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   © 2000-2008, Pageant Almanac. All rights reserved. E-mail: Top of Page