| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Fayetteville |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Kathy Keefe Jensen |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss North Carolina World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for North Carolina in the Miss World America pageant. [1] [2]
The current Miss North Carolina World is Tisha Abdul of Concord, North Carolina.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] | Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Tisha Abdul | Concord | 19 | Beauty With A Purpose Ambassador for the Northeast Region of the United States | ||
| 2019 | Peyton Brown [3] | Dunn | 18 | 2nd Runner-Up | 1st Runner-Up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2018 [4] Later Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2020. | |
| 2018 | Shivali Patel | Raleigh | 21 | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| Sania Laraib | Raleigh | 21 | Top 10 | |||
| 2017 | Shivali Patel | Raleigh | 20 | Top 16 | ||
| Nicole Owens | Lumberton | 19 | ||||
| 2016 | Shivali Patel | Raleigh | 19 | 1st Runner-Up | Previously NAMiss North Carolina Jr. Teen 2011 and 2nd Runner-Up at NAM Jr. Teen 2011. | |
| 2015 | Selena Price [5] | Huntersville | 19 | |||
| Miss North Carolina United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Elizabeth Safrit | Kannapolis | 22 | Miss United States 2014/Miss World America 2014 | 2nd Runner-Up at Miss World 2014. | |
| Miss North Carolina World | ||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2005 | No known representatives from North Carolina from 2003 to 2005. | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1994 | Michelle Mauney | Stanley | Top 7 | Later Miss North Carolina USA 1995 and competed in Miss USA 1995. | ||
| 1993 | Vicki Johnson | |||||
| 1992 | Shanna Phillips | Top 10 | ||||
| Miss North Carolina USA 1981–1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Pat Arnold | Chapel Hill | 21 | Top 6 (5th place) | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1990 | Altman Allen | Shelby | ||||
| 1989 | Jacqueline Padgette | Hobgood | ||||
| 1988 | Tammy Tolar | Fayetteville | ||||
| 1987 | Donna Wilson | Davidson | ||||
| 1986 | Rhonda Nobles | Fayetteville | 20 | Top 10 | ||
| 1985 | Kate Kenney | Raleigh | ||||
| 1984 | Cookie Noak | Hickory | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 1983 | Allison Payge Pinson | Mooresville | ||||
| 1982 | Jeannie Boger | Sanford | Mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton (Miss North Carolina USA 2009) and Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008 Julia Dalton (second-runner up at Miss Teen USA 2008). | |||
| 1981 | Lisa Swift | Southport | ||||
| Miss North Carolina World | ||||||
| 1980 | Monica Boston | Top 15 | ||||
| 1979 | Deborah Ann Fountain | Bronx, NY | Top 8 | Later Miss New York USA 1981. Later competed in Miss USA 1981, as New York, but was disqualified after being found to have padded her swimsuit. [6] | ||
| 1978 | Debra Jean Freeze | Mooresville | 20 | Miss World America 1978 | Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss World 1978. | |
| 1977 | Betty Lou Hutchinson | |||||
| 1976 | Sharon Denise Smith | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1975 | Tonda Brown | |||||
| 1974 | Gail Lynn Hinton | |||||
| 1973 | Doris E. Davis | |||||
| 1972 | Julia Ann Lane | |||||
| 1971 | Terri Lee Horn | |||||
| 1970 | Judith Ellen Steed | |||||
| 1969 | did not compete | |||||
| 1968 | ||||||
| 1967 | Brenda Carol Ray | Top 7 | ||||
| 1966 | Ann Elizabeth Bailey | |||||
| 1965 | Jean Parson Pender | |||||
| 1964 | Susan Harrill | Top 15 | ||||
| 1963 | did not compete | |||||
| 1962 | Louise Furr | Top 15 | ||||
| 1961 | Betsy Medlin | |||||
| 1960 | Rita Souther | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from North Carolina in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss North Carolina USA 1953–1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Peggy Dennis | Lilesville | ||||
| 1956 | Shirley Bagwell | Raleigh | 18 | Top 15 | ||
| 1955 | Mary Ratliffe | Wadesboro | ||||
| 1954 | Ann Pickett | Charlotte | ||||
| 1953 | Libby Walker | Wilton | ||||
| Miss North Carolina World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from the North Carolina in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||