1951-Kiki Haakonson of Sweden
1952-May Louise Flodin of Sweden
1953-Denise Perrier of France
1954-Antigone Constanda of Egypt
1955-Carmen Duijm Zubillaga of Venezuela
1956-Petra Schurmann of Germany
1957-Marita Lindahl of Finland
1958-Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa
1959-Corine Rottschafer of Holland
1960-Norma Gladys Cappagli of Argentina
1961-Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom
1962-Catharina Lodders of Holland
1963-Carole Joan Crawford of Jamaica
1964-Ann Sydney of United Kingdom
1965-Lesley Langley of United Kingdom
1966-Reita Faria of India
1967-Madeleine Hartog Bell of Peru
1968-Penelope Plummer of Australia
1969-Eva Rueber Staier of Austria
1970-Jennifer Hosten of Grenada
1971-Lucia Tavares Petterle of Brazil
1972-Belinda Green of Austrailia
1973-Marjorie Wallace of USA
1974-Helen Morgan of United Kingdom (resigned)
1974-Anneline Kriel of South Africa (became new Miss World)
1975-Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico
1976-Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica
1977-Mary Stavin of Sweden
1978-Silvana Suarez of Argentina
1979-Gina Swainson of Bermuda
1980-Gabriella Brum of Germany (resigned)
1980-Kimberley Santos of Guam (became new Miss World)
1981-Pilin Leon of Venezuela
1982-Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic
1983-Sarah-Jane Hutt of United Kingdom
1984-Astrid Herrera of Venezuela
1985-Hofi Karlsdottir of Iceland
1986-Giselle La Ronde of Trinidad and Tobago
1987-Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria
1988-Linda Petursdottir of Iceland
1989-Aneta Kreglicka of Poland
1990-Gina Tolleson of USA
1991-Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela
1992-Julia Kourotchkina of Russia
1993-Lisa Hanna of Jamaica
1994-Aishwarya Rai of India
1995-Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano of Venezuela
1996-Irene Skliva of Greece
1997-Diana Hayden of India
1998-Linor Abargil of Israel
1999-Yukta Mookhey of India
2000-Priyanka Chopra of India
2001-Agbani Darego of Nigeria
2002-Azra Akin of Turkey
2003-Rosanna Davison of Ireland