USER:MAURIZIOK LIST OF MAN OF THE WORLD COUNTRIES

This is a list of countries that have participated in the Manhunt International pageant (until 2021 edition).

Entrants 1993–present

Country/Territory	Debut	Participations	Years competed	National title	Placements	Best placement	First placed	Last placed
Albania	2012	1	2012	Mister Albania	0
Algeria
Angola	1998	23	1998–2019 2022–present	Miss Angola	4	Winner Leila Lopés ( 2011)	2003 Ana José Sebastião (Top 15)	2011 Leila Lopés (Winner)
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba	1964	55	1964–1984 1986 1989–1990 1992–present	Miss Aruba	3	1st runner-up Taryn Mansell ( 1996)	1974 Maureen Vieira (4th runner-up)	2021 Thessaly Zimmerman (Top 10)
Australia	1952	59	1952–1954 1958 1964–1965 1968–1990 1992–2000 2002–present	Miss Universe Australia	20	Winner Kerry Anne Wells ( 1972) Jennifer Hawkins ( 2004)	1953 Maxine Morgan (4th runner-up)	2022 Monique Riley (Top 16)
The Bahamas	1963	58	1963–1972 1974–1983 1985–present	Miss Universe Bahamas	1	Top 10 Chantel O'Brian ( 2021)	2021 Chantel O'Brian (Top 10)	2021 Chantel O'Brian (Top 10)
Bahrain	2021	2	2021–present	Miss Bahrain	0
Barbados	1976	18	1976–1979 1984–1987 1999 2003–2005 2007 2016–2020	Miss Universe Barbados	0
Belgium	1952	68	1952–1986 1988–1989 1991–1994 1996–present	Miss Belgium	11	4th runner-up Dominique Van Eeckhoudt ( 1981)	1955 Nicole De Meyer (Top 15)	2018 Zoé Brunet (Top 20)
Belize	1975	30	1975 1977–1987 1989–1991 1993 1995–2000 2003–2005 2007 2016 2018–2020 2022–present	Miss Belize	1	Top 12 Sarita Acosta ( 1979)	1979 Sarita Acosta (Top 12)	1979 Sarita Acosta (Top 12)
Bhutan	2022	1	2022–present	Miss Bhutan	0
Bolivia	1959	64	1959–present	Miss Bolivia	3	Top 6 Rosario Rico Toro ( 1990)	1964 Olga del Carpio (Top 15)	2006 Desiree Durán (Top 10)
Brazil	1954	68	1954–1989 1991–present	Miss Brasil	39	Winner Iêda Maria Vargas ( 1963) Martha Vasconcellos ( 1968)	1954 Martha Rocha (1st runner-up)	2020 Júlia Gama (1st runner-up)
British Virgin Islands	1977	38	1977 1979–2002 2010–present	Miss British Virgin Islands	0
Bulgaria	1991	28	1991–1998 2000–2007 2009 2012–present	Miss Universe Bulgaria	0
Cambodia	2017	6	2017–present	Miss Universe Cambodia	0
Cameroon	2020	3	2020–present	Miss Cameroon	0
Canada	1952	71	1952–present	Miss Universe Canada	19	Winner Karen Baldwin ( 1982) Natalie Glebova ( 2005)	1953 Thelma Brewis (Top 16)	2022 Amelia Tu (Top 16)
Cayman Islands	1980	33	1980–1985 1989–1996 1999–2004 2006 2008–2009 2011–2012 2015–present	Miss Cayman Islands	0
Chile	1952	60	1952 1954–1956 1958 1960–1961 1964 1966–1970 1972–2002 2004–2006 2011–present	Miss Universo Chile	13	Winner Cecilia Bolocco ( 1987)	1954 Gloria Leguisos (Top 16)	2004 Gabriela Barros (Top 15)^{[ citation needed]}
China	2002	21	2002–present	Miss Universe China	4	2nd runner-up Zhuō Líng ( 2002)	2002 Zhuō Líng (2nd runner-up)	2017 Roxette Qiū Qiáng (Top 16)
Colombia	1958	65	1958–present	Miss Universe Colombia	39	Winner Luz Marina Zuluaga ( 1958) Paulina Vega ( 2014)	1958 Luz Marina Zuluaga (Winner)	2022 María Fernanda Aristizábal (Top 16)
Costa Rica	1954	68	1954–1960 1962–present	Miss Costa Rica	6	Top 10 Nancy Soto ( 2004) Johanna Solano ( 2011) Natalia Carvajal ( 2018) Ivonne Cerdas ( 2020)	1954 Marían Esquivel (Top 15)	2020 Ivonne Cerdas (Top 10)
