World Miss University

World Miss UniversityFormation| 1986; 38 years ago (1986)

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Type| Beauty pageant
Headquarters| New York City
Location|

* United States

Official language

| English

Chairman

| Lee Seung-min
Website| http://wmu.world/

World Miss University is an international beauty contest held annually in Seoul, Korea since 1986,[1] with an average of about 70 contestants every year.[2] The event is to select World Miss University Peace Corp Representatives.

This event was organized by the International Association of University Presidents. After the United Nations named 1986 the Year of Peace,[3] the organizing committee dispatched peace missions to regions in conflict like Kosovo and Rwanda.[1] These days, the event is organized by the World Miss University Organizing Committee which has headquarter in Manhattan, New York, United States.

## Winners[edit]

Year | Contestant | Country | Place of Venue | Entrants

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1986 | Rosalie van Breemen[4] |  Netherlands | Seoul, South Korea | 18
1987 | Choi Yeon-hee (최연희) |  South Korea | 36
1988 | Kathryn Elizabeth Coonz |  United States | 43
1989 | Priyadarshini Pradhan |  India | 56
1990 | Ekaterina Parfenova |  Soviet Union | 73
1991 | Celeste Weaver |  United States | 66
1992 | Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir[5] |  Iceland | 59
1993 | Ewa Wachowicz[6] |  Poland | unknown
1995 | Birgitta Ína Unnarsdóttir[7] |  Iceland | 46
1996 | Laura García |  Spain | 45
1997 | Jang Hae-yoon (장해윤) |  South Korea | 50
2000 | Renata Fan[8] |  Brazil | 46
2001 | Eleni Pechlivanidi[9] |  Greece | 33
2003 | Ayusha Shrestha[10] |  Nepal | Daegu, South Korea | 30
2004 | Julija Djadenko[11] |  Latvia | Shenzhen, China | 36
2005 | Jade Collins[12] |  New Zealand | Seoul, South Korea | 26
2006 | Cristiana Frixione[13] |  Nicaragua | 43
2007 | Aleksandra Plemic[14] |  Germany | 46
2008 | Sarnai Amar[15] |  Mongolia | Shenzhen, China | 34
2009 | Jo Eun-joo (조은주)[16] |  South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | 36
2010 | Katie Farr[17] |  England | 42
2011 | Siria Ysabel Bojorquez[18] |  United States | 64
2012 | Mia Hasanagic |  Denmark | 44
2014 | Karina Stephania Martin Jiménez[19] |  Mexico | 30
2016 | Kelin Poldy Rivera Kroll |  Peru | Beijing, China | 57
2017 | Claudia Moras Baez[20] |  Cuba | Phom Penh, Cambodia | 83
2018 | Adriana Moya |  Costa Rica | Seoul, South Korea | 50
2019 | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Khoa |  Vietnam | Jeju Island, South Korea | 36
2022 | Isabella Oldenburg |  Costa Rica | Seoul, South Korea | 75

## Countries by number of title wins[edit]

Country | Titles | Year(s)

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United States | 3 | 1988, 1991, 2011
South Korea | 1987, 1997, 2009
Iceland | 2 | 1992, 1995
Costa Rica | 2018, 2022
Vietnam | 1 | 2019
Cuba | 2017
Peru | 2016
Mexico | 2014
Denmark | 2012
England | 2010
Mongolia | 2008
Germany | 2007
Nicaragua | 2006
New Zealand | 2005
Latvia | 2004
Nepal | 2003
Greece | 2001
Brazil | 2000
Spain | 1996
Poland | 1993
Soviet Union | 1990
India | 1989
Netherlands | 1986

## Winners Gallery[edit]

* World Miss University 2009
Jo Eun-joo, South Korea

* World Miss University 2006
Cristiana Frixione, Nicaragua

* World Miss University 2000
Renata Fan, Brazil

* World Miss University 1993
Ewa Wachowicz, Poland

## List of runners-up[edit]

Year  | 1st Runner-up  | 2nd Runner-up  | 3rd Runner-up  | 4th Runner-up  | 5th Runner-up

