United States representatives at Miss World


The United States has continuously sent a representative to Miss World since its inception in 1951. The United States has won the Miss World crown three times in 1973, 1990 and 2010. Currently, Miss World America is the official national pageant that selects the contestant from the United States to Miss World.
The current Miss World America is Emmy Cuvelier of South Dakota who was crowned on October 12, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

History

During the mid 1950s, the Miss Universe organisation sent delegates from the Miss USA system to compete at Miss World. Alfred Patricelli of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was the Executive Director of the Miss World USA during its existence from 1958 to 1977. From 1958 to 1961, the winner of Miss United States competed at Miss World. Then from 1962 to 1966 Alfred Patricelli organized the Miss USA World pageant annually. In 1967, the pageant was renamed Miss World USA and was held every year until 1977. During this time, Miss World USA 1969 Gail Renshaw was the first person to resign from the title of "Miss World USA" after competing in Miss World 1969 in order to get married. Also in 1973, Marjorie Wallace won the Miss World title and became the first American woman to win the Miss World title. Between 1978 through 1980, BBS Productions, Inc., based in New York City, was given the franchise for the Miss World pageant where Griff O'Neil was the organizer, during this time the pageant was named "Miss World America".
From 1981 to 1991, the Miss Universe organization were the license holders, and the American representative to Miss World ended up being the 1st runner-up of the Miss USA pageant. The Miss World Organization however wanted a public announcement during the finals of the Miss USA pageant that the 1st Runner-up would be going to Miss World, but they refused to do so. Therefore, after 1991 the Miss World Organization did not accept any more Miss USA 1st Runners-up.
From 1992 to 1997, Richard Guy and Rex Holt were the national directors of Miss World in the United States and organized the Miss World America pageant in 1992, 1993, and 1994. They discontinued the pageant in 1995 but handpicked a representative from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, Hirsh Wilck succeeded GuyRex and became the license holder and sent contestants from 1998 to 2000.
In 2001, the Miss World organization asked Pageantry Magazine to choose a contestant for Miss World 2001 since they did not have a license holder during this year. In 2002, Jean Renard and Miss World Holdings Inc became license holders and handpicked the representative. They dropped the license afterwards due to legal issues with Rebekah Revels, whom they had handpicked to compete in 2002. In 2003, Bruce Vermeulen and Geoff Kearney founded the US Miss World organization. They chose the 2003 representative by mail-in entry and telephone interviews and in 2004 held the US Miss World pageant. In 2005, Barbizon Modeling became the license holders and organized the US Miss World pageant in San Francisco, California.
From 2007-2011, Elite Models were the license holders for Miss World in the United States and they handpicked the representative from their list of models. During this time, it was common to know who was going to represent the United States in Miss World a week or two before the international pageant began. Among their designee was Alexandria Mills who in 2010 became one of the few Miss World winners to have won the international pageant without winning a national pageant. In 2012-2013, Lisa-Marie Kohrs, former 2009 U.S. Representative were the national director and she handpicked from the contestants who had the charity background. It is unknown who was in charge of selecting the contestants in 1951, 1952, and 2006.
In 2014, in an effort from Julia Morley who wanted all national directors to hold a national pageant to select the representative of their country as opposed to only designate, Christopher Wilmer, the organizer of the Miss United States pageant, was appointed as the national director of Miss World in the United States.
As a result, the winner of Miss United States 2014 was selected to compete at Miss World because she met the age requirements of the international pageant. In 2015, Wilmer reinstated the Miss World America pageant in order to properly reflect Miss World's age and contest requirements. Miss World America was held in 2015 and 2016.
In 2017, Lynne Scott Safrit and her daughter Elizabeth Safrit, became co-national directors of Miss World in the United States and created America's Miss World and Miss Teen World America.
In 2018, Michael Blakey became national director of Miss World in the United States and will be assisted by Liz Fuller and the pageant went back to being named Miss World America. In 2019, the Miss Teen World America pageant made a return.

