List of Miss World runners-up and finalists

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This article provides the names of the runners-up in the Miss World pageant since the pageant's first edition in 1951 and Continental Queens since Miss World 1981.[1][2]

Miss World 2017 with Miss World 2016 and 2017 Runners-up and Continental Queens visiting National Museum of Indonesia.

From 1951 to 1952 and 1959 to 1980 the pageant has awarded a Top 5 with the Miss World, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runner-up being awarded. In 1981–2017 and 2019-2021 the pageant has awarded a Top 3 with the Miss World, 1st, and 2nd runner-up being awarded. On the other hand, the pageant has awarded a Top 6 in 1953 to 1956 and 1958 with Miss World, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th runner-up being awarded. Only in 1957 the pageant has awarded a Top 7 with the Miss World, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th runner-up being awarded. In 2018 and 2023 the pageant has awarded a Top 2 with the Miss World and 1st runner-up being awarded. and In 2025 the pageant has awarded a Top 4 with the Miss World, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd runner-up being awarded. Since 1959 top Each runner-up was given a tiara.

Since the pageant is based in 1951, the runner-up ranking for contest is usually announced as follows:

  • 1st-Place finisher being designated as Miss World
  • 2nd-Place finisher being designated as 1st runner-up
  • 3rd-Place finisher being designated as 2nd runner-up
  • 4th-Place finisher being designated as 3rd runner-up
  • 5th-Place finisher being designated as 4th runner-up
  • 6th-Place finisher being designated as 5th runner-up
  • 7th-Place finisher being designated as 6th runner-up

This table shows the runner-up of each competition, from its inception in 1951.

