From beauty queens to role models, these 71 women have made history as Miss Universe title winners.
From their stunning looks to their inspiring stories, these women have captured the hearts of people around the world.
Get ready to be mesmerized as we take a journey through the years and discover all 71 Miss Universe title holders and their remarkable achievements.
71. R’Bonney Gabriel / Miss USA – 2023
R’Bonney Nola Gabriel, also known as R’Bonney Nola, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2023, becoming the ninth and oldest competitor from the United States to win the title. She previously won the Miss USA 2022 pageant, which was held in Reno, Nevada.
70. Harnaaz Sandhu / Miss Diva Universe 2021 – India
Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, Miss Universe 2021, is an Indian model, actor, and beauty pageant winner. The model was previously crowned Miss Diva Universe 2021 and is India’s third Miss Universe winner.
Harnaaz Kaur was also crowned Femina Miss India Punjab in 2019.
69. Andrea Meza / Mexicana Universal 2020
Alma Andrea Meza Carmona, Miss Universe 2020, is a Mexican model and beauty pageant winner. She became the third Mexican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.
Alma Meza maintains the record for the shortest completed reign in Miss Universe history. She previously held the titles of Mexicana Universal 2020 and Miss Mexico 2017, as well as first runner-up in Miss World 2017.
68. Zozibini Tunzi / Miss South Africa 2019
Zozibini Tunzi, better known as Zozi Tunzi, is a South African model, actor, and beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Universe 2019.
Zozi Tunzi was previously crowned Miss South Africa 2019. She is the third South African woman to win the title, and the first black woman to accomplish this since Angolan Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe in 2011.
67. Catriona Gray / Miss Universe Philippines 2018
Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray is a Filipino-Australian model, singer, beauty queen, television personality, youth advocate, and arts ambassador best known for having been crowned Miss Universe 2018.
She is the fourth Filipina to be crowned Miss Universe. Catriona Elisa previously held the crowns of Miss Universe Philippines 2018 and Miss World Philippines 2016.
66. Demi-Leigh Tebow / Miss South Africa 2017
Demi-Leigh Tebow is a South African model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 2017. She was crowned Miss South Africa 2017 and is South Africa’s second Miss Universe winner, following Margaret Gardiner, who was crowned Miss Universe in 1978.
65. Iris Mittenaere / Miss France 2016
Iris Mittenaere is a French model, television personality, and beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Universe in 2016. She is France’s second Miss Universe, following Christiane Martel, who was crowned Miss Universe in 1953.
64. Pia Wurtzbach / Miss Universe Philippines 2015
Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, originally Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress, and beauty queen best known for being crowned Miss Universe 2015.
She joined the Binibining Pilipinas pageant three times until winning in 2015, becoming the first Filipina to accomplish this in four decades and the first Filipina to achieve this in the 21st century. She is the third Filipina to be crowned Miss Universe.
63. Paulina Vega / Miss Colombia 2013
Paulina Vega Dieppa is a Colombian television personality, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Colombia 2013 and Miss Universe 2014. She is Colombia’s second Miss Universe.
62. Gabriela Isler / Miss Venezuela 2013
Mara Gabriela de Jess Isler Morales is a Venezuelan TV personality, fashion model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2013 and became her country’s seventh Miss Universe.
Gabriela Isler founded the Universe of Blessings Fund, a charity organization dedicated to female empowerment and mentoring. Furthermore, Isler is the new national director of Miss Venezuela, following Osmel Sousa.
61. Olivia Culpo / Miss USA 2012
Olivia Frances Culpo is a model, fashion influencer, social media celebrity, and actor from the United States. She was crowned Miss USA and Miss Universe in 2012 after winning the Miss Rhode Island USA competition.
60. Leila Lopes / Miss Angola 2010
Olivia Frances Culpo is a model, fashion influencer, social media celebrity, and actor from the United States. She won Miss USA and Miss Universe in 2012 titles after winning the Miss Rhode Island USA competition.
59. Ximena Navarrete / Nuestra Belleza México 2009
Jimena Ximena Navarrete Rosete, is a Mexican actress, TV personality, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 2010. Her previous title was Nuestra Belleza México 2009. She is Mexico’s second Miss Universe.
58. StefanÃa Fernández / Miss Venezuela 2008
Stefana Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan journalist, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2008 and Miss Universe in 2009. She set a Guinness World Record by being the first Miss Universe winner to be crowned by a fellow countrywoman. Currently, she owns and manages a vegan skincare product company, AMMATERRE.
57. Dayana Mendoza / Miss Venezuela 2007
Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada is a Venezuelan actress, model, film producer, and director, a former beauty queen, having been crowned Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008.