Results summary

Placements in Miss World

United States holds a record of 49 placements at Miss World, being placed first overall.
This is a list of women who have represented the United States at the Miss World pageant:

Miss World America

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YearNameAgeState RepresentedHometownPlacement at Miss WorldNotes
1951Annette Gibson20Louisville
1952Tally Richards†24New York City
1953Mary Kemp Griffin†23Florence5th Runner-upMiss South Carolina 1952, Semi-finalist at Miss America 1953; Miss Myrtle Beach USA 1953, 1st Runner up at Miss USA 1953.
1954Karin Hultman22Brighton1st Runner-upMiss New York USA 1954; originally 2nd Runner-up, later elevated to 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1954.
1955Margaret Anne Haywood†20Jonesboro1st Runner-upMiss Arkansas USA 1955, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1955.
1956Betty Lane Cherry20Orangeburg1st Runner-upMiss South Carolina USA 1956, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1956.
1957Charlotte Sheffield†21Salt Lake CityMiss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957 '.
1958Nancy Anne Corcoran23New York City
1959Loretta Powell24Stratford
1960Annette Driggers†15FreeportDid not competeDriggers was disqualified after she was discovered to be only 15 years old.
1960Judith Achter18St. Louis4th Runner-upOriginally 1st Runner-up, later took over after original winner was disqualified.
1961Jo Ann Odum19HuntingtonTop 7
1962Amedee Chabot17Los AngelesTop 8
1963Michele Metrinko18New York CityTop 14Miss District of Columbia USA 1963, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1963.
1964Jeanne Quinn20East MeadowTop 16Miss New York USA 1963, Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1963; 1st Runner-up at Miss American Beauty 1964.
1965Dianna Lynn Batts19Falls Church, VA1st Runner-upMiss District of Columbia USA 1965, 4th Runner-up at Miss USA 1965.
1966Denice Blair19LaytonTop 7Miss Utah USA 1966, Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1966.
1967Pamela Pall20NorwalkTop 15
1968Johnine Avery23Los Angeles, CA
1969Gail Renshaw22Arlington1st Runner-upRenshaw was resigned to get married.
1969Connie Haggard18DallasDid not competeOriginally 1st Runner-up, later took over after original winner was resigned.
1970Sandra Wolsfeld24WheatonTop 15Miss Illinois USA 1968.
1971Brucene Smith20Port LavacaTop 7Miss International USA 1974, Miss International 1974.
1972Lynda Carter21TempeTop 15
1973Marjorie Wallace19IndianapolisMiss World 1973
1973Lexie Brockway19RichlandDid not competeOriginally 1st Runner-up, later took over after original winner won Miss World.
1974Terry Ann Browning20Ormond Beach4th Runner-up
1975Annelise Ilschenko17Middleburg Heights
1976Kimberlee Foley21Southfield
1977Cindy Miller20Chesapeake4th Runner-up
1978Debra Freeze20MooresvilleTop 15
1979Carter Wilson23HarrisonburgTop 15
1980Brooke Alexander17KailuaTop 7
1981Holli Dennis21Fort WayneDid not competeDennis was planned to get married after Miss USA contest; Miss Indiana USA 1981, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1981.
1981Lisa Moss23ShreveportTop 7Later elevated to replace Dennis; Miss Louisiana USA 1981, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1981.
1982LuAnn Caughey24AbileneTop 7Miss Texas USA 1982, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1982.
1983Lisa Allred22Fort WorthTop 7Miss Texas USA 1983, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1983.
1984Kelly Anderson23ClarksburgTop 7Miss West Virginia USA 1984, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1984.
1985Brenda Denton22Hobbs2nd Runner-upMiss World Americas; Miss New Mexico USA 1985, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1985.
