Miss Namibia

Miss Namibia is a national beauty pageant in Namibia. The winner represents Namibia at Miss Universe pageant.

Miss Namibia

Miss Namibia Organization
Formation	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Founder	Nic Kruger
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Windhoek
Location	Namibia
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World Miss Earth
Official language	English
National Director	Conny Maritz
Website	www.missnamibia.org/home

The organization of Miss Namibia has produced one Miss Universe. Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe 1992, and became the first Namibian woman to win the title. McLean had been crowned Miss Namibia 1991 before Miss Universe, and also placed as the fourth runner-up at Miss World 1991.

History

The first Miss Namibia contest was held in 1980 by Nic Kruger, the founder of the pageant. After that there are three national directors: Nic Kruger (1980–1996), Danie Botes (1997–1998) and Conny Maritz (1999–today). The first Miss Namibia was organised by the Afrikaans newspaper Die Republikein in 1980 and conducted by Nic Kruger, the founding director of the pageant. The winner Desèré Kotze was allowed to participate in the Miss Universe contest representing Namibia, but wore the South African flag.^[1] After that there are two further national directors: Nic Kruger (1980–1996), Danie Botes (1997–1998) and Conny Maritz (1999–today). According to the source from Glynis Fester (Miss RSA 1977)—the first Miss SWA-Namibia was Ann Parker who was crowned by her on 18 June 1977. This is on public record in the Rapport published on 19 June 1977. She did not go to any international pageants.

Titles

Number of wins under Miss Namibia
Pageant	Wins
Miss Universe	1
Miss World	0
Miss Earth	0

Note that the year designates the time Miss Namibia has acquired that particular pageant franchise.

Titleholders

Year	Miss Namibia	Region
1980	Bernice Tembo	Khomas
1981	Antoinette Knoetze	Khomas
1982	Desere Kotze	Khomas
1983	Astrid Klotzch	Khomas
1984	Peta Harley-Peters	Khomas
1985	Alice Pfeiffer	Khomas
1986	Jo-Rina Meyer	Khomas
1987	Bianca Pragt	Khomas
1988	Caroline du Preez	Khomas
1989	Emsie Esterhuizen	Khomas
1990	Ronel Liebenberg	Khomas
1991	Michelle McLean Miss Universe 1992	Khomas
1992	Anja Schroeder	Khomas
1993	Barbara Kahatjipara	Khomas
1995	Patricia Burt	Khomas
1996	Faghma Absalom	Khomas
1997	Sheya Shipanga	Khomas
1998	Retha Reinders	Khomas
1999	Vaanda Katjuongua	Khomas
2000	Mia de Klerk	Khomas
2001	Michelle Heita	Khomas
2002	Ndapewa Alfons	Khomas
2003	Petrina Thomas	Khomas
2004	Adele Basson	Khomas
2005	Leefa Shiikwa[a]	Khomas
2006	Anna Svetlana Nashandi	Khomas
2007	Marichen Luiperth	Erongo
2008	Marelize Robberts	Khomas
2009	Happie Ntelamo	Zambezi
2010	Odile Gertze[3]	Khomas
2011	Luzaan van Wyk	Khomas
2012	Tsakana Nkandih	Oshikoto
2013	Paulina Malulu	Khomas
2014	Brumhilda Ochs	Khomas
2015	Steffi Van Wyk[citation needed]	Khomas
2016	Lizelle Esterhuizen	Khomas
2017	Suné January	Hardap
2018	Selma Kamanya	Kavango East
2019	Nadja Breytenbach	Khomas
2021	Chelsi Shikongo	Erongo
2022	Cassia Sharpley	Khomas
2023	Jameela Uiras[4]	Khomas
2024	Prisca Anyolo[5]	Khomas

Wins by region

Region	Titles	Years
Khomas	36	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Erongo	2	2007, 2021
Kavango East	1	2018
Hardap		2017
Oshikoto		2012
Zambezi		2009

Titleholders under Miss Namibia org.

