The following is a list of Miss World pageant edition and information.
Year | Edition | Winner | Date | Venue | Country/territory | Entrants | ||||
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1951 | 1st | ![]() | July 29 | Lyceum Theatre, London | United Kingdom | 26 | ||||
1952 | 2nd | November 14 | 11 | |||||||
1953 | 3rd | ![]() | October 19 | 15 | ||||||
1954 | 4th | ![]() | October 18 | 16 | ||||||
1955 | 5th | ![]() | October 20 | 21 | ||||||
1956 | 6th | ![]() | October 15 | 24 | ||||||
1957 | 7th | ![]() | October 14 | 23 | ||||||
1958 | 8th | ![]() | October 13 | 22 | ||||||
1959 | 9th | ![]() | November 10 | 37 | ||||||
1960 | 10th | ![]() | November 8 | 39 | ||||||
1961 | 11th | ![]() | November 9 | 37 | ||||||
1962 | 12th | ![]() | November 8 | 33 | ||||||
1963 | 13th | ![]() | November 7 | 40 | ||||||
1964 | 14th | ![]() | November 12 | 42 | ||||||
1965 | 15th | November 19 | 48 | |||||||
1966 | 16th | ![]() | November 17 | 51 | ||||||
1967 | 17th | ![]() | November 16 | 55 | ||||||
1968 | 18th | ![]() | November 14 | 53 | ||||||
1969 | 19th | ![]() | November 27 | Royal Albert Hall, London | 50 | |||||
1970 | 20th | ![]() | November 20 | 58 | ||||||
1971 | 21st | ![]() | November 10 | 56 | ||||||
1972 | 22nd | ![]() | December 1 | 53 | ||||||
1973 | 23rd | ![]() | November 23 | 54 | ||||||
1974 | 24th | ![]() ![]() | November 22 | 58 | ||||||
1975 | 25th | ![]() | November 20 | 67 | ||||||
1976 | 26th | ![]() | November 18 | 60 | ||||||
1977 | 27th | ![]() | November 17 | 62 | ||||||
1978 | 28th | ![]() | November 16 | 68 | ||||||
1979 | 29th | ![]() | November 15 | 69 | ||||||
1980 | 30th | ![]() ![]() | November 13 | 67 | ||||||
1981 | 31st | ![]() | November 12 | 67 | ||||||
1982 | 32nd | ![]() | November 18 | 68 | ||||||
1983 | 33rd | ![]() | November 17 | 72 | ||||||
1984 | 34th | ![]() | November 15 | 72 | ||||||
1985 | 35th | ![]() | November 14 | 78 | ||||||
1986 | 36th | ![]() | November 13 | 77 | ||||||
1987 | 37th | ![]() | November 12 | 78 | ||||||
1988 | 38th | ![]() | November 17 | 84 | ||||||
1989 | 39th | ![]() | November 22 | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai North | Hong Kong | 78 | ||||
1990 | 40th | ![]() | November 8 | London Palladium, London | United Kingdom | 81 | ||||
1991 | 41st | ![]() | December 28 | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia | United States | 78 | ||||
1992 | 42nd | ![]() | December 12 | Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City | South Africa | 83 | ||||
1993 | 43rd | ![]() | November 27 | 81 | ||||||
1994 | 44th | ![]() | November 19 | 87 | ||||||
1995 | 45th | ![]() | November 18 | 84 | ||||||
1996 | 46th | ![]() | November 23 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India | 88 | ||||
1997 | 47th | ![]() | November 22 | Plantation Club, Baie Lazare | Seychelles | 86 | ||||
1998 | 48th | ![]() | November 26 | Lake Berjaya Mahé Beach Resort, Port Glaud | 86 | |||||
1999 | 49th | ![]() | December 4 | Olympia, London | United Kingdom | 94 | ||||
2000 | 50th | November 30 | Millennium Dome, London | 95 | ||||||
2001 | 51st | ![]() | November 16 | Sun City Super Bowl, Sun City | South Africa | 93 | ||||
2002 | 52nd | ![]() | December 7 | Alexandra Palace, London | United Kingdom | 88 | ||||
2003 | 53rd | ![]() | December 6 | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya | China | 106 | ||||
2004 | 54th | ![]() | December 4 | 107 | ||||||
2005 | 55th | ![]() | December 10 | 102 | ||||||
2006 | 56th | ![]() | September 30 | Congress Hall, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw | Poland | 104 | ||||
2007 | 57th | ![]() | December 1 | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya | China | 106 | ||||
2008 | 58th | ![]() | December 13 | Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg | South Africa | 109 | ||||
2009 | 59th | ![]() | December 12 | Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg | 112 | |||||
2010 | 60th | ![]() | October 30 | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya | China | 115 | ||||
2011 | 61st | ![]() | November 6 | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London | United Kingdom | 113 | ||||
2012 | 62nd | ![]() | August 18 | Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia | China | 116 | ||||
2013 | 63rd | ![]() | September 28 | Nusa Dua Bali International Convention Center, Nusa Dua, Bali | Indonesia | 127 | ||||
2014 | 64th | ![]() | December 14 | ExCeL London, London | United Kingdom | 121 | ||||
2015 | 65th | ![]() | December 19 | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya | China | 114 | ||||
2016 | 66th | ![]() | December 18 | MGM National Harbor, Washington, D.C. | United States | 118 | ||||
2017 | 67th | ![]() | November 18 | Sanya City Arena, Sanya | China | 118 | ||||
2018 | 68th | ![]() | December 8 | |||||||
2019 | 69th | ![]() | December 14 | ExCeL London, London | United Kingdom | 111 | ||||
2020 | No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021 | 70th | ![]() | March 16, 2022 | Coca-Cola Music Hall, San Juan | Puerto Rico | 97 | ||||
2022 | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022 | |||||||||
2023 | 71st | ![]() | March 9, 2024 | Jio World International Centre, Mumbai | India | 112 |
Country/territory | Hosts | Year(s) |
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United Kingdom | 45 | 1951–1988, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2014, 2019 |
China | 9 | 2003–2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
South Africa | 7 | 1992–1995, 2001, 2008, 2009 |
India | 2 | 1996, 2023 |
United States | 1991, 2016 | |
Seychelles | 1997, 1998 | |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 2021 |
Indonesia | 2013 | |
Poland | 2006 | |
Hong Kong | 1989 | |
^ 1: Miss World 2002 was initially slated for Abuja , Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos -based newspaper the pageant was relocated to London, United Kingdom.
^ 2: Miss World 2008 was originally going to take place in Kyiv , Ukraine but because of the ongoing 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in neighboring South Ossetia , t. The Miss World Organization decided to move the pageant to South Africa .
^ 3: Miss World 2010 which celebrates the 60th anniversary was initially slated for Nha Trang , Vietnam , but later was relocated to Sanya , China.
^ 4: Miss World 2019 was initially slated for Thailand on 7 December, but later was relocated to London , and was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19.
^ 5: Miss World 2021 was initially slated for Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan , Puerto Rico on December 16, 2021, but later was relocated to Coca-Cola Music Hall , same region and country on March 16, 2022 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
^ 6: Miss World 2023 On 13 February 2023, Julia Morley, chairperson of the Miss World Organization, announced that the competition will take place in the United Arab Emirates in May 2023. But later was relocated to India .
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