Croatia	1997	26	1997–present	Miss Universe Croatia	4	Top 15/16/20 Sarah Ćosić ( 2009) Elizabeta Burg ( 2012) Shanaelle Petty ( 2017) Mia Rkman ( 2019)	2009 Sarah Ćosić (Top 15)	2019 Mia Rkman (Top 20)
Curaçao	1963	56	1963–1978 1980–1987 1989 1991–1999 2001–2005 2007–present	Miss Curaçao	7	1st runner-up Anne Marie Braafheid ( 1968)	1968 Anne Marie Braafheid (1st runner-up)	2022 Gabriëla Dos Santos (Top 5)
Czech Republic	1993	29	1993 1995–present	Czech Miss	6	Top 10 Pavlina Barbuková ( 1993) Kateřina Smrzová ( 2003) Iveta Lutovská ( 2009)	1993 Pavlina Barbuková (Top 10)	2010 Jitka Válková (Top 15)
Denmark	1952	53	1952–1953 1958–1961 1963–1970 1972–1973 1975–1990 1992–1996 2000 2004–2008 2010–2013 2015–2016 2018–2021 2023–present	Miss Danmark	8	1st runner-up Aino Korva ( 1963)	1953 Jytte Olsen (Top 15)	2007 Žaklina Šojić (Top 15)
Dominican Republic	1956	60	1956 1962–1964 1967–present	Miss Dominican Republic	12	Winner Amelia Vega ( 2003)	1977 Blanca Sardiñas (Top 12)	2022 Andreína Martínez (2nd runner-up)
Ecuador	1955	65	1955–1966 1968–1972 1975–present	Miss Ecuador	3	2nd runner-up Constanza Báez ( 2013)	1981 Lucía Vinueza (Top 12)	2013 Constanza Báez (2nd runner-up)
El Salvador	1954	50	1954–1955 1972–1979 1982–2015 2017–present	Reinado de El Salvador	4	1st runner-up Maribel Arrieta ( 1955)	1955 Maribel Arrieta (1st runner-up)	1996 Milena Mayorga (Top 10)
Equatorial Guinea	2019	3	2019 2021–present	Miss Equatorial Guinea	0
Finland	1952	67	1952–1955 1960–present	Miss Finland	18	Winner Armi Kuusela ( 1952) Anne Marie Pohtamo ( 1975)	1952 Armi Kuusela (Winner)	1996 Lola Odusoga (2nd runner-up)
France	1952	71	1952–present	Miss France	22	Winner Christiane Martel ( 1953) Iris Mittenaere ( 2016)	1953 Christiane Martel (Winner)	2021 Clémence Botino (Top 10)
Germany	1952	70	1952–2019 2021–present	Miss Universe Germany	21	Winner Marlene Schmidt ( 1961)	1952 Renate Hoy (4th runner-up)	2002 Natascha Börger (Top 10)
Ghana	1991	24	1991 1993 1996 1998–2002 2004 2006 2008–2015 2017–2018 2020–present	Miss Universe Ghana	2	Top 10 Akuba Cudjoe ( 1999)	1999 Akuba Cudjoe (Top 10)	2017 Ruth Quarshie (Top 16)
Great Britain	1952	27	1952 1991–1996 1998–2000 2005–2006 2008–present	Miss Universe Great Britain	5	Top 10 Amy Willerton ( 2013)	2013 Amy Willerton (Top 10)	2021 Emma Collingridge (Top 16)
Greece	1952	67	1952–1987 1989–2015 2018 2021–present	Star GS Hellas	18	Winner Corinna Tsopei ( 1964)	1952 Ntaizy Mavraki (2nd runner-up)	2005 Evangelia Aravani (Top 15)
Guatemala	1955	51	1955–1959 1961 1975–1976 1978–2018 2021–present	Miss Guatemala	3	Top 10 Ilma Urrutia ( 1984) Jessica Scheel ( 2010)	1955 Maria del Rosário Chacón (Top 15)	2010 Jessica Scheel (Top 10)
Haiti	1962	19	1962 1968 1975 1977 1985 1989 2010–present	Miss Haiti	4	1st runner- up Gerthie David ( 1975) Raquel Pélissier ( 2016)	1962 Evelyn Miot (Top 15)	2022 Mideline Phelizor (Top 16)
Honduras	1954	51	1954–1955 1967–1974 1976–1990 1992–1994 1996–2002 2007–present	Miss Honduras	1	Top 15 Pastora Pagán ( 1955)	1955 Pastora Pagán (Top 15)	1955 Pastora Pagán (Top 15)
Hungary	1992	27	1992–2016 2018 2021	Miss Universe Hungary	4	Top 10 Agnes Konkoly ( 2012)	2006 Adrienn Bende (Top 20)	2018 Enikő Kecskès (Top 20)
