New Zealand at Miss World

Stephanie Maria Dods, New Zealand's representative at Miss World 2007

Kahurangi Taylor, New Zealand's representative at Miss World 2008

New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.

The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised on TVNZ. Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship.^[1] From 2005-2007 no national pageant was held; in 2007 an Auckland community trust bought the franchise and the pageant was held to select the country's representative to Miss World 2008 was held in May 2008.^[2]

Representatives

Year	Name	City	Placement	Awards	Notes
2010	Cody Yerkovich[3]	Kaitaia
2009	Magdalena Schoeman[4]	Christchurch
2008	Kahurangi Taylor[5]	Pukeoware
2007	Stephanie Maria Dods	Auckland
2005	Kay Anderson[6]	Auckland		Top 15 Beach Beauty
2004	Amber Peebles[7]
2003	Melanie Paul[8]	North Shore	Top 20
2002	Rachel Huljich[7][9]	Auckland
2001	Amie Hewett
2000	Katherine Allsopp-Smith
1999	Coralie Warburton[10]
1998	Tanya Hayward[11]
1997	Lauralee Martinovich[12]	Christchurch	1st runner-up
1995	Sarah Brady
1994	Shelley Edwards
1993	Nicola Brighty
1992	Karly Kinnaird
1991	Lisa Maree de Montalk		Semi-finalist
1990	Adele Kenny		4th runner-up
1989	Helen Rowney
1988	Lisa Corban		3rd runner-up
1987	Karyn Meltcaf
1986	Sheri Burrow
1985	Claire Glenister
1984	Barbara McDowell
1983	Maria Sando
1982	Susan Jane Mainland
1981	Raewyn Marcroft
1980	Vicky Lee Hemi		Fifth runner-up
1979	Nicola Duckworth
1978	Lorian Dawn Tangney
1977	Michele Jean Hyde
1976	Anne Clifford
1975	Janet Nugent	Rotorua
1974	Sue Nicholson		Semi-finalist
1973	Pamela King		Semi-finalist
1972	Kristine Allan
1971	Linda Ritchie	Rotorua
1970	Glenys Treweek
1969	Carole Robinson		Semi-finalist
1968	Christine Antunovic
1967	Pamela McLeod
1966	Heather Gettings
1965	Gay Phelps		Semi-finalist
1964	Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank		4th runner-up
1963	Elaine Miscall		1st runner-up
1962	Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi	Rotorua
1961	Leone Mary Main
1956	Jeannette de Montalk

Miss Universe

The delegates who represented New Zealand at Miss World 1991-1995 also represented New Zealand at Miss Universe the year after they competed at Miss World. The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.

References

1. ^ "Miss NZ contests will continue, say organisers". The Dominion. 1998-10-24. p. 3. 
2. ^ Donovan, Brooke (2008-05-03). "Beauty pageant re-appears after modern makeover". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10507637. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
3. ^ Cody Yerkovich was crowned Miss World New Zealand 2010
4. ^ A Beauty Therapist crown Miss World New Zealand 2009
5. ^ "The most beautiful woman in the world". Scoop. 2008-05-04. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00049.htm. 
6. ^ "Stunning Kay on De-Sex Mission". New Zealand Truth. 2006-12-12. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Bates, Jo (2003-12-21). "TAKE TWO - Amber Peebles, 20, and Rachel Huljich, 19, entered Miss World New Zealand in 2002....". Sunday Star-Times. 
8. ^ Russell, Bruce (2003-12-17). "Miss NZ Melanie Paul placed in final 20 of 100 entrants at Miss World contest-held in Communist China". IRN News. 
9. ^ "PM backs calls for NZ to boycott Miss World". New Zealand Herald. 2002-09-17. 
10. ^ "Miss World not a degrading contest, says Miss NZ". New Zealand Press Association. 1999-12-02. 
11. ^ "What Others are Saying". The Evening Post. 1998-11-26. 
12. ^ "Beauty Queen Back in NZ". The Dominion. 1997-11-27. 

External links

• Official Miss World New Zealand website