- Miss Universe special awards
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The following tables list the winners of the special awards given to candidates at the Miss Universe pageant.
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Current awards
Miss Congeniality
This award is also known as Miss Amity.
Year Winner Country Placement at MU 1952 Myriam Lynn 
Belgium1953 Jeanne Vaughn Thompson 
Louisiana[^]1954 Effie Androulakaki 
Greece[^]1955 Maribel Arrieta 
El Salvador1st runner-up 1956 Anabel Granados 
Costa Rica1957 Mapita Mercado Cortes 
Puerto Rico1958 Tomoko Moritake 
JapanTop 15 semifinalist 1959 Sondsi Sodsal Venijvadhava 
Thailand1960 Myint Myint May (tie) 
BurmaJudy Rebecca Fletcher (tie) Louisiana[^]1961 Eleftheria Delutsi Greece1962 Sara Olimpia Formeta (tie) 
Dominican RepublicHazel Williams (tie) 
Wales1963 Grace Taylor 
Scotland1964 Jeanne Venables 
California[^]1965 Ingrid Bethake 
Germany1966 Elizabeth Sanchez (tie) 
CuraçaoPaquita Torres (tie) 
SpainTop 15 semifinalist 1967 Lena McGarvie Scotland1968 Yasuyo Iino Japan1969 Zahara Boufaden 
Tunisia1970 Hilary Anne Best 
GuamTop 15 semifinalist 1971 Magnolia Martinez 
Peru1972 Ombayi Mutaka 
Zaire[^]1973 Wendy Robertson 
Chile1974 Anna Bjorsdottir 
Iceland1975 Christine Mary Jackson 
Trinidad & Tobago1976 Margot Elizabeth McFarlane Trinidad & Tobago1977 Pamela Mercer 
Canada1978 Sophia Titus Trinidad & Tobago1979 Yureka Kuroda Japan1980 Dealia Devon Walter 
Cayman Islands1981 Linda Smith 
Bahamas1982 Maureen Teresa Lewis Cayman Islands1983 Abbey Scattrel Janneh 
Gambia1984 Jessica Palao 
Gibraltar1985 Lucy Carbullido Montinola Guam1986 Dina Reyes Salas Guam1987 Tatiana Reyes 
Honduras1988 Liza Marie Camacho Guam1989 Sharon Simons 
Turks & Caicos1990 Christiane Stocker Germany1991 Monique Lindesay 
U.S. Virgin Islands1992 Barbara Johnson Turks & Caicos1993 Jamilah Haruna 
Ghana1994 Barbara Kahatjipara 
Namibia1995 Toyin Raji 
Nigeria1996 Jodie McMullen 
Australia1997 Laura Csortan Australia1998 Asuman Krause 
Turkey1999 Marisa Ferreira 
Portugal2000 Tamara Scaroni 
Aruba2001 Nakera Simms Bahamas2002 Merlisa George U.S. Virgin Islands2003 Kai Davis 
Antigua & Barbuda2004 Laia Manetti 
Italy2005 Tricia Homer U.S. Virgin Islands2006 Angela Asare Ghana2007 Ningning Zhang 
China2008 Rebeca Moreno El Salvador2009 Wang Jingyao China2010 Jesinta Campbell Australia2nd runner-up 2011 Nikolina Lončar 
Montenegro^ Miss Universe was held jointly with Miss USA, and candidates from both pageants were eligible for the Miss Congeniality award from 1952 to 1964.
^ In 1954, Rika Dialina of Greece was unable to enter the United States due to passport problems. Effie Androulakaki was sent to replace her and won the Miss Congeniality award. A few days later, Dialina's visa problems were sorted out and was able to represent Greece in the pageant. As a result of this, Androulakaki withdrew from the competition, turning down the suggestion from pageant officials that she could continue in the contest as "Miss Crete."
^ Zaire is now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Miss Congeniality Awards Table Tally
Country Awards Winning Years Guam4 1970, 1985, 1986, 1988 Australia3 1996, 1997, 2010 U.S. Virgin Islands1991, 2002, 2005 Japan1958, 1968, 1979 Trinidad & Tobago1975, 1976, 1978 
USA[^]1953, 1960, 1964 China2 2007, 2009 El Salvador1955, 2008 Ghana1993, 2006 Bahamas1981, 2001 Turks & Caicos1989, 1992 Germany1965, 1990 Cayman Islands1980, 1982 Scotland1963, 1967 
Greece1954, 1961 Miss Photogenic
In 2008, the award was not handed out for the first time since its inception in 1956.