Iceland	1956	49	1956–1957 1959–1972 1974–1986 1988–1997 2006 2009 2016–present	Miss Universe Iceland	6	1st runner-up Anna Geirsdóttir ( 1962)	1959 Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir (Top 15)	2019 Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir (Top 10)
India	1952	59	1952 1964–1987 1989–present	Miss Diva	26	Winner Sushmita Sen ( 1994) Lara Dutta ( 2000) Harnaaz Sandhu ( 2021)	1966 Yasmin Daji (3rd runner-up)	2022 Divita Rai (Top 16)
Indonesia	1974	25	1974–1977 1980 1982–1983 1995–1996 2005–2020 2022–present	Puteri Indonesia	8	Top 10 Frederika Alexis Cull ( 2019)	2005 Artika Sari Devi (Top 15)	2020 Ayu Maulida (Top 21)
Ireland	1961	58	1961–2006 2008–2012 2014–2015 2017–2021	Miss Universe Ireland	9	2nd runner-up Marlene McKeown ( 1963) Roberta Brown ( 1983)	1963 Marlene McKeown (2nd runner-up)	2018 Grainne Gallanagh (Top 20)
Israel	1952	69	1952 1954–2021	Miss Israel	20	Winner Rina Messinger ( 1976)	1956 Sara Tal (Top 16)	2005 Elena Ralph (Top 10)
Italy	1952	69	1952–1991 1993–2005 2007–present	Miss Universo Italia	16	1st runner-up Daniela Bianchi ( 1960) Roberta Capua ( 1987)	1953 Rita Stazzi (Top 16)	2014 Valentina Bonariva (Top 15)
Jamaica	1961	50	1961 1963–1966 1968–1975 1986–present	Miss Jamaica Universe	9	1st runner-up Yendi Phillipps ( 2010)	1989 Sandra Foster (Top 10)	2020 Miqueal-Symone Williams (Top 10)
Japan	1952	69	1952–1995 1998–present	Miss Universe Japan	20	Winner Akiko Kojima ( 1959) Riyo Mori ( 2007)	1953 Kinuko Ito (2nd runner-up)	2021 Juri Watanabe (Top 16)
Kazakhstan	2006	14	2006–2008 2010–2011 2013–2014 2016–present	Miss Kazakhstan	0
Kenya	1987	11	1987 1992 1995 2002 2004–2005 2014 2016 2018–2019 2021 2023–present	Miss Universe Kenya	1	Top 6 Mary Esther Were ( 2016)	2016 Mary Esther Were (Top 6)	2016 Mary Esther Were (Top 6)
Kosovo	2008	13	2008–2012 2014–2016 2018–present	Miss Universe Kosovo	4	2nd runner-up Marigona Dragusha ( 2009)	2008 Zana Krasniqi (Top 10)	2012 Diana Avdiu (Top 16)
Kyrgyzstan	2018	2	2018 2022–present	Miss Kyrgyzstan	0
Laos	2017	6	2017–present	Miss Universe Laos	1	Top 16 Payengxa Lor ( 2022)	2022 Payengxa Lor (Top 16)	2022 Payengxa Lor (Top 16)
Latvia	2005	3	2005–2006 2022–present	Miss Universe Latvia	1	Top 10 Ieva Kokoreviča ( 2005)	2005 Ieva Kokoreviča (Top 10)	2005 Ieva Kokoreviča (Top 10)
Lebanon	1955	42	1955 1960–1962 1966 1968 1970–1971 1973–1975 1977–1978 1983–1988 1991–1993 1996–2001 2004–2007 2009–2015 2017–2018 2022-present	Miss Lebanon	3	Winner Georgina Rizk ( 1971)	1962 Nouhad El Cabbabe (Top 15)	1973 Marcèlle Herro (Top 12)
Malaysia	1962	58	1962 1964–2020 2022-present	Miss Universe Malaysia	1	Top 15 Josephine Lena Wong ( 1970)	1970 Josephine Lena Wong (Top 15)	1970 Josephine Lena Wong (Top 15)
Malta	1968	41	1968–2001 2016–present	Miss Universe Malta	0
Mauritius	1975	36	1975–1977 1979 1989–1995 1997–2000 2002–2003 2005–present	Miss Estrella Mauritius	0
Mexico	1952	65	1952–1959 1965 1967–present	Mexicana Universal	21	Winner Lupita Jones ( 1991) Ximena Navarrete ( 2010) Andrea Meza ( 2020)	1952 Olga Llorens (Top 10)	2020 Andrea Meza (Winner)