Miss Universe Namibia

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

The main winner of Miss Namibia represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	Region	Miss Namibia	Placement at Miss Universe	Special award(s)	Notes
Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 1999
2025	Karas	Johanna Swartbooi[citation needed]	TBA	TBA
2024	Khomas	Prisca Anyolo	Unplaced
2023	Khomas	Jameela Uiras	Top 20
2022	Khomas	Cassia Sharpley	Unplaced
2021	Walvis Bay	Chelsi Shikongo	Unplaced		As it turns out, Shikongo was named after the late American actress Chelsi Smith, who was crowned Miss Universe 1995.
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no representative in 2020
2019	Khomas	Nadja Breytenbach	Unplaced
2018	Kavango East	Selma Kamanya	Unplaced
2017	Hardap	Suné January	Unplaced
2016	Khomas	Lizelle Esterhuizen	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2014—2015
2013	Khomas	Paulina Malulu	Unplaced		Before naming as Miss Namibia, Paulina was "Miss International Namibia 2012" and represented Namibia at Miss International 2012 where she made the Top 15 semi-finalists in Okinawa, Japan.
2012	Oshikoto	Tsakana Nkandih	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2010—2011
2009	Zambezi	Happie Ntelamo	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2007—2008
2006	Khomas	Anna Svetlana Nashandi	Unplaced
2005	Khomas	Adele Basson	Unplaced
Did not compete in 2004
2003	Khomas	Ndapewa Alfons	Top 10
2002	Khomas	Michelle Heita	Unplaced
Did not compete in 2001
2000	Khomas	Mia de Klerk	Unplaced
1999	Khomas	Vaanda Katjuongua	Unplaced
Danie Botes directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1997―1998
1998	Khomas	Retha Reinders	Unplaced
1997	Khomas	Sheya Shipanga	Unplaced
Nic Kruger directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1981―1996
1996	Khomas	Faghma Absalom	Unplaced
1995	Khomas	Patricia Burt	Unplaced		Namibia became the official venue of the Miss Universe 1995 competition.
1994	Khomas	Barbara Kahatjipara	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1993	Khomas	Anja Schroeder	Unplaced
1992	Khomas	Michelle McLean	Miss Universe 1992
1991	Khomas	Ronel Liebenberg	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1985—1990
1984	Khomas	Peta Harley-Peters	Unplaced
1983	Khomas	Astrid Klotzch	Unplaced
1982	Khomas	Desere Kotze	Unplaced
1981	Khomas	Antoinette Knoetze	Unplaced

Miss World Namibia

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

The runner-up of Miss Namibia will select as Miss World Namibia title. In some years the main winner also selected to Miss World before 2021.

Year	Region	Miss World Namibia	Placement at Miss World	Special award(s)	Notes
Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World from 1999
2025	Kavango East	Selma Kamanya	Top 8	Head to Head Challenge (Top 8) Miss World Sport (Top 32) Miss World Top Model
Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 2024 due to the change of host and when entering India as the new host, there were several issues that caused the postponement until March 2024.
2023	Erongo	Leone van Jaarsveld[6]	Unplaced
Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022.
2021	Kunene	Annerie Mare	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2016—2020
2015	Khomas	Steffi Van Wyk	Unplaced	Miss World Sport
2014	Khomas	Brumhilda Ochs	Unplaced	Miss World Top Model (Top 20)
2013	Khomas	Paulina Malulu	Unplaced
Did not compete in 2012
2011	Khomas	Luzaan van Wyk	Unplaced
2010	Khomas	Odile Gertze	Top 25
2009	Zambezi	Happie Ntelamo	Unplaced	Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)
2008	Khomas	Marelize Robberts	Unplaced	Miss World Top Model (Top 32)
2007	Erongo	Marichen Luiperth	Unplaced
2006	Khomas	Anna Svetlana Nashandi	Top 17
2005	Khomas	Leefa Shiikwa	Unplaced
2004	Khomas	Adele Basson	Unplaced
2003	Khomas	Petrina Thomas	Unplaced
2002	Khomas	Ndapewa Alfons	Unplaced
2001	Khomas	Michelle Heita	Unplaced
2000	Khomas	Mia de Klerk	Unplaced
Danie Botes directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World between 1997―1998
Did not compete between 1998—1999
1997	Khomas	Sheya Shipanga	Unplaced
Nic Kruger directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World between 1989―1993
Did not compete between 1994—1996
1993	Khomas	Barbara Kahatjipara	Unplaced
1992	Khomas	Anja Schroeder	Unplaced
1991	Khomas	Michelle McLean	Top 5		Later, McLean won Miss Universe 1992 in Bangkok, Thailand.
1990	Khomas	Ronel Liebenberg	Unplaced
1989	Khomas	Emsie Esterhuizen	Unplaced

Miss Earth Namibia

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Began 2022 the organization of Miss Namibia is an official national franchise holder for Miss Earth. One of the runners-up at Miss Namibia will go to Miss Earth pageant.

Year	Region	Miss Earth Namibia	Placement at Miss Earth	Special award(s)	Notes
Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Earth from 2022
2024	Khomas	Albertina Haimbala[7]	Top 12
2023	Ohangwena	Martha Kautanevali[8]	Unplaced
2022	Khomas	Diana Andimba	Top 20	Best Eco Video (Africa)

Notes

1. Miss Namibia 2005, Leefa Shiikwa was stripped of her title after it was disclosed that she was married to an Angolan man.^[2]