South Africa at major beauty pageants

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This is a list of South Africa's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

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The country has a total of seventy placements and won six victories:

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]

The South Africa franchise holders of the four major beauty pageants are the following:

South Africa's Big Four titleholders

Color Key
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021TBD Shudufhadzo Musida
(TBD)		TBDTBD
2020 Natasha Joubert ↑ No Pageant HeldLungo Katete
Top 20
2019 Zozibini Tunzi
WINNER		Sasha-Lee Olivier
Top 40		Nicole MiddletonNazia Wadee
2018 Tamaryn Green
1st Runner-Up		Thulisa Keyi
Top 30		Reabetswe Sechoaro
2nd Runner-Up		Margo Fargo
Top 12
2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
WINNER 		Adé van Heerden
Top 10		Tayla Skye Robinson
Top 15		Irini Moutzouris
(Withdrew)
2016Ntandoyenkosi KuneneNtandoyenkosi KuneneTharina Botes Nozipho Magagula
Top 16
2015Refilwe Mthimunye
Top 15		 Liesl Laurie
Top 10		× Carla Viktor
2014Ziphozakhe Zokufa Rolene Strauss
WINNER		×Ilzé Saunders
2013 Marilyn Ramos Marilyn Ramos Cindy RosslindAshanti Mbanga
Top 16
2012 Melinda Bam
Top 10		Remona Moodley×Tamerin Jardine
Top 8
2011 Bokang Montjane Bokang Montjane
Top 7		Natasha KashimotoDominique Mann
2010 Nicole Flint
Top 10		 Nicole Flint
Top 25		Matapa MailaNondyebo Dzingwa
Top 7
2009 Tatum Keshwar
Top 10		 Tatum Keshwar
2nd Runner-Up		 Bokang Montjane Chanel Grantham
Top 16
2008 Tansey Coetzee
Top 15		 Tansey Coetzee
Top 5		×Matapa Maila
2007 Megan Coleman Megan Coleman × Bokang Montjane
Top 16
2006Thuli SitholeThuli Sithole×Nancy Dos Reis
2005 Claudia Henkel
Top 15		Dhiveja Sundrum
Top 15		×Jacqueline Postma
2004Joan RamagoshiJoan Ramagoshi×Sally Leung
2003Cindy Nell
2nd Runner-Up		Cindy Nell× Catherine Constantinides
2002Vanessa Carreira
3rd Runner-Up		Claire Sabbagha××
2001 Jo-Ann Strauss Jo-Ann Strauss
Top 10		×Inecke van der Westhuizen
2000Heather Hamilton
Top 10		Heather HamiltonIrmari Steyl↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.)
1999 Sonia Raciti
Top 5		 Sonia Raciti
2nd Runner-Up		×
1998 Kerishnie Naicker
Top 10		 Kerishnie Naicker
Top 5		×
1997Mbali GasaJessica Motaung
2nd Runner-Up		×
1996Carol BeckerPeggy-Sue Khumalo
Top 10		×
1995Augustine Masilela
Top 10		Bernelee Daniell
Top 10		×
1994× Basetsana Makgalemele
1st Runner-Up		×
1993×Palesa Mofokeng
1st Runner-Up		×
1992× Amy Kleinhans
Top 5		×
1991×Diana Tilden-Davis
2nd Runner-Up		×
1990×××
1989×××
1988×××
1987×××
1986×××
1985×××
1984Leticia Snyman
1st Runner-Up		××
1983Leanne Hosking××
1982Odette Scrooby
Top 12		××
1981Daniela di Paolo××
1980×××
1979Veronika Wilson
Top 12		××
1978 Margaret Gardiner
WINNER 		××
1977Glynis FesterVanessa Wannenberg×
1976Cynthia ClassenLynn Massyn×
1975Gail AnthonyRhoda Rademeyer
Top 15		×
1974× Anneline Kriel
1st Runner-Up/WINNER 		×
1973×Shelley Latham
4th Runner-Up		×
1972×Stephanie Reinecke
Top 15		×
1971×Monica Fairall
Top 15		×
1970×Jillian Jessup
4th Runner-Up		×
1969×Linda Collett
Top 7		×
1968Monica FairallMitsianna StanderMary Winifred McDonald
1967Windley BallendenDisa Duivenstein
Top 15		Dawn Duff-Gray
1966Lynn de JagerJohanna Carter
Top 15		↑ No Pageant Held
1965Veronika Prigge
Top 15		Carrol DavisDiana Webster
Top 15
1964Gail RobinsonVedra KaramitasLorraine Mason
1963Ellen Liebenberg
Top 15		Louise CrousMartie Claassen
1962Lynette GambleYvonne Ficker
3rd Runner-Up		Aletta Strydom
1961Marina ChristelisYvonne Hulley
Top 15		Dina Robbertse
1960Nicolette Caras
3rd Runner-Up		Denise Muir
2nd Runner-Up		Nona Sherriff
1959×Moya Meaker
Top 11		↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.)
1958× Penelope Coelen
WINNER
1957×Adele Kruger
2nd Runner-Up
1956×Norma Vorster
1955×↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. South Africa sent their first delegate in 1956.)
1954×
1953Ingrid Mills
Top 16
1952Catherine Higgins
Top 10
1951↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.)


× Did not compete
↑No pageant held

PageantPlacementsBest result
Miss Universe24Winner Star*.svg (1978, 2017, 2019)
Miss World35Winner Star*.svg (1958, 1974 Assumed, 2014)
Miss International32nd Runner-Up(2018)
Miss Earth8Top 7(2010)
Total706 TITLES

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  4. ↑ Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News . Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ↑ News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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