Morocco	1957	9	1957 1960–1963 1966 1975 1978 2021	Miss Maroc	1	Top 15 Jacqueline Bonilla ( 1957)	1957 Jacqueline Bonilla (Top 15)	1957 Jacqueline Bonilla (Top 15)
Myanmar	1959	11	1959–1961 2013–2020 2022–present	Miss Universe Myanmar	1	Top 21 Thuzar Wint Lwin ( 2020)	2020 Thuzar Wint Lwin (Top 21)	2020 Thuzar Wint Lwin (Top 21)
Namibia	1981	27	1981–1984 1991–2000 2002–2003 2005–2006 2009 2012–2013 2016–2019 2021–present	Miss Namibia	2	Winner Michelle McLean ( 1992)	1992 Michelle McLean (Winner)	2003 Ndapewa Alfons (Top 10)
Nepal	2017	6	2017–present	Miss Universe Nepal	1	Top 10 Manita Devkota ( 2018)	2018 Manita Devkota (Top 10)	2018 Manita Devkota (Top 10)
Netherlands	1956	61	1956 1958–1996 1998 2000–2005 2008–present	Miss Nederland	14	Winner Angela Visser ( 1989)	1958 Corine Rottschafer (Top 16)	2014 Yasmin Verheijen (3rd runner-up)
Nicaragua	1955	41	1955 1963 1968–1971 1973–1978 1991–1993 1995 1998 1999 2001–present	Miss Nicaragua	4	Top 10 Xiomara Blandino ( 2007)	1977 Beatriz Obregón (Top 12)	2020 Ana Marcelo (Top 21)
Nigeria	1964	34	1964 1987–1995 1998–2019 2021–present	Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria	2	Top 10 Agbani Darego ( 2001)	2001 Agbani Darego (Top 10)	2019 Olutosin Araromi (Top 20)
Norway	1952	64	1952–1955 1958–1973 1976–1996 1998 2000–2010 2012–present	Miss Norway	17	Winner Mona Grudt ( 1990)	1953 Synnøve Gulbrandsen (Top 16)	2005 Helene Tråsavik (Top 15)
Panama	1952	56	1952–1954 1964–1967 1970–1971 1973–1987 1991–present	Señorita Panamá	10	1st runner-up (Winner) Justine Pasek ( 2002) (replaced dethroned winner)	1953 Emita Arosemena (Top 16)	2021 Brenda Smith (Top 16)
Paraguay	1957	60	1957–1958 1960–1967 1970 1972–2001 2004–present	Miss Universo Paraguay	5	1st runner-up Nadia Ferreira ( 2021)	1964 Miriam Riart (Top 15)	2021 Nadia Ferreira (1st runner-up)
Peru	1952	68	1952–1954 1956–1972 1975–present	Miss Peru	20	Winner Gladys Zender ( 1957)	1953 Mary Ann Sarmiento (Top 16)	2022 Alessia Rovegno (Top 16)
Philippines	1952	67	1952–1957 1962–present	Miss Universe Philippines	25	Winner Gloria Diaz ( 1969) Margie Moran ( 1973) Pia Wurtzbach ( 2015) Catriona Gray ( 2018)	1954 Blesilda Ocampo (Top 16)	2021 Beatrice Gomez (Top 5)
Poland	1958	39	1958–1959 1984–1986 1989–present	Miss Polski	6	3rd runner-up Brygida Bziukiewicz ( 1986) Joanna Gapińska ( 1989)	1958 Alicja Bobrowska (4th runner-up)	2018 Magdalena Swat (Top 20)
Portugal	1960	40	1960 1962 1965 1970–1974 1979 1981–2002 2011 2014–present	Miss República Portuguesa	2	Top 10 Laura Gonçalves ( 2011)	2011 Laura Gonçalves (Top 10)	2022 Telma Madeira (Top 16)
Puerto Rico	1952	68	1952–1957 1961–present	Miss Universe Puerto Rico	24	Winner Marisol Malaret ( 1970) Deborah Carthy-Deu ( 1985) Dayanara Torres ( 1993) Denise Quiñones ( 2001) Zuleyka Rivera ( 2006)	1970 Marisol Malaret (Winner)	2022 Ashley Cariño (Top 5)
Romania	1991	18	1991–1998 2009–2013 2016–2017 2019–2021 2023–present	Miss Universe Romania	0
Russia	1994	28	1994–2018 2020–present	Miss Russia	8	Winner (dethroned/resigned) Oxana Fedorova ( 2002)	1996 Ilmira Shamsutdinova (Top 6)	2012 Elizaveta Golovanova (Top 10)
Saint Lucia	1977	9	1977 2006–2007 2011–2012 2014 2017–2019 2022–present	Miss St. Lucia	0
Seychelles	1995	2	1995 2022–present	Miss Seychelles	0
