{{Short description|Beauty competition}} {{distinguish|Miss Model of the World}} {{Infobox organization |name = Top Model of the World |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |formation = {{Start date and age|1993}} |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Panama City]] |location = [[Panama]] |leader_title= |leader_name= |num_members = WBO |language = [[English language|English]] |website= {{URL|https://www.topmodeloftheworld.com/}} }}
'''Top Model of the World''' is an international beauty pageant that focuses on finding the ultimate model. It was founded in 1993 in Miami, organized by the Globana Group, and is now owned and managed by the World Beauty Organization.
==Winners== {| class="wikitable " ! Year ! Country/Territory ! {{nowrap|Top Model of the World}} ! Official venue ! Entrants |- | 2025 | Natalia Garizabal Vera | {{flagu|Colombia}} | [[Hurghada]], Egypt | 44 |- | 2024 | Maria Katren Varzaru | {{flagu|Romania}} | [[Ain Sokhna]], Egypt | 38 |- | 2023 | [[Mariana Macías]] | {{flagu|Mexico}} | [[Sharm El Sheikh]], Egypt | 41 |- | 2022 | Natalie Kocendova | {{flagu|Czech Republic}} | rowspan="4" | [[Hurghada]], Egypt | 47 |- | 2020 | Pierinna Patino |{{flagu|Peru}} | 35 |- | 2019 | Nicole Menayo |{{flagu|Spain}} | 35 |- | 2018 | Janet Leyva | {{Flagu|Peru}} | 41 |- | 2017 ||Julya Gershun||{{Flagu|Ukraine}} || [[El Gouna]], Egypt |41 |- | 2016 || Margo Cooper || {{Flagu|Bulgaria}} || [[Bremen]], Germany |41 |- | 2015 ||[[Elena Kosmina]] || {{Flagu|Ukraine}} || rowspan="3" | [[Red Sea]], Egypt |49 |- | 2014 || Tania Valencia || {{Flagu|Colombia}} |41 |- | 2013 || Monica Palacios || [[File:Bandera.AEC.jpg|20px|border]] [[Caribbean]] |47 |- | 2012 ||[[Luna Voce]] || {{Flagu|Italy}} || Dortmund, Germany |43 |- | 2011 || Loredana Salanță || {{Flagu|Romania}} || [[Usedom]], Germany |44 |- | 2009 || [[Nina Rodríguez]] || {{Flagu|Colombia}} || [[Dortmund]], Germany |40 |- | 2008 ||[[Débora Lyra]] || {{Flagu|Brazil}} || [[Berlin]], Germany |41 |- | 2007 || [[Alessandra Alores]]|| {{Flagu|Germany}} || [[Hurghada]], Egypt |41 |- | rowspan=2 | 2006 | Michelle de Leon<br><small>(''Assumed'')</small> | {{Flagu|Philippines}} | rowspan=2 | [[Kunming]], China | rowspan=2 | 64 |- | [[Natália Guimarães]]<br><small>(''Resigned'')</small> | {{Flagu|Brazil}} |- | 2005 || [[Dominika van Santen]] || [[File:Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg|20px|border]] [[Margarita Island]] || [[Humen Town]], China |68 |- | 2004 || Sun Na || {{Flagu|China}} || [[Karlsruhe]], Germany |34 |- | 2003 ||Nihan Akkuş||{{Flagu|Turkey}} || rowspan="2" | [[Aachen]], Germany |38 |- | 2002 ||Natascha Börger || {{Flagu|Germany}} |33 |- | 2001 || Renata Janetkova || {{Flagu|Czech Republic}} || [[Kaiserslautern]], Germany |28 |- | 2000 ||Yeliz Çalışkan||{{Flagu|Turkey}} || [[Vreden]], Germany |30 |- | 1999 || Suzana Fabriova || {{flagu|Slovak Republic}} || [[Frankfurt]], Germany |unknown |- | 1998 || Michelle Khan || {{Flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} || [[Magdeburg]], Germany |28 |- | 1997 || Franzisca Schaub || {{Flagu|Germany}} || [[Legden]], Germany |45 |- | 1996 || Selinée Méndez || {{Flagu|Dominican Republic}} || [[Koblenz]], Germany |26 |- | 1995 ||[[Jacqueline Aguilera]] || {{flagu|Venezuela}} || [[Moscow]], Russia |36 |- | 1994 || Yelena Boyarinova || {{Flagu|Russia}} || rowspan="2" | [[Miami]], United States |24 |- | 1993 || Francesca Bologna || {{Flagu|Italy}} |unknown |} * ''[[Natália Guimarães]], winner of the 2006 edition, resigned her title as she represented Brazil in [[Miss Universe 2007]]. She was replaced by Michele de Leon (Philippines) and 1st runner-up.''
