Greece at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Greece's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has won three victories:

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on SPECIFIC 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.[1][2][3]

Greece's Big Four titleholders

Greece has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[4][5] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[6][7][8]

Color Key
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2020 Rafaela Plastira
TBA		 ↑ No Pageant Held Niki Alexandridou
TBA
2019 x Rafaela Plastira x x
2018 Ioanna Bella Maria Lepida x Chrysa Androutsopoulou
2017 x Maria Psilou x x
2016 x x x x
2015 Mikaela Fotiadis x x x
2014 Ismini Dafopoulou Eleni Kokkinou x x
2013 Anastasia Sidiropoulou Athina Pikrakis x x
2012 Vasiliki Tsirogianni Maria Tsagaraki x x
2011 Iliana Papageorgiou Eleni Miariti x x
2010 Anna Prelevic Manto Gasteratou Maria Tsagaraki x
2009 Viviana Campanile Zagorianakou Alkistis Anyfanti Daiana Igropoulou Filio Sarantinou
2008 Dionysia Koukiou Aggeliki Kalaitzi Sofia Roditi Ria Antoniou
2007 Doukissa Nomikou Aikaterini Evangelinou Despina Vlepaki
1st Runner-Up		 x
2006 Olympia Hopsonidou Irini Karra x Eugenia Lattou
2005 Evangelia Aravani
Top 15		 Katerina Stikoudi Potoula Perimeni x
2004 Valia Kakouti Maria Spiridaki Olga Kypriotou
2nd Runner-Up		 x
2003 Marietta Chrousala
Top 15		 Vasiliki Tsekoura
Top 20		 Lina Zaproudi
Top 12		 x
2002 Lena Paparigopoulou Katerina Georgiadou Stella Giaboura Juliana Drossou
3rd Runner-Up/2nd Runner-Up
2001 Evelina Papantoniou
1st Runner-Up		 Valentini Daskaloudi Fotini Kokari x
2000 Heleni Skafida Nancy Tzoulaki Dimitra Kitsiou ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999 Sofia Raptis Evi Vatidou Penelope Lentzou
1998 Dimitra Aiginiti Katia Margaritoglou Eleni Pliatsika
1997 Elina Zisi Eugenia Limantzaki Vanessa Stavrou
1996 Nina Georgala Irene Skliva
WINNER		 Rania Likoudi
Top 10
1995 Helen Papeannou Maria Boziki Maria Pavli
Top 15
1994 Rea Toutountzi
Top 10		 Evi Adam
Top 10		 Christina Lekka
WINNER
1993 Christina Manousi Maria Delou Helena Zabaka
1992 Marina Tsintikidou Evgenia Paschalidi Georgia Drosou
1st Runner-Up
1991 Marina Poupou Miriam Panagou Dimitra Papadogianni
1990 Jeni Balatsinou Sofia Lafkioti Irini Stefanou
1989 Christina Latani Katerina Petropoulou Emmanouela Evdoridou
1988 x Ariadne Mylona Vasiliki Gerothodorou
1987 Xenia Pantazi Helena Moskiou Peggy Thanopoulou
1986 Silia Mantaki Anna Kehagia Afrodite Panagiotou
1985 Sabina Damianidou Epi Galanou Efi Dereka
1984 Peggi Dogani Vana Barba Vivian Galanopoulou
1983 Sia Farfaraki Anna Martinou Sia Farfaraki
1982 Tina Roussou
3rd Runner-Up		 Anthi Priovolou Iro Hadziioannou
1981 Maria Nikouli Maria Argyrokastritou Katerina Kondylatou
1980 Roula Kanellapoulou Vera Zaharopoulou Katerina Manaraki
1979 Katia Koukidou Mika Dimitropoulou Despina Triantafyllidou
1978 Marieta Kountouraki Ariana Dimitropoulou Sia Krokidou
1977 Maria Spantidaki Lina Ioannou Lia Aga
1976 Melina Michailidou Rania Theofilou Maria Sinanidou
1975 Afrodite Katsouli Bella Adamopoulou Maria Tzobanaki
1974 Lena Kleopa Nia Dafni Anny Tatsopoulou
Top 15
1973 Sicta Papadaki
Top 12		 Katerina Papadimitriou
Top 12		 Marjella Digiakomou
1972 Nancy Kapetanaki Heleni Lykissa Marjella Digiakomou
1971 Vera Kirst Maria Maltezou x
1970 Kiki Bourlesi
Top 15		 Giouli Vardi Katerina Sakka
1969 Irini Diamantoglou Helena Alexopoulou Rea Nikolaou
1968 Miranta Zafiropoulou
Top 15		 Lia Malta Fani Sakantani
1967 Elya Kalligeraki
Top 15		 Mimika Niavi Nagia Galakouti
1966 Katia Balafouta Efi Fontini Ploumbi
2nd Runner-Up		 ↑ No Pageant Held
1965 Aspa Theologitou
Top 15		 Maria Geka Vivi Niavi
1964 Corinna Tsopei
WINNER		 Maria Kougioumtzaki
Top 15		 Maria Schinaraki
1963 Despina Orgetta Soula Idromenou Emi Zanou
1962 Christina Apostolou Giasmine Moraitou Ioanna Delakou
1961 Ria Deloutsi Efi Karaiskaki Ioanna Berouka
1960 Magda Pasaloglou
Top 15		 Kalliopi Geralexi Kiki Kotsaridou
1959 Zoe Kouroukli
Top 15		 Yakinthi Karaviti
Top 15		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958 Marily Kallimopoulou
Top 15		 Mary Panoutsopoulou
1957 Lygia Karavia
Top 15		 Naná Gasparatou
1956 Rita Gouma
Top 15		 Maria Pasaloglou
1955 Sonia Zoidou Tzoulia Koumoundourou
2nd Runner-Up
1954 Rika Dialina
Top 16		 Efi Mela
2nd Runner-Up
1953 Doretta Xirou Alexandra Ladikou
1st Runner-Up
1952 Daisi Mavraki
2nd Runner-Up		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Greece send their first delegate in 1953)
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 18 Winner (1964)
Miss World 10 Winner (1996)
Miss International 8 Winner (1994)
Miss Earth 1 2nd Runner-Up (2002)
Total 37 3 TITLES

See also

References
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  2. International Beauty Pageant Ranking
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