Singapore	1954	60	1954 1958 1962 1966–present	Miss Singapore Universe	3	Top 10 Marion Nicole Teo ( 1987)	1983 Kathie Lee Lee Beng (Top 12)	2021 Nandita Banna (Top 16)
Slovakia	1994	29	1994–present	Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky	1	Top 6 Silvia Lakatošová ( 1994)	1994 Silvia Lakatošová (Top 6)	1994 Silvia Lakatošová (Top 6)
South Africa	1952	48	1952–1953 1960–1968 1975–1979 1981–1984 1995–present	Miss South Africa	25	Winner Margaret Gardiner ( 1978) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters ( 2017) Zozibini Tunzi ( 2019)	1952 Catherine Higgins (Top 10)	2022 Ndavi Nokeri (Top 16)
South Korea	1954	68	1954–1955 1957–present	Miss Queen Korea	8	1st runner-up Jang Yoon-jeong ( 1988)	1959 Oh Hyun-ju (Top 15)	2007 Honey Lee (3rd runner-up)
Spain	1960	63	1960–present	Miss Universe Spain	18	Winner Amparo Muñoz ( 1974)	1960 María Teresa del Río (4th runner-up)	2022 Alicia Faubel (Top 16)
Sweden	1952	66	1952–2004 2006 2009–2019 2021	Miss Universe Sweden	29	Winner Hillevi Rombin ( 1955) Margareta Arvidsson ( 1966) Yvonne Ryding ( 1984)	1952 Anne Marie Thistler (Top 10)	2009 Renate Cerljen (Top 15)
Switzerland	1953	56	1953 1960–1984 1986–1990 1992–2014 2016 2018 2022–present	Miss Universe Switzerland	12	2nd runner-up Lauriane Gilliéron ( 2006)	1960 Elaine Maurath (Top 15)	2013 Dominique Rinderknecht (Top 16)
Thailand	1954	58	1954 1959 1965–1966 1968–1969 1971–present	Miss Universe Thailand	13	Winner Apasra Hongsakula ( 1965) Porntip Nakhirunkanok ( 1988)	1965 Apasra Hongsakula (Winner)	2020 Amanda Obdam (Top 10)
Trinidad and Tobago	1963	45	1963–1964 1966 1971 1973–1991 1993–2006 2008 2010–2014 2017 2022–present	Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago	7	Winner Janelle Commissiong ( 1977) Wendy Fitzwilliam ( 1998)	1977 Janelle Commissiong (Winner)	2022 Tya Jané Ramey (Top 16)
Turkey	1952	61	1952–1953 1956–1957 1959 1961–1976 1978–1984 1986–1999 2001–2006 2008–2019 2021–present	Miss Turkey	3	Top 10 Jülide Ateş ( 1990)	1953 Ayten Akyol (Top 16)	2012 Çağıl Özge Özkul (Top 16)
Ukraine	1995	28	1995–present	Miss Ukraine Universe	6	1st runner-up Olesya Stefanko ( 2011)	2006 Inna Tsymbalyuk (Top 20)	2014 Diana Harkusha (2nd-runner-up)
Uruguay	1952	66	1952–1965 1967–2002 2004–2012 2014–2020 2022 - present	Miss Uruguay	6	4th runner-up Andrea López ( 1985)	1952 Gladys Fajardo (Top 16)	1985 Andrea López (4th runner-up)
United States	1952	69	1952–1956 1958–present	Miss USA	65	Winner Miriam Stevenson ( 1954) Carol Morris ( 1956) Linda Bement ( 1960) Sylvia Hitchcock ( 1967) Shawn Weatherly ( 1980) Chelsi Smith ( 1995) Brook Lee ( 1997) Olivia Culpo ( 2012) R'Bonney Gabriel ( 2022)	1952 Jackie Loughery (Top 10)	2022 R'Bonney Gabriel (Winner)
Venezuela	1952	69	1952–1953 1955–1958 1960–present	Miss Venezuela	46	Winner Maritza Sayalero ( 1979) Irene Sáez ( 1981) Bárbara Palacios ( 1986) Alicia Machado ( 1996) Dayana Mendoza ( 2008) Stefanía Fernández ( 2009) Gabriela Isler ( 2013)	1955 Susana Duijm (Top 15)	2022 Amanda Dudamel (1st runner-up)
Vietnam	2004	14	2004–2005 2008–2009 2011–2013 2015–present	Miss Universe Vietnam	5	Top 5 H'Hen Niê ( 2018)	2008 Nguyễn Thùy Lâm (Top 15)	2021 Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên (Top 16)