===By number of wins=== {| class="wikitable " ! Country/Territory ! Titles ! Winning years |- |{{Flagu|Colombia}} | rowspan="2" align="center" |3 | 2009, 2014, 2025 |- |{{Flagu|Germany}} | 1997, 2002, 2007 |- |{{Flagu|Romania}} | rowspan="4" align="center" |2 | 2011, 2024 |- |{{Flagu|Peru}} | 2018, 2020 |- |{{Flagu|Italy}} |1993, 2011 |- |{{Flagu|Turkey}} | 2000, 2003 |- |{{flagu|Mexico}} | rowspan="16" align="center" |1 | 2023 |- |{{flagu|Czech Republic}} |2022 |- |{{flagu|Spain}} |2019 |- |{{Flagu|Bulgaria}} | 2016 |- |{{Flagu|Ukraine}} | 2015 |- |[[File:Bandera.AEC.jpg|20px|border]] [[Caribbean]] | 2013 |- |{{Flagu|Brazil}} | 2008 |- |{{Flagu|Philippines}} | 2006 |- |[[File:Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg|20px|border]] [[Margarita Island]] | 2005 |- |{{Flagu|China}} | 2004 |- |{{Flagu|Czech Republic}} | 2001 |- |{{flagu|Slovak Republic}} | 1999 |- |{{Flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} | 1998 |- |{{Flagu|Dominican Republic}} | 1996 |- |{{flagu|Venezuela}} |1995 |- |{{Flagu|Russia}} | 1994 |}
===Continents by number of wins=== {| class="wikitable " ! Country/Territory !Titles !Years |- |[[Europe]] |14 |1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024 |- |[[Americas]] |12 |1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025 |- |[[Asia]] |5 |1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 |- |[[Africa]] |0 | |}
==List of Runners-up== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! 1st Runner-up ! 2nd Runner-up ! 3rd Runner-up ! 4th Runner-up |- | 1994 | Yelena "Lena" Boyarinova<br>{{Flagu|Russia}} | Pinar Tezcan<br>{{flagu|Turkey}} | rowspan=2 colspan=2 {{n/a|''not awarded''}} |- | 1995 | Paula Andrea Betancourt<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} | Leen Ragis<br>{{flagu|Kenya}} |- | 1996 | Jana Festova<br>{{flagu|Czech Republic}} | Andrea Deak<br>{{flagu|Hungary}} | Anja Haertel<br>{{flagu|Germany}} | Vierushka Algandona Viera<br>{{flagu|Panama}} |- | 1997 | Cris Tomaszeck<br>{{Flagu|Brazil}} | colspan=3 {{n/a|''not awarded''}} |- | 1998 | Tanisha Drummond<br>{{flagu|Panama}} | Agnes Nagy<br>{{flagu|Hungary}} | Dania Prince Méndez<br>{{flagu|Honduras}} | Jonna Kauppila<br>{{flagu|Finland}} |- | 1999 | Monica Escolar Danko<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} | Dayanarah Roozendaal<br>{{flagu|Curaçao}} | rowspan=2 colspan=2 {{n/a|''not awarded''}} |- | 2000 | Nina Kavecevic<br>{{flagu|Yugoslavia}} | Jerika Hoffman Leal<br>{{flagu|Venezuela}} |- | 2001 | Jenny Díaz Batista<br>{{flagu|Dominican Republic}} | Mónica Caicedo Valencia<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} | Zornitsa Hristova<br>{{flagu|Bulgaria}} | Basak Sahin<br>{{Flagu|Turkey}} |- | 2002 | Nikki Formann<br>{{flagu|United States}} | Kristina Tudikova<br>{{flagu|Slovak Republic}} | Adanelli Nuñez<br>{{flagu|Mexico}} | Justine Vinluan Gabionza<br>{{Flagu|Philippines}} |- | 2003 | Daniela Scholz<br>{{flagu|Germany}} | Huan Lulu<br>{{flagu|China}} | Desirée Virginia Pallotta Peña<br>{{flagu|Venezuela}} | Lorena Irene Velarde Briceño<br>{{flagu|Mexico}} |- | 2004 | Yordanos Teshager Bitew<br>{{flagu|Ethiopia|name=East