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It was first held in 1951 in Lyceum Ballroom of London by Eric Morley as the “Festival Bikini Contest”. However, it adopted the name “Miss World” later.
Since Eric Morley death in 2000, Morley's wife, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant.
Miss World from 1951 to 2010
Miss World 1951: Kerstin Haakonson (Sweden)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Laura Ellison-Davies (Great Britain)
2nd Runner-up: Doreen Dawne (Great Britain)
Miss World 1952: May Louise Flodin (Sweden)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Sylvia Müller (Switzerland)
2nd Runner-up: Vera Marks (West Germany)
Miss World 1953 : Denise Perrier (Miss France)
Miss World 1954 : Antigone Costanda (Miss Egypt)
Miss World 1955 : Susana Duijm (Miss Venezuela)
Miss World 1956 : Petra Schurmann (Miss Germany)
Miss World 1957 : Marita Lindahl (Miss Finland)
Miss World 1958 : Penelope Anne Coelen (Miss South Africa)
Miss World 1959 : Corine Rottschafer (Miss Holland)
Miss World 1960 : Norma Gladys Cappagli (Miss Argentina) The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Grace Lee REP. OF CHINA (Taiwan)
2nd Runner-Up: Carmen Cervera (SPAIN)
Miss World 1961 : Rosemarie Frankland ( United Kingdom)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Grace Li Shiu-ying (Republic of China)
2nd Runner-Up: Maria del Carmen Cervera Fernández (Spain)
Miss World 1962 : Catharina Johanna Lodders (NETHERLANDS)The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Kaarina Leskinen (FINLAND)
2nd Runner-Up: Monique Lamaire (FRANCE)
Miss World 1963 : Carole Joan Crawford (JAMAICA)The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Elaine Miscall (NEW ZEALAND)
2nd Runner-Up: Marja-Liisa Stahlberg (FINLAND)
Miss World 1964 : Ann Sidney (UNITED KINGDOM) The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Ana Maria Soria (ARGENTINA)
2nd Runner-Up: Linda Lin REP. OF CHINA (TAIWAN)
Miss World 1965 : Lesley Langley (UNITED KINGDOM) The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Dianna Lynn Batts (UNITED STATES)
2nd Runner-Up: Gladys Waller (IRELAND)
Miss World 1966 : Reita Faria (INDIA)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Nikica Marinovic (YUGOSLAVIA)
2nd Runner-Up: Efi Fontini Plumbi (GREECE)
Miss World 1967 : Madeline Hartog Bel Houghton (PERU)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: María Sabaliauskas (ARGENTINA)
2nd Runner-Up: Shakira Baksh (GUYANA)
Miss World 1968 : Penelope Plummer (Australia)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Kathleen Winstanley (UNITED KINGDOM)
2nd Runner-Up: Mirey Zamir (ISRAEL)
Miss World 1969 : Eva Rueber Staier (AUSTRIA)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Gail Renshaw (UNITED STATES)
2nd Runner-Up: Christa Margraf (GERMANY)
Miss World 1970 : Jennifer Josephine Hosten (GRENADA)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Pearl Jansen (AFRICA SOUTH)
2nd Runner-Up: Irith Lavi (ISRAEL)
Miss World 1971: Lucia Tavares Petterle (Brazil)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Marilyn Ann Ward, United Kingdom
2nd Runner-up: Ana Paula De Almeida, Portug
Miss World 1972: Belinda Green (Australia)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Ingeborg Sorensen (Norway)
2nd Runner-up: Chana Ordan (Israel)
Miss World 1973: Marjorie Wallace (United States of America)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Evangeline Luis Pascual (Philippines)
2nd runner-up: Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung (Jamaica)
1st runner-up: Evangeline Luis Pascual (Philippines)
2nd runner-up: Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung (Jamaica)
Miss World 1974: Helen Morgan (United Kingdom)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Anneline Kriel (South Africa)
2nd runner-up: Lea Klain (Israel)
Miss World 1975: Wilnelia Merced Cruz (Puerto Rico)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Marina Langner (Germany)
2nd Runner-up: Vicki Harris (United Kingdom)
Miss World 1976: Cynthia Jane (Cindy) Breakspeare (Jamaica)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Karen Jo Pini (Australia)
2nd runner-up: Diana Marie Roberts Duenas (Guam)
Miss World 1977: Mary Ann Catrin Stävin (Sweden)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Ineke Berends (Holland)
2nd runner-up: Dagmar Gabriele Winkler (Germany)
Miss World 1978: Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence (Argentina)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Ossie Margareta Carlsson (Sweden)
2nd runner-up: Denise Ellen Coward (Australia)
Miss World 1979: Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson (Bermuda)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Carolyn Ann Seaward (United Kingdom)
2nd runner-up: Debbie Rachelle Campbell (Jamaica)
Miss World 1980: Gabriela Brum (Germany)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Kimberley Santos (Guam) (crowned MISS WORLD 1980 on November 28,1980)
2nd runner-up: Patricia Barzyk (France)
Miss World 1981: Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo (Venezuela)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Nini Johanna Soto Gonzalez (Colombia)
2nd runner-up: Sandra Angela Cunningham (Jamaica)
