List of Miss Universe titleholders

For the Miss Universe runners-up and finalists, see List of Miss Universe runners-up and finalists.

The following is a list of Miss Universe titleholders from the competition's inaugural edition in 1952 to present.

Miss Universe titleholders

Year	Country/Territory	Titleholder	Age[a]	Hometown	National title	Date	Entrants
1952	Finland	Armi Kuusela[1]	17	Muhos	Suomen Neito 1952	28 June 1952	30
1953	France	Christiane Martel[2]	18	Créteil	Miss Cinémonde 1953	17 July 1953	26
1954	United States	Miriam Stevenson[3]	21	Winnsboro	Miss USA 1954	24 July 1954	33
1955	Sweden	Hillevi Rombin[4][5]	21	Uppsala	Fröken Sverige 1955	22 July 1955
1956	United States	Carol Morris[6]	20	Ottumwa	Miss USA 1956	20 July 1956	30
1957	Peru	Gladys Zender[7]	17	Lima	Miss Perú 1957	19 July 1957	32
1958	Colombia	Luz Marina Zuluaga[8]	19	Pereira	Virreina Colombia 1957	26 July 1958	36
1959	Japan	Akiko Kojima[9]	22	Tokyo	Miss Japan 1959	24 July 1959	34
1960	United States	Linda Bement[10]	18	Salt Lake City	Miss USA 1960	9 July 1960	43
1961	Germany	Marlene Schmidt[11]	23	Stuttgart	Miss Germany 1961	15 July 1961	48
1962	Argentina	Norma Nolan[12]	24	Venado Tuerto	Miss Argentina 1962	14 July 1962	52
1963	Brazil	Iêda Maria Vargas[13]	18	Porto Alegre	Miss Brasil 1963	20 July 1963	50
1964	Greece	Corinna Tsopei[14]	20	Athens	Star Hellas 1964	1 August 1964	60
1965	Thailand	Apasra Hongsakula[15]	18	Bangkok	Miss Thailand 1964	24 July 1965	56
1966	Sweden	Margareta Arvidsson[16]	18	Gothenburg	Fröken Sverige 1966	16 July 1966	58
1967	United States	Sylvia Hitchcock[17]	21	Miami	Miss USA 1967	15 July 1967	56
1968	Brazil	Martha Vasconcellos[18]	20	Salvador	Miss Brasil 1968	13 July 1968	65
1969	Philippines	Gloria Diaz[19]	18	Aringay	Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1969	19 July 1969	61
1970	Puerto Rico	Marisol Malaret[20]	20	San Juan	Miss Puerto Rico 1970	11 July 1970	64
1971	Lebanon	Georgina Rizk[21]	18	Beirut	Miss Lebanon 1970	24 July 1971	60
1972	Australia	Kerry Anne Wells[22]	20	Perth	Dream Girl Miss Australia 1972	29 July 1972	61
1973	Philippines	Margie Moran[23]	19	Manila	Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1973	21 July 1973
1974	Spain	Amparo Muñoz[24]	20	Vélez-Málaga	Miss España 1973	19 July 1974	65
1975	Finland	Anne Marie Pohtamo[25]	19	Helsinki	Miss Suomi 1975	19 July 1975	71
1976	Israel	Rina Messinger[26]	20	Kiryat Tiv'on	Miss Israel 1976	11 July 1976	72
1977	Trinidad and Tobago	Janelle Commissiong[27]	24	Port of Spain	Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1977	16 July 1977	80
1978	South Africa	Margaret Gardiner[28]	18	Cape Town	Miss Republic of South Africa 1978	24 July 1978	75
1979	Venezuela	Maritza Sayalero[29]	18	Caracas	Miss Venezuela 1979	20 July 1979
1980	United States	Shawn Weatherly[30]	20	Sumter	Miss USA 1980	8 July 1980	69
1981	Venezuela	Irene Sáez[31]	19	Caracas	Miss Venezuela 1981	20 July 1981	76
1982	Canada	Karen Baldwin[32]	18	London	Miss Canada 1982	26 July 1982	77
1983	New Zealand	Lorraine Downes[33]	19	Auckland	Miss New Zealand 1983	11 July 1983	80
1984	Sweden	Yvonne Ryding[34]	21	Eskilstuna	Fröken Sverige 1984	9 July 1984	81
1985	Puerto Rico	Deborah Carthy Deu[35]	19	San Juan	Miss Puerto Rico 1985	15 July 1985	79
1986	Venezuela	Bárbara Palacios[36]	22	Caracas	Miss Venezuela 1986	21 July 1986	77
1987	Chile	Cecilia Bolocco[37]	22	Santiago	Miss Chile 1987	27 May 1987	68
