Wales at major beauty pageants
This is a list of Wales's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. This country has yet to win any crowns.
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]
Wales's Big Four titleholders[edit]
Wales has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]
- Color key
- Miss Universe winner
- Miss World winner
- Miss International winner
- Miss Earth winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists, Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
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2021 | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/UK/Great Britain. | TBA | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom. | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain. |
2020 | ↑ No Pageant Held | |||
2019 | Gabriella Jukes Top 40 |
↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom. | × | |
2018 | Bethany Harris | × | ||
2017 | Hannah Williams | Sophie Bettridge | ||
2016 | Ffion Moyle | Charlotte Hitchman | ||
2015 | Emma Jenkins | Lara Stephen | ||
2014 | Alice Ford | × | ||
2013 | Gabrielle Shaw | Angharad James | ||
2012 | Sophie Moulds 1st Runner-Up |
Zoe Kinsella | ||
2011 | Sara Manchipp | Emma Franklin | ||
2010 | Courtenay Hamilton | Louise Hinder | ||
2009 | Lucy Whitehouse | Dominique Louise Dyer | ||
2008 | Chloe-Beth Morgan | Jamie-Lee Williams | ||
2007 | Kelly-Louise Pesticcio | Sarah Michelle Fleming | ||
2006 | Sarah Fleming | Laura Jane Livesey | ||
2005 | Claire Evans | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom. | ||
2004 | Amy Guy Top 15 |
↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain. | ||
2003 | Imogen Thomas | (Wales sent their first delegate in 2006.) | ||
2002 | Michelle Bush | ↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain. | ||
2001 | Charlotte Faicheney | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.) | ||
2000 | Sophie Kate Cahill | |||
1999 | Clare Daniel | |||
1998 | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom. | |||
1997 | ||||
1996 | ||||
1995 | ||||
1994 | ||||
1993 | ||||
1992 | ||||
1991 | ||||
1990 | Jane Lloyd | |||
1989 | Andrea Caroline Jones | |||
1988 | Lise Marie Williams | |||
1987 | Nicola Gail Davies | |||
1986 | Tracey Rowlands | Judith Kay Popham | ||
1985 | Barbara Christian | Samantha Amystone | ||
1984 | Jane Ann Riley | Jane Ann Riley | ||
1983 | Lianne Patricia Gray | Lianne Patricia Gray | ||
1982 | Michele Donnelly | Caroline Jane Williams Top 15 | ||
1981 | Karen Ruth Stannard | Sally Douglas Williams | ||
1980 | Kim Ashfield | ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain. | ||
1979 | Janet Beverly Hobson Top 12 | |||
1978 | Elizabeth Ann Jones | |||
1977 | Christine Anne Murphy | |||
1976 | Sian Adey-Jones 2nd Runner-Up | |||
1975 | Georgina Kerler | |||
1974 | Helen Morgan 1st Runner-Up | |||
1973 | Deirdre Jennifer | |||
1972 | Eileen Darroch | |||
1971 | Dawn Cater | |||
1970 | Sandra Cater | |||
1969 | Shirley Jones | |||
1968 | Judith Radford | Kay House | ||
1967 | Denise Elizabeth Page Top 15 |
Dawn Sullivan | ||
1966 | Christine Heller | ↑ No Pageant Held | ||
1965 | Joan Boull | Susan Strangemore | ||
1964 | Marilyn Joy Samuel | Pamela Martin | ||
1963 | Maureen Thomas | Christina Fryer | ||
1962 | Hazel Williams | Diane Thomas | ||
1961 | Rosemarie Frankland 1st Runner-Up |
Barbara Wilcock | ||
1960 | (Wales sent their first delegate in 1961.) | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. Wales sent their first delegate in 1961.) | ||
1959 | ||||
1958 | ||||
1957 | ||||
1956 | ||||
1955 | ||||
1954 | ||||
1953 | ||||
1952 | ↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain. | |||
1951 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.) | |||
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom.) |
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 5 | 1st Runner-Up (1961, 1974) |
Miss World | 3 | 1st Runner-Up (2012) |
Miss International | 1 | Top 15 (1982) |
Miss Earth | 0 | None |
Total | 9 | 1st Runner-Up (1961, 1974) (Miss Universe), (2012) (Miss World) |
References[edit]
- ↑ Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". GMA News Online. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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