United Kingdom at major beauty pageants

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

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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]

The country has won seven victories:

United Kingdom's Big Four titleholders

United Kingdom 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. [14] [15] [16]

Color Key
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021TBA↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and WalesEvanjelin Elchmanar
TBA
TBA
2020 Jeanette Akua
Top 21
↑ No Pageant HeldElla Baker-Roberts
2019 Emma Jenkins ↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and WalesHarriotte Lane
4th Runner-Up
↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
2018 Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Top 20
Sharon Gaffka
2017Anna Burdzy
Top 16
Ashley Powell
Top 8
2016Jaime-Lee Faulkner Romy Simpkins
2015 Narissara France Sophie Loudon
Top 10
2014 Grace Levy Victoria Tooby
3rd Runner-Up
2013 Amy Willerton
Top 10
Elizabeth Greenham
2012 Holly Hale Alize Lily Mounter
Top 15
2011 Chloe-Beth Morgan ×
2010 Tara Hoyos-Martínez Katharine Brown
2009 Clair Cooper Chloe-Beth Morgan
2nd Runner-Up
2008 Lisa Lazarus Nieve Jennings
2007×Samantha Freedman
2006Julie Doherty×
2005Brooke Johnston Amy Guy Emma Corten
2004×Laura Shields
Top 15
Hannah McCuaig
2003×Gayle Williamson×
2002×Juliet-Jane Horne Louise Glover
2001×Michelle Watson↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. United Kingdom sent their first delegate in 2002.)
2000Louise Lakin×
1999Cherie Pisani Nicola Willoughby Janeth Kehinde Ayuba
1998 Leilani Dowding Emmalene McLoughlinMelanie Devina Jones
1997× Vicki-Lee Walberg
Top 10
Rachael Liza Warner
1996Anita Saint RoseRachael Liza WarnerShauna Marie Gunn
1995Sarah Jane SouthwickShauna Marie GunnMelanie Abdoun
1994Michaela PykeMelanie Abdoun
Top 10
Amanda Louise Johnson
Top 15
1993Kathryn MiddletonAmanda Louise JohnsonClaire Elizabeth Smith
1992Tiffany Stanford Claire Elizabeth Smith
1st Runner-Up
Joanne Elizabeth Lewis
1991Helen UptonJohanne Elizabeth LewisHelen Upton
Top 15
1990↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and WalesHelen UptonJane Lloyd
1989Suzanne Younger
Top 10
Victoria Susannah Lace
Top 15
1988 Kirsty Roper
2nd Runner-Up
Heather Jane Daniels
1987 Karen Mellor Debbie Ann Pearman
1986Alison Slack
Top 15
↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1985Mandy Adele Shires
1st Runner-Up
1984Vivienne Rooke
Top 7
1983 Sarah-Jane Hutt
WINNER
1982Della Frances Dolan
2nd Runner-Up
1981Michele Donnelly
4th Runner-Up
1980Kim Ashfield
4th Runner-Up
Lorraine Davidson
1979 Carolyn Seaward
1st Runner-Up
Beverly Isherwood
1978Elizabeth Ann Jones
Top 7
Patricia Morgan
1977Madeleine Stringer
Top 7
Sian Helen Adey-Jones
Top 15
1976Carol Jean Grant
3rd Runner-Up
Janet Withey
Top 15
1975Vicki Harris
2nd Runner-Up
Sharon Jermyn
1974 Helen Morgan
WINNER (Dethroned)
Joanna Booth
1st Runner-Up
1973 Veronica Ann Cross
Top 7
Zoe Spink
1st Runner-Up
1972Jennifer McAdam
Top 7
Linda Hooks
WINNER
1971Marilyn Ward
1st Runner-Up
Pamela Wood
Top 15
1970Yvonne Anne Ormes
Top 7
Jacqueline Molloy
1969Sheena Drummond
Top 15
Valerie Holmes
WINNER
1968Kathleen Winstanley
1st Runner-Up
↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1967Jennifer Lynn Lewis
1st Runner-Up
1966Jennifer Lowe Summers
Top 15
↑ No Pageant Held
1965 Lesley Langley
WINNER
↑ Competed as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
1964 Ann Sidney
WINNER
1963Diane Westbury
5th Runner-Up
1962Jackie White
Top 15
1961 Rosemarie Frankland
WINNER
1960Hilda Fairclough
Top 10
1959Anne Thelwell
3rd Runner-Up
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.)
1958 Eileen Sheridan
5th Runner-Up
1957Leila Williams
1956Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
1955Jennifer Chimes
1954×Patricia Butler
1953×Brenda Mee
1952Aileen P. ChaseMarlene Ann Dee
1951↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.)
Laura Ellison-Davies
1st Runner-Up
Doreen Gaffney-Dawne
2nd Runner-Up
Aileen P. Chase
4th Runner-Up
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom.)


× Did not compete
No pageant held

Name of PageantPlacementsBest Result
Miss Universe4Top 10(2013)
Miss World34Winner(1961 • 1964 • 1965 • 1974-Dethroned • 1983)
Miss International17Winner(1969 • 1972 )
Miss Earth00
Total547 Winners

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