Dayana Mendoza appeared on Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump in 2012. In 2018, she debuted as a film producer and director.
56. Riyo Mori / Miss Universe Japan 2007
Riyo Mori is a Japanese actress, dancer, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.
55. Zuleyka Rivera / Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006
Zuleyka Jerrs Mendoza Rivera is a Puerto Rican actress, TV personality, dancer, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles. She was EARLIER crowned as Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006.
In 2007, she made her telenovela debut in Mexico’s Telemundo’s soap opera Dame Chocolate, which was followed by numerous additional soap opera roles. In 2017, she participated in the music video for Luis Fonsi’s Despacito.
54. Natalie Glebova / Miss Universe Canada 2005
Natalie Glebova is a Russian-Canadian television broadcaster, novelist, dancer, model, and beauty queen who was named Miss Universe 2005. Glebova previously held the title of Miss Universe Canada in 2005.
53. Jennifer Hawkins / Miss Universe Australia 2004
Jennifer Hawkins is an Australian model, television presenter, and beauty queen best known for being crowned Miss Universe Australia in 2004 and Miss Universe the following year.
She hosted Australia’s Next Top Model and was a brand ambassador for Lovable Intimates, Mount Franklin Lightly Sparkling, and Range Rover. She was also the face of the Australian department retailer Myer.
52. Amelia Vega / Miss Dominican Republic 2002
Amelia Vega Polanco is a model, actress, novelist, singer, and beauty queen from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned Miss Universe 2003 at the age of 18, becoming the Dominican Republic’s first Miss Universe and the youngest winner since 1994.
51. Justine Pasek / Señorita Panamá 2001
Justine Pasek is a Polish-Panamanian model, philanthropist, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 2002.
Originally the first runner-up in the Miss Universe 2002 competition, Pasek became the first runner-up to be crowned the winner after the dethronement of original winner Oxana Fedorova.
51. Oxana Fedorova / Miss Russia 2001
Oksana Gennadyevna Borodina is a Russian model, singer, actor, fashion designer, and beauty queen.
Oxana Fedorova began her career in showbiz as a model, eventually becoming Miss Saint Petersburg in 1999 and Miss Russia in 2001. She went on to become the first Russian contestant to win Miss Universe in 2002.
50. Denise Quiñones / Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001
Denise Marie Quinones August is a Puerto Rican actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she competed in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant in her birthplace of Lares.
49. Lara Dutta / Femina Miss India 2000
Lara Dutta is an Indian actress and entrepreneur who clinched the Miss Universe title in 2000. She previously held the title of Miss Intercontinental 1997.
She has mostly worked in Hindi films during her career. She has received several honors, including a Filmfare Award. She rose to prominence as one of the decade’s leading women.
48. Mpule Kwelagobe / Miss Universe Botswana 1999 – Botswana
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe is a Motswana investor, entrepreneur, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1999. She was the first black African woman to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the first from Botswana, and the first from a new nation in nearly four decades.
Mpule Kwelagobe previously held the crowns of Miss Botswana 1997, Miss Universe Botswana 1999, and Miss World 1997.
47. Wendy Fitzwilliam / Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 1998
Wendy Marcelle Fitzwilliam is a Trinidadian lawyer, actor, model, singer, TV host, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe in 1998, becoming the country’s second Miss Universe and the third woman of African descent to accomplish this.
46. Brook Lee / Miss USA 1997
Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee is a former American beauty queen who was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, and Miss Universe 1997. Lee is the first native Hawaiian to be crowned Miss Universe.
45. Alicia Machado / Miss Venezuela 1995
Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo is a Venezuelan-American actress, TV personality, singer, and former Miss Venezuela in 1995 and Miss Universe in 1996. She was the fourth Venezuelan lady to be crowned Miss Universe.
44. Chelsi Smith / Miss USA 1995
Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith was an American actress, singer, television personality, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA and Miss Universe in 1995.
Chelsi Smith was the third Miss USA of African-American origin, as well as the sixth American woman to win Miss Universe and the first since Shawn Weatherly in 1980.
43. Sushmita Sen / Femina Miss India 1994
Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress and model who was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She is the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe crown.
At the age of 18, she was crowned Femina Miss India 1994. She has worked as a film actor since winning the Miss Universe pageant.
42. Dayanara Torres / Miss Puerto Rico 1993
Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican beauty queen, actress, singer, model, and writer. She was spotted when she was 17 years old and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the Miss Puerto Rico competition.
She won the contest and the chance to represent Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe pageant in 1993, where she was crowned Miss Universe 1993.
41. Michelle McLean / Miss Namibia 1991
Michelle McLean is a Namibian actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand in 1992.