Inactive entrants

Former entities

Country	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed
Czechoslovakia	1970	1970 1990–1992	Miss Czechoslovakia	4	Top 15/10 Kristina Hanazalová ( 1970) Jana Hronková ( 1990)	1990 Jana Hronková (Top 10)
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla	1977	1977 1979 1981	Miss St. Kitts & Nevis	3
Serbia and Montenegro	2003	2003–2006	Miss Serbia and Montenegro	4	3rd runner-up Sanja Papić ( 2003)	2003 Sanja Papić (3rd runner-up)
Southern Rhodesia	1961	1961	Miss Rhodesia	1
Soviet Union	1990	1990–1991	Miss USSR	2	2nd runner-up Yulia Lemigova ( 1991)	1991 Yulia Lemigova (2nd runner-up)
/ Yugoslavia	1968	1968–1970 1974–1977 1984–1985 1991 1998–2002	Miss Yugoslavia	15	Top 15/10 Daliborka Stojšić ( 1968) Nataša Kosir ( 1969) Natasha Pavlovich ( 1991)	1991 Natasha Pavlovich (Top 10)

Geographical Region

Region	Debut	Years competed	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Micronesia	1975	1975	1
West Indies	1954	1954–1955 1958	3

Regional organization

Organization	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
CIS	1992	1992	Miss Commonwealth Countries Miss Stran Sodruzhestva^[1]	1

Territories

China

Special Administrative Region	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
/ Hong Kong	1952	1952 1954 1960 1962 1964–1965 1967–1970 1972–1991 1993–2000	Miss Hong Kong	38	2nd runner-up Virginia Lee ( 1954)	1988 Pauline Yeung (4th runner-up)

Denmark

Constituent country	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Greenland	1987	1987–1990	Miss Greenland	4

France

Overseas Department	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
French Guiana	1977	1977 1983–1984	Miss Guyane (Miss French Guiana)	3
Guadeloupe	1977	1977 1980–1984	Miss Guadeloupe	6
Martinique	1957	1957 1981–1984	Miss Martinique	5
Réunion	1977	1977–1986	Miss Réunion	10
Overseas Collectivity	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
French Polynesia	1962	1962 1977–1981 1985	Miss Tahiti	7	Top 12 Thilda Raina Fuller ( 1980) Tatiana Teraiamano ( 1981)	1981 Tatiana Teraiamano (Top 12)
New Caledonia	1982	1982	Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie (Miss New Caledonia)	1

Japan

Prefecture	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Okinawa	1963	1963–1968	Miss Okinawa^[2]	6

Netherlands

Special Municipality	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Bonaire	1967	1967–1969 1978 1995–1999	Miss Bonaire	9
Constituent Country	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Sint Maarten	1976	1976–1977 1980 1982 2000 2006	Miss Sint Maarten	6

New Zealand

Free Associated State	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Cook Islands	1983	1983–1986 1991–1992 1994–1996 1999	Miss Cook Islands	10

