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Formation | 1926 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Auckland |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe |
Official language | English |
Director | Josh Yugen |
Miss Universe New Zealand is a national beauty pageant in New Zealand which selects the delegates to participate in the international Miss Universe competition. Qualification for Miss Universe New Zealand is based on regional pageants and/or personal interviews (necessary due to lack of regional pageant in some areas). [1]
New Zealanders have contested 44 Miss Universe pageants since its inception in 1952 and is one of 33 countries to win the title. After no entrants were sent to Miss Universe in 2004 and 2005, a new national pageant, Miss Universe New Zealand, was created in 2006.
New Zealand's most successful entrant came in 1983 when Lorraine Downes won the Miss Universe title. The country's only other top five placing came when Delyse Nottle was second runner-up to Shawn Weatherly in 1980. New Zealand has also had three semi-finalist placings, in 1962, 1981 and 1992.
New Zealand is one of only 12 countries to win two or more Miss Photogenic awards, won by Carole Robinson (1969), Delyse Nottle (1980), and Samantha MacClung (2015).
The pageant will allow between the ages of 18 and 27 and are a New Zealand citizen.
Year | Region | Miss New Zealand | Notes |
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1926 | Otago | Thelma McMillan | |
1927 | Otago | Dale Austen | |
No contest between 1927—1946 | |||
1947 | Otago | Mary Wooton | K. W. Kilpatrick directorship |
No contest in 1948 | |||
1949 | Taranaki | Mary Woodward | |
Region | Titles | Years |
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Otago | 3 | 1926, 1927, 1947 |
Taranaki | 1 | 1949 |
Year | Region | Miss New Zealand | Placement at Miss Universe | Special awards | Notes |
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Josh Yugen directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2024 | |||||
2024 | Otago | Franki Russell [2] | TBA | ||
Nigel Godfrey directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2013―2019 | |||||
Did not compete between 2020―2023: In 2023 Miss Universe New Zealand was expected to return with Troy Barbagallo (PinkTank Events PTY Ltd.), a businessman who owned Miss Universe Australia and Miss Universe Singapore, but failed to hold a national competition, due to unknown reasons. | |||||
2019 | Auckland | Diamond Langi | Unplaced | Previously, Langi made the semifinals at Miss Earth 2017 as Miss Earth Tonga. | |
2018 | Auckland | Estelle Curd | Unplaced | ||
2017 | Hawke's Bay | Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia | Unplaced | ||
2016 | Auckland | Tania Pauline Dawson | Unplaced | ||
2015 | Canterbury | Samantha McClung | Unplaced |
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2014 | Wellington | Rachel Maree Millns | Unplaced | ||
2013 | Auckland | Holly Cassidy | Unplaced | ||
Val Lott directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2006―2012 | |||||
2012 | Auckland | Talia Bennett | Unplaced | Pageant winner Avianca Böhm lost the crown after failing to gain New Zealand citizenship. [3] | |
2011 | Wellington | Priyani Puketapu | Unplaced | ||
2010 | Auckland | Ria van Dyke | Unplaced | ||
2009 | Auckland | Katie Taylor | Unplaced | ||
2008 | Wellington | Samantha Powell | Unplaced | ||
2007 | Canterbury | Laural Barrett | Unplaced | ||
2006 | Auckland | Elizabeth Gray | Unplaced | ||
Dennis Brown directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1992―2003 | |||||
Did not compete between 2004—2005 | |||||
2003 | Wellington | Sharee Adams | Unplaced | ||
Did not compete in 2002 | |||||
2001 | Māori | Kateao Nehua Jackson | Unplaced | ||
2000 | Auckland | Tonia Peachey | Unplaced | ||
1999 | Auckland | Kristy Wilson | Unplaced | ||
1998 | Auckland | Rosemary Rassell | Unplaced | ||
1997 | Auckland | Marina McCartney | Unplaced ranked 15th | ||
1996 | Auckland | Sarah Brady | Unplaced | ||
1995 | Auckland | Shelley Edwards | Unplaced | ||
1994 | Auckland | Nicola Brighty | Unplaced | ||
1993 | Auckland | Karly Kinnaird | Unplaced | ||
1992 | Auckland | Lisa Maree de Montalk | Top 10 | ||
John Wansbrough (TV New Zealand) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1979―1991 | |||||
Did not compete between 1990—1991 | |||||
1989 | Auckland | Shelley Soffe | Unplaced | ||
1988 | Auckland | Lana Coc-Kroft | Unplaced | ||
1987 | Auckland | Ursula Kim Ryan | Unplaced | ||
1986 | Auckland | Christine Atkinson | Unplaced | ||
1985 | Auckland | Claire Glenister | Unplaced | ||
1984 | Auckland | Tania Clague | Unplaced | ||
1983 | Auckland | Lorraine Downes | Miss Universe 1983 | Miss Mount Maunganui 1983 — Winner of Dancing with the Stars season 2. | |
1982 | Auckland | Sandra Helen Dexter | Unplaced | ||
1981 | Auckland | Donella Thomsen | Top 12 | ||
1980 | Auckland | Delyse Nottle | 2nd Runner-up |
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1979 | Auckland | Andrea Kake | Unplaced | ||
Joe Brown directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1960―1978 | |||||
1978 | Auckland | Jane Simmonds | Unplaced | ||
1977 | Auckland | Donna Anne Schultze | Unplaced | ||
1976 | Auckland | Janey Kingscote | Unplaced | ||
1975 | Auckland | Barbara Ann Kirkley | Unplaced | ||
In 1974 the committee set rebranded Miss Universe New Zealand Organization [4] | |||||
1974 | Auckland | Dianne Deborah Winyard | Unplaced | ||
1973 | Auckland | Pamela King | Unplaced | ||
1972 | Auckland | Liv Hanche Olsen | Unplaced | The main winner, Kristine Allan, Miss New Zealand 1972 did not compete, due to unknown reasons. | |
1971 | Auckland | Linda Jane Ritchie | Unplaced | ||
1970 | Auckland | Glenys Elizabeth Treweek | Unplaced | ||
1969 | Auckland | Carole Robinson | Unplaced |
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1968 | Auckland | Christine Mary Antunovic | Unplaced | ||
1967 | Auckland | Pamela McLeod | Unplaced | ||
1966 | Auckland | Heather Gettings | Unplaced | ||
1965 | Auckland | Gay Lorraine Phelps | Unplaced | ||
1964 | Auckland | Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank | Unplaced | ||
1963 | Auckland | Regina Ellen Scandrett | Unplaced | Elaine Miscall, Miss New Zealand 1963 did not compete at Miss Universe but Miss World; she became a runner-up at Miss World competition. | |
1962 | Wellington | Leslie Margaret Nichols | Top 15 | The original Miss New Zealand 1962 was Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi who did not present at Miss Universe 1962. | |
1961 | Auckland | Leonie Mains | Did not compete | ||
1960 | Auckland | Lorraine Nawa Jones | Unplaced | ||
Auckland Star and NZ Truth Newspaper directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1954―1957 | |||||
Did not compete between 1958—1959 | |||||
1957 | Auckland | Arlenne Nesgitt | Did not compete | ||
Did not compete between 1955—1956 | |||||
1954 | Bay of Plenty | Moana Manley | Unplaced |
Region | Titles | Years |
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Auckland | 47 | 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
Wellington | 5 | 1962, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014 |
Canterbury | 2 | 2007, 2015 |
Otago | 1 | 2024 |
Hawke's Bay | 2017 | |
Māori | 2001 | |
Bay of Plenty | 1954 | |
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