| Formation | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Auckland |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss World Miss International Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Director | Rose Taylor |
| Website | Official website |
New Zealand has contested 46Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.
The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised onTVNZ. Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship.[1] From 2005 to 2007 no national pageant was held; in 2007 an Auckland community trust bought the franchise and the pageant was held to select the country's representative toMiss World 2008 was held in May 2008.[2]
The winner of Miss New Zealand represents her country atMiss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Samantha Poole[3] | Top 40 | Top 32 atMiss World Sport Top 8 atMiss Top Model Best Designer Dress Top 20 atMultimedia Award |
| 2023 | Navjot Kaur | Top 40 | Top 32 atMiss World Sport |
| 2020–2021 | Due to the impact ofCOVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Lucy Brock[4] | Top 40 | Top 32 atMiss World Sport |
| 2018 | Jessica Tyson[5] | Top 12 | 1st Runner-up atBeauty with a Purpose Top 32 atMiss World Top Model Top 24 atMiss World Sport Miss World Oceania[6] |
| 2017 | Annie Evans[7] | Top 40 | Top 20 atBeauty with a Purpose Top 24 atMiss World Sport Miss Oceania |
| 2016 | Karla De Beer | Unplaced | Top 24 atMiss World Sport |
| 2015 | Deborah Lambie | Top 20 | Top 24 atMiss World Sport Top 5 atMultimedia Award |
| 2014 | Arielle Diane Garciano | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Ella Liliane Langsford | Unplaced | Top 20 atMiss World Sport |
| 2012 | Collette Kelly Lochore | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Mianette Broekman | Top 31 | |
| 2010 | Cody Yerkovich[8] | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Magdalena Schoeman[citation needed] | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Kahurangi Taylor[9] | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Stephanie Maria Dods | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Nicolette Spencer | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Kay Anderson[10] | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Amber Peebles[11] | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Melanie Paul[12] | Top 20 | |
| 2002 | Rachel Huljich[11][13] | Unplaced | |
| 2001 | Amie Hewett | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Katherine Allsopp-Smith | Unplaced | |
| 1999 | Coralie Warburton[14] | Unplaced | |
| 1998 | Tanya Hayward[15] | Unplaced | |
| 1997 | Lauralee Martinovich[16] | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1996 | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | Unplaced | |
| 1995 | Sarah Brady | Unplaced | |
| 1994 | Shelley Edwards | Unplaced | |
| 1993 | Nicola Brighty | Unplaced | |
| 1992 | Karly Kinnaird | Unplaced | |
| 1991 | Lisa Maree de Montalk | Top 10 | |
| 1990 | Adele Kenny | Top 5 | Queen of Asia & Oceania |
| 1989 | Helen Rowney[17] | Unplaced | |
| 1988 | Lisa Corban | Unplaced | |
| 1987 | Karyn Metcalf[18] | Unplaced | |
| 1986 | Lynda Marie McManus[19] | Top 7 | |
| 1985 | Sheri Le Fleming Burrow | Top 15 | |
| 1984 | Barbara McDowell | Unplaced | |
| 1983 | Maria Sando[20] | Unplaced | |
| 1982 | Susan Jane Mainland[21] | Unplaced | |
| 1981 | Raewyn Marcroft[22] | Unplaced | |
| 1980 | Vicki Lee Hemi[23] | Top 7 | |
| 1979 | Nicola Duckworth | Unplaced | |
| 1978 | Lorian Dawn Tangney | Unplaced | |
| 1977 | Michele Jean Hyde | Unplaced | |
| 1976 | Anne Clifford | Unplaced | |
| 1975 | Janet Nugent | Unplaced | |
| 1974 | Sue Nicholson | Top 15 | |
| 1973 | Pamela King | Top 15 | |
| 1972 | Kristine Allan | Unplaced | |
| 1971 | Linda Ritchie | Unplaced | |
| 1970 | Glenys Treweek | Unplaced | |
| 1969 | Carole Robinson | Top 15 | |
| 1968 | Christine Antunovic | Unplaced | |
| 1967 | Pamela McLeod | Unplaced | |
| 1966 | Heather Gettings | Unplaced | |
| 1965 | Gay Phelps | Top 15 | |
| 1964 | Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1963 | Elaine Miscall | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1962 | Maureen Waaka | Unplaced | |
| 1961 | Leone Mary Main | Unplaced | |
| 1956 | Jeannette de Montalk | Unplaced | |
Since 2010 the second title of Miss World New Zealand represents her country atMiss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. In 2003-2008 the official candidate selected by Miss International New Zealand pageant. New Zealand debut in 1960 and ever won the title ofMiss International 1971,Jane Hansen inLong Beach,California,United States.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Samantha Poole[24] | Top 8 | Best National Costume |
| 2023 | Georgia Waddington[25] | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic |
| 2022 | Lydia Smit[26] | Top 15 | |
| 2021 | Sydney Batters[27] | Did not compete | |
| 2020 | Due to the impact ofCOVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Nikita Ah Horan | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Natasha Unkovich | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Michelle Isemonger | Unplaced | Miss Oceania |
| 2016 | Jessica Tyson | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Hayley Robinson | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Rachel Harradence | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Casey Dawn Radley | 2nd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic |
| 2012 | Hannah Helen Carson | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Ina Ivanova | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rhonda Grant | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Kyla Hei Hei | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Claire Ann Beattie | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Ellie Bloomfield | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Amber Jean Peebles | Unplaced | |
From 2013 to 2018, Miss World New Zealand sent one of the pageant finalists to compete atMiss Grand International. The Miss Grand New Zealand titleholders were directly awarded on the national stage in 2014, 2015, and 2019,[28][29][30] while the remaimnings were appointed.[31][32] The contract between Miss World New Zealand and Miss Grand International was discontinued in late 2019 after the Miss World New Zealand team declined to send a New Zealand candidate to partake in the2019 international tournament inVenezuela due to security concerns. Since then, no New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International.[33]
From 2003 to 2010, the third title of Miss World New Zealand organized by Miss World New Zealand Ltd., to compete atMiss Earth pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. Starting 2011, New Zealand's representative to Miss Earth is selected through the Miss New Zealand Festival of Beauty, organized by the New Zealand Asia Pacific Trust which also selects representatives to Miss World and Miss International under the direction of Rose Foulger, who took on the Miss Earth franchise from Mrs Taylor upon her retirement. In 2013 Miss Earth New Zealand was held in separate pageant.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Gloria Ofa Blake | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Alexandra Grace-Scott | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Lisa Joy Davids | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Catherine Vera Irving | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rachel Hope Crofts | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Annelise Burton | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Tiffany Pickford | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Rachael Tucker | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Katey Ellen Price | Unplaced |
The delegates who represented New Zealand at Miss World 1991-1995 alsorepresented New Zealand at Miss Universe the year after they competed at Miss World. The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.