World Miss University

World Miss University

Formation	1986;39 years ago (1986)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	New York City
Location	United States
Official language	English
Chairman	Lee Seung-min
Website	http://wmu.world/

World Miss University is an international beauty contest held annually in Seoul, Korea since 1986, ^[1] with an average of about 70 contestants every year. ^[2] The event is to select World Miss University Peace Corp Representatives.

This event was organized by the International Association of University Presidents. After the United Nations named 1986 the Year of Peace, ^[3] the organizing committee dispatched peace missions to regions in conflict like Kosovo and Rwanda. ^[1] These days, the event is organized by the World Miss University Organizing Committee which has headquarter in Manhattan, New York, United States.

Winners

Year	Contestant	Country	Place of Venue	Entrants
1986	Rosalie van Breemen [4]	Netherlands	Seoul, South Korea	21
1987	Choi Yeon-hee (최연희) [5]	South Korea		21
1988	Kathryn Elizabeth Coonz	United States		43
1989	Priyadarshini Pradhan	India	Tokyo, Japan	56
1990	Ekaterina Parfenova	Soviet Union	Seoul, South Korea	73
1991	Celeste Weaver	United States		66
1992	Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir [6]	Iceland		59
1993	Ewa Wachowicz [7]	Poland	Taejon, South Korea	68
1995	Birgitta Ína Unnarsdóttir [8]	Iceland	Seoul, South Korea	46
1996	Laura García	Spain	Gangwon, South Korea	45
1997	Jang Jee-hun (장지훈) [9]	South Korea	Suwon, South Korea	50
2000	Renata Fan [10]	Brazil	Seoul, South Korea	46
2001	Eleni Pechlivanidi [11]	Greece		33
2003	Ayusha Shrestha [12]	Nepal	Daegu, South Korea	30
2004	Julija Djadenko [13]	Latvia	Shenzhen, China	36
2005	Jade Collins [14]	New Zealand	Seoul, South Korea	26
2006	Cristiana Frixione [15]	Nicaragua	Busan, South Korea	43
2007	Aleksandra Plemic [16]	Germany	Seoul, South Korea	46
2008	Sarnai Amar [17]	Mongolia	Shenzhen, China	34
2009	Cho Eun-ju (조은주) [18]	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea	36
2010	Katie Farr [19]	England		42
2011	Siria Ysabel Bojorquez [20]	United States	Gangwon, South Korea	64
2012	Mia Hasanagic	Denmark	Seoul, South Korea	44
2014	Karina Stephania Martin Jiménez [21]	Mexico	Gangwon, South Korea	30
2016	Kelin Rivera [22]	Peru	Beijing, China	57
2017	Claudia Moras Baez [23]	Cuba	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	83
2018	Adriana Moya	Costa Rica	Seoul, South Korea	50
2019	Nguyễn Thị Thanh Khoa	Vietnam	Jeju Island, South Korea	36
2022	Isabella Oldenburg [24]	Costa Rica	Seoul, South Korea	75
2025	TBA	TBA	Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Countries by number of title wins

Country	Titles	Year(s)
United States	3	1988, 1991, 2011
South Korea		1987, 1997, 2009
Iceland	2	1992, 1995
Costa Rica		2018, 2022
Vietnam	1	2019
Cuba		2017
Peru		2016
Mexico		2014
Denmark		2012
England		2010
Mongolia		2008
Germany		2007
Nicaragua		2006
New Zealand		2005
Latvia		2004
Nepal		2003
Greece		2001
Brazil		2000
Spain		1996
Poland		1993
Soviet Union		1990
India		1989
Netherlands		1986

Winners gallery

• 
  World Miss University 2009
  Jo Eun-joo, South Korea
• 
  World Miss University 2006
  Cristiana Frixione, Nicaragua
• 
  World Miss University 2000
  Renata Fan, Brazil
• 
  World Miss University 1993
  Ewa Wachowicz, Poland

