- 1952 - Armi Kuusela - FINLAND
- 1953 - Christiane Martel - FRANCE
- 1954 - Miriam Stevenson - USA
- 1955 - Hellevi Rombin - SWEDEN
- 1956 - Carol Morris - USA
- 1957 - Gladys Zender - PERU
- 1958 - Luz Marina Zuluaga - COLOMBIA
- 1959 - Akiko Kojima - JAPAN
- 1960 - Linda Bement USA
- 1961 - Marlene Schmidt - GERMANY
- 1962 - Norma Nolan - ARGENTINA
- 1963 - Ieda Maria Vargas - BRAZIL
- 1964 - Corinna Tsopei - GREECE
- 1965 - Apasra Hongsakula - THAILAND
- 1966 - Margareta Arvidsson - SWEDEN
- 1967 - Sylvia Hitchcock - USA
- 1968 - Martha Vasconcellos - BRAZIL
- 1969 - Gloria Diaz - PHILIPPINES
- 1970 - Marisol Malaret - PUERTO RICO
- 1971 - Georgina Rizk - LEBANON
- 1972 - Kerry Anne Wells - AUSTRALIA
- 1973 - Margarita Moran - PHILIPPINES
- 1974 - Amparo Munoz - SPAIN
- 1975 - Anne Marie Pohtamo - FINLAND
- 1976 - Rina Messinger - ISRAEL
- 1977 - Janelle Commissiong - TRINIDAD/TOBAGO
- 1978 - Margaret Gardiner - SOUTH AFRICA
- 1979 - Maritza Sayarelo - VENEZUELA
- 1980 - Shawn Weatherly - USA
- 1981 - Irene Saez - VENEZUELA
- 1982 - Karen Baldwin - CANADA
- 1983 - Lorraine Downes - NEW ZEALAND
- 1984 - Yvonne Ryding - SWEDEN
- 1985 - Deborah Carthy-Deu - PUERTO RICO
- 1986 - Barbara Palacios Teyde - VENEZUELA
- 1987 - Cecilia Bolocco - CHILE
- 1988 - Porntip Nakhirunkanok - THAILAND
- 1989 - Angela Visser - HOLLAND
- 1990 - Mona Grundt - NORWAY
- 1991 - Lupita Jones - MEXICO
- 1992 - Michelle McLean - NAMIBIA
- 1993 - Dayanara Torres - PUERTO RICO
- 1994 - Sushmita Sen - INDIA
- 1995 - Chelsi Smith - USA
- 1996 - Alicia Machado - VENEZUELA
- 1997 - Brook Mahealani Lee - USA
- 1998 - Wendy Fitzwilliam - TRINIDAD/TOBAGO
- 1999 - Mpule Kwelagobe - BOTSWANA
- 2000 - Lara Dutta - INDIA
- 2001 - Denise Quinones - PUERTO RICO
- 2002 - Justine Pasek - PANAMA
- 2003 - Amelia Vega - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- 2004 - Jennifer Hawkins - AUSTRALIA
- 2005 - Natalie Glebova - CANADA
- 2006 - Zuleyka Rivera - PUERTO RICO
- 2007 - Riyo Mori - JAPAN
