World Iceland | 7 | Winner | 1983
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2021
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Won Miss World Europe in 1985, 1988 & 2005. |
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1959 | 56 | 1959–1962 1966 1968–1975 1978–present |
Femina Miss India | 29 | Winner | 1960
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2023
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Won Miss World Asia and Oceania in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 & 2008; Miss World Asia in 2014 & 2019; Best Body in 1966; Best in National Costume in 1993; Best in Swimwear in 1997; Miss Photogenic in 1994 & 1997; Best in Evening wear/Evening Gown in 1966 & 1996; Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2009 & 2012; Miss World Multimedia in 2012 & 2013; Most Popular Delegate in 1978. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2014,2017 & 2021. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017, 2018 & 2019. |
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1982 | 18 | 1982–1983 2005–present |
Miss Indonesia | 11 | 2nd runner-up | 2011
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2023
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Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2015 & 2016; Miss World Talent 2013; Miss World Asia in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2021. Won the Best World Dress Designer Award in 2017. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2011, 2014 & 2017. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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2021 | 1 | 2021–present | Iraqi beauty pageants | 0 | Failed attempts to compete in both 1998 & 2017. | |||
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1952 | 69 | 1952–present | Miss Ireland | 17 | Winner | 1960
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2021
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Won Miss World Talent in 2010. |
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1954 | 64 | 1954–1962 1964–1968 1970–1976 1978–present |
Miss World Italy | 13 | 1st runner-up | 1960
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2023
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Won Miss World Europe in 2000 & 2005. |
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1985 | 11 | 1985 2009–2017 2021–present |
Miss Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 2nd runner-up
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2021
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2021
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Won Miss Top Model and Miss Multimedia in 2021; also Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2021 |
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1959 | 59 | 1959 1962–1974 1976–present |
Miss Jamaica World | 28 | Winner | 1959
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2019
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Won Miss World Scholarship (Miss World Beauty with a Purpose) in 2004; Miss World Caribbean in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2018. |
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1956 | 65 | 1956–present | Miss World Japan | 13 | 3rd runner-up
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1956
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2018
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Won Miss World Asia in 1981; Miss World Talent in 2018. |
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1998 | 19 | 1998–2000 2002–2004 2006–2013 2015–2019 2023–present |
Miss Kazakhstan | 7 | Top 5 | 2000
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2017
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Won Miss World Top Model in 2011. |
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1960 | 33 | 1960 1967–1968 1984–1986 1988–1991 1994 1996 1999 2001–present |
Miss World Kenya | 10 | Top 5 | 1960
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2023
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Won Miss World Africa in 1988, 1990, 2016 & 2017; Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2010. Won the Tourism Promotional Video Award in 2018. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2014. |
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1959 | 60 | 1959–1971 1973–2001 2003–present |
Miss Queen Korea | 11 | 1st runner-up
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1960
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2017
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Won Miss World Asia & Oceania in 2009; Miss World Scholarship (Miss World Beauty with a Purpose) in 2005; Best Dress Design Award in 2007; Best in Evening Gown in 2001. |
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2011 | 6 | 2011 2013–2016 2019 |
Miss Kyrgyzstan | 0 | ||||
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2017 | 3 | 2017–2019 | Lao beauty pageants | 0 | ||||
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1960 | 51 | 1960–1961 1964–1967 1969–1970 1973–1975 1977 1979–1988 1991–2018 2023–present |
Miss Lebanon | 8 | 1st runner-up | 1973
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2023
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Won Best in Interview in 2015. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017 & 2018. |
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1979 | 13 | 1979–1981 2003 2010 2012–2018 2023–present |
Miss World Lesotho | 0 | ||||
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1962 | 18 | 1963–1965 1968–1970 1972 1983 1985 1988 1998–1999 2005–2006 2009 2011 2017 2023–present |
Miss Liberia | 4 | Top 5
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1963
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2017
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Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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1957 | 25 | 1957 1959–1971 1973 1975–1977 1985–1990 2009–2010 2014 2018–2021 |
Miss Luxembourg | 0 | ||||
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1986 | 15 | 1986–1997 2010 2012 2017 2019–present |
Miss Macau | 1 | Top 15
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2017
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2017
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Compete as an Overseas Territory of Portugal until 1999 when it was handed back to China. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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1960 | 10 | 1960–1961 1974 1990 1999–2001 2017–2018 2021–present |
