- Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American beauty queen, model and television hostess. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She had previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America where she won a preliminary award. In 2002 Finnessey authored a children’s book, "The Furrtails", which helps children appreciate individuality and understand their peers who have disabilities.
- Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia (born on August 27, 1980 in Kochi) is an Indian model and actress. She was crowned Miss India in 2002. Dhupia was raised in New Delhi and born to Sikh-Punjabi parents. She went to Army Public School and completed her undergraduate studies in Jesus and Mary College.
- Celina Jaitley
Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on 9th June 1981.. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. She has appeared in several movies and music videos (including the Bombay Vikings' "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" video). She was born to an Afghan mother and a Kashmiri father in Kabul, Afghanistan. However she grew up in different cities and mostly spent her time in Kolkata, India. Her father is an army officer and her mother, Meeta Jaitley, is a former beauty queen.
- Agbani Darego
Agbani Darego (born 1983), nicknamed "Agbani" won the Miss World title in 2001.
- Miriam Quiambao
Miriam Quiambao - (b.May 20, 1975) is a beauty queen from the Philippines who competed in the 1999 Miss Universe pageant. Miriam Quiambao initially won the title to represent the Philippines in the 1999 Miss World pageant in London.
- Shauntay Hinton
Shauntay Hinton won the Miss USA title in 2002 competing as Miss District of Columbia USA. Hinton hails from Starkville, Mississippi and graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She qualified to represent the District of Columbia because she was attending Howard University at the time, studying broadcast communications.
- Yvonne Ryding
Yvonne Agneta Ryding (born December 14, 1962), from Eskilstuna, Sweden, was the Miss Universe titleholder for the year 1984 (crowned on July 9, 1984). She was the third Swede to win the pageant. Prior to competing in the Miss Universe pageant, Miss Ryding was a Swedish National Lucia Bride. Nowadays, she is a TV-personality. She was also the hostess of the Swedish competition Melodifestivalen 1989. Ryding was a guest of honor of the Miss Universe 2006 competition, …
- Ali Landry
Ali Germaine Landry (born July 21, 1973) is a former Miss USA (1996), model and actress. She is recognized as the Doritos Girl from her popular 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, she was named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.
- Evelina Papantoniou
Evelina Papantoniou, born June 7, 1979 in Athens, is one of Greece's top professional fashion models and actresses. She won the title Miss Star Hellas in 2001 and was chosen to represent Greece at the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, where she placed as 1st runner-up. The pageant was held in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, where Evelina's legendary stunning looks and revolutionary catwalk helped her advance to the final round and take home the first runner-up title.
- Cynthia Olavarría
Cynthia Olavarría is a fashion model who has competed in the Miss Universe pageant.
- Veruska Ramirez
Veruska (Veruzhka) Tatiana Ramírez was crowned "Miss Venezuela Universe" in the Fall of 1997. After undergoing training from Venezuela's famed beauty school, she competed in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe 1998 contest was held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ramírez placed second behind Trinidad and Tobago's Wendy Fitzwilliam, despite being awarded the highest swimsuit score in history (later bettered by Oxana Fedorova of Russia in the 2002 pageant).
- Kimberly Pressler
Kimberly Pressler (born May 21, 1978) is an entertainment presenter and former Miss USA. She is one of few women to win Miss New York Teen USA and Miss New York USA titles. Pressler hails from Franklinville, New York. Her first major pageant title came in 1994 when she won the Miss New York Teen USA title. At the national pageant that year, she failed to make the top 10. She ranked 45th in the preliminaries, almost dead last.
- Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley, (born October 30, 1983), is a beauty queen from Mint Hill, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title. Cooley was crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2005 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. She was the first Miss North Carolina USA to win the Miss USA crown.
- Anna Theresa Licaros
Anna Theresa Licaros, nicknamed Tere, is a 22-year-old law student, model, and beauty queen. She is the reigning Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2007 titleholder.
- Margareta Arvidsson
Margareta Arvidsson is the 1966 Miss Universe. Born in Vänersborg, raised in Göteborg. She is the second Swedish beauty to hold the crown, 11 years after Hillevi Rombin. She also won the Miss Photogenic title. It is not a secret that Margareta did not want to win the pageant. She told the American producers at the Miss Universe pageant before the contest that she was homesick, tired and ´´"want to go home"´´.
