Miss Universe titleholders| Armi Kuusela | Finland | 1952 | | Christiane Martel | France | 1953 | | Miriam Stevenson | USA | 1954 | | Hellevi Rombin | Sweden | 1955 | | Carol Morris | USA | 1956 | | Gladys Zender | Peru | 1957 | | Luz Marina Zuluaga | Colombia | 1958 | | Akiko Kojima | Japan | 1959 | | Linda Bement | USA | 1960 | | Marlene Schmidt | Germany | 1961 | | Norma Nolan | Argentina | 1962 | | Ieda Maria Vargas* | Brazil | 1963 | | Corinna Tsopei | Greece | 1964 | | Apasra Hongsakula | Thailand | 1965 | | Margareta Arvidsson | Sweden | 1966 | | Sylvia Hitchcock | USA | 1967 | | Martha Vasconcellos | Brazil | 1968 | | Gloria Diaz | Philippines | 1969 | | Marisol Malaret | Puerto Rico | 1970 | | Georgina Rizk | Lebanon | 1971 | | Kerry Anne Wells | Australia | 1972 | | Margarita Moran | Philippines | 1973 | | Amparo Munoz | Spain | 1974 | | Anne Marie Pohtamo | Finland | 1975 | | Rina Messinger | Israel | 1976 | | Janelle Commissiong | Trinidad and Tobago | 1977 | | Margaret Gardiner | South Africa | 1978 | | Maritza Sayalero | Venezuela | 1979 | | Shawn Weatherly | USA | 1980 | | Irene Saez | Venezuela | 1981 | | Karen Baldwin | Canada | 1982 | | Lorraine Downes | New Zealand | 1983 | | Yvonne Ryding | Sweden | 1984 | | Deborah Carthy-Deu | Puerto Rico | 1985 | | Barbara Palacios Teyde | Venezuela | 1986 | | Cecilia Bolocco | Chile | 1987 | | Porntip Nakhirunkanok | Thailand | 1988 | | Angela Visser | Holland | 1989 | | Mona Grudt | Norway | 1990 | | Lupita Jones | Mexico | 1991 | | Michelle McLean | Namibia | 1992 | | Dayanara Torres | Puerto Rico | 1993 | | Sushmita Sen | India | 1994 | | Chelsi Smith | USA | 1995 | | Alicia Machado | Venezuela | 1996 | | Brook Lee | USA | 1997 | | Wendy Fitzwilliam | Trinidad and Tobago | 1998 | | Mpule Kwelagobe | Botswana | 1999 | | Lara Dutta | India | 2000 | | Denise Quinones | Puerto Rico | 2001 | Oxana Fedorova
Justine Pasek | Russia
Panama | 2002 | | Amelia Vega | Dominican Republic | 2003 | | Jennifer Hawkins | Australia | 2004 | | Natalie Glebova | Canada | 2005 | | Zuleyka Rivera | Puerto Rico | 2006 | | Riyo Mori | Japan | 2007 | | Dayana Mendoza | Venezuela | 2008 |
* First name sometimes listed as "Idea" or "Eida" in official records.
Official list courtesy of Miss Universe, Inc.
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