Miss Venezuela is a Venezuelan beauty pageant operated by the Cisneros Group. Founded in 1952, it currently selects Venezuelan representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International. The current national director of Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler.
Élodie Gossuin-Lacherie is a French beauty pageant titleholder, model, radio and television presenter, columnist and regional politician. She was elected Miss Picardy 2000, Miss France 2001, and Miss Europe 2001.
Nuestra Belleza México 2006, the 13th Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Maria Ojeda from Sinaloa, who later competed in Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico where she was a Semifinalist in the Top 10. Ojeda was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Priscila Perales. She was the second Sinaloan to win this title.
Lolita Morena is an Italian-born Swiss television host and beauty pageant titleholder.
Kim Kötter is a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe Netherlands 2002 and competed at the Miss Universe 2002 pageant where she placed 11th in the preliminaries, missing the top 10 by one spot. She also competed in the Miss Europe 2002 pageant where she placed 3rd runner up. Kötter currently runs her own modelling agency, and is the organizer of the Miss Overijssel, Miss Nederland and Miss Universe Germany beauty pageants. In 2011, Kötter competed on the Dutch version of the television show Fort Boyard.
Malika Ménard is a French model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss France 2010. She later represented France in Miss Universe 2010, placing in the Top 15.
Delphine Wespiser is a French model, TV host, politician and beauty pageant titleholder. She was elected Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, Miss Alsace 2011 and Miss France 2012.
Miss World 2013, the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 28 September 2013 at Bali International Convention Center, South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. It was the first time in Southeast Asia and it also was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in a Muslim majority country. Contestants from 127 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss World pageant, marking the biggest turnout for any beauty pageant globally as of 2024. Yu Wenxia of China crowned her successor Megan Young of the Philippines at the end of the event, marking the only time to date that the Philippines has won the Miss World title. This victory also made the Philippines the third country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Hinarani de Longeaux is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Tahiti 2012. As Miss Tahiti, de Longeaux competed at Miss France 2013, placing as the first runner-up. Afterwards, she was appointed Miss Universe France 2013, and represented France at Miss Universe 2013.
Miss Guyana is the national Beauty pageant in Guyana where the Titleholder/National Winner represents Guyana at the Miss World competition. Guyana first placed at the Miss World competition in 1966 which was the first of six consecutive placements from semifinalist to top 3 finish from 1966 to 1971.[3] The Miss Guyana trademark is under Natasha Martindale directorship.
Gwendoline Gaelle Sandrine Ramos Ruais is a Filipino-French actress, model, TV presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2011. She represented the Philippines at the Miss World 2011 pageant in London, England and placed 1st Runner-Up.
Sophie Thalmann is a French TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Lorraine 1997 and Miss France 1998.
Flora Coquerel is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2014. Coquerel had previously been crowned Miss Orléanais 2013, becoming the first woman representing the Centre-Val de Loire region to become Miss France. She later went on to represent France at Miss World 2014 and Miss Universe 2015, placing in the Top 5 at the latter.
Karina Ramos Leiton is a Costa Rican tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2014 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2014. She's also the CEO, and owner of the modeling agency Imagination Agency S.A., created by her for preparing future beauty pageant candidates.
Miss World 2015, the 65th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 December 2015 at the outdoor arena of the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. 114 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Rolene Strauss of South Africa crowned her successor Mireia Lalaguna of Spain at the end of the event. It was the first time in the history of Miss World that Spain won the pageant.
Maja Čukić is a Montenegrin fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Universe Montenegro 2014 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
Sophie Garénaux is a French beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned as Miss France 2013 second runner-up and was selected to be France's representative in Miss Earth 2013. She is the first Miss Earth delegate from Miss France Organization headed by Sylvie Tellier. She became Miss Liévin and Miss Nord-Pas-de-calais in 2012.
Phạm Thị Hương is a Vietnamese model, college lecturer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang City, Vietnam. She represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015 but unplaced.
Miss Burgundy is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Burgundy. The first Miss Burgundy was crowned in 1963, although the title was not used regularly until 1993.