South Africa

Bantustan	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Bophuthatswana	1979	1979	Miss Republic of South Africa	1	–	–
Transkei	1979	1979 1981–1983	Miss Republic of South Africa	4	–	–

United Kingdom

Constituent country	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
England	1955	1955–1962 1964–1990	Miss England	34	1st runner-up Brenda Blackler ( 1964)	1983 Karen Moore (4th runner-up)
Scotland	1961	1961–1986 1988–1990	Miss Scotland	29	1st runner-up Linda Gallagher ( 1980)	1980 Linda Gallagher (1st runner-up)
Wales	1961	1961–1990	Miss Wales	30	1st runner-up Rosemarie Frankland ( 1961) Helen Morgan ( 1974)	1979 Janet Beverly Hobson (Top 12)
Overseas Territory	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Bermuda	1965	1965–1985 1988–1992 1997	Miss Bermuda	27	1st runner-up Gina Swainson ( 1979)	1979 Gina Swainson (1st runner-up)
Gibraltar	1981	1981 1983–1986 1988–1990	Miss Gibraltar	8
Turks and Caicos Islands	1980	1980–1997 1999–2001 2004–2008 2011 2013–2014	Miss Turks and Caicos	29	Top 10 Carmelita Ariza ( 1987)	1987 Carmelita Ariza (Top 10)

United States

State	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
Alaska	1952	1952–1958	Miss Alaska Universe	7	Top 15 Martha Lehmann ( 1957)	1957 Martha Lehmann (Top 15)
Hawaii	1952	1952–1953 1957–1959	Miss Hawaii Universe	5	1st runner-up Elza Kananionapua Edsman ( 1952)	1958 Geri Hoo (2nd runner-up)
Unincorporated Territory	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed	Notes
American Samoa	1975	1975–1978	Miss American Samoa	4
Guam	1966	1966–1995 1998 2000 2008–2014 2016–2019	Miss Guam	44	1st runner-up Patty Chong Kerkos ( 1982)	1970 Hilary Ann Best (Top 15)
Northern Mariana Islands	1976	1976–1999 2001–2002 2006	Miss Marianas	27
U.S. Virgin Islands	1961	1961–1962 1967–1968 1971–1989 1991–1993 1995 1997–1999 2001–2002 2005–2007 2010–2011 2016–2019	Miss US Virgin Islands	41	Top 12 Cherrie Creque ( 1971)	1971 Cherrie Creque (Top 12)

Others

The following list consists of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant since 2019, or no longer holds the Miss Universe franchise, but participated at least once in the past:

