United States at major beauty pageants
This is a list of United States's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has won fourteen victories:
- Eight — Miss Universe crowns (1954 • 1956 • 1960 • 1967 • 1980 • 1995 • 1997 • 2012)
- Three — Miss World crowns (1973 • 1990 • 2010)
- Three — Miss International crowns (1974 • 1978 • 1982)
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion are based on specific standards such as the pageant's 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 pageant's 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.[1]
United States's Big Four titleholders
The United States has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[2][3] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[4][5][6]
- Color key
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
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2021 | TBA | TBA | Maritsa Platis TBA |
TBA |
2020 | ↑ No Pageant Held | Lindsey Coffey TBA | ||
2019 | Cheslie Kryst Top 10 |
Emmy Rose Cuvelier Top 40 |
Ghazal Gill | Emanii Davis 1st Runner-Up |
2018 | Sarah Rose Summers Top 20 |
Marisa Butler Top 30 |
Bonnie Walls | Yashvi Aware |
2017 | Kára McCullough Top 10 |
Clarissa Bowers Top 40 |
Shanel James | Andreia Gibau Top 16 |
2016 | Deshauna Barber Top 9 |
Audra Mari Top 11 |
Kaitryana Leinbach 4th Runner-Up |
Corrin Stellakis Top 8/3rd Runner-Up |
2015 | Olivia Jordan 2nd Runner-Up |
Victoria Mendoza | Lindsay Becker 4th Runner-Up |
Brittany Ann Payne 2nd Runner-Up |
2014 | Nia Sanchez 1st Runner-Up |
Elizabeth Safrit 2nd Runner-Up |
Samantha Brooks | Andrea Neu 1st Runner-Up |
2013 | Erin Brady Top 10 |
Olivia Jordan Top 20 |
Andrea Neu Top 15 |
Nicole Velez Top 16 |
2012 | Olivia Culpo WINNER |
Claudine Book Top 15 |
Amanda Renee Delgado Top 15 |
Siria Bojorquez Top 8 |
2011 | Alyssa Campanella Top 16 |
Erin Cummins | Kristen Little | Nicole Kelley |
2010 | Rima Fakih | Alexandria Mills WINNER |
Casandra Tressler | Danielle Bounds Top 14 |
2009 | Kristen Dalton Top 10 |
Lisa-Marie Kohrs | Aileen Jan Yap | Amy Diaz |
2008 | Crystle Stewart Top 10 |
Lane Lindell | Kelly Best | Jana Murrell Top 16 |
2007 | Rachel Smith 4th Runner-Up |
Abigail McCary Top 16 |
April Strong | Lisa Forbes |
2006 | Tara Conner 4th Runner-Up |
Brooke Angus | × | Amanda Pennekamp Top 16 |
2005 | Chelsea Cooley Top 10 |
Lisette Diaz | Anna Ward | Amanda Kimmel Top 8 |
2004 | Shandi Finnessey 1st Runner-Up |
Nancy Randall 2nd Runner-Up |
Amy Holbrook 1st Runner-Up |
Stephanie Brownell |
2003 | Susie Castillo Top 15 |
Kimberly Harlan | Masielle Otero | Jessica Schilling |
2002 | Shauntay Hinton | Rebekah Revels Top 10 |
Mary Elizabeth Jones | Casey Burns |
2001 | Kandace Krueger 2nd Runner-Up |
Carrie Stroup | Eliana Thompson | Abigail Royce Top 10 |
2000 | Lynnette Cole Top 5 |
Angelique Breaux Top 10 |
Kirstin Cook | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines) |
1999 | Kimberly Pressler | Natasha Allas Top 10 |
Jennifer Glover | |
1998 | Shawnae Jebbia Top 5 |
Shauna Gambill Top 10 |
Susan Paez | |
1997 | Brook Lee WINNER |
Sallie Toussaint Top 10 |
Tanya Miller | |
1996 | Ali Landry Top 6 |
Kelly Webber | Maya Kashak | |
1995 | Chelsi Smith WINNER |
Jill Ankuda | Krista Loskota | |
1994 | Lu Parker Top 6 |
Kristie Harmon | Karen Doyle | |
1993 | Kenya Moore Top 6 |
Maribeth Brown Top 10 |
Lynette MacFee | |
1992 | Shannon Marketic Top 10 |
Sharon Belden Top 10 |
Sandra Lee Allen | |
1991 | Kelli McCarty Top 6 |
Charlotte Ray Top 10 |
Kimberly Byers | |
1990 | Carole Gist 1st Runner-Up |
Gina Tolleson WINNER |