Miss World 1982: Mariasela Alvarez Lebron (Dominican Republic)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Sari Kaarina Aspholm (Finland)
2nd runner-up: Della Frances Dolan (United Kingdom)
Miss World 1983: Sarah-Jane Hutt (United Kingdom)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Rocio Isabel Luna Florez (Colombia)
2nd runner-up: Catia Silveira Pedrosa (Brazil)
Miss World 1984: Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal (Venezuela)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick (Canada)
2nd runner-up: Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi (Australia)
Miss World 1985: Holmfridur Karlsdóttir (Iceland)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Mandy Adele Shires (United Kingdom)
2nd runner-up: Brenda Denton (United States)
Miss World 1986: Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde (Trinidad & Tobago)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Denmark)
2nd runner-up: Chantal Schreiber (Austria)
Miss World 1987: Ulla Weigerstorfer (Austria)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Albani Josefina Lozada Jimenez (Venezuela)
2nd runner-up: Anna Margret Jonsdóttir (Iceland)
Miss World 1988: Linda Pétursdóttir (Iceland)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Yeon-hee Choi (Korea)
2nd runner-up: Kirsty Roper (United Kingdom)
Miss World 1989: Aneta Beata Kreglicka (Poland)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Leanne Caputo (Canada)
2nd Runner-up: Mónica Maria Isaza Mejía (Colombia)
Miss World 1990: Gina Marie Tolleson (United States)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Siobhan McClafferty (Ireland)
2nd runner-up: Sharon Raquel Luengo Gonzalez (Venezuela)
Miss World 1991: Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Rodriguez (Venezuela)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Leanne Buckle (Australia)
2nd runner-up: Diana Tilden-Davis (South Africa)
Miss World 1992: Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina (Russia)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Claire Elizabeth Smith (United Kingdom)
2nd runner-up: Francis del Valle Gago Aponte (Venezuela)
Miss World 1993: Lisa Hanna (Jamaica)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng, (South Africa)
2nd Runner-up: Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez, (Philippines)
Miss World 1994: Aishwarya Rai (India)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Basetsane Julia Khumalo, (South Africa)
2nd Runner-up: Irene Esther Fereira Izquierdo, (Venezuela)
Miss World 1995: Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano (Venezuela)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Anica Martinović (Croatia)
2nd Runner-up: Michelle Khan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Miss World 1996: Irene Skliva (Greece)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Carolina Arango Corrales (Colombia)
2nd Runner-Up: Anuska Valéria Prado (Brazil)
Miss World 1997: Diana Hayden (India)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Lauralee Martinovich (New Zealand)
2nd Runner-Up: Jessica Motaung (South Africa)
Miss World 1998: Linor Abargil (Israel)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Véronique Caloc (France)
2nd Runner-Up: Lina Teoh (Malaysia)
Miss World 1999: Yukta Mookhey (India)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Martina Thorogood Heemsen, (Venezuela)
2nd Runner-Up: Sonia Raciti, (South Africa)
Miss World 2000: Priyanka Chopra (India)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Giorgia Palmas (Italy)
2nd Runner-Up: Yuksel Ak (Turkey)
Miss World 2001: Agbani Darego (Nigeria)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Zizi Lee (Aruba)
2nd Runner-Up: Juliet Jane Horne (Scotland)
Miss World 2002: Azra Akin (Turkey)
The runners-up were:
1st runner-up: Natalia Peralta Castro (Colombia)
2nd runner-up: Marina Mora (Peru)
Miss World 2003: Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Canada, Nazanin Afshin Jam
2nd Runner-up: China, Guan Qi
Miss World 2004: María Julia Mantilla (Peru)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Claudia Cruz (Dominican Republic)
2nd Runner-up: Nancy Randall (United States)
Miss World 2005: Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir (Iceland)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Dafne Molina Lona (Mexico)
2nd Runner-up: Ingrid Marie Rivera(Puerto Rico)
Miss World 2006: Tatana Kucharova (Czech Republic)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-Up: Ioana Boitor (Romania)
2nd Runner-Up: Sabrina Houssami (Australia)
Miss World 2007: Zhang Zi Lin (China PR)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Micaela Patricia Reis (Angola)
2nd Runner-up: Carolina Morán Gordillo (Mexico )
Miss World 2008: Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Parvathy Omanakuttan (India)
2nd Runner-up: Gabrielle Walcott ( Trinidad & Tobago)
Miss World 2009: Kaiane Aldorino (Gibraltar)
The runners-up were:
1st Runner-up: Perla Beltran Acosta (Mexico)
2nd Runner-up: Tatum Keshwar (South Africa)
Miss World 2010
Miss World 2010, the 60th Miss World pageant, will be held on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, People's Republic of China.