Miss Madagascar | 2 | Top 40 | 2021
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2023
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1963 | 50 | 1963 1965–1966 1970–1975 1978–1989 1991–2016 2018–present |
Miss World Malaysia | 11 | 2nd runner-up | 1963
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2023
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Won Miss World Asia & Oceania in 1998; Miss World Talent in 2014; Miss World Sport Continental Group Award – Asia Pacific in 2005. Was a Head to Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2018. |
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1965 | 50 | 1965–1966 1968–1993 1997–present |
Miss World Malta | 2 | Top 15
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1969
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2017
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Won Miss World Talent in 2017. |
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2005 | 12 | 2005–2014 2018 2023 |
Martinique Queens | 2 | Top 12
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2018
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2023
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1970 | 35 | 1970–1973 1975 1978–1980 1986–1994 1998 2003–present |
Miss Mauritius | 4 | Top 10
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1975
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2023
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Won Miss World Africa in 1989. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2018. |
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1951 | 57 | 1951 1963 1966–present |
Miss Mexico Organization | 17 | Winner | 1972
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2021
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Won Miss World Americas in 2005, 2007, 2009 & 2017; Miss World Top Model in 2004 & 2009; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2008; Best in Swimwear in 1996. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017, 2018 & 2019. |
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2000 | 18 | 2000 2003–2011 2013–present |
Miss Moldova | 2 | Top 40 | 2017
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2019
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Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017 and 2019. |
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2005 | 16 | 2005–present | Miss World Mongolia | 5 | Top 11
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2010
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2021
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Won People's Choice in 2016 & 2017; Miss World Talent in 2016; Miss World Multimedia 2017. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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2006 | 14 | 2006–2019 | Miss Montenegro | 0 | ||||
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1956 | 9 | 1956–1958 1964–1968 2023–present |
Miss Maroc | 0 | ||||
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1960 | 7 | 1960 2014–2019 |
Miss Myanmar World | 0 | Competed as Burma in 1960. Has been competing as Myanmar since 2014. | |||
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1989 | 22 | 1989–1993 1997 2000–2011 2013–2015 2021–present |
Miss Namibia | 3 | Top 5 | 1991
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2010
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Competed as part of South Africa in 1989 due to being under administration of South Africa until 1990 when Namibia gained its independence. Won Miss World Sports in 2015. |
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1997 | 21 | 1997–2000 2002–2005 2007 2009–present |
Miss Nepal | 7 | Top 10 | 2012
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2023
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Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2013, 2018 & 2019; Miss World Multimedia in 2018 & 2019; was a Head-to-Head challenge winner in 2019 and 2021. |
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1951 | 70 | 1951–present | Miss Nederland | 15 | Winner | 1958
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2015
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Competed as Holland until 2004. Won Miss World Sport in 2013. |
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1956 | 60 | 1956 1961–2019 2023–present |
New Zealand at Miss World | 18 | 1st runner-up | 1963
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2023
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Won Miss World Oceania in 2017. |
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1960 | 25 | 1960–1961 1964 1968–1971 1974–1975 1977 1998 2001–2005 2011–present |
Miss Mundo Nicaragua | 3 | Top 5
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1968
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2021
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Won Miss World Americas in 2001. Head to Head Challenge winner in 2021. |
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1963 | 35 | 1963 1967–1970 1978 1984–1985 1987–1994 1996 1998–present |
Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria | 9 | Winner | 1987
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2023
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Won Miss World Africa in 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2019; Miss World Top Model in 2017 & 2019; was a Head-to-Head challenge winner in 2019. |
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2000 | 21 | 2000–present | Miss Northern Ireland | 7 | Top 6
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2005
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2021
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Competed as Britain in 1951 & 1952; as Great Britain from 1953 to 1957; as United Kingdom from 1958 to 1999. Won Miss World Talent in 2006; Miss World Sport in 2010. |
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1953 | 54 | 1953 1958–1960 1966–2015 2017–2018 2021–present |
Miss Norway | 9 | 1st runner-up | 1960
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2010
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Won Miss World Top Model in 2010. |
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1967 | 40 | 1967 1971 1977 1979–1980 1982–2007 2009–present |
