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Miss Universe is one of the six grand slam beauty pageants for women. The others are Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.
Currently, the Miss Universe Organization is owned by JKN Legacy. Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip of JKN Global Group and Raul Rocha of Legacy Holding Group USA own 50% each.
The organization has three headquarters which are in Samut Prakan, Thailand, in New York City, New York, United States and in Mexico City, Mexico. Olivia Quido and Mario Bucaro are vice presidents of the organization.
The U.S. has the most Miss Universe titles with nine. Here is the complete list of the titleholders of the international beauty pageant:
- Armi Kuusela (Finland) 1952
- Christiane Martel (France) 1953
- Miriam Stevenson (USA) 1954
- Hillevi Rombin (Sweden) 1955
- Carol Morris (USA) 1956
- 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 Muñoz (Spain) 1974
- Anne Marie Pohtamo (Finland) 1975
- Rina Messinger (Israel) 1976
- Janelle Commissiong (Trinidad and Tobago) 1977
- Margaret Gardner (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
- Debora Carthy-Deu (Puerto Rico) 1985
- Barbara Palacios (Venezuela) 1986
- Cecilia Bolocco (Chile) 1987
- Porntip Nakhirunkanok (Thailand) 1988
- Angela Visser (Netherlands) 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 Quiñones (Puerto Rico) 2001
- Justine Pasek (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
- Stefania Fernandez (Venezuela) 2009
- Ximena Navarrete (Mexico) 2010
- Leila Lopes (Angola) 2011
- Olivia Culpo (USA) 2012
- Gabriela Isler (Venezuela) 2013
- Paulina Vega (Colombia) 2014
- Pia Wurtzbach (Philippines) 2015
- Iris Mittenaere (France) 2016
- Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (South Africa) 2017
- Catriona Gray (Philippines) 2018
- Zozibini Tunzi (South Africa) 2019
- Andrea Meza (Mexico) 2020
- Harnaaz Sandhu (India) 2021
- R’Bonney Gabriel (USA) 2022
- Sheynnis Palacios (Nicaragua) 2023
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