South Africa at major beauty pageants

This is a list of South Africa's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has a total of five victories:

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[1][2][3]

South Africa's Big Four titleholders

Color Key
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2018 Tamaryn Green
TBA		 Thulisa Keyi
TBA		 Reabetswe Sechoaro
TBA		 Margo Fargo
TBA
2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
WINNER 		Adé van Heerden
Top 10		 Tayla Skye Robinson
Top 15		 x
2016 Ntandoyenkosi Kunene Ntandoyenkosi Kunene Tharina Botes Nozipho Magagula
Top 16
2015 Refilwe Mthimunye
Top 15		 Liesl Laurie
Top 10		 × Carla Viktor
2014 Ziphozakhe Zokufa Rolene Strauss
WINNER		 × Ilzé Saunders
2013 Marilyn Ramos Marilyn Ramos Cindy Rosslind Ashanti Mbanga
Top 16
2012 Melinda Bam
Top 10		 Remona Moodley x Tamerin Jardine
Top 8
2011 Bokang Montjane Bokang Montjane
Top 7		 Natasha Kashimoto Dominique Mann
2010 Nicole Flint
Top 10		 Nicole Flint
Top 25		 Matapa Maila Nondyebo Dzingwa
Top 8
2009 Tatum Keshwar
Top 10		 Tatum Keshwar
2nd Runner-up		 Bokang Montjane Chanel Grantham
Top 16
2008 Tansey Coetzee
Top 15		 Tansey Coetzee
Top 5		 × Matapa Maila
2007 Megan Coleman Megan Coleman × Bokang Montjane
Top 16
2006 Thuli Sithole Thuli Sithole × Nancy Dos Reis
2005 Claudia Henkel
Top 15		 Dhiveja Sundrum
Top 15		 × Jacqueline Postma
2004 Joan Ramagoshi Joan Ramagoshi × Sally Leung
2003 Cindy Nell
2nd Runner-Up		 Cindy Nell × Catherine Constantinides
2002 Vanessa Carreira
3rd Runner-Up		 Claire Sabbagha × ×
2001 Jo-Ann Strauss Jo-Ann Strauss
Top 10		 × Inecke van der Westhuizen
2000 Heather Hamilton
Top 10		 Heather Hamilton Irmari Steyl ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999 Sonia Raciti
4th Runner-up		 Sonia Raciti
2nd Runner-Up		 ×
1998 Kerishnie Naicker
Top 10		 Kerishnie Naicker
4th Runner-up		 ×
1997 Mbali Gasa Jessica Motaung
2nd Runner-up		 ×
1996 Carol Anne Becker Peggy-Sue Khumalo
Top 10		 ×
1995 Augustine Masilela
Top 10		 Bernelee Daniell
Top 10		 ×
1994 × Basetsana Makgalemele
1st Runner-up		 ×
1993 × Palesa Mofokeng
1st Runner-up		 ×
1992 × Amy Kleinhans
4th Runner-up		 ×
1991 × Diana Tilden-Davis
2nd Runner-up		 ×
1990 × × ×
1989 × × ×
1988 × × ×
1987 × × ×
1986 × × ×
1985 × × ×
1984 Leticia Snyman
1st Runner-up		 × ×
1983 Leanne Hosking × ×
1982 Odette Octavia Scrooby
Top 12		 × ×
1981 Daniela di Paolo × ×
1980 × × ×
1979 Veronika Wilson
Top 12		 × ×
1978 Margaret Gardiner
WINNER 		× ×
1977 Glynis Dorothea Fester Vanessa Wannenberg ×
1976 Cynthia Classen Lynn Massyn ×
1975 Gail Anthony Rhoda Rademeyer
Top 15		 ×
1974 × Anneline Kriel
1st Runner-up/WINNER 		×
1973 × Shelley Latham
4th Runner-up		 ×
1972 × Stephanie Reinecke
Top 15		 ×
1971 × Monica Fairall
Top 15		 ×
1970 × Jillian Elizabeth Jessup
4th Runner-up		 ×
1969 × Linda Meryl Collett
5th Runner-up		 ×
1968 Monica Fairall Mitsianna Stander† Mary Winifred McDonald
1967 Windley Ballenden Disa Duivenstein
Top 15		 Dawn Duff-Gray
1966 Lynn Carol De Jager Johanna Maud Carter
Top 15		 x
1965 Veronika Prigge
Top 15		 Carrol Adele Davis Diana Webster
Top 15
1964 Gail Robinson Vedra Karamitas† Lorraine Mason
1963 Ellen Liebenberg
Top 15		 Louise Crous Martie Claassen
1962 Lynette Gamble Yvonne Maryann Ficker
3rd Runner-up		 Aletta Strydom
1961 Marina Christelis Yvonne Brenda Hulley
Top 15		 Dina Maria Robbertse
1960 Nicolette Joan Caras
3rd Runner-up		 Denise Muir†
2nd Runner-up		 Nona Sherriff
1959 × Moya Meaker
Top 11		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958 × Penelope Coelen
WINNER
1957 × Adele June Kruger
2nd Runner-up
1956 × Norma Vorster
1955 × ×
1954 × ×
1953 Ingrid Rita Mills
Top 16		 ×
1952 Catherine Edwina Higgins
Top 10		 ×
1951 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States)		 ×


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Name of Pageant Placements Best Result
Miss Universe 22 Winner (1978, 2017)
Miss World 33 Winner (1958, 1974-Assumed, 2014)
Miss International 2 Top 15 (1965, 2017)
Miss Earth 6 Top 8 (2010, 2012)
Total 63 5 Winners

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ↑ International Beauty Pageant Ranking
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

See also

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