Señorita Panamá | 6 | 4th Runner-Up
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1979
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2018
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Won Miss World Americas in 2018. |
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1959 | 39 | 1959 1969 1971–1972 1976–1980 1982–2000 2003–2004 2007–present |
Miss Mundo Paraguay | 5 | Top 15
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1985
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2021
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Won Miss Personality in 1977; was a Head-to-Head challenge winner in 2019 and 2021. |
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1959 | 49 | 1959 1963 1965 1967–1968 1973 1975–1990 1994–present |
Miss Perú Mundo | 9 | Winner | 1959
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2023
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Won Best World Dress Designer in 2003. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. |
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1966 | 54 | 1966–1975 1978–present |
Miss World Philippines | 21 | Winner | 1968
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2021
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Won Best National Costume in 1971; Miss World Talent in 1978; Miss World Asia in 1982 & 1986; Miss World Top Model in 2013; Miss World Multimedia in 2015 & 2016. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2017; was a Head-to-Head challenge winner in 2019 and 2021. |
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1983 | 38 | 1983–present | Miss Polonia | 11 | Winner | 1985
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2021
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1959 | 45 | 1959 1962–1964 1967 1970–1973 1979 1982–2001 2003–2006 2008 2010–present |
Miss República Portuguesa | 3 | 2nd runner-up
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1971
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2019
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1959 | 48 | 1959 1970–1985 1989–2016 2018–present |
Miss World Puerto Rico | 18 | Winner | 1975
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2023
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 2005 & 2011; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2010. |
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1992 | 28 | 1992–2019 | Miss Russia | 13 | Winner | 1992
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2019
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Won Miss World Europe in 1992 & 2008; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2005; Miss World Top Model in 2008. |
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2016 | 4 | 2016–2021 | Miss Rwanda | 0 | ||||
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1975 | 9 | 1975 1994 2004–2006 2008 2010 2016 2021 |
Miss Saint Lucia World | 2 | Top 15
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1975
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2010
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 2010. |
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1977 | 15 | 1977–1988 2013 2015 2019 |
Miss Samoa | 0 | ||||
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1999 | 22 | 1999–present | Miss Scotland | 8 | 2nd runner-up | 2001
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2019
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Competed as Britain in 1951 & 1952; as Great Britain from 1953 to 1957; as United Kingdom from 1958 to 1998. Won Miss World Europe in 2001. |
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2017 | 4 | 2017–present | Miss Senegal | 0 | ||||
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2006 | 14 | 2006–2018 2021–present |
Miss Serbia | 0 | ||||
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1986 | 11 | 1986 1988 1990 2007–2012 2016 2018–2019 |
Miss Sierra Leone | 1 | Top 16
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2009
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2009
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Won Miss World Talent in 2009. |
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1972 | 48 | 1972–1976 1978–present |
Miss Singapore World | 2 | Top 15
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1976
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2018
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Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner 2018. |
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1998 | 4 | 1998–1999 2001 2021–Present |
Miss Sint Maarten | 0 | ||||
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1993 | 28 | 1993–present | Miss Slovakia | 2 | Top 20 | 2013
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2016
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1992 | 28 | 1992–2009 2011–present |
Miss Slovenia | 0 | ||||
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2021 | 2 | 2021–present | Miss Somalia | 2 | Top 13
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2021
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2023
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1956 | 52 | 1956–1977 1991–present |
Miss South Africa | 36 | Winner
(replaced dethroned winner) |
1957
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2023
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Country was barred from participating from 1978 to 1990 due to the practice of apartied. Won the Designer Award in 2018; Won Miss World Africa 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2014 & 2015. Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2017. |
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2012 | 8 | 2012–2019 | Miss South Sudan | 4 | Top 7
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2012
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2015
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Won Miss World Africa in 2012; Miss World Top Model in 2012. |
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1960 | 55 | 1960–1964 1970–1974 1976–present |
Miss Spain | 19 | Winner | 1961
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2023
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1953 | 52 | 1953–1955 1961 1963–1968 1970–1971 1973–1975 1977–1982 1984–2000 2003–present |
Miss World Sri Lanka | 5 | 3rd runner-up
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1953
