Miss Universe Great Britain

Not to be confused with Miss United Kingdom or Miss Great Britain.

Miss Universe Great Britain

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	London
Location	Great Britain
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	English
Director	Paula Abbandonato
Website	missuniversegb.co.uk

Miss Universe Great Britain (Miss Universe GB) is a pageant used to select the Britain's representative in the Miss Universe contest.

History

When created as Miss Universe Great Britain in 1952, 30 women around the island of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed. Aileen Chase would be the only contestant to compete at Miss Universe as Miss Great Britain or Miss UK until the 1990s. For four decades there would be no Miss Universe GB/UK.

There was no UK participant at Miss Universe in 1953-1954. From 1955-1990 (except 1956), the winner of Miss England competed. Miss Scotland and Miss Wales first competed in 1961 and again, competed every year until 1990, except 1987 in Scotland's case, as that year's Miss Scotland, Eileen Catterson, was disqualified for being under age.

In Miss Universe 1991, Helen Upton, the winner of the 1990 Miss United Kingdom pageant, became the first contestant since 1952, to compete at Miss Universe under the Miss GB or Miss UK banner. She competed as Miss United Kingdom.

In 1992 Miss Great Britain Universe came back until 2000. There was no British representative at Miss Universe from 2001 to 2004.

In 2005 it came back with the name Miss Universe United Kingdom and the pageant had 30 delegates representing subdivision of British Overseas, Crown Dependencies, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

In 2008 the rights to the pageant were awarded to Welsh Modelling agency Vibe Models, and the name was changed again to Miss Universe UK. The contest was revitalized, with a show being held in Central London to determine the winner; 38 contestants competed for the title.

In 2009 the name of the pageant was changed once again to Miss Universe Great Britain and has since stayed the same. The event is now held at the Birmingham ICC.

In 2010, Miss Universe Great Britain took on new sponsors Front Agency in London.

The current Miss Universe Great Britain is Narissara France she represented Great Britain in Miss Universe 2015, where she was a non-finalist

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Miss Universe Great Britain represents the country at Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.

Year	Delegate	City	Country	Placement	Special Awards
2015	Narissara France	London	England	Unplaced
2014	Grace Levy	London	England	Unplaced
2013	Amy Willerton	London	England	Top 10
2012	Holly Hale	Llanelli	Wales	Unplaced
2011	Chloe-Beth Morgan	Torfaen	Wales	Unplaced
2010	Tara Hoyos-Martínez	London	England	Unplaced
2009	Clair Cooper	London	England	Unplaced
Miss Universe UK
2008	Lisa Lazarus	Llanelli	Wales	Unplaced
Miss Universe United Kingdom
2006	Julie Doherty	London	England	Unplaced
2005	Brooke Johnston	London	England	Unplaced
Miss Great Britain Universe
2000	Louise Lakin	Manchester	England	Unplaced
1999	Cherie Pisani	Edinburgh	Scotland	Unplaced
1998	Leilani Anne Dowding	Shetland	Scotland	Unplaced
1996	Anita Saint Rose	London	England	Unplaced
1995	Sarah Jane Southwick	London	England	Unplaced
1994	Michaela Pyke	Cardiff	Wales	Unplaced
1993	Kathryn Middleton	Chesterfield	England	Unplaced
1992	Tiffany Stanford	Birmingham	England	Unplaced
Miss United Kingdom Universe
1991	Helen Upton	London	England	Unplaced
Miss Great Britain Universe
1952	Aileen Chase	London	England	Unplaced

Results

The Miss Universe Great Britain final results:

Year	Winner	Region	1st Runner-up	Region	2nd Runner-up	Region	3rd Runner-up	Region	4th Runner-up	Region
2015	Narissara France	London	Victoria Winterford	Essex	Kelly Rowland	Carmarthenshire	Luissa Burton	Worcestershire	Rebecca John	Cardiff
2014	Grace Levy	London	Sophie Loudon	Glasgow	Anna Burdzy	Leicester	Amy Townsend	Pembrokeshire	Sara Pender	Glasgow
2013	Amy Willerton	London	Roxy Osborne	Norfolk	Maisie Lake	Norwich	Sarah Guildford	Stockport	Naomi Duncan	Bristol
2012	Holly Hale	Llanelli	Sandra Lees	Coventry	Margarita Nazarenko	London	Hannah Higgins	Rotherham	Bethany Tamsett	Essex
2011	Chloe-Beth Morgan	Torfaen	Natasha Crook	London	Summer Ghanavati	Cardiff	Anastasia Smith	York	Sara McLean	Edinburgh
2010	Tara Hoyos-Martínez	London	Kelly Pesticcio	Cardiff	Kathryn Lane	Cardiff	Amy Baldock	Preston	Lorraine Stretch	Bristol
2009	Clair Cooper	London	Lydia Yhnell	Newport	Alize Lily Mounter	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Rissikat Bade	London	Ellie Duncannon	Brighton
2008	Lisa Lazarus	Llanelli	Holly Ann Hill	Brighton	Jamie Lee Williams	London	Claire Heaton	Durham	Hannah Jackson	Reading
2006	Julie Doherty	England	Anastia McCarkin	Jersey	Laura Quinton	London	Susan Anermaly	Northern Ireland	Ann Marie Castile	Scotland
2005	Brooke Johnston	London	Ambuyah Ebanks	Cayman Islands	Lucy Avril Evangelista	Northern Ireland	Samantha Carlin	Scotland	Ana Joseph	England
2000	Louise Lakin	Manchester	Susie Anndam	London	Anna Harlder	England	Louise Shanklin	Skegness	Katie Sorennio	Cleethorpes
1999	Cherie Pisani	Scotland	Rafaela Van Anderwits	Shetland	Sandra Theodro	London	Ryuki Fujia	Norwich	Tamara Katie	Gateshead
1998	Leilani Anne Dowding	Shetland	Linda McCarperkin	Northern Ireland	Alana Marison	England	Kathy O'Neal	England	Louise Gregory	Liverpool
1996	Anita Saint Rose	London	Wanda Timothy	Bermuda	Mary Peters	Virgin Islands	Wen Banjamani	China	Eliza Grossman	Sunderland
1995	Sarah Jane Southwick	London	Julisa Saint Mary	England	Ana Lucia Reyes Rodriguez	Gibraltar	Melanie Abdoun	London	Abigail Varnish	Leeds
1994	Michaela Pyke	Wales	Anajulie Winters	England	Cindy Ferrel	London	Kathy Beckett	Wales	Rebecca Orgill	Northern Ireland
1993	Kathryn Middleton	England	Heidi Jones	Wales	Katieliana Willias Fahastra	Indian Ocean Territories	Racquel Bovery-Jones	England	Carla Groichevi-Edmondsons	Scotland
1992	Tiffany Stanford	England	Aileen Wilernes	Scotland	Melisaa Jones	Northern Ireland	Sandra Pack	England	Catherine Blackpool	Wales
1991	Helen Upton	England	Simone Whiterstone	London	Gerona Quinkos	Shetland	Chloe Scout	Manchester	Amnishia Okinwaro	Sheffield
1952	Aileen Chase	London	Sarah Fetherstone	Manchester	Ana Marie Candom	West Indies Federation	Kimberly Adams	Liverpool	Cindy Ann Covigton	York

List of British Representatives at the Miss Universe

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

There was no UK participant at Miss Universe in 1953-1954. From 1955-1990 (except 1956), the winner of Miss England competed. Miss Scotland and Miss Wales first competed in 1961 and again, competed every year until 1990.

Year	Miss England	Miss Scotland	Miss Wales
1955	Margaret Rowe
1956	Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
1957	Sonia Hamilton
1958	Dorothy Hazeldine
1959	Pamela Anne Searle
1960	Joan Ellinor Boardman
1961	Arlette Dobson	Susan Jones	Rosemarie Frankland
1962	Kim Carlton	Vera Parker	Hazel Williams
1963		Grace Calder W. Taylor	Maureen Thomas
1964	Brenda Blackler	Wendy Barrie	Marilyn Joy Samuel
1965	Jennifer Warren Gurley	Mary Young	Joan Boull
1966	Janice Carol Whiteman	Linda Ann Lees	Christine Heller
1967	Jennifer Lynn Lewis	Lena MacGarvie	Denise Elizabeth Page
1968	Jennifer Lowe Summers	Helen Davidson	Judith Radford
1969	Myra Van Heck	Sheena Drumond	Shirley Jones
1970	Yvonne Anne Ormes	Lee Hamilton Marshall	Sandra Cater
1971	Marilyn Ann Ward	Elizabeth Montgomery	Dawn Cater
1972	Jennifer Mary McAdam	Elizabeth Joan Stevely	Eileen Darroch
1973	Veronica Ann Cross	Caroline Meade	Deirdre Jennifer
1974	Kathleen Anders	Catherine Robertson	Helen Morgan
1975	Vicki Harris	Mary Kirkwood	Georgina Kerler
1976	Pauline Davies	Carol Jean Grant	Sian Adey-Jones
1977	Sarah Louise Long	Sandra Bell	Christine Anne Murphy
1978	Beverly Isherwood	Angela Mary Kate Macleod	Elizabeth Ann Jones
1979	Carolyn Ann Seaward	Lorraine Davidson	Janet Beverly Hobson
1980	Julie Duckworth	Linda Gallagher	Kim Ashfield
1981	Joanna Longley	Anne McFarlane	Karen Ruth Stannard
1982	Della Frances Dolan	Georgina Kearney	Michele Donnelly
1983	Karen Lesley Moore	Linda Renton	Lianne Patricia Gray
1984	Louise Gray	May Monaghan	Jane Ann Riley
1985	Helen Westlake	Jackie Hendrie	Barbara Christian
1986	Joanne Ruth Sedgley	Natalie M. Devlin	Tracey Rowlands
1987	Yvette Dawn Livesey	Julia Henderson	Nicola Gail Davies
1988	Tracey Williams	Amanda Laird	Lise Marie Williams
1989	Racquel Jory	Victoria Susannah Lace	Andrea Caroline Jones
1990	Carla Barrow	Karina Ferguson	Jane Lloyd

External links

• Miss Universe UK official website