1988	Thailand	Porntip Nakhirunkanok[38]	19	Bangkok	Miss Thailand 1988	24 May 1988	66
1989	Netherlands	Angela Visser[39]	22	Rotterdam	Miss Holland 1988	23 May 1989	76
1990	Norway	Mona Grudt[40]	19	Trondheim	Norske Miss Universe 1990	15 April 1990	71
1991	Mexico	Lupita Jones[41]	23	Mexicali	Señorita México 1990	17 May 1991	73
1992	Namibia	Michelle McLean[42]	19	Windhoek	Miss Namibia 1991	9 May 1992	78
1993	Puerto Rico	Dayanara Torres[43]	18	Toa Alta	Miss Puerto Rico 1993	21 May 1993	79
1994	India	Sushmita Sen[44]	18	New Delhi	Femina Miss India 1994	21 May 1994	77
1995	United States	Chelsi Smith[45]	21	Deer Park	Miss USA 1995	12 May 1995	82
1996	Venezuela	Alicia Machado[46]	19	Maracay	Miss Venezuela 1995	17 May 1996	79
1997	United States	Brook Lee[47]	26	Pearl City	Miss USA 1997	16 May 1997	74
1998	Trinidad and Tobago	Wendy Fitzwilliam[48]	25	Diego Martin	Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1998	12 May 1998	81
1999	Botswana	Mpule Kwelagobe	19	Gaborone	Miss Universe Botswana 1999	26 May 1999	84
2000	India	Lara Dutta[49]	22	Bengaluru	Femina Miss India 2000	12 May 2000	79
2001	Puerto Rico	Denise Quiñones[50]	20	Lares	Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001	11 May 2001	77
2002	Russia	Oxana Fedorova[b]	24	Pskov	Miss Russia 2001	29 May 2002	75
	Panama	Justine Pasek[c][51]	23	Panama City	Señorita Panamá 2001	24 September 2002	73
2003	Dominican Republic	Amelia Vega[52]	18	Santiago	Miss República Dominicana 2002	3 June 2003	71
2004	Australia	Jennifer Hawkins[53]	20	Newcastle	Miss Universe Australia 2004	1 June 2004	80
2005	Canada	Natalie Glebova[54]	23	Toronto	Miss Universe Canada 2005	31 May 2005	81
2006	Puerto Rico	Zuleyka Rivera[55]	18	Salinas	Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006	23 July 2006	86
2007	Japan	Riyo Mori[56]	20	Shizuoka	Miss Universe Japan 2007	28 May 2007	77
2008	Venezuela	Dayana Mendoza[57]	22	Caracas	Miss Venezuela 2007	14 July 2008	80
2009		Stefanía Fernández	18	Mérida	Miss Venezuela 2008	23 August 2009	83
2010	Mexico	Ximena Navarrete	22	Guadalajara	Nuestra Belleza México 2009	23 August 2010
2011	Angola	Leila Lopes	25	Benguela	Miss Angola 2010	12 September 2011	89
2012	United States	Olivia Culpo	20	Cranston	Miss USA 2012	19 December 2012
2013	Venezuela	Gabriela Isler	25	Valencia	Miss Venezuela 2012	9 November 2013	86
2014	Colombia	Paulina Vega	22	Barranquilla	Señorita Colombia 2013	25 January 2015	88
2015	Philippines	Pia Wurtzbach[58]	26	Cagayan de Oro	Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2015	20 December 2015	80
2016	France	Iris Mittenaere[59]	24	Lille	Miss France 2016	30 January 2017	86
2017	South Africa	Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters	22	Sedgefield	Miss South Africa 2017	26 November 2017	92
2018	Philippines	Catriona Gray	24	Oas	Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2018	17 December 2018	94
2019	South Africa	Zozibini Tunzi	26	Tsolo	Miss South Africa 2019	8 December 2019	90
2020	Mexico	Andrea Meza	26	Chihuahua City	Mexicana Universal 2020	16 May 2021	74
2021	India	Harnaaz Sandhu[60]	21	Chandigarh	Miss Diva Universe 2021	13 December 2021	80
2022	United States	R'Bonney Gabriel	28	Houston	Miss USA 2022	14 January 2023	83
2023	Nicaragua	Sheynnis Palacios[61]	23	Diriamba	Miss Nicaragua 2023	18 November 2023	84
2024	Denmark	Victoria Kjær Theilvig	21	Herlev	Miss Universe Denmark 2024[d]	16 November 2024	125

