Miss World Special Awards

Current Awards

Miss World Top Model

• Started in 2004 but not awarded in 2005 and 2006.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2004	Yessica Ramírez	Mexico	Top 15
2007	Zhang Zilin	China	MISS WORLD 2007
2008	Ksenia Sukhinova	Russia	MISS WORLD 2008
2009	Perla Beltrán	Mexico	1st runner-up
2010	Mariann Birkedal	Norway	Top 7
2011	Zhanna Zhumaliyeva	Kazakhstan	Top 15

Miss World Beach Beauty

• Started in 2003.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2003	Rosanna Davison	Ireland	MISS WORLD 2003
2004	Nancy Randall	United States	2nd runner-up
2005	Yulia Ivanova	Russia	Top 15
2006	Federica Guzmán	Venezuela	Top 17
2007	Ada de la Cruz	Dominican Republic	Top 16
2008	Anagabriela Espinoza	Mexico	Top 15
2009	Kaiane Aldorino	Gibraltar	MISS WORLD 2009
2010	Yara Lasanta[1]	Puerto Rico	Top 25
2011	Alize Lily Mounter	England	Top 7

Miss World Talent

• Awarded in 1978 and returned in 2001.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1978	Louvette Monzon Hammond	Philippines
2001	Stephanie Chase	Barbados
2002	Rebekah Revels	United States	Top 10
2003	Irina Onashvili	Georgia	Top 20
2004	Shermain Jeremy	Antigua	Top 15
2005	Kmisha Counts	American Virgin Islands	Top 15
2006	Catherine Jean Milligan	Northern Ireland	Top 17
2007	Irene Dwomoh	Ghana	Top 16
2008	Natalie Griffith	Barbados	Top 15
2009	Lena Ma (tie)	Canada	4th runner-up
	Mariatu Kargbo (tie)	Sierra Leone	Top 16
2010	Emma Britt Waldron	Ireland	3rd Runner-up
2011	Gabriela Pulgar	Chile

Miss World Sports

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2003	Nazanin Afshin-Jam	Canada	1st runner-up
2004	Amy Guy	Wales	Top 15
2005	Asia Pacific [^]
2006	Malgosia Majewska	Canada	Top 17
2007	Abigail McCary	United States	Top 16
2008	Alexandra Ívarsdóttir	Iceland	Top 15
2009	Eruza Sasaki	Japan	Top 16
2010	Lori Moore	Northern Ireland	Top 25
2011	Marianly Tejada	Dominican Republic

^{^} The sports award was given to a continental group rather than an individual.

Beauty With A Purpose (Miss World Scholarship)

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2001	Piarella Rodríguez	Costa Rica
2002	Nozipho Shabangu	Swaziland
2003	Denisa Kola	Albania
2004	Tonoya Toyloy	Jamaica
2005	Oh Eun-young	Korea	Top 6
2006	Lamisi Mbillah	Ghana	Top 17
2007	Valeska Saab (tie)	Ecuador	Top 16
	Kayi Cheung (tie)	Hong Kong	Top 16
2008	Gabrielle Walcott	Trinidad & Tobago	2nd runner-up
2009	Pooja Chopra	India	Top 16
2010	Natasha Metto	Kenya	Top 25
2011	Stephanie Karikari (tie)	Ghana
	Astrid Ellena (tie)	Indonesia	Top 15

Best World Dress Designer (Spectacular Evening Wear)

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1995	Anica Martinović	Croatia	1st runner-up
1996	Rani Joan Jeyraj	India	Top 5
1997	Sofia Joelsson	Sweden
1998	Maaret Saija Nousiainen	Finland
1999	Jenny Chervoney	Israel	Top 5
2000	Margarita Kravtsova	Kazakhstan	Top 5
2001	Seo Hyun-jin	Korea
2002	Azra Akın	Turkey	MISS WORLD 2002
2003	Claudia Hernández	Peru	Top 20
2004	Ellen Petri	Belgium
2005	Hande Subasi	Turkey
2006	Ivana Ergić	Croatia
2007	Cho Eun-ju	Korea
2008	Lane Lindell	United States
2009	Mariatu Kargbo	Sierra Leone	Top 16
2010	Mihilani Teixeira	French Polynesia	Top 25
2011	Gizem Karaca	Turkey

