# Miss World Australia

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Beauty pageant

Miss World Australia Formation 2002 Type Beauty pageant Headquarters Melbourne Location Australia Members Miss World Official language English Director LICENCE HOLDER Deborah Miller Website missworldaustralia.com.au

**Miss World Australia** is a national beauty pageant that selects Australia's representative to the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant since [2002](/source/Miss_World_2002).[1] Two Australian representatives have won the Miss World title in 1968 and 1972.

## History

In 2006 the national contest was cancelled and Sabrina Houssami was controversially crowned the winner and placed second runner up at Miss World. In 2012, Jessica Kahawaty also placed second runner up. Australia has been crowned Queen of Oceania each year since 2013. Penelope Plummer became Australia's first Miss World in 1968. Belinda Green became Miss World in 1972. Before the Miss World Australia contest was instituted in 2002, Australian representatives to the international [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageants were chosen from candidates at the [Miss Australia](/source/Miss_Australia) pageant.

### Owners

In February 2016, was announced that the pageant has a new owner: Deborah Miller. She was the former Miss Universe Australia owner.[2]

## Titleholders

**Color keys**

- : Declared as Winner

- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification

- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

- : Ended as special awards winner

Year State Hometown Miss World Australia Placement at Miss World Special Awards 2002 Queensland Gold Coast Nicole Ghazal Top 10 2003 South Australia Adelaide Olivia Stratton Top 20 People's Choice Award 2004 New South Wales Sydney Sarah Janette Davies Top 15 Miss Contestant's Choice 1st Runner-up Miss World Beach Beauty 1st Runner-up Miss World Sport Top 20 Miss World Talent 2005 New South Wales Albury Dennae Brunow Unplaced Miss World Sport 2006 New South Wales Sydney Sabrina Houssami 2nd Runner Up Queen of Asia-Pacific 2007 New South Wales Sydney Caroline Pemberton Unplaced Top 18 Miss World Talent Top 21 Miss World Beach Beauty 2008 New South Wales Albion Park Katie Richardson Unplaced Top 25 Miss World Beach Beauty 2009 New South Wales Sydney Sophie Lavers Unplaced 3rd Runner-up Miss World Talent Top 12 Miss World Sport 2010 New South Wales Sydney Ashleigh Francis Unplaced Top 10 Miss World Talent Top 20 Miss World Beach Beauty Top 20 Miss World Sport 2011 Victoria Melbourne Amber Greasley Top 31 Top 20 Miss World Top Model Top 24 Miss World Sport 2012 New South Wales Sydney Jessica Kahawaty 2nd Runner Up 1st Runner-up Beauty with a Purpose 4th Runner-up Miss World Top Model Top 10 Miss World Beach Beauty Top 16 Interview Top 24 Miss World Sport Top 25 Miss World Talent 2013 Queensland Cairns Erin Holland Top 10 Queen of Oceania 1st Runner-up Beauty with a Purpose 1st Runner-up Miss World Talent Top 11 Interview 2014 Queensland Brisbane Courtney Thorpe Top 5 Queen of Oceania Top 5 Miss World Top Model Top 10 People's Choice Top 10 Interview Top 23 Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 Miss World Sport 2015 Queensland Brisbane Tess Alexander Top 11 Queen of Oceania Top 24 Miss World Sport Top 13 Miss World Talent Top 25 Peoples Choice 2016 Queensland Tully Madeline Cowe Top 20 Queen of Oceania Top 24 Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 Miss World Sport 2017 Victoria Melbourne Esma Voloder Unplaced Top 20 Beauty with a Purpose 2018 Victoria Melbourne Taylah Cannon Unplaced Top 32 Miss World Top Model 2019 New South Wales Sydney Sarah Marschke Top 40 Top 40 at Miss World Top Model Top 27 Miss World Talent 2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 2021 Did not compete 2022 Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022 2023 Victoria Melbourne Kristen Wright[3] Top 12 Top 32 at Sports Challenge Top 25 at Head-to-Head Challenge Queen of Oceania 2024 No competition held 2025 Queensland Gold Coast Jasmine Stringer[4] Top 20 Top 32 at Sports Challenge Top 24 at Talent Challenge Queen of Oceania 2026 South Australia Adelaide Olivija Spanovskis[5] TBA

