Miss Barbados World

{{Short description|Beauty pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Barbados World |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1974 |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Bridgetown]] |location = [[Barbados]] |membership = [[Miss World]] |language = English |leader_title = National Director |leader_name = Leah Marville |num_staff = |budget = |website = }}

'''Miss Barbados World''' [[beauty pageant]] selects representatives for the [[Miss World]] pageant from [[Barbados]].

==Organization== The current Miss Barbados World Pageant franchise holder is Stephanie Chase. Before that the Franchise holder was Cortez Blacket, Stephanie Chase herself is a former Miss Barbados 2001 who won the talent portion at the Miss World contest in South Africa that year and later a five-year record contract. As of 2011, Stephanie Chase handed over the Miss Barbados World franchise to Leah Marville.

==Notable finishes== To date, the only Miss Barbados winner who has become a 'top ten finalist' in the Miss World pageant was Linda Yvonne Fields, who was placed eighth over-all in the 1974 Miss World Contest held at [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, England. Since then, the only Miss Barbados who has been was predicted/projected to place at Miss World was the 2009 Miss Barbados title holder, Leah Marville.

In 2004 Kennifer Marius was placed 3rd in the Talent Competition behind Antigua and Barbuda, and China.

Stephanie Chase, Miss Barbados World 2001, won the first inaugural Miss World Talent Award. This led to Ms. Chase receiving a five-year contract from AMI/ Sony CEO Eliot Cohen. She recorded in the United Kingdom. A UK tour also followed in 2003.

==Titleholders== {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Barbados World !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss World !width="230" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards |- | 2023 |Ashley Carrington<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss World Barbados on Instagram: "Barbados!!!! Your 2023 Miss World Barbados Ashley Carrington - Winner Congratulations @ashley.d.carrington your journey begins now." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsfMlUAP2K/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref> |colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 2022 | colspan=3 {{n/a|[[Miss World 2021]] was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] outbreak in [[Puerto Rico]], no edition started in 2022}} |- | 2021 | colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 2020 | colspan=4 {{n/a|Due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], no pageant in 2020}} |- | 2019 | [[Ché Greenidge|Che' Amor Greenidge]] | Unplaced | align="left"| * [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 27) * [[Miss World Top Model]] (Top 40) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " | 2018 | Ashley Lashley | '''Top 30''' | align="left"| * [[Beauty with a Purpose]] (Top 25) * [[Miss World Top Model]] (Top 32) |- | colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2015—2017}} |- | 2014 | Zoé Elizabeth Trotman | Unplaced | align="left"| * People's Choice award (Top 10) |- | 2013 | Regina Ramjit | Unplaced | |- | 2012 | Marielle Eoen Wilkie | Unplaced | align="left"| * [[Miss World Sports]] (Top 24) |- | 2011 | Taisha Shaddai Carrington | Unplaced | align="left"| * [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 20) * [[Miss World Beach Beauty]] (Top 20) * [[Beauty with a Purpose]] (Top 30) |- | 2010 | Danielle Bishop | Unplaced | align="left"| * [[Miss World Beach Beauty]] (Top 40) |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | 2009 | Leah Janine Marville | Unplaced | align="left"| * '''[[Miss World 2009|Queen of Caribbean]]''' * '''[[Miss World 2009|People's Choice award]]''' * [[Beauty with a Purpose]] (2nd Runner-up) * [[Miss World Beach Beauty]] (Top 12) * [[Miss World Top Model]] (Top 12) * [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 22) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " | 2008 | Natalie Olivia Griffith | '''Top 16''' | align="left"| * '''[[Miss World Talent]]''' |- | 2007 | colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 2006 | Latoya Tamara McDowald | Unplaced | align="left"| * [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 10) * [[Miss World Beach Beauty]] (Top 10) * World Designer Dress Award (Top 10) |- | 2005 | Marielle Chetham Onyeche | Unplaced | |- | 2004 | Kennifer Marius | Unplaced | |- | 2003 | Raquel Olivia Wilkinson | Unplaced | |- | 2002 | Natalie Webb-Howell | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | 2001 | Stephanie Chase | Unplaced | align="left"| * '''[[Miss World Talent]]''' |- | 2000 | Leilani McConney | Unplaced | |- | colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1996—1999}} |- | 1995 | Rashi Holder | Unplaced | |- | colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1991—1994}} |- | 1990 | Cheryl Jean Brewster | Unplaced | |- | 1989 | colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 1988 | Ferida Kola | Unplaced | |- | 1987 | Dawn Michelle Waithe | Unplaced | |- | 1986 | Roslyn Irene Williams | Unplaced | |- | 1985 | Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman | Unplaced | |- | 1984 | Gale Angela Thomas | Unplaced | |- | 1983 | Nina McIntosh-Clarke | Unplaced | |- | colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1976—1982}} |- | 1975 | Peta Hazel Greaves | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " | 1974 | Linda Yvonne Field | '''Top 15''' | |- |}

== See also == * [[Miss Universe Barbados]]

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links == *[http://www.missbarbadosworld.com www.missbarbadosworld.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050628082141/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/ Pageant Almanac] for the list of titleholders

[[Category:Miss World by country|Barbados]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in Barbados|Barbados]] [[Category:1974 establishments in Barbados]] [[Category:Barbadian awards]]