";s:4:"text";s:2703:" Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, and Miss Universe are the four major international beauty pageants. Miss Florida, Cheryl Ann Patton, assumes the Miss USA title.
It’s already mentioned the first Miss Universe winner was Armi Kuusela. Although a native of Florida (Miami), Sylvia wins the national title as Miss Alabama (where she attends college).
Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Intercontinental 1997 and Miss Universe 2000. Get exclusive videos, photos, bios and stats on all of the contestants. 18 of 66. Along with the Miss World and Miss Earth contests, Miss Universe is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions.
1969 Gloria Diaz was the first Miss Universe from the Philippines, beating out 60 other contestants.
The Philippines' Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969, also wore this during her reign. The Miss Universe competition is an international beauty pageant. Sylvia Hitchcock (USA) - Miss Universe 1967.
Height - 170 cm. 19 of 72. Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
Now scroll down for the list of all Miss Universe winners including the current winner and past winners over the years.
2010: Ximena Navarrete México. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States at the end of the event. Miss Universe 2006 wore one of the most daring looks in the pageant that year.
(There's a reason Venezuela continues to dominate!)
Height - 172 cm. 17 of 72. The Miss Universe 2019 contest will be held on December 19, 2019, in Seoul, South Korea.
Ieda Maria Vargas of Brazil, Miss Universe 1963, had the privilege of being the first winner to use this crown.