Miss Venezuela is a national Beauty pageant held in Venezuela. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The final televised competition generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by Venevisión and produced by the networks parent company Cisneros Group, with edited versions to the United States and Mexico on the Univision and Telemundo networks. From 2013 to 2015, the national contest was split into two separate pageants: Miss Venezuela and Miss Venezuela Mundo. The pageant is also closely observed by other countries seeking to level competition due to its illustrious record of pageant victories. In 2016, the Venezuelan franchise for Miss Earth was awarded to Miss Earth Venezuela organized by National Directors Julio César Cruz and Alyz Henrich.
Élodie Gossuin is a French beauty pageant titleholder, model, radio and television presenter, columnist and regional politician. She was elected Miss Picardy 2000, Miss France 2001, and Miss Europe 2001.
Alexandra Rosenfeld is a French beauty pageant titleholder who elected Miss France 2006. Representing the region of Languedoc, she succeeded Cindy Fabre as the 77th Miss France on 3 December 2005. She also was crowned Miss Europe 2006.
Kim Kötter is a Dutch director, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe Nederland 2002, and competed in the Miss Universe 2002 pageant where she placed 11th in the preliminaries, missing the top 10 by one spot. She also competed in the Miss Europe 2002 pageant where she placed 3rd runner up. Kötter currently runs her own modelling agency, and is the organizer of the Miss Overijssel, Miss Nederland and Miss Universe Germany beauty pageants. In 2011, Kötter competed on the Dutch version of the television show Fort Boyard.
Mariángela Bonanni is a Venezuelan fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder. She started her career representing her native state Táchira in the Miss Venezuela 2009 pageant on 24 September 2009, and won the title of 1st runner up and Best Catwalk. She subsequently represented Venezuela in the 2010 Miss Earth beauty pageant, in Nha Trang, (Vietnam) on 4 December 2010, and ranked in Top 7.
Malika Ménard is a French model, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss France 2010. She later represented France in Miss Universe 2010, placing in the Top 15.
Delphine Wespiser is a French model, television presenter, politician and beauty pageant titleholder. who was elected Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, Miss Alsace 2011 and Miss France 2012.
Miss World 2013, the 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 28 September 2013 at Bali International Convention Center, South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. It was the first time in Southeast Asia and it also was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in a Muslim majority country. Contestants from 127 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss World pageant, marking the biggest turnout for any beauty pageant globally as of 2024. Yu Wenxia of China crowned her successor Megan Young of the Philippines at the end of the event, marking the only time to date that the Philippines has won the Miss World title. This victory also made the Philippines the third country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Hinarani de Longeaux is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Tahiti 2012. As Miss Tahiti, de Longeaux competed at Miss France 2013, placing as the first runner-up. Afterwards, she was appointed Miss Universe France 2013, and represented France at Miss Universe 2013.
Miss Guyana is the national competition in Guyana where the Titleholder/National Winner represents Guyana at the Miss World competition. Guyana first placed at the Miss World competition in 1966 which was the first of six consecutive placements from semifinalist to top 3 finish from 1966 to 1971.[3] The Miss Guyana trademark is under Natasha Martindale directorship.
Luna Isabella Voce is a Dutch-Italian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Italia 2013 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2013 but unplaced
Gwendoline Gaelle Sandrine Ramos Ruais is a Filipino-French actress, model, TV presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2011. She represented the Philippines at the Miss World 2011 pageant in London, England and placed 1st Runner-Up.
Sophie Thalmann is a French TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Lorraine 1997 and Miss France 1998.
Miss International 2014, the 54th Miss International pageant, organized by the International Cultural Association held on November 11, 2014 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Bea Santiago of the Philippines crowned her successor Valerie Hernández of Puerto Rico at the end of the event.
Flora Coquerel is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2014. Coquerel had previously been crowned Miss Orléanais 2013, becoming the first woman representing the Centre-Val de Loire region to become Miss France. She later went on to represent France at Miss World 2014 and Miss Universe 2015, placing in the Top 5 at the latter.
Karina Ramos Leiton is a Costa Rican TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2014 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2014. She's also the CEO, and owner of the modeling agency Imagination Agency S.A., created by her for preparing future beauty pageant candidates.
Sophie Garénaux is a French beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned as Miss France 2013 Second Runner up and was selected to be France's representative in Miss Earth 2013. She is the first Miss Earth delegate from Miss France Organization headed by Sylvie Tellier.She became Miss Lievinn and Miss Nord-Pas-de-calais in 2012.
Phạm Thị Hương is a Vietnamese model, college lecturer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang City, Vietnam. She represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015 but unplaced.
Diane Leyre is a French model, radio personality, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2022. She had previously been crowned Miss Île-de-France 2021 and Miss Paris 2021, and is the sixteenth woman from Île-de-France to win Miss France. Leyre represented France at Miss Universe 2023.