Former Awards

Miss Photogenic

• Started in 1973 but not awarded in 1991, 1999–2000, 2002–present.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1973	June Gouthier	Seychelles	Top 15
1974	Jadranka Brajac	Yugoslavia
1975	Maggie Siew	Singapore
1976	Jakki Moore	Ireland	Top 15
1977	Dagmar Winkler	Germany	2nd runner-up
1978	Martha Eugenia Ortiz	Mexico	3rd runner-up
1979	Karin Zorn	Austria	Top 7
1980	Michelle Rocca	Ireland
1981	Melissa Hannan	Australia	Top 7
1982	Lolita Morena	Switzerland	3rd Runner-up
1983	Bernarda Marovt	Yugoslavia	Top 15
1984	Astrid Carolina Herrera	Venezuela	MISS WORLD 1984
1985	Kayonga Mureka Tete	Zaire	Top 15t
1986	Rosemary Thompson	Ireland	Top 15
1987	Karin Trydell	Sweden
1988	Mariluz Aguilar	Guatemala
1989	Anna Gorbunova	USSR
1990	Sharon Luengo	Venezuela	2nd runner-up
1992	Ravit Asaf	Israel	Top 10
1993	Barbara Chiappini	Italy
1994	Aishwarya Rai	India	MISS WORLD 1994
1995	Jacqueline Aguilera	Venezuela	MISS WORLD 1995
1996	Ana Cepinska	Venezuela	Top 5
1997	Diana Hayden	India	MISS WORLD 1997
1998	Adriana Reis	Brazil	Top 10
2001	Lada Engchawadechasilp	Thailand

Best National Costume (Spectacular National Dress)

• Started in 1971 but not awarded from 1972–1991 and from 1998-present.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1971	Onelia Ison Jose	Philippines
1992	Nina Khilji	Canada
1993	Karminder Kaur-Virk	India
1994	Irene Ferreira	Venezuela	2nd runner-up
1995	Anica Martinović	Croatia	1st runner-up
1996	Anuska Valeria Prado	Brazil	2nd runner-up
1997	Lauralee Martinovich	New Zealand	1st runner-up

Miss Personality

• Started in 1973 but not awarded in 1991, 1999–2002, 2004-present.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1973	Anna Maria Groot	Holland	Top 15
1974	Judy Dirkin	Hong Kong
1975	Vinah Thembi Mamba	Swaziland
1976	Veronica Mutsepe	Africa South
1977	María Elizabeth Giardina	Paraguay
1978	Wendy Lorraine Daykin	Cayman Islands
1979	Anne-Marie Franke	Guam
1980	Annette Labrecque	Canada
1981	Doris Pontvianne	Mexico	Top 15
1982	Maureen Therese Lewis	Cayman Islands	Top 15
1983	Catia Pedrosa	Brazil	2nd runner-up
1984	Ana Luisa Seda	Panama
1985	Fiona Louise Hartley	Isle of Man
1986	Dominique Martínez	Gibraltar
1987	Clotilde Cabrera	United States
1988	Helena Isabel Laureano	Portugal
1989	Greet Ramaekers	Belgium
1990	Sabina Umeh	Nigeria
1992	Ana María Johanis	Guatemala
1993	Charlotte Als	Denmark
1994	Patinya Thongsri	Thailand
1995	Toyin Raji	Nigeria
1996	Daisy Reyes	Philippines
1997	Tanya Tiana Suesuntisook	Thailand	4th Runner-up
1998	Alvina Grand d'Court	Seychelles
2003	Helen Aponte	Bolivia	Top 20

Spectacular Swimwear

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
1995	Miri Bohadana	Israel	Top 5
1996	Yessica Salazar	Mexico	Top 10
1997	Diana Hayden	India	MISS WORLD 1997

Miss People's Choice

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2003	Olivia Stratton	Australia	Top 20
2008	Dương Trương Thiên Lý	Vietnam	[^]

^{^} During the Miss World 2008 contest, Dương Trương Thiên Lý was unable to make it into the semifinals because the title was awarded after the semi-finalists were revealed.

Miss Contestants' Choice

• Only awarded in 2004.

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2004	Sarah Janette Davies	Australia	Top 15

References

1. ^ "2010 Miss World Beach Beauty Final". missworld.com. http://www.missworld.com/news/miss-world-news/miss-world-beach-beauty-final.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 

External sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page