1952—Armi Helena Kuusela Kovo—Finland
1953—Christiane Magnani (Martel)—France
1954—Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson—USA
1955—Hillevi Rombin—Sweden
1956—Carol Laverne Morris—USA
1957—Gladys Zender Urbina—Peru
1958—Luz Marina Zuluaga—Colombia
1959—Akiko Kojima—Japan
1960—Linda Jeanne Bement—USA
1961—Marlene Schmidt—Germany
1962—Norma Beatriz Nolan—Argentina
1963—Ieda Maria Britto Vargas—Brazil
1964—Kiriaki “Corinna” Tsopei—Greece
1965—Apasra Hongsakula—Thailand
1966—Margareta Arb Arvidsson—Sweden
1967—Sylvia Louise Hitchcock—USA
1968—Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos—Brazil
1969—Gloria Maria Diaz Aspillera—Philippines
1970—Marisol Malaret Contreras—Puerto Rico
1971—Georgina Rizk—Lebanon
1972—Kerry Anne Wells—Australia
1973—Maria Margareta Moran Roxas—Philippines
1974—Amparo Muñoz Quesada—Spain
1975—Anne Marie Pohtamo—Finland
1976—Rina Messinger—Israel
1977—Janelle “Penny” Commissiong—Trinidad/Tobago
1978—Margaret Gardiner—South Africa
1979—Maritza Sayalero Fernández—Venezuela
1980—Shawn Nichols Weatherly—USA
1981—Irene Lailin Sáez Conde—Venezuela
1982—Karen Dianne Baldwin—Canada
1983—Lorraine Elizabeth Downes—New Zealand
1984—Yvonne Ryding—Sweden
1985—Deborah Carthy-Deu—Puerto Rico
1986—Bárbara Palacios Teyde—Venezuela
1987—Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck—Chile
1988—Porntip Nakhirunkanok—Thailand
1989—Angela Visser—Holland
1990—Mona Grudt—Norway
1991—María Guadalupe “Lupita” Jones Garay—Mexico
1992—Michelle McLean—Namibia
1993—Dayanara Torres Delgado—Puerto Rico
1994—Sushmita Sen—India
1995—Chelsi Pearl Smith—USA
1996—Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo—Venezuela
1997—Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee—USA
1998—Wendy Rachelle Fitzwilliam—Trinidad/Tobago
1999—Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe—Botswana
2000—Lara Dutta—India
2001—Denise Marie Quiñones August—Puerto Rico
2002—Oksana Fyodorova (Oxana Fedorova)—Russia (dethroned)
———Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño—Panama
2003: Amelia Vega Polanco—Dominican Republic
2004: Jennifer Hawkins—Australia
2005: Natalie Glebova—Canada
2006: Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza—Puerto Rico
2007: Riyo mori-japan
2008: dayana mendoza-venezuela