Countries by number of wins

Country or territory	Titles	Year(s)
United States	9	1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2022
Venezuela	7	1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2013
Puerto Rico	5	1970, 1985, 1993, 2001, 2006
Philippines	4	1969, 1973, 2015, 2018
India	3	1994, 2000, 2021
Mexico		1991, 2010, 2020
South Africa		1978, 2017, 2019
Sweden		1955, 1966, 1984
France	2	1953, 2016
Colombia		1958, 2014
Japan		1959, 2007
Canada		1982, 2005
Australia		1972, 2004
Trinidad and Tobago		1977, 1998
Thailand		1965, 1988
Finland		1952, 1975
Brazil		1963, 1968
Denmark	1	2024
Nicaragua		2023
Angola		2011
Dominican Republic		2003
Panama		2002
Botswana		1999
Namibia		1992
Norway		1990
Netherlands		1989
Chile		1987
New Zealand		1983
Israel		1976
Spain		1974
Lebanon		1971
Greece		1964
Argentina		1962
Germany		1961
Peru		1957

Assumed wins

Titles assumed following resignations.

Country or territory	Titles	Year(s)
Panama	1	2002

Dethroned wins

Country or territory	Titles	Year(s)
Russia	1	2002

Winners gallery

• 
  Miss Universe 2024
  Victoria Kjær Theilvig
  Denmark
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  Miss Universe 2023
  Sheynnis Palacios
  Nicaragua
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  Miss Universe 2022
  R'Bonney Gabriel
  United States
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  Miss Universe 2021
  Harnaaz Sandhu
  India
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  Miss Universe 2020
  Andrea Meza
  Mexico
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  Miss Universe 2019
  Zozibini Tunzi
  South Africa
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  Miss Universe 2018
  Catriona Gray
  Philippines
• 
  Miss Universe 2017
  Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
  South Africa
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  Miss Universe 2016
  Iris Mittenaere
  France
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  Miss Universe 2015
  Pia Wurtzbach
  Philippines
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  Miss Universe 2014
  Paulina Vega
  Colombia
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  Miss Universe 2013
  Gabriela Isler
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 2012
  Olivia Culpo
  United States
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  Miss Universe 2011
  Leila Lopes
  Angola
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  Miss Universe 2010
  Ximena Navarrete
  Mexico
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  Miss Universe 2009
  Stefanía Fernández
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 2008
  Dayana Mendoza
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 2007
  Riyo Mori
  Japan
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  Miss Universe 2006
  Zuleyka Rivera
  Puerto Rico
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  Miss Universe 2005
  Natalie Glebova
  Canada
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  Miss Universe 2004
  Jennifer Hawkins
  Australia
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  Miss Universe 2003
  Amelia Vega
  Dominican Republic
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  Miss Universe 2002
  Justine Pasek
  Panama
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  Miss Universe 2002 (dethroned)
  Oxana Fedorova
  Russia
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  Miss Universe 2001
  Denise Quiñones
  Puerto Rico
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  Miss Universe 2000
  Lara Dutta
  India
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  Miss Universe 1999
  Mpule Kwelagobe
  Botswana
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  Miss Universe 1998
  Wendy Fitzwilliam
  Trinidad and Tobago
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  Miss Universe 1997
  Brook Lee
  United States
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  Miss Universe 1996
  Alicia Machado
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 1994
  Sushmita Sen
  India
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  Miss Universe 1993
  Dayanara Torres
  Puerto Rico
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  Miss Universe 1992
  Michelle McLean
  Namibia
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  Miss Universe 1991
  Lupita Jones
  México
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  Miss Universe 1989
  Angela Visser
  Netherlands
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  Miss Universe 1987
  Cecilia Bolocco
  Chile
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  Miss Universe 1986
  Bárbara Palacios
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 1984
  Yvonne Ryding
  Sweden
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  Miss Universe 1983
  Lorraine Downes
  New Zealand
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  Miss Universe 1980
  Shawn Weatherly
  United States
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  Miss Universe 1979
  Maritza Sayalero
  Venezuela
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  Miss Universe 1978
  Margaret Gardiner
  South Africa
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  Miss Universe 1977
  Janelle Commissiong
  Trinidad and Tobago
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  Miss Universe 1976
  Rina Messinger
  Israel
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  Miss Universe 1973
  Margie Moran
  Philippines
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  Miss Universe 1971
  Georgina Rizk
  Lebanon
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  Miss Universe 1970
  Marisol Malaret
  Puerto Rico
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  Miss Universe 1969
  Gloria Diaz
  Philippines
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  Miss Universe 1968
  Martha Vasconcellos
  Brazil
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  Miss Universe 1967
  Sylvia Hitchcock
  United States
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  Miss Universe 1966
  Margareta Arvidsson
  Sweden
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  Miss Universe 1965
  Apasra Hongsakula
  Thailand
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  Miss Universe 1964
  Corinna Tsopei
  Greece
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  Miss Universe 1963
  Iêda Maria Vargas
  Brazil
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  Miss Universe 1961
  Marlene Schmidt
  Germany
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  Miss Universe 1959
  Akiko Kojima
  Japan
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  Miss Universe 1958
  Luz Marina Zuluaga
  Colombia
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  Miss Universe 1957
  Gladys Zender
  Peru
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  Miss Universe 1956
  Carol Morris
  United States
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  Miss Universe 1955
  Hillevi Rombin
  Sweden
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  Miss Universe 1954
  Miriam Stevenson
  United States
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  Miss Universe 1953
  Christiane Martel
  France
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  Miss Universe 1952
  Armi Kuusela
  Finland

See also

• List of Miss Universe editions
• List of Miss Universe runners-up and finalists
• List of Miss Earth titleholders
• List of Miss International titleholders
• List of Miss World titleholders
• Big Four international beauty pageants

Notes

1. Ages at time of Miss Universe.
2. Dethroned
3. Originally crowned 1st Runner-Up. Took over title after original winner was dethroned.
4. Victoria Kjær Theilvig had placed as the second runner-up at Miss Denmark 2021, and was later appointed by the organization as Miss Universe Denmark 2024 when the winner of Miss Denmark 2024 declined to compete.^[62]