Year Winner Country Placement at MU 1956 Marina Orschel Germany1st runner-up 1957 Gerti Daub Germany4th runner-up 1958 Corine Rottschafer 
HollandTop 15 semifinalist 1959 Pamela Anne Searle 
England3rd runner-up 1960 Daniela Bianchi Italy1st runner-up 1961 Sharon Renee Brown Louisiana[^]4th runner-up 1962 Kim Carlton EnglandTop 15 semifinalist 1963 Marlene McKeown 
Ireland2nd runner-up 1964 Emanuela Stramana ItalyTop 10 semifinalist[1] 1965 Karin Schmidt 
Austria1966 Margareta Arvidsson 
SwedenMiss Universe 1966 1967 Elya Kalogeraki GreeceTop 15 semifinalist 1968 Daliborka Stojsic 
YugoslaviaTop 15 semifinalist 1969 Carole Robinson 
New Zealand1970 Margaret Hill 
Bermuda1971 Vida Valentina Doria 
Philippines1972 Ann Roger BelgiumTop 12 semifinalist 1973 Maria Margarita Moran PhilippinesMiss Universe 1973 1974 Johanna Raunio 
Finland2nd runner-up 1975 Martha Echeverry (tie) 
ColombiaTop 12 semifinalist Summer Bartholomew (tie) USA2nd runner-up 1976 Pauline Davis EnglandTop 12 semifinalist 1977 Janelle Commissiong Trinidad & TobagoMiss Universe 1977 1978 Maribel Fernández Costa Rica1979 Carolyn Seaward England2nd runner-up 1980 Delyse Nottle New Zealand2nd runner-up 1981 Tina Brand 
Denmark1982 Marilyn Burki Bahamas1983 Lolita Morena 
Switzerland3rd runner-up 1984 Garbiñe Abasolo Spain1985 Brigitte Bergman Holland1986 Susanna Huckstep Italy1987 Maria Patricia López Ruiz Colombia1988 Tracey Williams England1989 Karen Wenden Australia1990 Pasaraporn Chaimongkol Thailand1991 Siobhan McClafferty Ireland1992 Maria Soledad Diab 
Ecuador1993 Eugenia Santana SpainTop 10 semifinalist 1994 Minorka Mercado 
Venezuela2nd runner-up 1995 Petra Hultgren Sweden1996 Ailleen Damiles Philippines1997 Abbygale Arenas Philippines1998 Vladimira Hreňovčíková 
Slovak Republic1999 Brenda Liz Lopez Puerto RicoTop 10 semifinalist 2000 Helen Lindes Spain2nd runner-up 2001 Denise Quiñones Puerto RicoMiss Universe 2001 2002 Isis Casalduc Puerto Rico2003 Carla Tricoli Puerto Rico2004 Alba Reyes Puerto Rico2nd runner-up 2005 Gionna Cabrera Philippines2006 Lia Andrea Ramos Philippines2007 Anna Theresa Licaros Philippines2009 Chutima Durongdej Thailand2010 Fonthip Watcharatrakul Thailand2011 Ronnia Fornstedt Sweden^ Miss Universe was held jointly with Miss USA, and candidates from both pageants were eligible for the Photogenic award from 1956 to 1964.
Miss Photogenic Awards Table Tally
Country Awards Winning Years Philippines7 1971, 1973, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007 Puerto Rico5 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 England1959, 1962, 1976, 1979, 1988 Sweden3 1966, 1995, 2011 Thailand1990, 2009, 2010 Spain1984, 1993, 2000 Italy1960, 1964, 1986 Ireland2 1963, 1991 Colombia1975, 1987 Netherlands1958, 1985 New Zealand1969, 1980 USA[^]1961, 1975 Germany1956, 1957 Best National Costume
Awarded since 1962 except in 2007.
