List of Miss Universe Winners from 1952 to 2017:
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization. The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.
Miss France Iris Mittenaere crowned the Miss Universe title 2016 in the annual pageant held in the Philippines. Haiti’s Raquel Pelissier was placed the first runner-up, while Colombia’s Andrea Tovar finished as the second runner-up.
Checkout the complete the list of Miss Universe Title Holders:
| Year | Winner | Country |
| 2016 | Iris Mittenaere | France |
| 2015 | Pia Wurtzbach | Philippines |
| 2014 | Paulina Vega | Colombia |
| 2013 | Gabriela Isler | Venezuela |
| 2012 | Olivia Culpo | USA |
| 2011 | Leila Lopes | Angola |
| 2010 | Ximena Navarrete | Mexico |
| 2009 | Stefania Fernandez | Venezuela |
| 2008 | Dayana Mendoza | Venezuela |
| 2007 | Riyo Mori | Japan |
| 2006 | Zuleyka Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| 2005 | Natalie Glebova | Canada |
| 2004 | Jennifer Hawkins | Australia |
| 2003 | Amelia Vega | Dominican Republic |
| 2002 | Oxana Fedorova (Dethroned) | Russia |
| 2002 | Justine Pasek | Panama |
| 2001 | Denise Quiñones | Puerto Rico |
| 2000 | Lara Dutta | India |
| 1999 | Mpule Kwelagobe | Botswana |
| 1998 | Wendy Fitzwilliam | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1997 | Brook Mahealani Lee | USA |
| 1996 | Alicia Machado | Venezuela |
| 1995 | Chelsi Smith | USA |
| 1994 | Sushmita Sen | India |
| 1993 | Dayanara Torres | Puerto Rico |
| 1992 | Michelle McLean | Namibia |
| 1991 | Lupita Jones | Mexico |
| 1990 | Mona Grudt | Norway |
| 1989 | Angela Visser | Netherlands |
| 1988 | Porntip Nakhirunkanok | Thailand |
| 1987 | Cecilia Bolocco | Chile |
| 1986 | Bárbara Palacios Teyde | Venezuela |
| 1985 | Deborah Carthy Deu | Puerto Rico |
| 1984 | Yvonne Ryding | Sweden |
| 1983 | Lorraine Downes | New Zealand |
| 1982 | Karen Dianne Baldwin | Canada |
| 1981 | Irene Sáez | Venezuela |
| 1980 | Shawn Weatherly | USA |
| 1979 | Maritza Sayalero | Venezuela |
| 1978 | Margaret Gardiner | South Africa |
| 1977 | Janelle Commissiong | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1976 | Rina Messinger | Israel |
| 1975 | Anne Marie Pohtamo | Finland |
| 1974 | Amparo Muñoz | Spain |
| 1973 | Maria Margarita Moran | Philippines |
| 1972 | Kerry Anne Wells | Australia |
| 1971 | Georgina Rizk | Lebanon |
| 1970 | Marisol Malaret | Puerto Rico |
| 1969 | Gloria Maria Diaz | Philippines |
| 1968 | Martha Vasconcellos | Brazil |
| 1967 | Sylvia Hitchcock | USA |
| 1966 | Margareta Arvidsson | Sweden |
| 1965 | Apasra Hongsakula | Thailand |
| 1964 | Corinna Tsopei | Greece |
| 1963 | Ieda Maria Vargas | Brazil |
| 1962 | Norma Nolan | Argentina |
| 1961 | Marlene Schmidt | Germany |
| 1960 | Linda Bement | USA |
| 1959 | Akiko Kojima | Japan |
| 1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga | Colombia |
| 1957 | Gladys Zender | Peru |
| 1956 | Carol Morris | USA |
| 1955 | Hillevi Rombin | Sweden |
| 1954 | Miriam Stevenson | USA |
| 1953 | Christiane Martel | France |
| 1952 | Armi Kuusela | Finland |
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