Michelle was 19 years old when she became Miss Universe, making her the first Namibian woman to achieve this feat. The model had previously been crowned Miss Namibia 1991 and finished as the fourth runner-up in Miss World 1991.
40. Lupita Jones / Señorita-Miss México 1990
MarÃa de Guadalupe “Lupita” Jones Garay is a Mexican television producer, model, actress, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1991. She was the first Mexican competitor to win the crown.
39. Mona Grudt / Miss Norway 1990
Mona Grudt is a Norwegian television presenter, model, editor, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1990. She is now the only Norwegian to hold the Miss Universe title.
38. Angela Visser / Miss Holland 1989
Angela Visser is a Dutch actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1989. In 1989, she became the first Dutch woman to win the Miss Universe title.
37. Bui Simon / Miss Thailand 1988
Bui Simon is a Thai-American television personality, philanthropist, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1988. The beauty queen is the founder and president of the Angels Wings Foundation.
She serves on the Pepperdine University Board of Regents, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Board as a Distinguished Advisor, and the Dream Foundation Board of Governors.
356. Cecilia Bolocco / Miss Chile 1987
Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean actress, TV personality, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.
35. Bárbara Palacios / Miss Venezuela 1986
Barbara Palacios Teyde de Manrique, is a Venezuelan television personality, author, Christian evangelist, and beauty queen. She is the third Venezuelan woman to win the Miss Universe pageant, which was held in Panama on 21 July 1986.
34. Deborah Carthy-Deu / Miss Puerto Rico 1985
Deborah Fatima Carthy-Deu, is a beauty queen, actress, and TV personality from Puerto Rico. She was the second Miss Universe in 1985 from Puerto Rico.
33. Yvonne Ryding / Miss Sweden 1984
Yvonne Agneta Ryding is a Swedish dancer, model, television host, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1984. She is only the third and most recent Swede to win the title.
32. Lorraine Downes / Miss New Zealand 1983
Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a dancer and beauty queen from New Zealand who won Miss Universe in 1983 and the New Zealand edition of Dancing with the Stars in 2006.
31. Karen Dianne Baldwin / Miss Canada 1982
Karen Dianne Baldwin, Miss Universe 1982, is a Canadian actress, TV personality, and beauty queen. She is the first Canadian to be crowned Miss Universe.
30. Irene Sáez / Miss Venezuela 1981
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde is a Venezuelan politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1981.
She was a model, the mayor of Chacao, a Caracas town, the governor of the state of Nueva Esparta, and a former presidential contender.
29. Shawn Weatherly / Miss USA 1980
Shawn Nichols Weatherly is a beauty queen and actress from the United States who was crowned Miss USA and Miss Universe in 1980.
28. Maritza Sayalero / Miss Venezuela 1979
Maritza Sayalero Fernández is a Venezuelan fashion designer, model, entrepreneur, and beauty queen. She was the first Venezuelan woman to be crowned Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe in 1979.
27. Margaret Gardiner / Miss South Africa 1978
Margaret Gardiner is a South African journalist and beauty queen who was the first South African woman to win the Miss Universe title in 1978. She won the pageant when she was 18 years old.
26. Janelle Commissiong / Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 1977
Janelle “Penny” Commissiong is a Trinidadian politician, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1977.
25. Rina Mor / Miss Israel 1976
Rina Mor-Goder is an Israeli lawyer, writer, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976.
24. Anne Marie Pohtamo / Miss Finland 1975
Anne Marie Pohtamo is a Finnish actress, model, and beauty queen who was the country’s second Miss Universe winner. She won the Miss Universe title in 1975 in the El Salvador pageant.
23. Amparo Muñoz / Miss Spain 1973
Amparo Muoz y Quesada was a Spanish actress, model, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 pageant in Manila, Philippines, becoming the first and only Spaniard to accomplish this feat.
22. Margie Moran / Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1973 – Philippines
Maria Margarita Roxas Moran is a Filipino beauty queen, actress, and peace activist who served as president of Ballet Philippines and as chairwoman of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
She is widely recognized for being the Philippines’ second Miss Universe in 1973.
21. Kerry Anne Wells / Miss Australia 1972
Kerry Anne Wells is an Australian fashion designer, writer, commentator, news reporter, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1972.
20. Georgina Rizk / Miss Lebanon 1970
Georgina Rizk is a model, socialite, and beauty queen from Lebanon. She represented Lebanon in the Miss Universe pageant, which she won, being the first Lebanese and Middle Eastern/West Asian woman to do so.
Prior to this, she was named Miss Lebanon 1970 and competed in the Miss World pageant, but did not win.
