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Subject: The History of Miss World & The Winners 1951 to 2007
Author: Beautiful (happy)	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:55:07 06/20/08 Fri Complete History of Miss World All Miss World Contestants 51 to Present Winners and Finalists
Year	Miss World	Country	1st Runner Up
2007	Zi Lin Zhang	China	Micaela Reis (Angola)
2006	Tatana Kucharova	Czech Republic	Joana Valentina Boitor (Romania)
2005	Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir	Iceland	Dafne Molina Lona (Mexico)
2004	Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia	Peru	Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)
2003	Rosanna Davison	Ireland	Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)
2002	Azra Akin	Turkey	Natalia Peralta Castro (Columbia)
2001	Agbani Asenite Darego	Nigeria	Zerelda Candice Wai-yen Lee (Aruba)
2000	Priyanka Chopra	India	Giorgia Palmas (Italy)
1999	Yukta Mookhey	India	Martina Thorogood Heemsen (Venezuela)
1998	Linor Abargil	Israel	Veronique Caloc (France)
1997	Diana Hayden	India	Lauralee Martinovich (New Zealand)
1996	Irene Skliva	Greece	Carolina Arango Corrales (Columbia)
1995	Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano	Venezuela	Anica Martinovic (Croatia)
1994	Aishwarya Rai	India	Basetsane Julia Makgalemele (South Africa)
1993	Lisa Hanna	Jamaica	Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng (South Africa)
1992	Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina	Russia	Claire Elizabeth Smith (United Kingdom)
1991	Ninbeth Beatriz Leal Rodriguez	Venezuela	Leanne Buckle (Australia)
1990	Gina Marie Tolleson	United States	Siobhan McClafferty (Ireland)
1989	Aneta Beata Kreglicka	Poland	Leanne Caputo (Canada)
1988	Linda Petursdottir	Iceland	Yeon-hee Choi (Korea)
1987	Ulla Weigerstorfer	Austria	Albani Josefina Lozada Jimenez (Venezuela)
1986	Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde	Trinidad & Tobago	Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Denmark)
1985	Holmfriour Karlsdottir	Iceland	Mandy Adele Shires (United Kingdom)
1984	Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal	Venezuela	Constance Ellen Fitzpatrick (Canada)
1983	Sarah-Jane Hutt	United Kingdom	Rocio Isabel Luna Florez (Columbia)
1982	Mariasela Alvarez Lebron	Dominican Republic	Sari Kaarina Aspholm (Finland)
1981	Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo	Venezuela	Nini Johanna Soto Gonzalez (Columbia)
1980	Gabriela Brum	Germany	Kimberly Santos (Guam)
1979	Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson	Bermuda	Carolyn Ann Seaward (United Kingdom)
1978	Silvana Rosa Suarez Clarence	Argentina	Ossie Margareta Carlsson (Sweden)
1977	Mary Ann Catrin Stavin	Sweden	Ineke Berends (Holland)
1976	Cynthia Jane Breakspeare	Jamaica	Karen Jo Pini (Australia)
1975	Wilnelia Merced	Puerto Rico	Marina Langner (Germany)
1974	Anneline Kriel	South Africa
1973	Marjorie Wallace	United States	Evangeline Pascual (Philippines)
1972	Belinda Green	Australia	Ingeborg Sorenson (Norway)
1971	Lucia Petterle	Brazil	Marilyn Ann Ward (United Kingdom)
1970	Jennifer Josephine Hoste	Grenada	Pearl Jansen (South Africa)
1969	Eva Von Rueber Staier	Austria	Gail Renshaw (United States)
1968	Penelope Plummer	Australia	Kathleen Winstanley (United Kingdom)
1967	Madeline Hartog Bell	Peru	Maria Sabaliaiskas (Argentina)
1966	Reita Faria	India	Nikica Marionovic (Yugoslavia)
1965	Lesley Langley	United Kingdom	Diana Lynn Batts (United States)
1964	Ann Sydney	United Kingdom	Ann Maria Soria (Argentina)
1963	Carole Joan Crawford	Jamaica	Elainse Miscall (New Zealand)
1962	Catharina Lodders	Holland	Kaarina Leskinen (Finland)
1961	Rosemarie Frankland	United Kingdom	Grace Li (China)
1960	Norma Gladys Cappagli	Argentina	Gola Golan (Israel)
1959	Corine Rottschafer	Netherlands	Maria Elana Rossell (Peru)
1958	Penelope Anne Coelen	South Africa	Claudine Olger (France)
1957	Marita Lindahl	Finland	Lilian Madsen (Denmark)
1956	Petra Schurmann	Germany	Betty Lane Cherry (United States)
1955	Carmen Susana Duijim Zubillaga	Venezuela	Margaret Nanne Haywood (United States)
1954	Antigone Costanda	Egypt	Karin Hultman (United States)
1953	Denise Perrier	France	Alexandra Ladikou (Greece)
1952	May-Louise Flodin	Sweden	Nicole Drouin (France)
1951	Kiki Haakonson	Sweden	Laura Ellison-Davies (United Kingdom)

The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Currently, Morley's wife, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant .

Miss World is oldest surviving major international pageant. The telecast of the final competition is the world's largest live annual beauty pageant television event with global viewers in more than 200 countries .

The winner spends a year travelling to represent the Miss World Organization and its various causes. Traditionally, Miss World lives in London during her reign. The current Miss World is Zhang Zilin of China.

Miss World started as the Festival Bikini Contest, in honor of the recently introduced swim wear of the time, but was called "Miss World" by the press. It was originally planned as a one-off event. Upon learning about the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, Morley decided to make the pageant an annual event