Formation | 1951 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Midlothian |
Location | |
Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Sabrina Vaz Barros |
Website | Official Website |
The Miss Virginia World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Virginia in the Miss World America pageant. [1] [2]
The current Miss Virginia World is Catherine Perez of New York City, NY.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] | Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
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2020 | Catherine Perez [3] | New York City, NY | ||||
2019 | Kyra Cromwell [4] | Franklin | 25 | |||
2018 | did not compete | |||||
2017 | Mollie Thorsen | Alexandria | 25 | Top 16 | ||
Sasha Perea | Richmond | 23 | Top 16 | Previously 2nd Runner-Up at Miss World America 2016. | ||
Lili Klainer | Leesburg | 24 | ||||
2016 | Sasha Perea [5] | Richmond | 22 | 2nd Runner-Up | Beach Beauty | Later Top 16 semi-finalist at Miss World America 2017. |
Faatima Brown | Lorton | 21 | ||||
Natalie Macdisi | Virginia Beach | 21 | ||||
Yvette Blaess | Virginia Beach | 24 | ||||
2015 | Arielle Saige Rosmarino [6] [7] | Salem | 23 | 4th Runner-Up | Best Introduction Video | Previously Miss Virginia USA 2014 and Top 20 semi-finalist at Miss USA 2014. [8] |
Miss Virginia United States 2014 | ||||||
2014 | Phyllicia Whittingham | |||||
Miss Virginia 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 Virginia 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 | Chera Wood | |||||
1993 | Yu-Ping Fan | |||||
1992 | Regan Davis | |||||
Miss Virginia USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
1991 | Traci Dority | Fairfax | ||||
1990 | Evelyn Green | Richmond | ||||
1989 | Kimberly Nicewonder | Bristol | Miss Congeniality | Current director of the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kim Nicewonder-Johnson [9] | ||
1988 | Denise Adrain Smith | Fairfax | ||||
1987 | Marsha Ralls | Alexandria | 24 | Top 11 | ||
1986 | Maureen McDonnell | Alexandria | Was a Cheerleader for Notre Dame. | |||
1985 | Dana Bryant | Richmond | Miss Teen All American 1984 | |||
1984 | Leah Rush | Leesburg | ||||
1983 | Tai Collins | Virginia Beach | Model and actress whose credits include Baywatch and Playboy magazine, Television Writer and Producer whose credits include SAF3 and Baywatch. | |||
1982 | Sondra Dee Jones | Richmond | 24 | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | |
1981 | Pamela Elizabeth Hutchens | Newport News | 22 | Top 12 | General District Court Judge in Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
Miss Virginia World | ||||||
1980 | Cathy Bohannon [10] [11] | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
1979 | Carter Wilson | Harrisonburg | 23 | Miss World America 1979 | Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss World 1979. | |
1978 | Debbie Walker | |||||
1977 | Cindy Darlene Miller | Chesapeake | 20 | Miss World USA 1977 | 4th Runner-Up at Miss World 1977. | |
1976 | Carolyn Jeanine Curtis | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
1975 | Debbie Joan Evans | |||||
1974 | Patricia Lynn Bailey | Norfolk | 19 | Later Miss American Beauty 1975 (Miss U.S. International 1975). 3rd Runner-Up at Miss International 1975, as Miss American Beauty (USA). | ||
1973 | Lauren Ann Riley | Top 16 | ||||
1972 | Marie Ann Hunderleiter [12] | Norfolk | 22 | Top 7 | ||
1971 | Carolyn Rea Martin | |||||
1970 | Patricia A. Moldovan | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
1969 | Gail Renshaw | Arlington | 22 | Miss World USA 1969 (then resigned) | 1st Runner-Up at Miss World 1969. Renshaw later resigned, after competing in Miss World, to get married. The Miss World USA title then passed to the 1st Runner-Up of Miss World USA 1969, Connie Lee Hagard of Texas. | |
1968 | Deborah Shelton | Norfolk | 19 | 1st Runner-Up | Later Miss Virginia USA 1970 and Miss USA 1970. 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1970, as U.S.A. . | |
1967 | Brenda Maddox | Top 15 | ||||
1966 | Patricia Rae Shaper | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
1965 | Cathy Jean Cornell | |||||
1964 | did not compete | |||||
1963 | Faye Miriam Amy Atkinson | |||||
1962 | Laurie Mills | |||||
1961 | Laurie Mills | |||||
1960 | Patricia Buck | |||||
1959 | No known representatives from Virginia in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
1958 | ||||||
Miss Virginia USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
1957 | Patricia Bush | Portsmouth | ||||
1956 | Audra Stark | Virginia Beach | ||||
1955 | Jeannie Asble | Portsmouth | ||||
1954 | Ellen Whitehead | Chatham | 1st Runner-Up (later dethroned for being underage) | |||
1953 | Dorothy Lee Bailey | Norfolk | ||||
Miss Virginia World | ||||||
1952 | No known representatives from the Virginia in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
1951 | ||||||
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