1986Halle Berry20OakwoodTop 7Miss Ohio USA 1986, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1986.
1987Clotilde Cabrera23TampaMiss Personality Award; Miss Florida USA 1987, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1987.
1988Diana Magaña23Rancho Palos VerdesTop 10Miss California USA 1988, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1988.
1989Jill Scheffert21Oklahoma CityTop 5Miss Oklahoma USA 1989, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1989.
1990Gina Tolleson21CharlestonMiss World 1990Miss World Americas; Miss South Carolina USA 1990, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1990.
1991Charlotte Ray25CamdenTop 10Miss New Jersey USA 1991, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1991.
1992Sharon Belden25Coral GablesTop 10Miss Florida USA 1992.
1993Maribeth Brown23HollistonTop 10
1994Kristie Harmon20ConyersMiss Georgia Teen USA 1992.
1995Jill Ankuda19El Paso
1996Kelly Webber20El Paso
1997Sallie Toussaint23New York CityTop 10Miss World Americas; Miss Connecticut USA 2000.
1998Shauna Gambill22ActonTop 10Miss California Teen USA 1994, Miss Teen USA 1994; Miss California USA 1998, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1998.
1999Natasha Allas25Los AngelesTop 10Miss California Teen USA 1992, Top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1992.
2000Angelique Breaux22San DiegoTop 10Miss California USA 1999, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1999.
2001Carrie Ann Stroup19Cashiers
2002Rebekah Revels24St. PaulsTop 10Miss World Talent; Miss North Carolina 2002 '.
2003Kimberly Harlan19MariettaMiss Georgia Teen USA 2002, 4th Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2002.
2004Nancy Randall24Chicago2nd Runner-upMiss World Beach Beauty, 1st Runner-up in Miss World People's Choice Award and Top 20 in Miss World Top Model; 1st Runner-up at Miss Earth United States 2006.
2005Lisette Diaz22Chula Vista
2006Brooke Elizabeth Angus24EssexTop 20 in Miss World Dress Designer Award and Top 24 in Miss World Sports; Miss Vermont USA 2002.
2007Abigail McCary25MinneapolisTop 16Miss World Sports.
2008Lane Lindell18TampaMiss World Dress Designer Award, Top 25 in Miss World Beach Beauty and Top 32 in Miss World Top Model.
2009Lisa-Marie Kohrs22MalibuTop 20 in Miss World Beach Beauty.
2010Alexandria Mills18LouisvilleMiss World 2010Miss World Americas, 1st Runner-up in Miss World Beach Beauty and 2nd Runner-up in Miss World Top Model.
2011Erin Cummins19ArlingtonTop 36 in Miss World Beach Beauty.
2012Claudine Book20MalibuTop 152nd Runner-up in Beauty with a Purpose, Top 25 in Miss World Talent and Top 56 in Miss World Top Model.
2013Olivia Jordan24TulsaTop 201st Runner-up in Miss World Top Model; Miss Oklahoma USA 2015, Miss USA 2015, 2nd-Runner up at Miss Universe 2015.
2014Elizabeth Safrit22Kannapolis2nd Runner-upMiss World Americas, Miss World Multimedia, Top 5 in Miss World Talent and Top 32 in Miss World Sports; Miss United States 2014.
2015Victoria Mendoza20PhoenixTop 25 in Beauty with a Purpose, Top 25 in Miss World People's Choice Award and Top 30 in Miss World Talent.
2016Audra Mari22FargoTop 11Miss World Americas, Top 24 in Beauty with a Purpose, Top 24 in Miss World Sports and Top 50 in Miss World People's Choice Award; Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011, 1st Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2011; Miss North Dakota USA 2014, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 2014.
2017Clarissa Bowers20UmatillaTop 40
2018Marisa Butler24StandishTop 30Miss World Sports and Top 18 in Miss World Talent; Miss Maine USA 2016.
2019Emmy Rose Cuvelier23Collins, IATop 40Top 27 in Miss World Talent and Top 32 in Miss World Sports.

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Winners' gallery

Miss Teen World America

By number of states