United Kingdom at major beauty pageants

This is a list of United Kingdom's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

The country has won seven victories:

• Four – Miss World crowns (1961 • 1964 • 1965 • 1974 Dethroned • 1983)
• Two – Miss International crowns (1969 • 1972)

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[13][14][15]

United Kingdom's Big Four titleholders

United Kingdom has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][16] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[17][18][19]

Color Key

•      Ended as Runner-up
•      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

YEAR	MISS UNIVERSE	MISS WORLD	MISS INTERNATIONAL	MISS EARTH
2019	Emma Jenkins	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	Harriotte Lane 4th Runner-Up	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
2018	Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers Top 20		Sharon Gaffka
2017	Anna Burdzy Top 16		Ashley Powell Top 8
2016	Jaime-Lee Faulkner		Romy Simpkins
2015	Narissara France		Sophie Loudon Top 10
2014	Grace Levy		Victoria Tooby 3rd Runner-Up
2013	Amy Willerton Top 10		Elizabeth Greenham
2012	Holly Hale		Alize Lily Mounter Top 15
2011	Chloe-Beth Morgan		x
2010	Tara Hoyos-Martínez		Katharine Brown
2009	Clair Cooper		Chloe-Beth Morgan 2nd Runner-Up
2008	Lisa Lazarus		Nieve Jennings
2007	x		Samantha Freedman
2006	Julie Doherty		x
2005	Brooke Johnston		Amy Guy	Emma Corten
2004	x		Laura Shields Top 15	Hannah McCuaig
2003	x		Gayle Williamson	x
2002	x		Juliet-Jane Horne	Louise Glover
2001	x		Michelle Watson	x
2000	Louise Lakin		x	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999	Cherie Pisani	Nicola Willoughby	Janeth Kehinde Ayuba
1998	Leilani Dowding	Emmalene McLoughlin	Melanie Devina Jones
1997	x	Vicki-Lee Walberg Top 10	Rachael Liza Warner
1996	Anita Saint Rose	Rachael Liza Warner	Shauna Marie Gunn
1995	Sarah Jane Southwick	Shauna Marie Gunn	Melanie Abdoun
1994	Michaela Pyke	Melanie Abdoun Top 10	Amanda Louise Johnson Top 15
1993	Kathryn Middleton	Amanda Louise Johnson	Claire Elizabeth Smith
1992	Tiffany Stanford	Claire Elizabeth Smith 1st Runner-Up	Joanne Elizabeth Lewis
1991	Helen Upton	Johanne Elizabeth Lewis	Helen Upton Top 15
1990	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	Helen Upton	Jane Lloyd
1989		Suzanne Younger Top 10	Victoria Susannah Lace Top 15
1988		Kirsty Roper 2nd Runner-Up	Heather Jane Daniels
1987		Karen Mellor	Debbie Ann Pearman
1986		Alison Slack Top 15	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1985		Mandy Adele Shires 1st Runner-Up
1984		Vivienne Rooke 3rd Runner-Up
1983		Sarah-Jane Hutt WINNER
1982		Della Frances Dolan 2nd Runner-Up
1981		Michele Donnelly 4th Runner-Up
1980		Kim Ashfield 4th Runner-Up	Lorraine Davidson
1979		Carolyn Seaward 1st Runner-Up	Beverly Isherwood
1978		Elizabeth Ann Jones 5th Runner-Up	Patricia Morgan
1977		Madeleine Stringer 5th Runner-Up	Sian Helen Adey-Jones Top 15
1976		Carol Jean Grant 3rd Runner-Up	Janet Withey Top 15
1975		Vicki Harris 2nd Runner-Up	Sharon Jermyn
1974		Helen Morgan WINNER (Dethroned)	Joanna Booth 1st Runner-Up
1973		Veronica Ann Cross 6th Runner-Up	Zoe Spink 1st Runner-Up
1972		Jennifer McAdam 6th Runner-Up	Linda Hooks WINNER
1971		Marilyn Ward 1st Runner-Up	Pamela Wood Top 15
1970		Yvonne Anne Ormes 6th Runner-Up	Jacqueline Molloy
1969		Sheena Drummond Top 15	Valerie Holmes WINNER
1968		Kathleen Winstanley 1st Runner-Up	Gloria Best
1967		Jennifer Lynn Lewis 1st Runner-Up	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1966		Jennifer Lowe Summers Top 15	↑ No Pageant Held
1965		Lesley Langley WINNER	↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1964		Ann Sidney WINNER
1963		Diane Westbury 5th Runner-Up
1962		Jackie White Top 15
1961		Rosemarie Frankland WINNER
1960		Hilda Fairclough Top 10
1959		Anne Thelwell 3rd Runner-Up	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958		Eileen Sheridan
1957		Leila Williams
1956		Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
1955		Jennifer Chimes
1954	x	Patricia Butler
1953	x	Brenda Mee
1952	Aileen Chase	Marlene Ann Dee
1951	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States)	Laura Ellison-Davies 1st Runner-Up
		↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. United Kingdom sent their first delegate in 1951.)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Name of Pageant	Placements	Best Result
Miss Universe	3	Top 10 (2013)
Miss World	34	Winner (1961 • 1964 • 1965 • 1974-Dethroned • 1983)
Miss International	17	Winner (1969 • 1972 )
Miss Earth	0	0
Total	87	7 Winners

References

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6. News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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• Miss Universe country participation lists.
• Miss World country participation lists.
• Miss International country participation lists.
• Miss Earth country participation lists.

See also

• Miss United Kingdom
• Miss England
• Miss Northern Ireland
• Miss Scotland
• Miss Wales
• Miss Great Britain
• Miss Universe Great Britain
• Miss Earth United Kingdom