<P> The following is a list of women who have won the Miss Universe title . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Represented </Th> <Th> Titleholder </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Height </Th> <Th> Hometown </Th> <Th> Date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> Armi Kuusela </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Muhos </Td> <Td> June 28, 1952 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Christiane Martel </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Créteil </Td> <Td> July 17, 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Miriam Stevenson </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Winnsboro </Td> <Td> July 24, 1954 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Hillevi Rombin </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Alfta </Td> <Td> July 22, 1955 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Carol Morris </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Ottumwa </Td> <Td> July 20, 1956 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> Gladys Zender </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Lima </Td> <Td> July 19, 1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> Luz Marina Zuluaga </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) </Td> <Td> Pereira </Td> <Td> July 26, 1958 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Akiko Kojima </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Tokyo </Td> <Td> July 24, 1959 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Linda Bement </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Salt Lake City </Td> <Td> July 9, 1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> Marlene Schmidt </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Stuttgart </Td> <Td> July 15, 1961 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> Norma Nolan </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) </Td> <Td> Buenos Aires </Td> <Td> July 14, 1962 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> Iêda Maria Vargas </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Porto Alegre </Td> <Td> July 20, 1963 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> Corinna Tsopei </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Athens </Td> <Td> August 1, 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> Apasra Hongsakula </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) </Td> <Td> Bangkok </Td> <Td> July 24, 1965 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Margareta Arvidsson </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Gothenburg </Td> <Td> July 16, 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Sylvia Hitchcock </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Miami </Td> <Td> July 15, 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> Martha Vasconcellos </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Salvador </Td> <Td> July 13, 1968 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> Gloria Diaz </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) </Td> <Td> Aringay </Td> <Td> July 19, 1969 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Marisol Malaret </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> San Juan </Td> <Td> July 11, 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> Georgina Rizk </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Beirut </Td> <Td> July 24, 1971 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Kerry Anne Wells </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) </Td> <Td> Perth </Td> <Td> July 29, 1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> Margarita Moran </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Manila </Td> <Td> July 21, 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Amparo Muñoz </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Málaga </Td> <Td> July 19, 1974 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> Anne Marie Pohtamo </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Helsinki </Td> <Td> July 19, 1975 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Israel </Td> <Td> Rina Messinger </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Kiryat Tiv'on </Td> <Td> July 11, 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td> Janelle Commissiong </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) </Td> <Td> Port of Spain </Td> <Td> July 16, 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> Margaret Gardiner </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Cape Town </Td> <Td> July 24, 1978 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Maritza Sayalero </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Caracas </Td> <Td> July 20, 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Shawn Weatherly </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Sumter </Td> <Td> July 8, 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Irene Sáez </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Caracas </Td> <Td> July 20, 1981 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> Karen Dianne Baldwin </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> London </Td> <Td> July 26, 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> Lorraine Downes </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Auckland </Td> <Td> July 11, 1983 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Yvonne Ryding </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Eskilstuna </Td> <Td> July 9, 1984 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Deborah Carthy - Deu </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> San Juan </Td> <Td> July 15, 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Bárbara Palacios </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Caracas </Td> <Td> July 21, 1986 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> Cecilia Bolocco </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Santiago </Td> <Td> May 27, 1987 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> Porntip Nakhirunkanok </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Bangkok </Td> <Td> May 24, 1988 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Angela Visser </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Rotterdam </Td> <Td> May 23, 1989 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> Mona Grudt </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) </Td> <Td> Trondheim </Td> <Td> April 15, 1990 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> Lupita Jones </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Mexicali </Td> <Td> May 17, 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1992 </Td> <Td> Namibia </Td> <Td> Michelle McLean </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) </Td> <Td> Windhoek </Td> <Td> May 8, 1992 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Dayanara Torres </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Toa Alta </Td> <Td> May 21, 1993 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> Sushmita Sen </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> New Delhi </Td> <Td> May 21, 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Chelsi Smith </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Deer Park </Td> <Td> May 12, 1995 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Alicia Machado </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Maracay </Td> <Td> May 17, 1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Brook Lee </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Pearl City </Td> <Td> May 16, 1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td> Wendy Fitzwilliam </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) </Td> <Td> Diego Martin </Td> <Td> May 12, 1998 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Botswana </Td> <Td> Mpule Kwelagobe </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Gaborone </Td> <Td> May 26, 1999 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> Lara Dutta </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Mumbai </Td> <Td> May 12, 2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Denise Quiñones </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Lares </Td> <Td> May 11, 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> Oxana Fedorova (Dethroned) </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Pskov </Td> <Td> May 29, 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Panama </Td> <Td> Justine Pasek (Succeeded) </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Panama City </Td> <Td> September 24, 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Dominican Republic </Td> <Td> Amelia Vega </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) </Td> <Td> Santiago de los Caballeros </Td> <Td> June 3, 2003 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Jennifer Hawkins </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) </Td> <Td> Newcastle </Td> <Td> June 1, 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> Natalie Glebova </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) </Td> <Td> Toronto </Td> <Td> May 31, 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> Zuleyka Rivera </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Salinas </Td> <Td> July 21, 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Riyo Mori </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Shizuoka </Td> <Td> May 28, 2007 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Dayana Mendoza </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Caracas </Td> <Td> July 14, 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Stefanía Fernández </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Mérida </Td> <Td> August 23, 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> Ximena Navarrete </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Guadalajara </Td> <Td> August 23, 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> Leila Lopes </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Benguela </Td> <Td> September 12, 2011 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Olivia Culpo </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Cranston </Td> <Td> December 19, 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Gabriela Isler </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) </Td> <Td> Valencia </Td> <Td> November 9, 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> Paulina Vega </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) </Td> <Td> Barranquilla </Td> <Td> January 25, 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> Pia Wurtzbach </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Cagayan de Oro </Td> <Td> December 20, 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Iris Mittenaere </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) </Td> <Td> Lille </Td> <Td> January 30, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> Demi - Leigh Nel - Peters </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) </Td> <Td> Sedgefield </Td> <Td> November 26, 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Represented </Th> <Th> Titleholder </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Height </Th> <Th> Hometown </Th> <Th> Date </Th> </Tr>

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