List of runners-up

Year	1st Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	3rd Runner-up	4th Runner-up	5th Runner-up
1986	Choi Yeon-hee   South Korea	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1988	Mervi Hannele Lehto   Finland	Ghyong Ying Chen   Taiwan	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1989	Han Heui-jeong   South Korea	Kyle Allison Kirby   Ireland	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1990	Luh Ayu Ariestanti   Indonesia	Veronika Gerynne   Netherlands	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1991	Yuliya Shestopalova   Ukraine	Elina Kefi   Greece	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1992	Polina Zhuravlyova-Vikhovskaya   Russia	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1993	Viive Saul   Estonia	Lirian Souza Soares   Brazil	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1995	Jo Hee-seon [25] South Korea 2	Lee Suk-gyeong South Korea 4	Mônica Regina Guimarães Ferreira   Brazil	Holga Stiereshkovac Kazakhstan 2	not awarded
1996	Sun Song-ji   South Korea	Julia Kowalska   Poland	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1997	Agnieszka Zielinska   Poland	Bellatrix Amanda Juin   Indonesia	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2000	Sandra Bretones   France	Lilita Leice   Latvia	Ha So-young   South Korea	Anna Dantchenko   Greece	Ganna Vruglevska   Ukraine
2001	Daniela Estefania Puig   Argentina	Emelie Lundqvist   Sweden	Tipsupar Rungreungsri [26]   Thailand	Claudia Patricia Alaniz   Nicaragua	Adriana Reis   Brazil
2003	Roxana Florina Curelea [27]   Moldova	Medha Raghunath   India	Lee Soo-jin   South Korea	Shana Van Beers   Belgium	not awarded
2004	Ahn Ji-soo   South Korea	Yang Hua   China	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2005	Varga Tiffany   South Africa	Katrine Ozolina   Latvia	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2006	Marcela De Almeida   Brazil	Aurelie Bonvalet   France	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2007	Rita Bernotaite [28]   Lithuania	Chukwudube Usowanne   Nigeria	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2008	Mariana Oliveira Marques   Brazil	Jang Ye-eun   South Korea	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2009	Salcy Lima   Brazil	Anna Maria Tarnowska   Poland	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2010	Katarzyna Kuziemska   Poland	Choi Jung-hwa   South Korea	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2011	Monika Plochocka   Poland	Swetha Sridhar   India	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2012	Elina Grundane [29]   Latvia	Kim Eun-sol [30] South Korea 1	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2014	Juliete de Pieri   Brazil	Sisse Houlberg Winther   Denmark	Demi-Lee Rebula   Lebanon	Jovana Maksimovic   Serbia	not awarded
2016	Heyi Li   Macau	Anzhelika Rublevska   Pakistan	Nagma Shrestha [31]   Nepal	not awarded	not awarded
2017	Nina Yevtushenko   Ukraine	Daniela Gods Romanovska   Latvia	Alyna Somnang   Cambodia	Kasia Szklarczyk [32]   Poland	Mariana Ortega   Mexico
2018	Matrosova Karolina [33]   Latvia	Yitong Xu   China	Cindy Han   South Korea	Plotytsia Bohdana   Ukraine	Michelle Garibay   Mexico
2019	Ekaterina Petsonkina [34]   Estonia	Wichida Nuamsorn   Thailand	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
2022	Dominique Doucette [35]   Canada	Montse Larrondo Avalos [36]   Chile	Jasmine Huang [37]   New Zealand	not awarded	not awarded

Continental Awards

Year	Miss Model of Asia	Miss Model of Europe	Miss Model of Americas	Miss Model of Africa	Miss Model of Oceania
2016	Rewati Chetri   India	Moreira Ana Catarina Pereira   Portugal	Lourdes Merli Salinas   Argentina	Valerie Gugulethu Chingonzo   Zimbabwe [38]	not awarded
2017	Loh Shi Min   Malaysia [39]	Makin Ellie   England	Lira Gonzalez Eilyn Pamela   Guatemala	Makune Queen Elizabeth William   Tanzania	Mariana Geranetzi Ortega Molina   Mexico

Notes

• (1987 Winner Choi Yeon-hee likely hand-picked by virtue of being 1st Runner-up in 1986)

Crossover

• Miss Universe 1987: ^[40] India - Priyadarshini Pradhan
• Miss World 1988 (1st Runner-up): ^[41]   South Korea - Choi Yeon-hee
• Miss World 2007 (Best Dress): ^[42]   South Korea - Cho Eun-ju
• Miss Supranational 2019: ^[43]   South Korea - Kwon Whee
• Miss World 1992 (Top 5): ^[44]   Poland - Ewa Wachowicz
• Miss Eco International 2018 (2nd Runner-up): ^[45]   Peru - Kelin Rivera
• Miss Universe 2019 (Top 10): ^[46]   Peru - Kelin Rivera
• Miss Intercontinental 2018 (1st Runner-up): ^[47]   Costa Rica - Adriana Moya
• Miss Grand International 2021 (Top 10): ^[48]   Costa Rica - Adriana Moya
• Miss Teenager Universe 2015 (Winner): ^[49]   Canada - Dominique Doucette
• Miss Cosmo 2024: ^[50]   Canada - Dominique Doucette
• Miss Universe 2021: ^[51] El Salvador - Alejandra Gavidia
• Miss Tourism International 2023 (1st Runner-up): ^[52] United Kingdom -
  Emily Cossey

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External links

• World Miss University official website