Year Miss World
(1st place)
1st runner-up
(2nd place)
2nd runner-up
(3rd place)
3rd runner-up
(4th place)
4th runner-up
(5th place)
5th runner-up
(6th place)
6th runner-up
(7th place)
1951 Kiki Håkansson[3]
 Sweden
Laura Ellison Davies
 Great Britain
Doreen Dawne
 Great Britain
Jacqueline Lemoine
 France
Aileen P. Chase
 Great Britain
Not awarded Not awarded
1952 May-Louise Flodin[4]
 Sweden
Sylvia Müller
  Switzerland
Vera Marks
 Germany
Eeva Hellas
 Finland
Marleen Ann Dee
 Great Britain
1953 Denise Perrier[4]
 France
Alexandra Ladikou
 Greece
Marina Papaelia[5]
 Egypt
Manel Illangakoon
 Ceylon
Mary Kemp Griffith
 United States
1954 Antigone Costanda[4]
 Egypt
Karin Hultman
 United States
Efi Mela
 Greece
Claudine Bleuse
 France
Frauke Walther
 Germany
Grete Hoffenblad
 Denmark
1955 Susana Duijm[4]
 Venezuela
Margaret Anne Haywood
 United States
Julia Coumoundourou
 Greece
Gilda Marín
 Cuba
Anita Åstrand
 Sweden
Gisele Thierry
 France
1956 Petra Schürmann
 Germany
Betty Lane Cherry
 United States
Rina Weiss
 Israel
Midoriko Tokura
 Japan
Anne Rye Nielsen
 Denmark
Eva Bränn
 Sweden
1957 Marita Lindahl
 Finland
Lilian Juul Madsen
 Denmark
Adele June Kruger
 South Africa
Jacqueline Tapia
 Tunisia
Muneko Yorifuji
 Japan
Claude Inès Navarro
 France
Sara Elimor
 Israel
1958 Penelope Coelen
 South Africa
Claudine Auger
 France
Vinnie Ingemann
 Denmark
Harriet Margareta Wågström
 Sweden
Lucienne Struve
 Holland
Eileen Sheridan
 United Kingdom
Not awarded
1959 Corine Rottschäfer
 Holland
María Elena Rossel
 Peru
Ziva Shomrat
 Israel
Anne Thelwell
 United Kingdom
Kirsten Olsen
 Denmark
Not awarded
1960 Norma Cappagli
 Argentina
Gila Golan
 Israel
Denise Muir
 South Africa
Ingrun Helgard Möckel
 Germany
Judith Ann Achter
 United States
1961 Rosemarie Frankland
 United Kingdom
Grace Li Shiu-ying
 Republic of China
Carmen Cervera
 Spain
Michèle Wargnier
 France
Inge Jörgensen
 Denmark
1962 Catharina Lodders
 Holland
Kaarina Leskinen
 Finland
Monique Lemaire
 France
Yvonne Ficker
 South Africa
Teruko Ikeda
 Japan
1963 Carole Crawford
 Jamaica
Elaine Miscall
 New Zealand
Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
 Finland
Aino Korva
 Denmark
Grete Qviberg
 Sweden
1964 Ann Sidney
 United Kingdom
Ana María Soria
 Argentina
Linda Lin Su-hsing
 Taiwan
Maria Isabel de Avellar Elias
 Brazil
Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank
 New Zealand
1965 Lesley Langley
 United Kingdom
Dianna Lynn Batts
 United States
Gladys Anne Waller
 Ireland
Ingrid Kopetzky
 Austria
Marie Tapare
 Tahiti
1966 Reita Faria
 India
Nikica Marinovic
 Yugoslavia
Efi Fontini Plumbi
 Greece
Marlucci Rocha
 Brazil
Gigliola Carbonara
 Italy
1967 Madeleine Hartog-Bel
 Peru
María del Carmen Sabaliauskas
 Argentina
Shakira Baksh
 Guyana
Dalia Regev
 Israel
Jennifer Lynn Lewis
 United Kingdom
1968 Penelope Plummer
 Australia
Kathleen Winstanley
 United Kingdom
Miri Zamir
 Israel
Beatriz Sierra González
 Colombia
Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
 Philippines
1969 Eva Rueber-Staier
 Austria
Gail Renshaw
 United States
Christa Margraf
 Germany
Pamela Patricia Lord
 Guyana
Marzia Piazza
 Venezuela
1970 Jennifer Hosten[6]
 Grenada
Pearl Jansen[6]
 Africa South
Irith Lavi
 Israel
Marjorie Johansson
 Sweden
Jillian Jessup
 South Africa
1971 Lúcia Petterle
 Brazil
Marilyn Ward
 United Kingdom
Ana Paula de Almeida
 Portugal
Nalini Moonsar
 Guyana
Ava Joy Gill
 Jamaica
1972 Belinda Green
 Australia
Ingeborg Sørensen
 Norway
Chana Ordan
 Israel
Ursula Pacher
 Austria
Malathi Basappa
 India
1973 Marjorie Wallace
(Dethroned)
 United States
Evangeline Pascual
 Philippines
Patsy Yuen
 Jamaica
Chaja Katzir
 Israel
Shelley Latham
 South Africa
1974 Helen Morgan
(Resigned)
 United Kingdom
Anneline Kriel
(Assumed)
 South Africa
Lea Klain
 Israel
Gail Petith
 Australia
Terry Ann Browning
 United States
1975 Wilnelia Merced
 Puerto Rico
Marina Langner
 Germany
Vicki Harris
 United Kingdom
Maxie Clark
 Cuba
Lidija Velkovska
 Yugoslavia
1976 Cindy Breakspeare
 Jamaica
Karen Pini
 Australia
Diana Marie Duenas
 Guam
Carol Jean Grant
 United Kingdom
Merja Helena Tammih
 Finland
1977 Mary Stävin
 Sweden
Ineke Berends
 Holland
Dagmar Winkler
 Germany
Madalena Sbaraini
 Brazil
Cindy Darlene Miller
 United States
1978 Silvana Suárez
 Argentina
Ossie Carlsson
 Sweden
Denise Coward
 Australia
