New Zealand at Miss World
| Formation | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Auckland |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World Miss International Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Director | Rose Taylor |
| Website | Official website |
New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.
History
The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised on TVNZ. Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship.[1] From 2005 to 2007 no national pageant was held; in 2007 an Auckland community trust bought the franchise and the pageant was held to select the country's representative to Miss World 2008 was held in May 2008.[2]
Titleholders
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
The winner of Miss New Zealand represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Navjot Kaur | Top 40 | |
| 2020–2021 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Lucy Brock[3] | Top 40 | Top 32 at Miss World Sport |
| 2018 | Jessica Tyson[4] | Top 12 | 1st Runner-up at Beauty with a Purpose Top 32 at Miss World Top Model Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss World Oceania [5] |
| 2017 | Annie Evans[6] | Top 40 | Top 20 at Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss Oceania |
| 2016 | Karla De Beer | Unplaced | Top 24 at Miss World Sport |
| 2015 | Deborah Lambie | Top 20 | Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 5 at Multimedia Award |
| 2014 | Arielle Diane Garciano | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Ella Liliane Langsford | Unplaced | Top 20 at Miss World Sport |
| 2012 | Collette Kelly Lochore | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Mianette Broekman | Top 31 | |
| 2010 | Cody Yerkovich[7] | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Magdalena Schoeman[citation needed] | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Kahurangi Taylor[8] | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Stephanie Maria Dods | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Nicolette Spencer | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Kay Anderson[9] | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Amber Peebles[10] | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Melanie Paul[11] | Top 20 | |
| 2002 | Rachel Huljich[10][12] | Unplaced | |
| 2001 | Amie Hewett | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Katherine Allsopp-Smith | Unplaced | |
| 1999 | Coralie Warburton[13] | Unplaced | |
| 1998 | Tanya Hayward[14] | Unplaced | |
| 1997 | Lauralee Martinovich[15] | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1996 | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | Unplaced | |
| 1995 | Sarah Brady | Unplaced | |
| 1994 | Shelley Edwards | Unplaced | |
| 1993 | Nicola Brighty | Unplaced | |
| 1992 | Karly Kinnaird | Unplaced | |
| 1991 | Lisa Maree de Montalk | Top 15 | |
| 1990 | Adele Kenny | Top 5 | Queen of Asia & Oceania |
| 1989 | Helen Rowney | Unplaced | |
| 1988 | Lisa Corban | Unplaced | |
| 1987 | Karyn Meltcaf | Unplaced | |
| 1986 | Lynda Marie McManus | Top 7 | |
| 1985 | Sheri LeFleming Burrow | Unplaced | |
| 1984 | Barbara McDowell | Unplaced | |
| 1983 | Maria Sando | Unplaced | |
| 1982 | Susan Jane Mainland | Unplaced | |
| 1981 | Raewyn Marcroft | Unplaced | |
| 1980 | Vicky Lee Hemi | Top 7 | |
| 1979 | Nicola Duckworth | Unplaced | |
| 1978 | Lorian Dawn Tangney | Unplaced | |
| 1977 | Michele Jean Hyde | Unplaced | |
| 1976 | Anne Clifford | Unplaced | |
| 1975 | Janet Nugent | Unplaced | |
| 1974 | Sue Nicholson | Top 15 | |
| 1973 | Pamela King | Top 15 | |
| 1972 | Kristine Allan | Unplaced | |
| 1971 | Linda Ritchie | Unplaced | |
| 1970 | Glenys Treweek | Unplaced | |
| 1969 | Carole Robinson | Top 15 | |
| 1968 | Christine Antunovic | Unplaced | |
| 1967 | Pamela McLeod | Unplaced | |
| 1966 | Heather Gettings | Unplaced | |
| 1965 | Gay Phelps | Top 15 | |
| 1964 | Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1963 | Elaine Miscall | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1962 | Maureen Waaka | Unplaced | |
| 1961 | Leone Mary Main | Unplaced | |
| 1956 | Jeannette de Montalk | Unplaced | |
Miss International New Zealand
Since 2010 the second title of Miss World New Zealand represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. In 2003-2008 the official candidate selected by Miss International New Zealand pageant. New Zealand debut in 1960 and ever won the title of Miss International 1971, Jane Hansen in Long Beach, California, United States.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Samantha Poole[16] | TBA | TBA |
| 2023 | Georgia Waddington[17] | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic |
| 2022 | Lydia Smit[18] | Top 15 | |
| 2021 | Sydney Batters[19] | Did not compete | |
| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Nikita Ah Horan | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Natasha Unkovich | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Michelle Isemonger | Unplaced | Miss Oceania |
| 2016 | Jessica Tyson | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Hayley Robinson | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Rachel Harradence | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Casey Dawn Radley | 2nd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic |
| 2012 | Hannah Helen Carson | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Ina Ivanova | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rhonda Grant | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Kyla Hei Hei | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Claire Ann Beattie | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Ellie Bloomfield | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Amber Jean Peebles | Unplaced | |
Former titles
Miss Grand New Zealand
From 2013 to 2018, Miss World New Zealand sent one of the pageant finalists to compete at Miss Grand International. The Miss Grand New Zealand titleholders were directly awarded on the national stage in 2014, 2015, and 2019,[20][21][22] while the remaimnings were appointed.[23][24] The contract between Miss World New Zealand and Miss Grand International was discontinued in late 2019 after the Miss World New Zealand team declined to send a New Zealand candidate to partake in the 2019 international tournament in Venezuela due to security concerns. Since then, no New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International.[25]
Miss Earth New Zealand
From 2003 to 2010, the third title of Miss World New Zealand organized by Miss World New Zealand Ltd., to compete at Miss Earth pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. Starting 2011, New Zealand's representative to Miss Earth is selected through the Miss New Zealand Festival of Beauty, organized by the New Zealand Asia Pacific Trust which also selects representatives to Miss World and Miss International under the direction of Rose Foulger, who took on the Miss Earth franchise from Mrs Taylor upon her retirement. In 2013 Miss Earth New Zealand was held in separate pageant.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Gloria Ofa Blake | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Alexandra Grace-Scott | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Lisa Joy Davids | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Catherine Vera Irving | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rachel Hope Crofts | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Annelise Burton | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Tiffany Pickford | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Rachael Tucker | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Katey Ellen Price | Unplaced |
Notes
Miss Universe
The delegates who represented New Zealand at Miss World 1991-1995 also represented New Zealand at Miss Universe the year after they competed at Miss World. The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.
References
- ^ "Miss NZ contests will continue, say organisers". The Dominion. 24 October 1998. p. 3.
- ^ Donovan, Brooke (3 May 2008). "Beauty pageant re-appears after modern makeover". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Lucy Brock crowned Miss World New Zealand 2019". www.beautypageants.indiatimes.com. beautypageants.indiatimes.com. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Jess Tyson of Māori TV crowned Miss World New Zealand". www.nzherald.co.nz. www.nzherald.co.nz. 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Miss World Continental 2018". www.missworld.com.
- ^ "Annie Evans is Miss World New Zealand 2017". www.indianandworldpageant.com. indianandworldpageant. 3 June 2017.
- ^ The Northern Advocate, Monday 6 December 2010 Miss World New Zealand Cody Yerkovich says thanks
- ^ "The most beautiful woman in the world". Scoop. 4 May 2008.
- ^ "Stunning Kay on De-Sex Mission". New Zealand Truth. 12 December 2006.
- ^ a b Bates, Jo (21 December 2003). "TAKE TWO - Amber Peebles, 20, and Rachel Huljich, 19, entered Miss World New Zealand in 2002...". Sunday Star-Times.
- ^ Russell, Bruce (17 December 2003). "Miss NZ Melanie Paul placed in final 20 of 100 entrants at Miss World contest-held in Communist China". IRN News.
- ^ "PM backs calls for NZ to boycott Miss World". New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2002.
- ^ "Miss World not a degrading contest, says Miss NZ". New Zealand Press Association. 2 December 1999.
- ^ "What Others are Saying". The Evening Post. 26 November 1998.
- ^ "Beauty Queen Back in NZ". The Dominion. 27 November 1997.
- ^ Bryant, Jodi (25 May 2024). "'Like a bomb went off': New Miss New Zealand on the moment she was crowned". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Miss NZ 2023 - LIVE". instagram. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Waikato woman represents New Zealand at Miss International". Waikato Times. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Northland beauty wins Miss New Zealand 2020". Māori Television. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Miss Grand New Zealand – Maddieson White". Miss World New Zealand. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Laurilee McMichael (7 May 2015). "Georgette wins Grand chance". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Emma Gribble crowned Miss Grand New Zealand 2019". The Times of India. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Cameo Turner (8 June 2020). "Kiwi beauty queen thrilled by Arielle Keil's Miss NZ entry". Tewahanui.nz. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Hayley Robinson crowned Miss Grand International New Zealand 2018". The Times of India. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Brasileira é favorita ao Miss Grand International, que ocorre em meio à crise na Venezuela". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.