Shawna Bowman Top 10 | |
1989 | Gretchen Polhemus 2nd Runner-Up |
Jill Scheffert Top 5 |
Deborah Husti Top 15 | |
1988 | Courtney Gibbs Top 10 |
Diana Magaňa Top 10 |
Dana Richmond 1st Runner-Up | |
1987 | Michelle Royer 2nd Runner-Up |
Clotlide Cabrera | Paula Morrison Top 15 | |
1986 | Christy Fichtner 1st Runner-Up |
Halle Berry Top 7 |
Cindy Jane Williams Top 15 | |
1985 | Laura Harring Top 10 |
Brenda Denton 2nd Runner-Up |
Sarie Jourbert 1st Runner-Up | |
1984 | Mai Shanley Top 10 |
Kelly Anderson Top 7 |
Sandra Percival | |
1983 | Julie Hayek 1st Runner-Up |
Lisa Allred Top 7 |
Kimberly Bleier Top 15 | |
1982 | Terri Utley 4th Runner-Up |
LuAnn Caughey Top 7 |
Christie Claridge WINNER | |
1981 | Kim Seelbrede Top 12 |
Lisa Moss Top 7 |
Lisa Schuman Top 15 | |
1980 | Shawn Weatherly WINNER |
Brooke Alexander Top 7 |
Clarissa Ewing 1st Runner-Up | |
1979 | Mary Therese Friel Top 12 |
Carter Wilson Top 15 |
Anna Maria Rapagna 1st Runner-Up | |
1978 | Judi Andersen 1st Runner-Up |
Debra Freeze Top 15 |
Katherine Ruth WINNER | |
1977 | Kimberly Tomes Top 12 |
Cindy Miller 4th Runner-Up |
Laura Bobbit 4th Runner-up | |
1976 | Barbara Peterson | Kimberlee Foley | Susan Carlson 3rd Runner-Up | |
1975 | Summer Bartholomew 2nd Runner-Up |
Annelise Ilschenko | Patricia Bailey 3rd Runner-Up | |
1974 | Karen Morrison Top 12 |
Terry Ann Browning 4th Runner-Up |
Brucene Smith WINNER | |
1973 | Amanda Jones 1st Runner-Up |
Marjorie Wallace WINNER (Dethroned) |
Maria Pia Canzani | |
1972 | Tanya Wilson Top 12 |
Lynda Carter Top 15 |
Lindsay Bloom 4th Runner-Up | |
1971 | Michele McDonald Top 12 |
Brucene Smith Top 7 |
Jacqueline Jochims 3rd Runner-Up | |
1970 | Deborah Shelton 1st Runner-Up |
Sandra Wolsfeld Top 15 |
Randi Blesner Top 15 | |
1969 | Wendy Dascomb Top 15 |
Gail Renshaw 1st Runner-Up |
Gayle Kovaly Top 15 | |
1968 | Dorothy Anstett 4th Runner-Up |
Johnine Avery | Karen MacQuarrie 2nd Runner-Up | |
1967 | Sylvia Hitchcock WINNER |
Pamela Pall Top 15 |
Pamela Elfast 2nd Runner-Up | |
1966 | Maria Remenyi Top 15 |
Denice Blair Top 7 |
↑ No Pageant Held | |
1965 | Sue Ann Downey 2nd Runner-Up |
Dianna Lynn Batts 1st Runner-Up |
Gail Krielow 1st Runner-Up | |
1964 | Bobbie Johnson Top 15 |
Jeanne Quinn Top 16 |
Linda Ann Taylor 1st Runner-Up | |
1963 | Marite Ozers Top 15 |
Michele Metrinko Top 14 |
Joyce Bryan 3rd Runner-Up | |
1962 | Macel Wilson Top 15 |
Amedee Chabot Top 8 |
Carolyn Joyner 4th Runner-Up | |
1961 | Sharon Brown 4th Runner-Up |
Jo Ann Odum Top 7 |
Jo Ann Marie Dye | |
1960 | Linda Bement WINNER |
Judith Achter 4th Runner-Up |
Charlene Lundberg 4th Runner-Up | |
1959 | Terry Huntingdon 2nd Runner-Up |
Loretta Powell | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) | |
1958 | Arlene Howell 3rd Runner-Up |
Nancy Corcoran | ||
1957 | Mary Leona Gage | Charlotte Sheffield | ||
1956 | Carol Morris WINNER |
Betty Cherry 1st Runner-Up | ||
1955 | Carlene King Johnson Top 15 |
Margaret Haywood 1st Runner-Up | ||
1954 | Miriam Stevenson WINNER |
Karin Hultman 1st Runner-Up | ||
1953 | Myrna Hansen 1st Runner-Up |
Mary Griffin 5th Runner-Up | ||
1952 | Jackie Loughery Top 10 |
Tally Richards 4th Runner-Up | ||
1951 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States) |
Annette Gibson | ||
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom) |
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 63 | Winner ![]() |
Miss World | 50 | Winner![]() |
Miss International | 32 | Winner ![]() |
Miss Earth | 12 | 1st Runner-Up (2014, 2019) |
Total | 157 | 14 TITLES |
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