- Elena Ralph
Elena Ralph (born 1984, in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a beauty queen who has represented Israel in the Miss Universe pageant. Ralph won the Miss Israel 2005 title and went on to represent Israel in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand. She made the top ten in the internationally televised pageant, which was Israel's first placement since 2001. (The pageant was won by Natalie Glebova of Canada.) Ralph came to Israel by herself at the age of 18, …
- Rosemarie Frankland
Rosemarie Frankland was a beauty pageant contestant who won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom and Miss World. Born in Rhosllannerchrugog, in north-east Wales in 1943, Rosemarie moved to Lancashire, England as a child. She took part in many beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Wales and, later in 1961 in London, England, she became the first British woman and the seventh European (Sweden won the two first contests, France won in 1953, Germany three years later, …
- Kathrine Sørland
Kathrine Sørland is a fashion model and beauty queen from Norway who has competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. Sørland represented Norway in the Miss World pageant in 2002, reaching the final five. Before the pageant she was the most vocal contestant in leading calls to boycott over the Amina Lawal case. However the pageant went ahead in Nigeria at Amina's insistence with Sørland's participation.
- Julie Ege
Julie Ege (born Julie Dzuli on 30 April, 1943) is a Norwegian-born actress and model. Ege was born in Høyland, Sandnes; she is a former Miss Norway and Miss Universe contestant who was also a Penthouse Pet. In 1967, she moved to England as an au pair to improve her English and also studied at a language school. She made her film debut in a low budget Norwegian film "The Sky and the Ocean".
- Renata Soñé
Renata Soñé is an actress and former beauty queen from the Dominican Republic who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant. Soñé won the Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2005 title representing the province were the capital is located, Distrito Nacional. She went on to compete in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand, where she finished second runner-up to Natalie Glebova of Canada.
- Ly Jonaitis
Lidymar "Ly" Carolina Jonaitis Escalona was 2nd runner-up in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant which was held in Mexico city. She is a top model and Miss Venezuela 2006. She stands 1.80 mts (5'11"). On September 14, 2006, Jonaitis competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela, held in Caracas, where she beat 27 other contestants and obtained the title of Miss Venezuela Universe.
- Barbara Peterson
Barbara Peterson (born c. 1954) is a beauty queen from Edina, Minnesota who has held the Miss USA title. Peterson won the Miss Minnesota USA 1976 crown and later represented Minnesota in the Miss USA 1976 pageant held in Niagara Falls, New York in May that year. She won the Miss USA crown, becoming the first titleholder from Minnesota. Peterson represented the United States at the 1976 Miss Universe pageant in Hong Kong where she failed to place in the semi-finals.
- Madeleine Hartog Bell
Madeleine Hartog Bell won the 1967 Miss World contest, representing Peru. She was born in Camaná, Arequipa. After making it to the semi-finals of the Miss Universe pageant in 1966, she went on to win the Miss World title in London,UK later on the same year. Madeleine now resides in Florida, she is married and has a daughter.
- Mary Leona Gage
Leona Gage (born Mary Leona Gage in 1939, Longview, Texas), won the title of Miss USA in 1957, representing the state of Maryland. The next day, she was stripped of her crown when it was revealed that she was married and the mother of two children. She had also lied about her age and was only 18, not 21. At the time, the Miss USA and the Miss Universe pageants took place at the same time in Long Beach, California.
- Kenya Moore
Kenya Summer Moore (born January 24, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film and television actress.
- Gionna Cabrera
Gionna Jimenez Cabrera (born on August 28, 1982) is a professional model and beauty pageant winner from the Philippines. She is the daughter of Rod E. Cabrera, and Nida Jimenez and presently lives in Pasig City, Metro Manila. Cabrera was raised in the metropolis and studied in private schools, Miriam College and St. Paul College. Her parents have traveled extensively with their five children of whom Gionna is the eldest.
