Miss United Kingdom

Miss United Kingdom
Formation	1958
Type	Beauty pageant
Location	United Kingdom

For other Miss United Kingdom, see Miss Universe United Kingdom.

Miss United Kingdom is a title held by the highest ranked British contestant in the Miss World pageant. The winner competes at Miss International the following year under the Britain or United Kingdom banner.^[1]

The current titleholder is Nicola Mimnagh of Scotland.^[2]

History

The pageant came to include the whole of the United Kingdom from 1960 onwards. Traditionally there would be regional heats from the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom and the top x number of contestants from the regions would then compete for the UK title.

Until 1999, the winner of Miss United Kingdom would go on to represent the country in the Miss World competition. However, from 1999 onward, separate representatives from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete at Miss World,^[3] and the highest ranked woman of the four constituent countries is named Miss United Kingdom.^[1]

Winners

^{[citation needed]}

Nieve Jennings, Miss UK 2007

Year	Miss United Kingdom	Age	Represented	1st runner-up	Represented	2nd runner-up	Represented
2010	Nicola Mimnagh[2]		Scotland	—	—	—	—
2009	Katharine Brown[1]		Scotland, Dunblane	—	—	—	—
2008	Chloe-Beth Morgan[4]		Wales	—	—	—	—
2007	Nieve Jennings[5]		Scotland	—	—	—	—
2006	Nicola McLean		Scotland	Catherine Jean Milligan	Northern Ireland	—	—
2005	Lucy Evangelista		Northern Ireland	Hannah McLaughlin	Guernsey	—
2004	Amy Guy		Wales	—	—	—	—
2003	Nicci Jolly		Inverbervie, Scotland	—	—	—	—
2002	Gayle Williamson		Northern Ireland	—	—	—	—
2001	Juliet-Jane Horne		Aberdeen Scotland	—	—	—
2000	Michelle Watson		Scotland	—	—	—	—
1999	Nicola Willoughby		Lincoln	—	—	Emma Keenan	—
1998	Emmalene McLoughlin		Manchester	Joanne Salley	Northern Ireland	Katie Viggers	Birmingham
1997	Vicki-Lee Walberg		Blackpool	Abby Essien	Lancaster	Sarah Smart	Leicestershire
1996	Rachael Liza Warner		Wales	—	—	—	—
1995	Shauna Marie Gunn		County Fermanagh	Angie Bowness	Sheffield	—	—
1994	Melanie Abdoun		London	—	—	—	—
1993	Amanda Louise Johnson		Nottingham	—	—	—	—
1992	Claire Elizabeth Smith		Chester	—	—	—	—
1991	Johanne Elizabeth Lewis		Mansfield	—	—	—	—
1990	Helen Upton		Blackpool	—	—	—	—
1989	Suzanne Younger		Wales	Racquel Jory	England	Victoria Lace	Scotland
1988	Kirsty Roper		Manchester	Angela Newlands	Wolverhampton	Nicola Kidd	Peterborough
1987	Karen Mellor		Derby	Heather Daniels	Portsmouth	Helen Fairbrother	Swindon
1986	Alison Slack		Sheffield	Joanne Sedgley	England	Suzanne Younger	Mold
1985	Mandy Adele Shires		Bradford	Joanne Sedgley	Newquay	Barbara Christian	Wales
1984	Vivienne Rooke	22	Weston-super-Mare	Lea La Salle	Wrexham	Susan Tan	Northern Ireland
1983	Sarah-Jane Hutt	18	Poole	Karen Lesley Moore	England	Nicola Stanley	Isle of Wight
1982	Delia Frances Dolan	20	Grimsby	Alison Smith	Belfast	Ann Jackson	Chichester
1981	Michele Donnelly	20	Cardiff	Delia Frances Dolan	Yorkshire	Georgina Kearney	Scotland
1980	Kim Ashfield	21	Buckley, Wales	Nicky Wright	Poole	Julie Duckworth	England
1979	Carolyn Seaward	18	Yelverton, Devon	Lorraine Davidson	Scotland	Karen Loughlin	Stockport
1978	Elizabeth Ann Jones	20	Welshpool, Powys	Janet Withey	London	Beverley Isherwood	England
1977	Madeleine Stringer	24	North Shields	Dorothy Walker	Edinburgh	Sarah Long	England
1976	Carol Jean Grant[**]	19	Glasgow	Sian Adey-Jones	Wales	Joanna Booth	Sheffield
1975	Vicki Harris	22	London	Sue Cuff	Manchester	Gail Inglis	Dundee
1974	Helen Morgan	21	Barry	Kathy Anders	England	Linda Myers	Sale
1973	Veronica Ann Cross	23	London	Marie Kirkwood	—	Pam Wood	—
1972	Jennifer McAdam	24	London	Elaine Farnworth	Ramsbottom	Julie Marcus	—
1971	Marilyn Ward	21	New Milton	Linda Ann Thomas	Blackpool	Anita Gudgeon	Basildon
1970	Yvonne Ormes	20	Nantwich	Jean Galston	Manchester	Lee Hamilton Marshall	Scotland
1969	Sheena Drummond	18	Tullibody	—	—	—	—
1968	Kathleen Winstanley	23	Wigan	Marie Smith	Glasgow	Lisa Robertshaw	Bradford South
1967	Jennifer Lynn Lewis	20	Leicester	Jennifer Gurley	Manchester	Nine Scott	Sheffield
1966	Jennifer Lowe Summers	20	Warrington	—	—	—	—
1965	Lesley Langley	20	London	—	—	—	—
1964	Ann Sidney	20	Poole, Dorset	—	—	—	—
1963	Diane Westbury[*]	19	Ilkeston	—	—	—	—
1962	Jackie White	20	Alvaston	—	—	—	—
1961	Rosemarie Frankland	18	Rhos/Lancaster	—	—	—	—
1960	Hilda Fairclough	23	Lancaster	—	—	—	—
1959	Anne Thelwell	22	Heswall	—	—	—	—
1958	Eileen Sheridan	22	Walton-on-Thames	—	—	—	—

^* Real name Diane Hickingbotham.
^** Also known as Carolyn Grant.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Kat's the cream". The Scottish Sun. 16 January 2010. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/scotlandfeatures/2810996/Kats-the-cream-of-Britain.html. Retrieved 23 November 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Britain's got talent". The Scottish Sun. 20 November 2010. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3237707/Britains-got-talent-as-Miss-Scotland-Nicola-Mimnagh-gets-UK-crown.html#ixzz15q24fenR. Retrieved 23 November 2010. 
3. ^ Miss England history.
4. ^ "Cwmbran woman becomes Miss UK". South Wales Argus. 19 July 2009. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4500971.Cwmbran_woman_becomes_Miss_UK/. Retrieved 19 February 2011. 
5. ^ "Nieve has time of her life to lift Miss UK title". Evening Times (Glasgow). 5 December 2007. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/1393458951.html?dids=1393458951:1393458951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+05,+2007&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Nieve+has+time+of+her+life+to+lift+Miss+UK+title&pqatl=google. Retrieved 19 February 2011.