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2021
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Competed as Ceylon until it was renamed in 1972. |
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1951 | 69 | 1951–2017 2019–present |
Miss World Sweden | 23 | Winner | 1951
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2017
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Won Miss World Sport in 2012; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2014. |
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1967 | 26 | 1967 1994–present |
Miss Tanzania | 2 | Top 6 | 2005
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2023
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Won Miss World Africa in 2005. |
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1968 | 49 | 1968 1970–1997 1999 2001–2019 2023–present |
Miss Thailand World | 10 | 1st runner-up | 1968
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2019
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Won Global Vote/People's Choice in 2014 & 2018; Miss Personality in 1994 & 1997; Miss Photogenic in 2001; Miss World Asia in 1989 & 2018; Miss World Asia & Oceania in 1992. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2018. |
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1954 | 49 | 1954 1966 1971 1975–present |
Miss Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | Winner | 1976
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2023
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Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2008; Miss World Caribbean in 1995, 2007, 2008 & 2019; Miss World Americas in 1986. |
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1956 | 19 | 1956–1958 1963–1964 1967–1971 1974–1975 1978 2013–2017 2019–present |
Miss Tunisie | 3 | 3rd runner-up
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1957
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2023
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1956 | 51 | 1956 1958 1960–1961 1963–1964 1966–1973 1975–1983 1985–present |
Miss Turkey | 8 | Winner | 1961
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2023
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Won Miss World Europe in 1991; Won Best Dress Designer in 2002, 2005 & 2011. |
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1967 | 25 | 1967–1968 1985 1988–1989 1992–1993 1996–1997 2001–2005 2007–2016 2018–present |
Miss Uganda | 3 | Top 5 | 2018
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2023
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Won Miss World Africa in 2018. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2018. |
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1992 | 28 | 1992 1994–present |
Miss Ukraine | 7 | Top 10
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2000
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2023
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1959 | 44 | 1959–1962 1964–1965 1975–1988 1990–1993 1996–2003 2005–2006 2008–2012 2014–2017 2021–present |
Miss Uruguay | 4 | Top 5
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1962
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2000
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Won Miss World Americas in 2000 |
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1951 | 70 | 1951–present | Miss World America | 50 | Winner | 1953
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2021
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Won Miss World Americas in 1985, 1990, 1997, 2010, 2014, 2016 & 2021; Miss Personality in 1987; Miss World Dress Designer in 2008 & 2023; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2004; Miss World Sports in 2007 & 2018; Miss World Talent in 2002; Miss World Multimedia in 2014, Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2021. |
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1976 | 33 | 1976 1978–1980 1982–2002 2005 2010–2016 2019 |
Miss US Virgin Islands | 3 | Top 10
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1989
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2011
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Competed as Virgin Islands from 1976 to 1980; as American Virgin Islands from 1982 to 2005; has been competing as US Virgin Islands since 2010. Won Miss World Caribbean in 1989; Miss World Talent in 2005. |
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1955 | 63 | 1955–1958 1961–1978 1980–present |
Miss Venezuela | 34 | Winner | 1955
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2021
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Won Miss World Americas in 1975, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999 & 2011; Miss Photogenic in 1984, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996 & 2002; Best National Costume in 1994; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2006. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2021. |
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2002 | 19 | 2002–present | Miss World Vietnam | 11 | Top 11 | 2002
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2023
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Co-Won Miss World Beauty with a Purpose in 2017. Was a Head to Head Challenge Winner in 2017. Miss World Multimedia in 2023 |
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1999 | 22 | 1999–present | Miss Wales | 4 | 1st runner-up | 2004
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2023
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Competed as Britain in 1951 & 1952; as Great Britain from 1953 to 1957; as United Kingdom from 1958 to 1998. Won Miss World Sports in 2004; Miss World Europe in 2012; Miss World Beach Beauty in 2012. |
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1974 | 19 | 1974 1992 1995–1999 2003–2006 2008–2010 2013 2015 2017–2018 |
Miss Zambia | 0 | ||||
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1980 | 24 | 1980–1982 1993–2012 2014–2015 2017–2018 2023-present |
Miss World Zimbabwe | 6 | 3rd Runner-Up
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1980
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2023
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Co-Won Head to Head Challenge in 2023. |
Replaced pageants
[edit]The following list consists of the delegations that have acquired the national Miss World franchise and replaced a former national pageant. Some of the former organizations still remain active for other purposes.