- Monica Spear
Monica Spear Mootz (born October 1, 1984 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a model and former Miss Venezuela 2005. She was looked as a dark horse during the Miss Venezuela 2005 pageant and wasn't looked as a winner. Despite this, Spear went on to win the national crown and represent Venezuela at Miss Universe 2005. She successfully made the top 15 after Miss Venezuela 2004 failed to make the top 15 in Miss Universe 2004 in Quito, Ecuador.
- Tanushree Dutta
Jamshedpur girl Tanushree Dutta, was crowned Ponds Femina Miss India Universe 2004 at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai.
- Amrita Thapar
Amrita Thapar from Pune was awarded the title of "Miss India Universe 2005" at a March 2005 function in Mumbai, India.. She is a post-graduate in fashion design from the School of Fashion Technology in Pune and had previously won other events including May Queen and Miss Pune Beauty titles. She has also appeared in a number of music videos including Pankaj Udhas's "Jaaneman"
- Susie Castillo
Susie Cintron Castillo (born January 6, 1980 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title and who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She is also a presenter on the MTV television show "Total Request Live".
- Amanda Jones
Amanda Jones (born c. 1951) is a former beauty queen from St. Charles, Illinois who has held the Miss USA 1973 title. Jones was crowned Miss Illinois USA 1973 and later represented Illinois in the Miss USA 1973 title which she won. She was the third of four delegates from Illinois to win this title. Jones went on to the Miss Universe 1973 pageant in Athens, Greece where she placed 1st runner-up to Margarita Moran of the Philippines.
- Persis Khambatta
Persis Khambatta (October 2, 1950 - August 18, 1998) was an Indian model and actress of Parsi ethnicity and Zoroastrian religion. She was born in Bombay, India. At age 15, Khambatta became Miss India and participated in the 1965 Miss Universe pageant, but could not achieve much success in the Indian movie industry in Bollywood, partially due to her relatively Western looks, which appeared unconventional for the Indian audiences.
- Shawnae Jebbia
Shawnae Jebbia (born August 26 1972) won the Miss USA title in 1998. To win the crown, Jebbia, Miss Massachusetts USA, edged out former Miss Teen USA 1994 from California, Shauna Gambill who was the press favorite. There was controversy about Shawnae's win after the final question. Fans argued that the rightful winner, based on the final question, was Shauna Gambill.
- Cindy Fabre
Cindy Fabre is a beauty queen from France who has competed at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Fabre was elected Miss France in 2005. She succeeded Lætitia Bléger as the 51st Miss France on December 4, 2004. She represented France in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2005, but was unplaced. The pageant was won by Natalie Glebova of Canada. She also competed in the Miss World 2005 pageant, won by Iceland's Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir.
- Ivonne Coll
Ivonne Coll (born June 18, 1947 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico) is a former Puerto Rican beauty queen turned actress.
- Kandace Krueger
Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas.
- Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos
Claudia Ortiz De Zevallos was Miss Peru in 2003. She was born in Arequipa, Peru, November 9, 1981. On April 9, 2005 Claudia was third runner-up in the Miss Asia Pacific Pageant. Prior to that participation, she was a semi-finalist in both Miss Earth 2002 and Miss Universe 2003 pageants.
- Stella Araneta
Stella Márquez Araneta, born Stella Márquez Zawadski and now simply known as Madame Stella Araneta, is a national pageant director (Binibining Pilipinas) and former international beauty queen. Araneta was Miss Colombia in 1959 and was therefore able to compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida placing as a semifinalist. She then competed in the first Miss International beauty pageant held in Long Beach, California, …
- Daniela Bianchi
Daniela Bianchi (born January 31,1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie "From Russia with Love". Born in Rome, she was the 1st runner-up in the 1960 Miss Universe contest, where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press. Her film career began in 1958. In "From Russia with Love", her voice was dubbed by Barbara Jefford. She made a number of movies after "From Russia with Love", …
- Josephine Alhanko
Josephine Alhanko, (born 24 April, 1981, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actress and former Miss Sweden titleholder. Alhanko became Sweden's 28th semifinalist at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, held on July 23 in Los Angeles, California. She is the first Miss Sweden to place in 9 years and beat favourites such as Erin McNaught of Australia. Josephine has two master's degrees and is an educated actress and art historian.