19. Marisol Malaret /Puerto Rico 1970
Marisol Malaret Contreras is a beauty queen, model, and television personality from Puerto Rico. She was the first Puerto Rican and Caribbean lady to be crowned Miss Universe in 1970.
18. Gloria Diaz / Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1969 – Philippines
Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is a Filipino film and television actress, model, and beauty queen who rose to prominence after being crowned Miss Universe 1969, the first Filipino to hold the 18th Miss Universe title.
17. Martha Vasconcellos / Miss Brazil 1968
Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos is a Brazilian beauty queen who became the country’s second Miss Universe winner, following Ieda Maria Vargas in 1963. She was also the fifth Latina to win the crown.
16. Sylvia Hitchcock / Miss USA 1967
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson was an American model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Alabama United States and Miss United States, as well as Miss Universe 1967.
15. Margareta Arvidsson / Miss Sweden 1966
Margareta Arvidsson is a Swedish actress, fashion model, and beauty queen who claimed the Miss Universe title at the age of 18 in 1966.
She represented Vänersborg in the Miss Sweden Pageant in 1966. She became the second Swedish winner of the title, 11 years after Hillevi Rombin.
14. Apasra Hongsakula / Miss Thailand 1964
Apasra Hongsakula is a Thai entrepreneur and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1965. She was the first Thai woman and the first Southeast Asian to win Miss Universe.
13. Corinna Tsopei / Star Hellas 1964 – Greece
Kyriaki Corinna Tsopei is a Greek actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1964.
12. Iêda Maria Vargas / Miss Brazil 1963
Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas is a Brazilian beauty queen and actress who was crowned Miss Universe in 1963 at Miami Beach, Florida.
She was formerly Miss Brazil, and she was crowned by Maria Olvia Rebouças. She was the country’s first winner of a major international beauty competition.
11. Norma Nolan / Miss Argentina 1962
Norma Beatriz Nolan is an Argentine beauty queen who became the country’s first Miss Universe winner.
Her predecessor, Adriana Gardiazábal, who had finished second in the previous contest, crowned her Miss Argentina in 1962.
10. Marlene Schmidt / Miss Germany 1961
Marlene Schmidt is a German control engineer, actress, TV host, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1961.
8. Linda Bement / Miss USA 1960
Linda Jeanne Bement was an American model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe.
On March 19, 2018, she died of natural causes at her Salt Lake City residence.
7. Akiko Kojima / Miss Japan 1959
Akiko Kojima is a Japanese model and beauty queen who became Miss Universe in 1959, being the first Japanese and Asian woman to achieve this.
6. Luz Marina Zuluaga / Miss Colombia 1957
Luz Marina Zuluaga Zuluaga was a Colombian beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in 1958. Until Paulina Vega became Miss Universe in 2014, she was the only Colombian woman to win the Miss Universe pageant.
5. Gladys Zender / Miss Peru 1957
Gladys Zender is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became the first Latina to be crowned Miss Universe. Miss Peru Universe 1957 was crowned by Miss Peru Universe 1956, Lola Sabogal Morzán.
4. Carol Morris / Miss USA 1956
Carol Ann Laverne Morris is an American actress, model, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe crown for the second time in the pageant’s fifth edition in 1956. She was crowned by Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, of Sweden.
4. Hillevi Rombin / Miss Sweden 1955
Hillevi Rombin Schine, was a Swedish actress and beauty queen who was named Miss Sweden in 1955 and was the fourth Miss Universe winner. Ragnhild Olausson, Miss Sweden Universe 1954, crowned her Miss Sweden Universe 1955. Hillevi Rombin, was the first Miss Universe title winner to die in 1996.
3. Miriam Stevenson / Miss USA 1954
Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson, is an American television host, actress, former model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1954. She was the first American to win the title, having previously been named Miss USA in 1954.
Miriam won Miss South Carolina USA 1954 before winning Miss USA, making her the first woman from South Carolina to do so. The model also represented South Carolina in Miss America 1954, where she finished in the top 10 after winning Miss South Carolina in 1953.
2. Christiane Martel / Miss France 1953
Christiane Martel is a French beauty queen and actress. In 1952, she was Miss Châtellerault. She was crowned Miss Cinémonde and went on to represent France at Miss Universe 1953, becoming the world’s second Miss Universe.
Until Iris Mittenaere won the Miss Universe title in 2016, she was the only French woman to hold the title.
1. Armi Kuusela / Miss Finland 1952
Armi Helena Kuusela is a Finnish-American beauty queen, model, and charity worker. She won the Finnish national beauty pageant Suomen Neito in 1952 and was awarded a trip to the United States to compete in the first-ever Miss Universe pageant, becoming its inaugural titleholder.
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