Miss World United States

This is a list of women who have represented the United States at the Miss World pageant. Since 2007 (with the exception in 2012), the representatives all work as models for Elite Models, the license holders for Miss World in the United States

Year Name Hometown Placement at Miss World Notes
1951 Annette Gibson Louisville, Kentucky
1952 Tally Richards New York City, New York
1953 Mary Kemp Griffin Florence, South Carolina 5th Runner-up Miss Myrtle Beach USA 1953; first runner up Miss USA 1953
1954 Karin Hultman New York City, New York 1st Runner-up Miss New York USA 1954; originally second runner-up, later elevated to first runner-up Miss USA 1954
1955 Margaret Haywood Arkansas 1st Runner-up Miss Arkansas USA 1955; first runner-up Miss USA 1955
1956 Betty Lane Cherry South Carolina 1st Runner-up Miss South Carolina USA 1956; first runner-up Miss USA 1956
1957 Charlotte Sheffield Salt Lake City, Utah Miss Utah USA 1957; Miss USA 1957
1958 Nancy Anne Corcoran New York City, New York
1959 Loretta Powell Connecticut
1960 Judith Ann Achter St. Louis, Missouri 4th Runner-up
1961 Jo Ann Odum Huntington, West Virginia Top 7 competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant
1962 Amadee Chabot Northridge, California Top 8
1963 Michele Metrinko Arlington, Virginia Top 7 Miss District of Columbia USA 1963; 1st runner-up Miss USA 1963
1964 Jeanne Marie Quinn New York City, New York Top 15 Miss New York USA 1963; semi-finalist Miss USA 1963
1965 Diana Lynn Batts Falls Church, Virginia 1st Runner-up Miss District of Columbia USA 1965; 4th runner-up Miss USA 1965
1966 Denice Estelle Blair Layton, Utah Top 15 Miss Utah USA 1966; semi-finalist Miss USA 1966
1967 Pamela Pall Northridge, California Top 15
1968 Johnine Avery Olympia, Washington
1969 Gail Renshaw Arlington, Virginia 1st Runner-up
1970 Sandra Wolsfeld Chicago, Illinois Semi-finalist Miss Illinois USA 1968
1971 Brucene Smith Port Lavaca, Texas Top 7 Later Miss International 1974
1972 Lynda Carter Tempe, Arizona Top 15
1973 Marjorie Wallace Indianapolis, Indiana Winner Dethroned
1974 Terry Browning Daytona Beach, Florida 4th Runner-up
1975 Annelise Ilschenko Middleburg Heights, Ohio
1976 Kimberly Foley Southfield, Michigan
1977 Cindy Miller Chesapeake, Virginia 4th Runner-up
1978 Debra Freeze Mooresville, North Carolina Top 15
1979 Carter Wilson Harrisonburg, Virginia Top 15
1980 Brooke Alexander Kailua, Hawaii Top 7
1981 Lisa Lynn Moss Shreveport, Louisiana Top 7 Miss Louisiana USA 1981; 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1981
1982 Elizabeth Luann Caughey Abilene, Texas Top 7 Miss Texas USA 1982; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1982
1983 Lisa Allred Fort Worth, Texas Top 7 Miss Texas USA 1983; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1983
1984 Kelly Lea Anderson Clarksburg, West Virginia Top 7 Miss West Virginia USA 1984; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1984
1985 Brenda Denton Hobbs, New Mexico 2nd Runner-up Miss New Mexico USA 1985; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1985
1986 Halle Berry Cleveland, Ohio Top 7 Miss Ohio USA 1986; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1986
1987 Clotilde Cabrera Tampa, Florida Miss Personality; Miss Florida USA 1987; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1987
1988 Diana MagaƱa Rancho Palos Verdes, California Top 10 Miss California USA 1988; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1988
1989 Jill Scheffert Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Top 5 Miss Oklahoma USA 1989; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1989
1990 Gina Tolleson Charleston, South Carolina Winner Miss South Carolina USA 1990; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1990
1991 Charlotte Ray Camden, New Jersey Top 10 Miss New Jersey USA 1991; 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1991
1992 Sharon Belden Coral Gables, Florida Top 10 Miss Florida USA 1992
1993 Maribeth Brown Natick, Massachusetts Top 10
1994 Kristie Harmon Conyers, Georgia Miss Georgia Teen USA 1992
1995 Jill Ankuda El Paso, Texas
1996 Kelly Webber El Paso, Texas
1997 Sallie Toussaint New York City, New York Top 10 Miss Connecticut USA 2000.
1998 Shauna Gambill Los Angeles, California Top 10 Miss California Teen USA 1994, Miss Teen USA 1994, Miss California USA 1998, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1998
1999 Natasha Allas Los Angeles, California Top 10 Miss California Teen USA 1992; Top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1992
2000 Angelique Breaux San Diego, California Top 10 Miss California USA 1999, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1999
2001 Carrie Stroup Cherokee, North Carolina
2002 Rebekah Revels St. Pauls, North Carolina Top 10 Miss World Talent; Miss North Carolina 2002 (dethroned)
2003 Kimberly Harlan Marietta, Georgia Miss Georgia Teen USA 2002; 4th Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2002
2004 Nancy Randall Chicago, Illinois 2nd Runner-up Miss World Beach Beauty 2004; 1st Runner-up at Miss Louisiana USA 2006; 1st Runner-up at Miss Earth United States 2006
2005 Lissette Diaz Chula Vista, California 1st runner-up at Miss California USA 2006
2006 Brooke Elizabeth Angus Essex, Vermont Miss Vermont USA 2002
2007 Abigail McCary Denver, Colorado Top 16 Miss World Sports 2007
2008 Lane Lindell Tampa Bay, Florida Miss World Dress Designer Award winner
2009 Lisa-Marie Kohrs Malibu, California Top 20 in Miss World Beach Beauty
2010 Alexandria Mills Louisville, Kentucky Winner 1st Runner-up in Miss World Beach Beauty and 2nd Runner-up in Miss World Top Model.
2011 Erin Cummins Seattle, Washington Top 36 in Miss World Beach Beauty
2012 Claudine Book Malibu, California Top 15 Top 25 in Miss World Talent; Top 57 in Miss World Top Model; 2nd Runner-up in Beauty with a Purpose

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    R.W. “Tiny” Rowland (b. 1917)

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    Perhaps anxious politicians may prove that only seventeen white men and five negroes were concerned in the late enterprise; but their very anxiety to prove this might suggest to themselves that all is not told. Why do they still dodge the truth? They are so anxious because of a dim consciousness of the fact, which they do not distinctly face, that at least a million of the free inhabitants of the United States would have rejoiced if it had succeeded. They at most only criticise the tactics.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)