Year Winner Country Placement at MU 1962 Kim Carlton EnglandTop 15 semifinalist 1963 Sherine Ibrahim 
Israel1964 Henny Deul Holland1965 Sue Ann Downey USA2nd runner-up 1966 Aviva Israeli Israel4th runner-up 1967 Carmen Silva de Barros Ramasco 
BrazilTop 15 semifinalist 1968 Luz Helena Rastepo Gonzales Colombia1969 Sangduen Manwong Thailand1970 Roxana Brown 
Bolivia1971 Maria Luisa Lopez Corzo 
Mexico1972 Carmen Amelia Ampuero PeruTop 12 semifinalist 1973 Maria Rocio Martin 
Spain3rd runner-up 1974 Kim Jae Kyu 
South Korea1975 Emy Abascal 
Guatemala1976 Rocio Lazcano Peru1977 Kim Seong-hee South Korea1978 Alamjet Kaur Chauhan 
India1979 Elizabeth Busti 
Uruguay1980 Sangeeta Bijlani India1981 Adriana Alves de Oliveira Brazil3rd runner-up 1982 Maria Francesca Zaza Reinoso PeruTop 12 semifinalist 1983 Kim Jong - Jung South Korea1984 Juhi Chawla India1985 Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas Colombia1986 Gilda García López 
Panama1987 Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles Brazil1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok ThailandMiss Universe 1988 1989 Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello Brazil1990 Liseth Mahecha Colombia2nd runner-up 1991 Maribel Gutierrez Colombia1992 Pamela Zarza 
Paraguay1993 Ine Beate Strand 
Norway1994 Charlene Gonzales PhilippinesTop 6 finalist 1995 Maria Reyes Vazquez Spain1996 Ilmira Shamsutdinova 
RussiaTop 6 finalist 1997 Claudia Elena Vasquez Angel Colombia1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & TobagoMiss Universe 1998 1999 Nicole Simone Dyer Trinidad & Tobago2000 Leticia Murray Mexico2001 Kim Sa-rang South Korea2002 Vanessa Mendoza Colombia2003 Amelia Vega Dominican RepublicMiss Universe 2003 2004 Jessica Rodríguez Panama2005 Chananporn Rosjan Thailand2006 Kurara Chibana Japan1st runner-up 2008 Gavintra Photijak Thailand2009 Diana Broce Panama2010 Fonthip Watcharatrakul Thailand2011 Sheldry Sáez PanamaTop 10 Best National Costume Awards Table Tally
Country Awards Winning Years Colombia6 1968, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2002 Thailand5 1969, 1988, 2005, 2008, 2010 Panama4 1986, 2004, 2009, 2011 Korea1974, 1977, 1983, 2001 Brazil1967, 1981, 1987, 1989 India3 1978, 1980, 1984 Peru1972, 1976, 1982 Mexico2 1971, 2000 Trinidad & Tobago1998, 1999 Spain1973, 1995 Israel1963, 1966 Former awards
Best in Swimsuit
This prize was first awarded in 1992 by Catalina until 1993. In 1994-1997 by Jantzen. In 1998-2000 by Oscar de la Renta and in 2001-2002 by Bluepoint. Not awarded since 2003.
In Miss Universe 2008, the title of Best in Bikini-Queen of Vinpearl was given to Elisa Nájera of Mexico during the preliminaries but it's not considered Best in Swimsuit since it wasn't awarded during the live telecast like all the others.
Year Winner Country Placement at MU 1992 Carolina Izsak VenezuelaTop 6 finalist 1993 Voni Delfos AustraliaTop 6 finalist 1994 Minorka Mercado Venezuela2nd runner-up 1995 Chelsi Smith USAMiss Universe 1995 1996 Alicia Machado VenezuelaMiss Universe 1996 1997 Verna Vasquez CuraçaoTop 6 finalist 1998 Veruska Ramírez Venezuela1st runner-up 1999 Diana Nogueira Spain2nd runner-up 2000 Lara Dutta IndiaMiss Universe 2000 2001 Denise Quiñones Puerto RicoMiss Universe 2001 2002 Oxana Fedorova RussiaMiss Universe 2002
(dethroned)Best Hair/Style Award
This prize was first awarded in 1993 by Palmolive Optims for the Most Beautiful Hair; in 1994 by Ivory Shampoo; in 1995 by Vibrance; in 1996 by Finesse; and in 1998-2001 by Clairol Herbal Essences. Not awarded in 1997, 2002-present.
Year Winner Country Placement at MU 1993 Milka Chulina Venezuela2nd runner-up 1994 Christelle Roelandts Belgium1995 Paola Dellepiane Peru1996 Alicia Machado VenezuelaMiss Universe 1996 1998 Katty Fuentes Mexico1999 Miriam Quiambao Philippines1st runner-up 2000 Leticia Murray Mexico2001 Denise Quiñones Puerto RicoMiss Universe 2001 References
- ^ "Miss Universe". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. August 2, 1964. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=swsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_poEAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=4646%2C65878. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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