Country/Territory | Former pageant(s) | Current pageant | Franchise since |
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Miss Albania (2002–2010) | Miss Universe Albania | 2011 |
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Miss Angola (1998-2012) | Miss World Angola | 2013 |
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Miss Argentina (1959–2003) | Belleza Argentina | 2004 |
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Miss Brasil (1958-1980; 1998–2005) Miss Brasil Mundo (1981–1997; 2006–2015) |
Miss Brasil CNB | 2016 |
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Miss World Cambodia (2019) Miss Cambodia (2021) |
Miss World Cambodia | 2022 |
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Señorita Colombia (1963–1991) | Miss Mundo Colombia | 1992 |
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Miss České a Slovenské Republiky (1993) Miss České republiky (1994–2009) Česká Miss (2010–2016) |
Miss Czech Republic | 2017 |
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Frøken Danmark (1951–2003) Miss World Denmark (2004–2014) |
Miss Danmark | 2015 |
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Miss Dominican Republic (1966–2002) | Miss Mundo Dominicana | 2003 |
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Miss El Salvador (1975–2005) Nuestra Belleza El Salvador (2006–2017) |
Reinado de El Salvador | 2018 |
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Miss Ethiopia (1963-2002) Ethiopian Beauty Queens (2003–2012) |
Miss Ethiopia | 2013 |
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Miss France (1952; 1961-1966; 1969–1984; 1987–1998) Miss France Outre-Mer (1985–1986) Miss France de Paris (1999–2003) |
Miss France | 2004 |
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Miss Germany (1952-1991) Miss World Germany (1992–1999) German's Miss World (2000–2001) Miss Germany World (2002–2007) Miss World Deutschland (2008–2009) |
Miss World Germany | 2010 |
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Miss Grenada (1970; 1996) | Miss Grenada World | 2007 |
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Miss Guam (1971-1996) | Miss World Guam | 2011 |
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Ungfrú Ísland (1955–2017) | Miss World Iceland | 2018 |
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Puteri Indonesia – Ali Sadikin Directorship (1977) Miss Indonesia - Andi Nurhayati Directorship (1982–1983) Puteri Indonesia (2005) |
Miss Indonesia | 2006 |
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Miss Italia (1959–1962; 1964; 1971; 1978) Miss World Italy (1954–1958; 1965–1970; 1972–1977; 1979–2004) |
Miss Mondo Italia | 2005 |
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Miss Korea (1959–2010) Miss World Korea (2011–2017) |
Miss Queen Korea | 2018 |
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Miss World Kosova (2013-2014) | Miss Universe Kosovo | 2018 |
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Miss Universe Laos (2017) | Miss World Laos | 2018 |
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Miss Malaysia World (1963–2016) | Miss World Malaysia | 2018 |
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Miss Malta (1965–2001) | Miss World Malta | 2002 |
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Señorita México (1963–1992) Miss Mundo México/Miss World America & Mexico (1993–1994) Nuestra Belleza México (1995–2015) Miss World Mexico (2016-2017) |
Miss Mexico | 2018 |
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Miss Maroc (1956–1958 ; 1964–1968) | Miss World Maroc | 2023 |
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Miss Burma (1960) | Miss World Myanmar | 2014 |
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Miss Holland (1951–1988) Miss Nederland (1989–2007; 2009–2015) Miss World Netherlands (2008) |
Miss World Nederland | 2016 |
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Miss New Zealand (1956–1990) Miss Universe New Zealand (1991–1995) |
Miss World New Zealand | 1996 |
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Miss World Nigeria (1963) Miss Nigeria (1967–1985) |
Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria | 1987 |
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Frøken Norge (1952–2011) Miss World Norway (2012–2016) |
Miss Norway | 2017 |
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Miss Paraguay (1959–2002) Miss World Paraguay (2003) |
Reinas de Belleza del Paraguay | 2004 |
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Miss Philippines (1966-1968) Miss Republic of the Philippines (1969–1976) Mutya ng Pilipinas (1977–1991) Binibining Pilipinas (1992–2010) |
Miss World Philippines | 2011 |
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Miss Polonia (1983-1989; 1991–2006) Miss Polski (1990; 2007–2014; 2017) Miss World Poland (2015–2016) |
Miss Polonia | 2018 |
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Miss Portugal (1959–2002) Miss Mundo Portugal (2003-2013) |
Miss República Portuguesa | 2014 |
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Miss Puerto Rico (1959) Miss Puerto Rico for Miss World (1970–1985) Miss Puerto Rico World (1989–1995) |
Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico | 1996 |
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Miss World Russia (1992-1994) Krasa Rossii (1995–2006) |
Miss Russia | 2007 |
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Miss Spain (1960-2012) Be Miss World Spain (2013–2016) |
Nuestra Belleza España | 2017 |
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Fröken Sverige (1951–2002) Miss World Sweden (2003–2019) |
Miss Sweden | 2021 |
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Miss Switzerland (1952–2005) | Miss World Switzerland | 2013 |
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Miss Tahiti (1960–2002) Miss World Tahiti (2006–2009) |
Miss French Polynesia | 2010 |
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Miss Thailand (1968-1984) Miss Thailand World (1985–2019) |
Miss Thailand | 2023 |
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Miss World Britain (1951-1952) Miss Great Britain (1953–1957) Miss United Kingdom (1958-1998/1999) |
Miss England Miss Northern Ireland Miss Scotland Miss Wales |
1999/2000 |
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Queen of the United States (1958–1959) Miss USA World (1962–1966) Miss USA (1953–1957; 1981–1991) Miss World America (1978–1980; 1992–1993) Miss World USA (1967–1977; 1998–2000) US Miss World (2003–2006) Miss United States (1960–1961; 1994; 2014) |
Miss World America | 2018 |
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Miss World Virgin Islands (1976–1980) Miss American Virgin Islands (1982–2005) Miss World US Virgin Islands (2010) Miss US Virgin Islands (2011) Miss U.S. Paradise (2012–2016) |
Miss World US Virgin Islands | 2019 |
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Miss Vietnam (2002; 2004; 2006; 2012; 2014) Miss Vietnam World (2007; 2010–2011) Miss Aodai Vietnam (2015–2016) |
Miss Vietnam Miss World Vietnam |
2017/2019 |
Inactive entrants
[edit]Former entities
[edit]Country | Debut[1][3] | Years competed[1][3] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1967 | 1967 1969 1989–1992 |
Miss Czechoslovakia | 2 | 5th Runner-Up
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1967
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1969
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Split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. |
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1959 | 1959–1961 1965 |
Miss Rhodesia | 2 | Top 7
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1959
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1965
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Competed as Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1959 & 1961; as Southern Rhodesia in 1960; as Rhodesia in 1965. Split into Malawi, Zambia and Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe). |
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2003 | 2003–2005 | Miss Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | In June 2006, split into Montenegro and Serbia after declaring their independence from each other and joined the pageant independently later that year. Kosovo, a disputed territory by Serbia, joined in 2013. | |||
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1960 | 1960 | Miss Tanganyika | 0 | Unified with Zanzibar in 1964 to become the United Republic of Tanzania. | |||
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1989 | 1989–1990 | Miss USSR | 0 | Split into Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Won Miss Photogenic in 1989. | |||
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1966 | 1966–1975 1982–1991 1996–2002 |
Miss Yugoslavia | 9 | 4th Runner-Up
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1968
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2002
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was dissolved in April 1992. Former member states Croatia, and Slovenia both joined the pageant in 1992. Former member states North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina both joined in 1996. The new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed until 2002, when it was renamed Serbia & Montenegro. |
Territories
[edit]Denmark
Constituent country | Debut[2] | Years competed[2] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1991 | 1991–1992 | Miss Greenland | 0 |
France
Overseas region | Debut[2][3] | Years competed[2][3] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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2011 | 2011 | Miss St. Barthelemy | 1 | Top 20
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2011
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2011
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1960 | 1960 1965 1976–1979 1981–1982 1984–1985 1994–1996 1999–2002 2006 2009–2010 |
Miss French Polynesia | 2 | 4th Runner-Up
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1965
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2010
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Competed as Tahiti from 1960 to 2009. Competed as French Polynesia in 2010. Won Best Dress Designer in 2010. |
Netherlands
Special Municipality | Debut[1] | Years competed[1] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1996 | 1996 2011–2012 |