Martha Eugenia Ortíz
 Mexico
Gloria Valenciano
 Spain
1979 Gina Swainson
 Bermuda
Carolyn Seaward
 United Kingdom
Debbie Campbell
 Jamaica
Jodie Day
 Australia
Barbara Meyer
  Switzerland
1980 Gabriella Brum
(Resigned)
 Germany
Kimberley Santos[7][8][9]
(Assumed)
 Guam
Patricia Barzyk
 France
Anat Zimmermann
 Israel
Kim Ashfield
 United Kingdom
1981 Pilín León
 Venezuela
Nini Johanna Soto
 Colombia
Sandra Angela Cunningham
 Jamaica
Not awarded Not awarded
1982 Mariasela Álvarez
 Dominican Republic
Sari Aspholm
 Finland
Della Dolan
 United Kingdom
1983 Sarah-Jane Hutt
 United Kingdom
Rocío Luna
 Colombia
Cátia Pedrosa
 Brazil
1984 Astrid Carolina Herrera
 Venezuela
Constance Fitzpatrick
 Canada
Lou-Anne Ronchi
 Australia
1985 Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
 Iceland
Mandy Shires
 United Kingdom
Brenda Denton
 United States
1986 Giselle Laronde
 Trinidad and Tobago
Pia Larsen
 Denmark
Chantal Schreiber
 Austria
1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer
 Austria
Albany Lozada
 Venezuela
Anna Jónsdóttir
 Iceland
1988 Linda Pétursdóttir
 Iceland
Yeon-hee Choi
 South Korea
Kirsty Roper
 United Kingdom
1989 Aneta Kręglicka
 Poland
Leanne Caputo
 Canada
Mónica María Isaza
 Colombia
1990 Gina Tolleson
 United States
Siobhan McClafferty
 Ireland
Sharon Luengo
 Venezuela
1991 Ninibeth Leal
 Venezuela
Leanne Buckle
 Australia
Diana Tilden-Davis
 South Africa
1992 Julia Kourotchkina
 Russia
Claire Smith
 United Kingdom
Francis Gago
 Venezuela
1993 Lisa Hanna
 Jamaica
Palesa Mofokeng
 South Africa
Ruffa Gutierrez[10]
 Philippines
1994 Aishwarya Rai
 India
Basetsana Makgalemele
 South Africa
Irene Ferreira
 Venezuela
1995 Jacqueline Aguilera
 Venezuela
Anica Martinović
 Croatia
Michelle Khan
 Trinidad and Tobago
1996 Irene Skliva
 Greece
Carolina Arango
 Colombia
Anuska Prado
 Brazil
1997 Diana Hayden
 India
Lauralee Martinovich
 New Zealand
Jessica Motaung
 South Africa
1998 Linor Abargil
 Israel
Véronique Caloc
 France
Lina Teoh[11]
 Malaysia
1999 Yukta Mookhey
 India
Martina Thorogood
 Venezuela
Sonia Raciti
 South Africa
2000 Priyanka Chopra
 India
Giorgia Palmas
 Italy
Yüksel Ak
 Turkey
2001 Agbani Darego
 Nigeria
Zizi Lee
 Aruba
Juliet-Jane Horne
 Scotland
2002 Azra Akın
 Turkey
Natalia Peralta
 Colombia
Marina Mora
 Peru
2003 Rosanna Davison
 Ireland
Nazanin Afshin-Jam
 Canada
Guan Qi
 China
2004 María Julia Mantilla
 Peru
Claudia Cruz
 Dominican Republic
Nancy Randall
 United States
2005 Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir
 Iceland
Dafne Molina
 Mexico
Ingrid Rivera
 Puerto Rico
2006 Taťána Kuchařová
 Czech Republic
Ioana Boitor
 Romania
Sabrina Houssami
 Australia
2007 Zhang Zilin
 China
Micaela Reis
 Angola
Carolina Morán
 Mexico
2008 Ksenia Sukhinova
 Russia
Parvathy Omanakuttan
 India
Gabrielle Walcott
 Trinidad & Tobago
2009 Kaiane Aldorino
 Gibraltar
Perla Beltrán
 Mexico
Tatum Keshwar
 South Africa
2010 Alexandria Mills
 United States
Emma Wareus
 Botswana
Adriana Vasini
 Venezuela
2011 Ivian Sarcos
 Venezuela
Gwendoline Ruais[12]
 Philippines
Amanda Vilanova
 Puerto Rico
2012 Yu Wenxia
 China
Sophie Moulds
 Wales
Jessica Kahawaty
 Australia
2013 Megan Young
 Philippines
Marine Lorphelin[13]
 France
Naa Okailey Shooter
 Ghana
2014 Rolene Strauss
 South Africa
Edina Kulcsár
 Hungary
Elizabeth Safrit
 United States
2015 Mireia Lalaguna
 Spain
Sofia Nikitchuk
 Russia
Maria Harfanti
 Indonesia
2016 Stephanie Del Valle
 Puerto Rico
Yaritza Reyes
 Dominican Republic
Natasha Mannuela[14]
 Indonesia
2017 Manushi Chhillar
 India
Andrea Meza
 Mexico
Stephanie Hill
 England
2018 Vanessa Ponce
 Mexico
Nicolene Bunchu
 Thailand
Not awarded
2019 Toni-Ann Singh
 Jamaica
Ophély Mézino
 France
Suman Rao[15]
 India
2020 No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic[16]
2021 Karolina Bielawska
 Poland
Shree Saini
 United States
Olivia Yacé
 Cote D'Ivoire
Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded
2022 No competition held due to the delay of the 2021 pageant
2023 Krystyna Pyszková
 Czech Republic
Yasmina Zaytoun
 Lebanon
Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded
2024 No competition held due to the delay of the 2023 pageant
2025 Suchata Chuangsri
 Thailand
Hasset Dereje Admassu
 Ethiopia
Maja Klajda
 Poland
Aurélie Joachim
 Martinique
Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded

Countries/Territories by number of runners-up

Miss World runners-up and finalists table position

Continental Queens

The Continental Queens of Beauty were awarded for the first time in 1981. The continental titles were given to delegates who placed highest in the final, aside from the main crown.

Year Miss World Africa Miss World Americas Miss World Asia Miss World Caribbean Miss World Europe Miss World Oceania
2013 Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter
Ghana
Sancler Frantz
Brazil
Megan Young
Philippines
Gina Hargitay
Jamaica
Marine Lorphelin
France
Erin Holland
Australia
2014 Rolene Strauss
South Africa
Elizabeth Safrit
United States
Koyal Rana
India
Rafieya Husain
Guyana
Edina Kulcsár
Hungary
Courtney Thorpe
Australia
2015 Liesl Laurie
South Africa
Catharina Choi Nunes
Brazil
Maria Harfanti
Indonesia
Sanneta Myrie
Jamaica
Mireia Lalaguna
Spain
Tess Alexander
Australia
2016 Evelyn Njambi
Kenya
Audra Mari
United States
Natasha Mannuela Halim
Indonesia
Yaritza Reyes
Dominican Republic
Lenty Frans
Belgium
Madeline Cowe
Australia
2017 Magline Jeruto
Kenya
Andrea Meza
Mexico
Ha-eun Kim
South Korea
Solange Sinclair
Jamaica
Stephanie Hill
England
Annie Evans
New Zealand
2018 Quiin Abenakyo
Uganda
Solaris Barba
Panama
Nicolene Limsnukan
Thailand
Kadijah Robinson
Jamaica
Maria Vasilevich
Belarus
Jessica Tyson
New Zealand
2019 Nyekachi Douglas
Nigeria
Elís Miele Coelho
Brazil
Suman Rao
India
Tya Jané Ramey
Trinidad and Tobago
Ophély Mézino
France
Tajiya Eikura Sahay
Cook Islands
2021 Olivia Yacé
Cote D'Ivoire
Shree Saini
United States
Pricilia Carla Yules
Indonesia
Emmy Peña
Dominican Republic
Anna Leitch
Northern Ireland
Not Awarded
2023 Lesego Chombo
Botswana
Leticía Frota
Brazil
Yasmina Zaytoun
Lebanon
Aché Abrahams
Trinidad and Tobago
Jessica Gagen
England
Kristen Wright
Australia
2025 Hasset Dereje Admassu
Ethiopia
Jéssica Pedroso
Brazil
Krishnah Gravidez
Philippines
Aurelié Joachim
Martinique
Maja Klajda
Poland
Jasmine Stringer
Australia

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