Wales at major beauty pageants

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

Wales's Big Four titleholders

Wales 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/UK/Great Britain.TBA↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain.
2020↑ No Pageant Held
2019Gabriella Jukes
Top 40
↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.×
2018Bethany Harris×
2017Hannah WilliamsSophie Bettridge
2016Ffion MoyleCharlotte Hitchman
2015 Emma Jenkins Lara Stephen
2014Alice Ford×
2013Gabrielle ShawAngharad James
2012 Sophie Moulds
1st Runner-Up
Zoe Kinsella
2011Sara ManchippEmma Franklin
2010Courtenay HamiltonLouise Hinder
2009Lucy WhitehouseDominique Louise Dyer
2008 Chloe-Beth Morgan Jamie-Lee Williams
2007 Kelly-Louise Pesticcio Sarah Michelle Fleming
2006Sarah FlemingLaura Jane Livesey
2005 Claire Evans ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.
2004 Amy Guy
Top 15
↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain.
2003 Imogen Thomas (Wales sent their first delegate in 2006.)
2002Michelle Bush↑ Competed as Miss Great Britain.
2001Charlotte Faicheney↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.)
2000Sophie Kate Cahill
1999Clare Daniel
1998↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom.
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990Jane Lloyd
1989Andrea Caroline Jones
1988Lise Marie Williams
1987Nicola Gail Davies
1986Tracey RowlandsJudith Kay Popham
1985Barbara ChristianSamantha Amystone
1984Jane Ann RileyJane Ann Riley
1983Lianne Patricia GrayLianne Patricia Gray
1982Michele DonnellyCaroline Jane Williams
Top 15
1981Karen Ruth StannardSally Douglas Williams
1980 Kim Ashfield ↑ Competed as Miss United Kingdom/Great Britain.
1979Janet Beverly Hobson
Top 12
1978Elizabeth Ann Jones
1977Christine Anne Murphy
1976 Sian Adey-Jones
2nd Runner-Up
1975Georgina Kerler
1974 Helen Morgan
1st Runner-Up
1973Deirdre Jennifer
1972Eileen Darroch
1971Dawn Cater
1970Sandra Cater
1969Shirley Jones
1968Judith RadfordKay House
1967Denise Elizabeth Page
Top 15
Dawn Sullivan
1966Christine Heller↑ No Pageant Held
1965Joan BoullSusan Strangemore
1964Marilyn Joy SamuelPamela Martin
1963Maureen ThomasChristina Fryer
1962Hazel WilliamsDiane Thomas
1961Rosemarie Frankland
1st Runner-Up
Barbara Wilcock
1960(Wales 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. Wales 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 Universe51st Runner-Up(1961, 1974)
Miss World31st Runner-Up(2012)
Miss International1Top 15(1982)
Miss Earth0None
Total91st Runner-Up(1961, 1974)(Miss Universe), (2012)(Miss World)

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