Africa}} (Ethiopia) | Mirjana Gmitrovic<br>{{flagu|Serbia and Montenegro}} | Viktoria Stadtlander<br>{{flagu|Germany}} | Irina Stikanova<br>{{flagu|Estonia}} |- | 2005 | Maria Joseph Kidumbuyo<br>{{flagu|Tanzania}} | Katarzyna Blazko<br>{{flagu|Poland}} | rowspan=4 colspan=2 {{n/a|''not awarded''}} |- | 2006 | Michelle de Leon '''<br>'''{{Flagu|Philippines}} | Tatyana Dmitrivenko<br>{{flagu|Kazakhstan}} |- | 2007 | Yelena Aladko<br>{{flagu|Belarus}} | Lobna Amin<br>{{flagu|Egypt}} |- | 2008 | Yolimar Sánchez<br>{{flagu|United States}} | Diana Ivancheva<br>{{flagu|Bulgaria}} |- | 2010 | Gabriela Nidioska Concepción Guzmán<br>{{flagu|Venezuela}} | Muriel Susana Viera<br>{{flagu|United States}} | Xenia Lamber<br>{{Flagu|Ukraine}} | Daniela Arkenberg<br>{{flagu|Germany}} |- | 2011 | Katerina Fedosejeva<br>{{flagu|Latvia|name=Baltic Sea}} (Latvia) | Vanessa Gayle Sibanda<br>{{flagu|Zimbabwe}} | Zuzanna Brzezińska<br>{{flagu|Poland}} | Yasmine Ouchene<br>{{flagu|Algeria}} |- | 2012 | Malaika Maidei Mushandu<br>{{flagu|Zimbabwe}} | Melina Ramirez Serna<br>{{flagu|Colombia}} | Maria de Luz Da Silva dos Santos<br>{{flagu|Denmark}} | Maria de Luz Da Silva dos Santos<br>{{flagu|Venezuela}} |- | 2013 | Inara Anthonia Isaiah<br>{{flagu|Guinea}} | Burcu Taynaz<br>{{Flagu|Turkey}} | Savanagh-Ray Walker<br>{{flagu|Canada}} | Ganna Oleksiyivna Zhadan<br>{{Flagu|Ukraine}} |- | 2014 | Jailenne Rivera Rodríguez<br>{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} | Anrónet Ann Roelofsz<br>{{flagu|South Africa}} | Niler Bernard Mruma<br>{{flagu|Tanzania}} | Giulia Campesi<br>{{flagu|Italy}} |- | 2015 | Celeste Marshall<br>{{flagu|Bahamas}} | Irene Valeria Velásquez<br>{{flagu|Venezuela}} | Stephany Souza Silva<br>{{Flagu|Brazil}} | Madison Anderson Berrios<br>{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} |- | 2016 | Franceska Marisabel Toro Medina<br>{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} | Paththage Visna Kaumini Fernando<br>{{flagu|Sri Lanka}} | Emanuelle de Maria Costa Assunção<br>{{Flagu|Brazil}} | Anchana Artklom<br>{{flagu|Thailand}} |- | 2017 | María Camila Medrano Camargo<br>{{flagu|Colombia|name=San Andrés}} (Colombia) | Norhely Celaya Bracamontes<br>{{flagu|Mexico}} | rowspan=8 colspan=2 {{n/a|''not awarded''}} |- | 2018 | Harini Silva<br>{{flagu|Sri Lanka}} | Natalia La Torre Santana<br>{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} |- | 2019 | Vishakha Tania René<br>{{flagu|Mauritius}} | Carmen Sofia Maury Atencia<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} |- | 2020 | Priscila Moreno Valverde<br>{{flagu|Mexico}} | Giselle Archbold Davis<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} |- | 2022 | Nicole Zambrano<br>{{flagu|Ecuador}} | Dayana Cardenas<br>{{Flagu|Colombia}} |- | 2023 | Leicy Rivas Moreno<br>{{flagu|Colombia}} | Sandani Peiris<br>{{flagu|Sri Lanka}} |- | 2024 | Geysel Vaillant<br>{{flagu|Cuba}} | Sarah Sherwood<br>{{flagu|United States}} |- | 2025 | Lorena Suárez<br>{{flagu|Cuba}} | Hanā Warissaya<br>{{flagu|Thailand}} |}
==See also== * [[Miss Model of the World]] * [[Best Model of Turkey]]
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