Miss Bonaire | 0 |
South Africa
Country | Debut[1] | Years competed[1] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1970 | 1970–1976 | Miss Africa South (Miss South Africa for Blacks) | 3 | 1st Runner-Up | 1970
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1974
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Was the black representative from South Africa. From 1970 to 1976, South Africa had one white and one black representative at Miss World. The white used a sash with South Africa on it and the black used a sash with Africa South on it. Won Miss Congeniality in 1970.[5] |
United Kingdom
Country | Debut[3] | Years competed[3] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1951 | 1951–1999 | Miss United Kingdom | 37 | Winner
(dethroned/resigned) |
1951
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1997
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Competed as Britain in 1951 & 1952; Great Britain from 1953 to 1957; as United Kingdom from 1958 to 1999. Now Competes as a four separate delegates from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland |
Crown Dependencies | Debut[2] | Years competed[2] | National Title | Placements | Best placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1974 | 1974–1975 | Miss Guernsey | 0 | ||||
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1977 | 1977–1988 | Miss Isle of Man | 0 | ||||
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1974 | 1974–1981 | Miss Jersey | 0 | ||||
Overseas Territory | Debut[1][2][3] | Years competed[1][2][3] | National Title | Placements | Best placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1971 | 1971–1989 1992–1993 1995 2011–2015 |
Miss Bermuda | 2 | Winner | 1979
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1980
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1964 | 1964 | Miss Montserrat | 1 | Top 16
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1964
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1964
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1982 | 1982–1988 2004 |
Miss Turks & Caicos | 0 |
United States
State/Territory | Debut[2] | Years competed[2] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1959 | 1959 2001 |
Miss Hawaii World | 0 | Competed at Miss World America from 1960 to 2000 & 2002–present | |||
Unincorporated Territory | Debut[2] | Years competed[2] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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1971 | 1971–1996 2011–2018 |
Miss World Guam | 7 | 1st Runner-Up (Winner)
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1971
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2012
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Won Miss World Oceania in 1987. |
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2003 | 2003 | Miss Marianas | 0 |
Others
[edit]The following list consists of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant since 2019, or no longer holds the Miss World franchise, but participated at least once in the past:
State | Debut[1][2][3] | Years competed[1][2][3] | National Title | Placements | Best Placement | First placement | Last Placement | Notes |
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2002 | 2002 | Miss Algeria | 0 | ||||
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2003 | 2003 | Miss Andorra | 0 | ||||
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1986 | 1986 1991 2001–2004 2008 2016 2019 |
Miss Antigua & Barbuda | 2 | Top 15 | 2004
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2019
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Competed as Antigua in 1986 and 1991. Won Best Talent in 2004. |
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1964 | 1964 1966 1972–1985 1989–1993 1995–2019 |
Miss Aruba | 5 | 1st runner-up
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1990
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2013
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Won Miss World Caribbean in 1996, 2001 & 2002. |
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1955 | 1955–1957 1959 1961–1981 1983–2001 2006–2009 2011–2018 |
Miss Austria | 16 | Winner | 1955
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2007
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2000 | 2000 2003–2004 2006–2014 2016 2018–2019 |
Miss Belarus | 1 | Top 5
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2018
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2018
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Won of Miss World Europe title was in 2018. |
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1997 | 1997 2010 2017 |
Miss Cape Verde | 0 | ||||
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2014 | 2014 | Miss Chad | 0 | ||||
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1961 | 1961–1962 1964 1988–1998 2000 2004–2005 2008 2013 |
Miss Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1st Runner-Up
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1961
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1964
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Competed as Republic of China until 1988 and in 1992, China Taiwan in 1988, Taiwan in 1989 and 1993 and 1996 and 1997, Taiwan (R.O.C.) in 1994 and 1995, Chinese Taipei in 1991 and 1998 and 2000 and 2004–2005 and 2008 and 2013. |
