Miss Universe
Former Titleholders
Year
Titleholder
Country
Notes
1952
Armi Kuusela
Finland
1953
Christiane Martel
France
1954
Miriam Stevenson
USA
1955
Hellevi Rombin
Sweden
1956
Carol Morris
USA
1957
Gladys Zender
Peru
1958
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Colombia
1959
Akiko Kojima
Japan
1960
Linda Bement
USA
1961
Marlene Schmidt
Germany
1962
Norma Nolan
Argentina
1963
Ieda Maria Vargas
Brazil
1964
Corinna Tsopei
Greece
1965
Apasra Hongsakula
Thailand
1966
Margareta Arvidsson
Sweden
1967
Sylvia Hitchcock
USA
1968
Martha Vasconcellos
Brazil
1969
Gloria Diaz
Philippines
1970
Marisol Malaret
Puerto Rico
1971
Georgia Risk
Lebanon
1972
Kerry Anne Wells
Australia
1973
Margarita Moran
Philippines
1974
Amparo Munoz
Spain
1975
Anne Marie Pohtamo
Finland
1976
Rina Messinger
Israel
1977
Janelle Commissiong
Trinidad and Tobago
1978
Margaret Gardiner
South Africa
1979
Maritza Sayalero
Venezuela
1980
Shawn Weatherly
USA
1981
Irene Saez
Venezuela
1982
Karen Baldwin
Canada
1983
Lorraine Downes
New Zealand
1984
Yvonne Ryding
Sweden
1985
Deborah Carthy-Deu
Puerto Rico
1986
Barbara Palacios Teyde
Venezuela
1987
Cecilia Bolocco
Chile
1988
Porntip Nakhirrunkanok
Thailand
1989
Angela Visser
Holland
1990
Mona Grudt
Norway
1991
Lupita Jones
Mexico
1992
Michelle McLean
Namibia
1993
Dayanara Torres
Puerto Rico
1994
Sushmita Sen
India
1995
Chelsi Smith
USA
1996
Alicia Machado
Venezuela
1997
Brook Mehealani Lee
USA
1998
Wendy Fitzwilliam
Trinidad and Tobago
1999
Mpule Kwelagobe
Botswana
2000
Lara Dutta
India
2001
Denise Quinones
Puerto Rico
2002
Oxana Fedorova
Russia
dethroned
2002
Justine Pasek
Panama
1st runner-up; became Miss Universe
2003
Amelia Vega
Dominican Republic
2004
Jennifer Hawkins
Australia
2005
Natalie Glebova
Canada
2006
Zuleyka Rivera
Puerto Rico
2007
Riyo Mori
Japan
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