Miss Universe Titleholders

The Miss Universe Pageant started in 1952.  Since then, the Miss Universe Pageant has singled out women of beauty, elegance, class, and wisdom.  The pageant still continues its search for women all over the universe.  Here are the Miss Universe Titleholders from 1952 - 2001:

 

 

1952

Armi Kuusela

Finland

 

1953

Christiane Martel

France

 

1954

Miriam Stevenson

USA

 

1955

Hillevi 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

Kiriaki Corrina Tsopei

Greece

 

 

1965

Apasra Hongsakula

Thailand

 

 

1966

Margareta Arvidsson

Sweden

 

 

1967

Sylvia Louise Hitchcock

USA

 

 

1968

Martha Vasconcellos

Brazil

 

 

1969

Gloria Diaz

Philippines

 

 

1970

Marisol Malaret

Puerto Rico

 

 

1971

Georgina Rizk

Lebanon

 

 

1972

Kerry Anne Wells

Australia

 

 

1973

Margarita Moran

Philippines

 

 

1974

Amparo Muñoz

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 Nichols Weatherly

USA

 

 

1981

Mona Irene Saez

Venezuela

 

 

1982

Karen Dianne Baldwin

Canada

 

 

1983

Lorraine Downes

New Zealand

 

 

1984

Yvonne Ryding

Sweden

 

 

1985

Deborah Carthy Deu

Puerto Rico

 

 

1986

Barbara Palacios

Venezuela

 

 

1987

Cecelia Bolocco

Chile

 

 

1988

Porntip Nakhirunkanok

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 Antoinette Lee

USA

 

 

1998

Wendy Fitzwilliam

Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

1999

Mpule Kwelagobe

Botswana

 

 

2000

Lara Dutta

India

 

 

2001

Denise Quiñones

Puerto Rico

 

 

 

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