State	Debut	Years competed	National Title	Entrants	Best placement	Last placed
Antigua and Barbuda	1977	1977 1979 2001–2008	Miss Antigua & Barbuda	10
Austria	1953	1953 1957 1959–1990 1992–1993 1999 2004 2013–2017	Miss Austria	43	1st runner-up Eva Maria Düringer ( 1977)	1977 Eva Maria Düringer (1st runner-up)
Azerbaijan	2013	2013	Miss Azerbaijan	1
Bangladesh	2019	2019	Miss Universe Bangladesh^[3]	1
Botswana	1999	1999–2001 2004 2010–2013	Miss Universe Botswana	8	Winner Mpule Kwelagobe ( 1999)	1999 Mpule Kwelagobe (Winner)
Republic of China/ Taiwan / Chinese Taipei	1961	1961–1962 1964 1988–1992 1994–2001 2003–2004	Miss Chinese Taipei	18	3rd runner-up Helen Liu ( 1962)	1964 Lana Yi Yu (4th runner-up)
Côte d'Ivoire	1986	1986	Miss Cote d'Ivoire	1
Cuba	1952	1952 1954–1963 1965–1967	Miss Cuba	14	3rd runner-up Maria Rosa Gamio ( 1957)	1957 Maria Rosa Gamio (3rd runner-up)
Cyprus	1973	1973–1974 1981 1983–1987 1992–2012	Miss Cyprus	29	Top 10 Demetra Eleftheriou ( 2002)	2002 Demetra Eleftheriou (Top 10)
Dahomey	1962	1962	Miss Bénin	1
Dominica	1985	1985	Miss Dominica	1
Egypt	1987	1987–1990 1992 1994–2011 2014 2017–2019	Miss Egypt	27
Estonia	1993	1993–2004 2006–2009 2011–2013	Miss Estonia	19	Top 10 Kristiina Heinmets ( 1997)	2000 Evelyn Mikomägi (Top 10)
Ethiopia	2004	2004–2006 2009 2012–2014 2017	Miss Universe Ethiopia	9	Top 20 Dina Fekadu ( 2006)	2006 Dina Fekadu (Top 20)
Fiji	1979	1979 1981	Miss Fiji	2
Gabon	2012	2012–2015	Miss Gabon	4
Gambia	1983	1983–1986	Miss Gambia	4
Georgia	2004	2004–2012 2014–2019	Miss Georgia	15
Grenada	1964	1964	Miss Grenada World	1
Guyana	1956	1956 1958 1963–1966 1999 2002–2007 2009–2017	Miss Universe Guyana	22
Jordan	1960	1960	Miss Jordan	1
Lithuania	2012	2012–2014 2019	Miss Lithuania	4
Lesotho	1978	1978	Face of Lesotho	1
Liberia	1974	1974–1977	Miss Liberia	4
Luxembourg	1959	1959–1976 1984–1986 1988–1989 1991–1994	Miss Luxembourg	27
Madagascar	1961	1961	Miss Madagascar	1
Montenegro	2007	2007–2009 2011–2012 2015	Miss Montenegro	6
New Hebrides	1978	1978	Miss Vanuatu	1
New Zealand	1954	1954 1960 1962–1989 1992–2001 2003 2006–2019	Miss Universe New Zealand	55	Winner Lorraine Downes ( 1983)	1962 Leslie Nichols (Top 15)
Papua New Guinea	1976	1976–1980 1982–1986	Miss Papua New Guinea	10
Senegal	1974	1974 1985 1987	Miss Senegal	3
Serbia	2007	2007–2015	Miss Serbia	9
Sierra Leone	2016	2016 2019	Miss Universe Sierra Leone	2
Slovenia	2001	2001–2011 2013–2014 2016–2017	Miss Universe Slovenia	17	Top 15 Tjaša Kokalj ( 2007)	2007 Tjaša Kokalj (Top 15)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1964	1964 1978–1979 1989–1991 2004 2006	Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8
Sri Lanka	1955	1955 1957 1961–1966 1968–1970 1973–1983 1985–1996 2005–2006 2008 2010–2014 2016–2018	Miss Universe Sri Lanka	46	2nd runner-up Maureen Hingert ( 1955)	2017 Christina Peiris (Top 16)
Suriname	1958	1958 1960 1963–1964 1966 1969–1974 1976–1979 1982 1989–1993 1999	Miss Suriname	22	Top 15 Gertrud Gummels ( 1958)	1958 Gertrud Gummels (Top 15)
Swaziland	1993	1993–1994	Miss Swaziland	2
Tanzania	2007	2007–2017 2019	Miss Universe Tanzania	12	Top 10 Flaviana Matata ( 2007)	2007 Flaviana Matata (Top 10)
Tunisia	1960	1960 1964–1965 1968–1971	Miss Tunisie	7
Western Samoa	1981	1981–1986	Miss Samoa	6
Zaire	1968	1968–1972 1984–1986	Miss Congo (RDC)	8	2nd runner-up Benita Mureka ( 1985)	1986 Likobe Dobala (Top 10)
Zambia	1995	1995 1999 2005–2007 2009–2010 2017–2018	Miss Universe Zambia	9
Zimbabwe	1994	1994 1996–1998 2000–2001	Miss Zimbabwe	6	Top 10 Corinne Crewe ( 2000)	2000 Corinne Crewe (Top 10)

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

The list does not include withdrawals for personal reasons.

References

^ "Miss Stran Sodruzhestva (Miss CIS) 1992" (in Russian).
^ "歴代ミス・ユニバース・ジャパンまとめ | 沖縄タイムス＋プラスニュース". 沖縄タイムス＋プラス (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Miss Universe Bangladesh Facebook". Facebook. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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External links

Official Miss Universe website

[[Category:Miss Universe by country| ]] [[Category:Lists of countries in beauty pageants|Miss Universe]]

[1] "Miss Stran Sodruzhestva (Miss CIS) 1992" (in Russian).

[2] "歴代ミス・ユニバース・ジャパンまとめ | 沖縄タイムス＋プラスニュース". 沖縄タイムス＋プラス (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[3] "Miss Universe Bangladesh Facebook". Facebook. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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