Scotland at major beauty pageants

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This is a list of Scotland's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has yet to win any crowns.

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Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, [1] widely covered and broadcast by media. [2] The Wall Street Journal, [3] BBC News, [4] CNN, [5] Xinhua News Agency, [6] and global news agencies such as Reuters [7] and Agence France-Presse [8] [9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth. [10] [11] [12]

Scotland's Big Four titleholders

Scotland has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. [3] [13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. [10] [11] [12]

Color key
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain.TBA↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain.
2020↑ No Pageant Held
2019Keryn Matthew
Top 40
↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.×
2018Linzi Mclelland
Top 12
×
2017 Romy McCahill ×
2016Lucy Kerr×
2015Mhairi Fergusson
Top 20
Amy Meisak
Top 16
2014Ellie McKeating
Top 25
Romy McCahill
Top 16
2013Jamey BowersKiera Kingsman
2012Nicole TreacySara Pendar
Top 16
2011Jennifer Reoch
Top 7
Amanda Quinn
2010 Nicola Mimnagh
Top 25
Cora Buchanan
2009 Katharine Brown Sarah Jean Finlay
2008Stephanie WillemseCourtney St. John
2007 Nieve Jennings (Scotland sent their first delegate in 2008.)
2006 Nicola McLean
Top 17
2005 Aisling Friel ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.
2004Lois Weatherup↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain.
2003 Nicola Jolly (Scotland sent their first delegate in 2008.)
2002Paula Murphy↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain.
2001 Juliet-Jane Horne
2nd Runner-Up
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.)
2000 Michelle Watson
1999Stephanie Norrie
1998↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990Karina Ferguson
1989Victoria Susannah Lace
1988Amanda Laird
1987Julia Henderson
1986Natalie DevlinKim Robertson
1985Jackie HendrieKaren Helen Bell
1984May MonaghanSiobhan Fowl
1983Linda RentonAlison Dunn
Top 15
1982Georgina KearneyLena Masterton
1981Anne McFarlaneMargaret Bisset
Top 15
1980Linda Gallagher
1st Runner-Up
↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain.
1979Lorraine Davidson
Top 12
1978Angela Mary Kate Macleod
1977Sandra Bell
2nd Runner-Up
1976Carol Jean Grant
3rd Runner-Up
1975Mary Kirkwood
1974Catherine Robertson
1973Caroline Meade
1972Elizabeth Joan Stevely
1971Elizabeth Montgomery
1970Lee Hamilton Marshall
1969Sheena Drumond
1968Helen DavidsonMarie Smith
Top 15
1967Lena MacGarvieMarlene McFadyn
1966Linda Ann Lees↑ No Pageant Held
1965Mary YoungAnne Snape Smith
1964Wendy BarrieDorothy Smallman
1963Grace Calder TaylorWendy Barrie
1962Vera ParkerElizabeth Burns
1961Annie Carnie JinksNicky Allen
1960(Scotland sent their first delegate in 1961.)↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. Scotland sent their first delegate in 1961.)
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain.
1951↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.)
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom.)


× Did not compete
No pageant held

PageantPlacementsBest result
Miss Universe41st Runner-Up(1980)
Miss World82nd Runner-Up(2001)
Miss International3Top 15(1968, 1981, 1983)
Miss Earth3Top 16(2012, 2014, 2015)
Total181st Runner-Up(1980)(Miss Universe)

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