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1985 | 1985 2005–2006 2008 2016 |
Miss Congo (RDC) | 1 | Top 15
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1985
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1985
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Competed as Zaire in 1985. Won Miss Photogenic in 1985. |
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1987 | 1987–1990 2016–2019 |
Miss Cook Islands | 3 | Top 12
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2016
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2019
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Won Miss World Sport in 2016; Miss World Oceania in 2019. |
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1960 | 1960–1963 1973 1976–1989 1991–2018 |
Star Cyprus | 1 | Top 18
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1960
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1960
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1978 | 1978 2013 |
Miss Dominica | 0 | ||||
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1953 | 1953–1954 1956 1988 1990 1997 2004 2008–2011 2014 2016–2018 |
Miss Egypt | 2 | Winner | 1953
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1954
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2004 | 2004 2012–2017 |
Miss Fiji | 0 | ||||
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2012 | 2012–2015 | Miss Gabon | 0 | ||||
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1965 | 1965–1967 1969–1970 1983–1986 |
Miss Gambia | 0 | ||||
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1970 | 1970 1996 2007 |
Miss Grenada World | 2 | Winner | 1970
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2007
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1953 | 1953 1955–1963 1965–2012 2014 2016–2017 |
Miss Israel | 24 | Winner | 1956
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2012
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Won Miss World Europe in 1998. |
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1959 | 1959–1960 1962–1963 1965–1966 |
Miss Jordan | 0 | ||||
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2013 | 2013–2014 | Miss World Kosova | 0 | ||||
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1989 | 1989–1999 2001–2016 2018 |
Mis Latvija | 0 | ||||
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1993 | 1993 1995–1998 2000 2002–2004 2007–2014 |
Miss Lithuania | 0 | ||||
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1996 | 1996 2001–2007 2009–2013 2015 |
Miss Macedonia | 0 | Currently known as North Macedonia. | |||
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2001 | 2001 2005 2010 2012 |
Miss Malawi | 0 | ||||
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1953 | 1953 1955 |
Miss Monaco | 0 | ||||
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1977 | 1977 1980–1981 1987–1990 |
Miss Papua New Guinea | 0 | ||||
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1990 | 1990–1992 1995–1996 1999–2007 2009–2011 2013–2017 |
Miss World Romania | 1 | 1st Runner-Up
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2006
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2006
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2014 | 2014 | Miss São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | ||||
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1985 | 1985–1988 2010 2012–2013 2015 |
Miss St. Kitts & Nevis | 0 | ||||
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1969 | 1969–1973 1975 1992 1994–1998 2008 2012–2017 |
Miss Seychelles | 2 | Top 15 | 1972
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1973
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Won Miss Personality in 1973. |
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1978 | 1978 1985–1987 1989 1994 |
Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | Competed as St. Vincent in 1978. | |||
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1961 | 1961 1963–1966 1981 2007 2009–2010 2012 |
Miss Suriname | 0 | ||||
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1975 | 1975 1978–1980 1983–1988 1991–1999 2002–2003 2005 2007–2009 |
Miss Swaziland | 1 | Top 15
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1986
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1986
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Now known as "Eswatini". Won Miss Photogenic in 1975; Miss World Scholarship (Miss World Beauty with a Purpose) in 2002. |
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1952 | 1952–1953 1956 1966–1968 1970–2001 2003–2005 2013–2014 |
Miss World Switzerland | 8 | 1st Runner-Up
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1952
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2003
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1965 | 1965–1966 | Miss Syria | 0 | ||||
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1983 | 1983 1986 |
Miss Tonga | 0 | ||||
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2013 | 2013 | Miss Uzbekistan | 0 |
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