## Australian representatives at Miss World pageant before 2002

**Color keys**

- : Declared as Winner

- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification

- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

- : Ended as special awards winner

Year Miss World Australia Placement at Miss World Special Awards 1955 Beverly Prowse Top 8 Semi-finalist 1957 June Finlayson Unplaced 1958 Astrid Tanda Lindholm Unplaced 1964 Maria Luyben Unplaced 1965 Jan Rennison Unplaced 1967 Judy Lockey Unplaced 1968 Penelope Plummer Miss World 1968 1969 Stefane Meurer 1970 Valli Kemp Top 15 Semi-finalist 1971 Valerie Roberts Top 15 Semi-finalist 1972 Belinda Green Miss World 1972 1973 Virginia Radinas 1974 Gail Margaret Petith 3rd Runner-up 1975 Anne Davidson Top 15 Semi-finalist 1976 Karen Jo Pini 1st Runner-up 1977 Jaye-Leanne Hopewell Top 7 Finalist 1978 Denise Ellen Coward 2nd Runner-up 1979 Jodie Anne Day 3rd Runner-up 1980 Linda Leigh Shepherd Unplaced 1981 Melissa Hannan Top 7 Finalist Queen of Oceania 1982 Catherine Anne Morris Top 15 Semi-finalist Queen of Oceania 1983 Tanya Bowe Unplaced Queen of Oceania 1984 Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi 2nd Runner-up Queen of Oceania 1985 Angelina Nasso Unplaced 1986 Stephanie Eleanor Andrews Unplaced 1987 Donna Thelma Rudrum Unplaced 1988 Catherine Bushell Top 10 Semi-finalist Queen of Oceania 1989 Natalie McCurry Top 10 Semi-finalist Queen of Oceania 1990 Karina Brown Unplaced 1991 Leanne Buckle 1st Runner-up Queen of Asia-Oceania 1992 Rebecca Simic Unplaced 1993 Karen Ann Carwin Unplaced 1994 Skye Edwards Unplaced 1995 Melissa Porter Top 10 Semi-finalist 1996 Nicole Smith Unplaced 1997 Laura Csortan Top 10 Semi-finalist 1998 Sarah Jane St.Clair Unplaced 1999 Kathryn Hay Unplaced 2000 Renee Henderson Unplaced 2001 Eva Milic Unplaced

## See also

- [Miss Australia](/source/Miss_Australia)

- [Miss Universe Australia](/source/Miss_Universe_Australia)

- [Miss International Australia](/source/Miss_International_Australia)

- [Miss Earth Australia](/source/Miss_Earth_Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Marschke thrilled to be crowned Miss World Australia"](https://www.qt.com.au/news/marschke-thrilled-to-be-crowned-miss-world-austral/3785560/). *[The Courier Mail](/source/The_Courier_Mail)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Clarke, Jenna (13 February 2016). ["Miss Universe hopefuls confused after being enlisted into Miss World competition"](https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/miss-universe-hopefuls-confused-after-being-enlisted-into-miss-world-competition-20160212-gmt144.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180705152014/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/miss-universe-hopefuls-confused-after-being-enlisted-into-miss-world-competition-20160212-gmt144.html) from the original on 5 July 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Meet the new Miss World Australia: the glamorous biomedical student Kristen Wright wins the contest"](https://globalhappenings.com/entertainment/166276.html). Global Happenings. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Gold Coast teacher crowned Miss World Australia 2023"](https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/gold-coast-teacher-jasmine-stringer-crowned-miss-world-australia-2023/news-story/7ed9efa0ad2e1af0f98c1025a5afe67e). *The Courier-Mail*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rifai (12 January 2026). Wahyu Kurniawan (ed.). ["7 Potret Miss World Australia 2026 Olivija Spanovskis, Curi Atensi!"](https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/potret-miss-world-australia-2026-olivija-spanovskis-curi-atensi-c1c2-01-9mwsv-xsplqs) [7 Portraits of Miss World Australia 2026 Olivija Spanovskis, Stealing Attention!]. *[IDN Times](/source/IDN_Times)* (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 January 2026.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.missworldaustralia.com.au/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180226113123/http://www.missworldaustralia.com.au/) 26 February 2018 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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