World Pageants
| | MISS WORLD | MISS UNIVERSE |
| Year | Contestant | Country | Contestant | Country |
| 1951 | Kerstin "Kiki" Håkansson | Sweden | | |
| 1952 | May Louise Flodin | Sweden | Armi Kuusela | Finland |
| 1953 | Denise Perrier | France | Christiane Martel | France |
| 1954 | Antigone Costanda | Egypt | Miriam Stevenson | USA |
| 1955 | Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga | Venezuela | Hillevi Rombin | Sweden |
| 1956 | Petra Schürmann | West Germany | Carol Ann Laverne Morris | USA |
| 1957 | Marita Lindahl | Finland | Gladys Zender | Peru |
| 1958 | Penelope Anne Coelen | South Africa | Luz Marina Zuluaga | Colombia |
| 1959 | Corine Rottschafer | Netherlands. | Akiko Kojima | Japan |
| 1960 | Norma Gladys Cappagli | Argentina. | Linda Jeanne Bement | USA |
| 1961 | Rosemarie Frankland | United Kingdom | Marlene Schmidt | Germany |
| 1962 | Catharina Johanna Lodders | Netherlands. | Norma Nolan | Argentina |
| 1963 | Carole Joan Crawford | Jamaica. | Iêda Maria Vargas | Brazil |
| 1964 | Ann Sydney | United Kingdom | Corinna Tsopei | Greece |
| 1965 | Lesley Langley | United Kingdom | Apasra Hongsakula | Thailand |
| 1966 | Dr. Reita Faria Powell | India | Margareta Arvidsson | Sweden |
| 1967 | Madeleine Hartog Bell | Peru. | Sylvia Hitchcock | USA |
| 1968 | Penelope Plummer | Australia. | Martha Vasconcellos | Brazil |
| 1969 | Eva Rueber-Staier | Austria | Gloria Maria Aspillera Díaz | Philippines |
| 1970 | Jennifer Josephine Hosten | Grenada. | Marisol Malaret | Puerto Rico |
| 1971 | Lucia Tavares Petterle | Brazil | Georgina Rizk | Lebanon |
| 1972 | Belinda Roma Green | Australia. | Kerry Anne Wells | Australia |
| 1973 | Marjorie "Marji" Wallace | United States | Margarita Moran | Philippines |
| 1974 | Helen Elizabeth Morgan | United Kingdom | Amparo Muñoz Quesada (resigned) | Spain |
| 1974 | Anneline Kriel | South Africa | | |
| 1975 | Wilnelia Merced Cruz | Puerto Rico | Anne Marie Pohtamo | Finland |
| 1976 | Cynthia Jane (Cindy) Breakspeare | Jamaica | Rina Messinger | Israel |
| 1977 | Mary Ann Catrin Stävin | Sweden | Janelle Commissiong | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1978 | Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence | Argentina | Margaret Gardiner | South Africa |
| 1979 | Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson | Bermuda | Maritza Sayalero Fernández | Venezuela |
| 1980 | Gabriela Brum | West Germany | Shawn Nichols Weatherly | USA |
| 1980 | Kimberley Santos | Guam | | |
| 1981 | Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo | Venezuela | Irene Sáez | Venezuela |
| 1982 | Mariasela Alvarez Lebron | Dominican Republic | Karen Baldwin | Canada |
| 1983 | Sarah-Jane Hutt | United Kingdom. | Lorraine Downes | New Zealand |
| 1984 | Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal | Venezuela | Yvonne Ryding | Sweden |
| 1985 | Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir . | Iceland | Deborah Carthy-Deu | Puerto Rico |
| 1986 | Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde | Trinidad & Tobago | Bárbara Palacios Teyde | Venezuela |
| 1987 | Ulla Weigerstorfer | Austria | Cecilia Bolocco | Chile |
| 1988 | Linda Pétursdóttir | Iceland | Porntip Nakhirunkanok | Thailand |
| 1989 | Aneta Beata Kreglicka | Poland | Angela Visser | Holland |
| 1990 | Gina Marie Tolleson | United States | Mona Grudt | Norway |
| 1991 | Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Rodriguez | Venezuela | Lupita Jones | Mexico |
| 1992 | Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina | Russia | Michelle McLean | Namibia |
| 1993 | Lisa Hanna | Jamaica | Dayanara Torres | Puerto Rico |
| 1994 | Aishwarya Rai | India | Sushmita Sen | India |
| 1995 | Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano | Venezuela | Chelsi Smith | USA |
| 1996 | Irene Skliva | Greece | Alicia Machado | Venezuela |
| 1997 | Diana Hayden | India | Brook Lee | USA |
| 1998 | Linor Abargil | Israel | Wendy Fitzwilliam | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1999 | Yukta Mookhey | India | Mpule Kwelagobe | Botswana |
| 2000 | Priyanka Chopra | India | Lara Dutta | India |
| 2001 | Agbani Darego | Nigeria | Denise Quiñones | Puerto Rico |
| 2002 | Azra Akin, |
| Oxana Fedorova (dethroned) Justine Pasek | Russia Panama |
| 2003 | Rosanna Davison | Ireland | Amelia Vega | Dominican Republic |
| 2004 | Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia | Peru | Jennifer Hawkins | Australia |
| 2005 | Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir | Iceland | Natalie Glebova | Canada |
| 2006 | Taťána Kuchařová | Czech Republic | Zuleyka Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| 2007 | Zi Lin Zhang | Republic of China | Riyo Mori | Japan |
| 2008 | Kseniya Sukhinova | Russia | Dayana Mendoza | Venezuela |
| 2009 | Kaiane Aldorino | Gibraltar | Stefanía Fernández | Venezuela |
| 2010 | Alexandria Mills | United States | Ximena Navarrete | Mexico |
| 2011 | Ivian Sarcos | Venezuela | Leila Lopes | Angola |
| 2012 | Yu Wenxia | China | Olivia Culpo | United States |
| 2013 | Megan Young | Philippines | Gabriela Isler | Venezuela |
| 2014 | Rolene Strauss | South Africa | Paulina Vega | Colombia |
| 2015 | Mireia Lalaguna | Spain | Pia Wurtzbach | Philippines |
| 2016 | Stephanie Del Valle | Puerto Rico | Iris Mittenaere | France |
| 2017 | Manushi Chhillar | India | Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters | South Africa |
| 2018 | Vanessa Ponce | Mexico | Catriona Gray | Philippines |
| 2019 | Toni-Ann Singh | Jamaica | Zozibini Tunzi | South Africa |
| 2020 | Cancelled | | Andrea Meza | Mexico |
| 2021 | Karolina Bielawska | Poland | Harnaaz Sandhu | India |