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1986  | Choi Yun-hee
South Korea | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1987  | Endang Lilyanne Lie
Indonesia | Catherine Lalice Goh Wen Xia
Singapore | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1988  | Mervi Hannele Lehto
Finland | Ghyong Ying Chen
Taiwan | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1989  | Han Heui-jeong
South Korea | Kyle Allison Kirby
Ireland | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1990  | Luh Ayu Ariestanti
Indonesia | Veronika Gerynne
Netherlands | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1991  | Yuliya Shestopalova
Ukraine | Ni Putu Khatalia Prabasari
Indonesia | Elina Kefi
Greece | not awarded | not awarded
1992  | Polina Zhuravlyova-Vikhovskaya
Russia | Susanty Manuhutu
Indonesia | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1993  | Viive Saul
Estonia | Lirian Souza Soares
Brazil | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1995  | Jo Hee-seon
South Korea 2 | Lee Suk-gyeong
South Korea 4 | Mônica Regina Guimarães Ferreira
Brazil | Holga Stiereshkovac
Kazakhstan 2 | not awarded
1996  | Sun Song-ji
South Korea | Julia Kowalska
Poland | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
1997  | Agnieszka Zielinska
Poland | Bellatrix Amanda Juin
Indonesia | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2000  | Sandra Bretones
France | Lilita Leice
Latvia | Ha So-young
South Korea | Anna Dantchenko
Greece | Ganna Vruglevska
Ukraine
2001  | Daniela Estefania Puig
Argentina | Emelie Lundqvist
Sweden | Tipsupar Rungreungsri
Thailand | Claudia Patricia Alaniz
Nicaragua | Adriana Reis
Brazil
2003  | Roxana Florina Curelea
Moldova | Medha Raghunath
India | Lee Soo-jin
South Korea | Shana Van Beers
Belgium | not awarded
2004  | Ahn Ji-soo
South Korea | Yang Hua
China | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2005  | Varga Tiffany
South Africa | Katrine Ozolina
Latvia | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2006  | Marcela De Almeida
Brazil | Aurelie Bonvalet
France | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2007  | Rita Bernotaite
Lithuania | Chukwudube Usowanne
Nigeria | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2008  | Mariana Oliveira Marques
Brazil | Bae Jin-kyung
South Korea | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2009  | Salcy Lima
Brazil | Anna Maria Tarnowska
Poland | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2010  | Katarzyna Kuziemska
Poland | Choi Jung-hwa
South Korea | Winner | not awarded | not awarded
2011  | Monika Plochocka
Poland | Swetha Sridhar
India | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2012  | Elina Grundane
Latvia | Kim Eun-sol
South Korea 1 | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2014  | Juliete de Pieri
Brazil | Sisse Houlberg Winther
Denmark | Demi-Lee Rebula
Lebanon | Jovana Maksimovic
Serbia | not awarded
2016  | Heyi Li
Macau | Anzhelika Rublevska
Pakistan | Nagma Shrestha
Nepal | not awarded | not awarded
2017  | Nina Yevtushenko
Ukraine | Daniela Gods Romanovska
Latvia | Alyna Somnang
Cambodia | Kasia Szklarczyk
Poland | Mariana Ortega
Mexico
2018  | Matrosova Karolina
Latvia | Yitong Xu
China | Hong Hyun-ji
South Korea | Plotytsia Bohdana
Ukraine | Michelle Garibay
Mexico
2019  | Ekaterina Petsonkina
Estonia | Wichida Nuamsorn
Thailand | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded
2022  | Dominique Doucette
Canada | Montse Larrondo Avalos
Chile | Jasmine Huang
New Zealand | not awarded | not awarded

## Continental Awards[edit]

Year | Miss Model of Asia | Miss Model of Europe | Miss Model of Americas | Miss Model of Africa | Miss Model of Oceania

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2016  | Rewati Chetri
India | Moreira Ana Catarina Pereira
Portugal | Lourdes Merli Salinas
Argentina | unknown  | not awarded
2017  | Loh Shi Min
Malaysia | Makin Ellie
England | Lira Gonzalez Eilyn Pamela
Guatemala | Makune Queen Elizabeth William
Tanzania | Mariana Geranetzi Ortega Molina
Mexico

## References[edit]

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4. ^ "Author of book on successful marriage-divorce". nieuws.nl. July 7, 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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12. ^ "Kiwi Crowned World Miss University 2005". Scoop. October 17, 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
13. ^ "Frixione won world title". La Prensa. November 12, 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
14. ^ "News archive: October - December 2007". Pageant News Bureau. October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2010. "Aleksandra Plemic, 22, of Germany won the Miss World University Pageant in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2007." "Profile of Aleksandra Plemic". modelome.com. Retrieved 25 October 2010. "Charming does not pass". Kölnische Rundschau. March 3, 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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18. ^ "The U.S. Siria Yasabel Bojorguez Crowned World Miss University 2011".
19. ^ "Karina Martin - World Miss University 2014. from Mexico". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
20. ^ "Claudia Moras Baez crowned World Miss University 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2018.

## External links[edit]

* World Miss University official website