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| Formation | 1963 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Nassau |
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Membership | |
Official language | English |
President | Michelle Malcolm |
| Website | Official website |
Miss Bahamas is a national Beauty pageant in The Bahamas.
The Miss Bahamas Committee staged the Miss Bahamas Pageant for 40 years. In 2002, the franchise for the Miss Universe pageant was awarded to Theophilus Fritz and Gaynell Rolle who ran the pageant until 2009. In 2010, the Miss Bahamas Organization (MBO) headed by journalist Michelle Malcolm was awarded the franchise for Miss Universe . At the time, MBO - which was formed in 2006 - was already producing the Miss World Bahamas pageant since the year 2007.
After receiving the Miss Universe franchise, MBO combined the Miss World and Miss Universe systems into one local pageant, crowning one winner who would compete in both international pageants. This was the first time in the history of pageants in The Bahamas that the license for both Miss Universe and Miss World were held by the same organization. Braneka Bassett competed in Miss Universe in 2010 and went unplaced. She then competed in Miss World that same year and advanced to the semifinals. The following year, MBO crowned two winners - Anastagia Pierre for Miss Universe and Sasha Joyce for Miss World. Runners up were sent to Miss Supranational and Miss Intercontinental. In 2012 due to a change in date of the Miss World pageant, Daronique Young - 1st runner up to Sasha Joyce in 2011 - represented The Bahamas at the Miss World competition where she went unplaced. Celeste Marshall was crowned Miss Universe Bahamas in 2012 and competed in Miss Universe in 2012. De'Andra Bannister was crowned Miss World Bahamas and competed in Miss World in 2013 and went unplaced.
In 2013 after undergoing a major restructuring process, MBO separated the two national pageants into separate events - Miss Universe Bahamas and Miss World Bahamas. In 2014 MBO sent Tomacina "Tomii" Culmer to Miss Universe, and this was the last time MBO would hold the Miss Universe franchise for The Bahamas.
In 2015, 2016 and 2017 the Miss Universe franchise for The Bahamas as Miss Universe Bahamas was operated by Albany Resort and Ivy Lane Ltd. Michelle Collie and Loretta Thomas were National Directors. In 2015, Toria Nichole Penn represented The Bahamas at Miss Universe, and in 2016 Cherell Williamson competed at Miss Universe. In 2017 Ivy Lane Ltd. sent Yasmine Cooke as Miss Universe Bahamas to Las Vegas to compete at Miss Universe. This would be the last time Albany Resort together with Ivy Lane Ltd. would hold the Miss Universe franchise for The Bahamas.
In 2018 the Miss Universe franchise for The Bahamas as Miss Universe Bahamas is operated by Westpoint Media Global Ltd. At the time, Westpoint Media was already producing the Miss Teen Bahamas Scholar Pageant since the year 2016 and the Miss Teen Bahamas International Pageant from 2012 to 2015. Headed by Anthony Smith, he became the National Director on June 4, 2018. PJ Michelle Douglas Sands is the Director of Pageant and Branding Affairs. The Miss Universe Bahamas Executive Board and Committee is composed of several professionals with decades of experience in pageantry, entertainment, coaching and careers in law, medicine, government, tourism, hospitality, entertainment, TV, stage and film. Westpoint Media opted to change the name back to Miss Bahamas Universe to restore and continue to retain use of Miss Bahamas as this is the Official and National Pageant of The Bahamas with Miss Universe being the most coveted title in the worldwide pageant scene. Contestants from around the world compete for the title of Miss Universe each year.
| Year | Miss Bahamas World | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sienna Evans [1] | Top 40 |
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| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | |||
| 2019 | Nyah Christine Barber | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Brinique Gibson | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Geena Alyssa Thompson | Unplaced | ||
| 2016 | Ashley Bettina Hamilton | Unplaced | ||
| 2015 | Chantel O'Brian | Unplaced | Later Miss Bahamas Universe 2021 | |
| 2014 | Rosetta Cartwright | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | De'Andra Bannister | Unplaced | ||
| 2012 | Daronique Rashan Chalandra Young | Unplaced |
| Appointed ― Miss Bahamas 2010 (2nd Runner-up) |
| 2011 | Sasha Celesie Joyce | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Braneka Constance Bassett | Top 25 | ||
| 2009 | Joanna Brown | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Tinnyse Johnson | Unplaced | ||
| 2007 | Anya Watkins | Unplaced | ||
| 2006 | Deandrea Conliffe | Unplaced | Michelle Malcolm Directorship | |
| 2005 | Ordain Moss | Unplaced | ||
| Miss Bahamas World | ||||
| 2004 | Brianna Clarke | Unplaced | ||
| 2003 | Shantell Hall | Unplaced | ||
| 2002 | T'Shura Ambrose | Unplaced | ||
| 2001 | Kiara Sherman | No official Miss Bahamas 2001 titleholder for Miss World 2001 and the representative that was planned to represent the country at Miss World backed out due to lack of time and preparation and also because she wasn't an official titleholder of Bahamas. [2] | Later Miss Bahamas Universe 2009. | |
| 2000 | Latia Bowe | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Mary Watkins | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham | Unplaced | ||
| Miss Commonwealth Bahamas (MCB Committee) | ||||
| 1998 | Nadia Rodgers-Albury | Did not compete | Miss Bahamas Committee lost the Miss World franchise and the new organization decided to hold a new contest thus, Nadia Rodgers-Albury did not compete at Miss World. | |
| 1997 | Alveta Adderley | Unplaced | ||
| 1996 | Nicole Symonette | Miss Bahamas World 1996 was still held but due to financial problems their winner, Nicole Symonette, could not compete and the committee that organized both this pageant could not send her to Miss World. | ||
| 1995 | Loleta Marie Smith | Unplaced | ||
| 1994 | Deanna Tamara North | Unplaced | ||
| 1993 | Jacinda Saye Francis | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Jody Barbara Weech | Top 10 | ||
| 1991 | Tarnia Paula Newton Stuart | Unplaced | ||
| 1990 | Lisa Gizelle Strachan | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Carolyn Moree | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Natasha Rolle | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | Indira Regina Wood | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Bridgette Strachan | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | Rhonda Lea Cornea | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Yvette Monique Rolle | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Lucille Bullen | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Oralee Laverne Stubbs | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Monique Ferguson | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | Bernadette Louise Cash | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Deborah Elizabeth Major | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Donna Marie McCook | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Laurie Lee Joseph | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Larona Miller | Unplaced | ||
| 1975 | Ava Marilyn Burke | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Monique Betty Cooper | Unplaced | ||
| 1973 | Deborah Louise Isaacs | Unplaced | Appointed ― Miss Bahamas World 1972 (3rd Runner-up) | |
| 1972 | Heather (Hedda) Cleare | Unplaced | ||
| 1971 | Frances Clarkson | Unplaced | ||
| 1970 | June Justina Brown | Unplaced | ||
| 1969 | Wanda Pearce | Unplaced | ||
| 1968 | Rose Helena Dauchot | Unplaced | ||
| 1967 | Did not compete in 1967. | |||
| 1966 | Dorothy Cooper | Unplaced | ||
| Did not compete from 1951 to 1965, debuted in 1966. | ||||
| Year | Miss Bahamas Supranational | Placement at Miss Supranational | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Maliqué Maranda | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | Nyisha Tilus | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Sharie Delva | Unplaced | Miss Talent | |
| 2010 | Janay Pyfrom | Unplaced | Miss Personality | |
| 2009 | Kendra Wilkinson | Top 15 | ||
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