Miss Gibraltar

Miss Gibraltar
Logo of the Miss Gibraltar event
Formation	1959
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Miss Gibraltar Office, Ministry of Culture, 10 Main Street, Gibraltar
Location	Gibraltar
Official languages	English
Website	MissGibraltar.gi

Miss Gibraltar is a the main annual beauty pageant of Gibraltar that selects the official representative to the Miss World pageant. The incumbent Miss Gibraltar is Michelle Gillingwater Pedersen, who was crowned on 25 June 2011 at a program held at the Alameda Open-Air Theatre.

History

The first Miss Gibraltar pageant was held in 1959, however, it did not resume until 1964. From 1981 to 1990, the winner also represented Gibraltar at Miss Universe.^[1]

Winners

Year	Miss Gibraltar	Placement
1959	Viola Abudarham
1964	Lydia Davis
1965	Rosemary Viñales
1966	Grace Valverde
1967	Laura Bassadone
1968	Sandra Sanguinetti
1969	Marliou Chiappe
1970	Carmen Gomez
1971	Lisette Chipolina
1972	Rosemary Catania
1973	Josephine Rodriguez
1974	Patricia Orfila
1975	Lilian Lara
1976	Rosemary Parody
1977	Lourdes Holmes
1978	Rosanna Bonfante
1979	Audrey Lopez
1980	Yvette Dominguez
1981	Michelle Lara
1982	Louise Gillingwater
1983	Jessica Palao	Miss Universe 1984 (Miss Congeniality)
1984	Karina Hollands
1985	Gail Francis
1986	Dominique Martinez	Miss World 1986 (Miss Personality)
1987	Maite Sanchez
1988	Tatiana Desoiza
1989	Audrey Gingel
1990	Sarah Yeats
1991	Ornella Costa
1992	Michelle Torres
1993	Jenifer Ainsworth
1994	Melissa Berllaque
1995	Monique Chiara
1996	Samantha Lane
1997	Rossanna Ressa
1998	Melanie Soiza
1999	Abigail Garcia
2000	Tessa Sacramento
2001	Luann Richardson
2002	Natalie Monteverde
2003	Kim Falzun
2004	Helen Gustafson
2005	Melanie Chipolina
2006	Hayley O`Brien
2007	Danielle Perez
2008	Krystle Robba
2009	Kaiane Aldorino	Miss World 2009 (Winner)
2010	Larissa Dalli
2011	Michelle Gillingwater Pedersen

Best Result

Miss Gibraltar 2009, Miss World 2009, Kaiane Aldorino during her homecoming celebrations in Gibraltar, 17 December 2009.

Contestant	Competition	Rank
Kaiane Aldorino	Miss World 2009	Winner

The 59th Miss World pageant was held on December 12th 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant’s history. Gibraltar’s Kaiane Aldorino, aged 23, was crowned Miss World 2009.Kaiane won Miss World Beach Beauty en route to the top prize sparking off mass celebrations in Gibraltar as the population watched the event unfold live on television.

Kaiane was flown to Gibraltar from London on a private jet on the 17th December where she was greeted at Gibraltar Airport by Government, family and friends. From there, Kaiane was paraded down Main Street on an open-top car (the same one used by Charles and Diana when they visited Gibraltar to embark the Royal Yacht Britannia to start their honeymoon cruise) preceded by the band of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and then appeared at the City Hall balcony. The celebrations culminated with a fireworks display from Gibraltar Harbour. All in all it was described as the most significant homecoming in history.

As a tribute to Kaiane Aldorino, the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau issued a special sheet of stamps.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Miss Gibraltar history". Government of Gibraltar. http://www.missgibraltar.gi/content/history. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Gibraltar will release a Miss World stamp". World Stamp News. http://www.worldstampnews.com/2010/06/just-in-gibraltar-will-release-a-miss-world-stamp/#more-1526. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 

External links

• Miss Gibraltar Official site