Denmark at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Denmark's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

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]}

The country has won one victory:

• One — Miss Earth crown (2001)

Denmark's Big Four titleholders

Color key

•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

YEAR	MISS UNIVERSE	MISS WORLD	MISS INTERNATIONAL	MISS EARTH
2021	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2020	Amanda Petri	↑ No Pageant Held		Michala Rubinstein 3rd Runner-Up
2019	Katja Stokholm	Natasja Kunde Top 40	Anna Diekelmann	Sara Langtved
2018	Helena Heuser	Tara Jensen	Louise Arild	Kamilla Bang
2017	x	Amanda Petri	x	Sabrina Jovanović
2016	Christina Mikkelsen	Helena Heuser	Sara Danielsen	Klaudia Parsberg
2015	Cecilie Wellemberg	Jessica Hvirvelkær	Mette Sørensen	Turið Elinborgardóttir
2014	x	Pernille Sørensen	x	Aisha Hansen
2013	Cecilia Iftikhar	Malene Sørensen	x	Josefine Poulsen
2012	Josefine Hewitt	Iris Thomsen Top 30	Line Christiansen	Belinda Jensen
2011	Sandra Hamad	Maya Olesen	Monica Kristensen	Cecilia Iftikhar
2010	Ena Sandra Čaušević	Nataliya Averina	Nadia Pederson	Sandra Vester
2009	x	Nadia Pederson	x	Patricia Tjørnelund
2008	Marie Sten-Knudsen	Lisa Lents	x	x
2007	Žaklina Šojić Top 15	Line Kruuse	x	Trine Lundgaard
2006	Betina Faurbye Top 20	Sandra Spöhr	x	Nicoline Qvortrup
2005	Gitte Hanspal	Trine Lundgaard	x	Heidi Zadeh
2004	Tina Christensen	Line Larsen	x	Thea Frojkear
2003	x	Maj-Buchholtz Pedersen	x	Marie Petersen
2002	x	x	x	Julie Kristen Villumsen
2001	x	x	x	Catharina Svensson WINNER
2000	Heidi Vallentin	Anne Vrang	x	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.)
1999	x	x	x
1998	x	x	x
1997	x	x	x
1996	Anette Oldenborg	x	x
1995	Tina Dam	Tine Bay	Sabine Sørensen
1994	Gitte Andersen	Sara Wolf	Birgitte Jensen
1993	Maria Hirse	Charlotte Als	Mette Salto
1992	Anne Voss	Ulrika Johansson Top 15	Stine Hansen
1991	x	Sharon Givskav	Malene Christensen
1990	Maj-Britt Jensen	Charlotte Christiansen	Pernille Wiered
1989	Louise Mejlhede	Charlotte Pedersen	Maria Hirse Top 15
1988	Pernille Nathansen	Susanne Johansen	Tina Jørgensen
1987	Nanna-Louise Johansen	Zelma Hesselmann	Zelma Hesselmann
1986	Helena Christensen	Pia Rosenberg Larsen 1st Runner-Up	Pia Rosenberg Larsen 1st Runner-Up
1985	Susan Binau	Jeanette Kroll	Susan Binau
1984	Catharina Clausen	Pia Melchioren	Catharina Clausen
1983	Inge Thomsen	Tina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen	Inge Thomsen 2nd Runner-Up
1982	Tina Nielsen	Tina Nielsen Top 15	Gitte Larsen
1981	Tina Brandstrup	Tina Brandstrup	Tina Brandstrup
1980	Jane Bill	Jane Bill	Jane Vinstrup
1979	Lone Jørgensen	Lone Jørgensen	Eva Johanssen
1978	Anita Heßke	Birgit Stefansen	Anita Heßke
1977	Inge Erlandsen	Annette Simonsen Top 15	Christa Drube
1976	Brigitte Trolle	Susanne Hansen	x
1975	Berit Frederiksen	Pia Lauridsen	Lone Olsen
1974	x	Jane Möller	Lone Andersen
1973	Anette Grankvist	x	Anette Grankvist
1972	Marianne Schmidt	x	Gitte Mogensen
1971	x	x	Bente Dorte Nielsen Top 15
1970	Winnie Höllmann	Winnie Höllmann	Jeanne Perfeldt Top 15
1969	Jeanne Perfeldt	Jeanne Perfeldt	Gitte Bröge
1968	Gitte Bröge	Yet Schaufuss	Dorrit Frantzen 3rd Runner-Up
1967	Margrethe Knudsen Top 15	Sonja Jensen	Susan Kristensen
1966	Gitte Fleinert Top 15	Irene Hansen	↑ No Pageant Held
1965	Jeannette Christjansen Top 15	Yvonne Ekman Top 15	Lisbeth Lefeuve Top 15
1964	Yvonne Mortensen	Yvonne Mortensen Top 15	Alice Andersen
1963	Aino Korva 1st Runner-Up	Aino Korva 3rd Runner-Up	Birgitte Heiberg
1962	x	Rikke Stisager Top 8	x
1961	Jytte Nielsen	Inge Jørgensen 4th Runner-Up	Jytte Nielsen
1960	Lizzie Hess	Lise Bodin	Sonja Menzel
1959	Lisa Stolberg	Kirsten Olsen 4th Runner-Up	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.)
1958	Evy Norlund Top 15	Vinnie Ingemann 2nd Runner-Up
1957	x	Lilian Madsen 1st Runner-Up
1956	x	Anne Nielsen 4th Runner-Up
1955	x	Karin Palm-Rasmussen
1954	x	Grete Hoffenblad 5th Runner-Up
1953	Jytte Olsen Top 16	Ingrid Andersen
1952	Hanne Sørensen	Lillian Christensen
1951	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.)	Lily Jacobson
		↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom.)

Pageant	Placements	Best result
Miss Universe	8	1st Runner-Up(1963)
Miss World	16	1st Runner-Up(1957, 1986)
Miss International	7	1st Runner-Up(1986)
Miss Earth	2	Winner (2001)
Total	33	1 TITLE

See also

• Face of Denmark
• Miss Universe Denmark
• Miss Denmark

References

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