Miss World Malta

{{Short description|Beauty pageant}} {{distinguish|Miss Malta|Miss Malta Universe}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{More footnotes|date=May 2009}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss World Malta |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1965 |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Valletta]] |location = [[Malta]] |membership = [[Miss World]] |language = [[Maltese language|Maltese]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |num_staff = |budget = |website = [http://www.missworldmalta.com/ Official website] }}

'''Miss World Malta''' is a national [[Beauty pageant]] for selecting a delegate to represent [[Malta]] at the [[Miss World]] pageant. This pageant is not related to ''[[Miss Malta]]'' pageant.

==History== The winners of the national pageant are selected at different competitions as each is owned by a different organization. Usually, the Miss World Malta is held by midsummer every year, and sends the winner of this contest to Miss World to be happened in the later months of the year. The current winner of this pageant is Joanna Galea from Zejtun, 23 years old, who also represented [[Malta]] in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2011 Edition. As of 2009, Malta has claimed only one semi-finalist in Miss World.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

From 1965 to 2001, representatives were sent to Miss World under the national pageant, '''[[Miss Malta]]'''. A new organization had launched in 2002 to send its delegates to the Miss World pageant, under the name, Miss World Malta.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

==Titleholders== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" |- !Year!!Miss World Malta!!Represented!!Placement |- |'''1965'''|| Wilhelmina Mallia || [[Paola, Malta|Paola]] || |- |'''1966'''|| Monica Sunnura || [[Santa Venera]] || |- |'''1968'''|| Ursulina Grech || [[Gozo]] || |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |'''1969'''|| Mary Brincat || [[Sliema]] || Top 15 |- |'''1970'''|| Tessa Marthese Galea || [[Sliema]] || |- |'''1971'''|| Doris Abdilla || [[Paola, Malta|Paola]] || |- |'''1972'''|| Jane Attard || [[Gozo]] || |- |'''1973'''|| Carmen Farrugia || [[Żebbuġ]] || |- |'''1974'''|| Mary Louise Ellul || [[Sliema]] || |- |'''1975'''|| Marie Grace Ciantar || [[Kalkara]] || |- |'''1976'''|| Jane Benedicta Saliba || [[Żurrieq]] || |- |'''1977'''|| Pauline Lewise Farrugia || [[Żebbuġ]] || |- |'''1978'''|| Mary Cumbo || [[Birkirkara]] || |- |'''1979'''|| [[Helena Dalli|Elena Christine Abela]] || [[Sliema]] || |- |'''1980'''|| [[Frances Duca]] || [[Fgura]] || |- |'''1981'''|| Elizabeth Mary Fenech || [[Żebbuġ]] || |- |'''1982'''|| Adelina Camilleri || [[Mosta]] || |- |'''1983'''|| Odette Balzan || [[Rabat]] || |- |'''1984'''|| Graziella Attard Previ || [[Gżira]] || |- |'''1985'''|| Kristina Apap Bologna || [[Mdina]] || |- |'''1986'''|| Andrea Josephine Licari || [[Floriana]] || |- |'''1987'''|| Michelle Sciberras || [[Paola, Malta|Paola]] || |- |'''1988'''|| Josette Camilleri || [[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]] || |- |'''1989'''|| Marika Micallef || [[Għargħur]] || |- |'''1990'''|| Karen Demicoli || [[Żejtun]] || |- |'''1991'''|| Romina Genuis || [[Gżira]] || |- |'''1992'''|| Noelene Micallef || [[Fgura]] || |- |'''1993'''|| Susanne Mary Borg || [[Valletta]] || |- |'''1997'''|| Sarah Vella || [[Kerċem]] || |- |'''1998'''|| Rebecca Camilleri || [[Pembroke, Malta|Pembroke]] || |- |'''1999'''|| Catharine Attard || [[Żejtun]] || |- |'''2000'''|| Katia Grima || [[Qormi]] || |- |'''2001'''|| Christine Camilleri || [[Fgura]] || |- |'''2002'''|| Joyce Gatt || [[Balzan]] || |- |'''2003'''|| Rachel Xuereb || [[St. Paul's Bay]] || |- |'''2004'''|| Antonella Vella || [[Mosta]] || |- |'''2005'''|| Ferdine Fava || [[St. Julian's]] || |- |'''2006'''|| Janice Gauci || [[Żabbar]] || Did not compete |- |'''2007'''|| [[Stephanie Zammit]] || [[Żejtun]] || |- |'''2008'''|| Martha Fenech || [[St. Julian's]] || |- |'''2009'''|| Shanel Debattista || [[Pieta, Malta|Pieta]] || |- |'''2010'''|| Francesca Gaspar || [[Iklin]] || |- |'''2011'''|| Claire-Marie Busuttil || [[Ħaż-Żabbar]] || |- |'''2012'''|| Daniela Darmanin || [[Mġarr]] || |- |'''2013'''|| Donna Borg Leyland || [[Attard]] || |- |'''2014'''|| Joanna Galea || [[Valletta]] || |- |'''2015'''|| Katrina Pavia || [[Victoria, Gozo|Victoria]] || |- |'''2016'''|| Anthea Zammit || [[Żebbuġ]] || [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 10)<br> [[Miss World Sport]] (3rd Place) |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |'''2017'''|| Michela Galea || [[Mġarr]] || Top 40 <br>[[Miss World Talent]] |- |'''2018'''|| Maria Ellul || [[Valletta]] || |- |'''2019'''|| Nicole Vella || [[Rabat]] || [[Miss World Talent]] (Top 5) |- |'''2020''' | colspan=4 {{n/a|Due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], no pageant in 2020}} |- |'''2021'''|| Naomi Dingli<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ground.news/article/r_k0iz9e/miss-world-malta-2020-is-naomi-dingli|title=Miss World Malta 2020 is Naomi Dingli|website=Ground News|date=25 November 2020 }}</ref> || [[Valletta]] || [[Miss World Sport]] (Top 32) |- | '''2022''' | colspan=4 {{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}} |- |'''2023'''|| Natalia Galea<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newsbook.com.mt/natalia-galea-tirbah-miss-world-malta/ | title=Natalia Galea tirbaħ Miss World Malta | date=9 June 2022 }}</ref> || [[Valletta]] || Unplaced |- | '''2024''' | colspan=5 {{n/a|No competition held}} |- |'''2025'''|| Martine Cutajar<ref>{{Cite news|title=Martine Cutajar u Slaven Micallef jirbħu l-Miss & Mr World Malta 2023|url=https://newsbook.com.mt/martine-cutajar-u-slaven-micallef-jirbhu-il-miss-mr-world-malta-2023/|work=Newsbook|language=mt}}</ref> || [[Attard]] || Unplaced |- |'''2026'''|| Nicole Spiteri || [[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]] || TBA |- |}

==See also== * [[Miss Malta]]

==References== <references />

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517212331/http://missworldmalta.com/ Official website]

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