Miss Universe Australia
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Perth |
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Membership |
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Official language | English |
Director | Troy Barbagallo |
Website | missuniverseaustralia.com |
Miss Universe Australia is a national Beauty pageant that has selected Australia's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
Organization[]
The Miss Universe name is a registered trade name owned by the Miss Universe Organization, owned since 1996 by Donald Trump and NBC. In 2015, after Trump made statements about illegal aliens from Mexico in his presidential campaign kickoff speech, NBC ended its business relationship with Trump and stated that they will no longer air the pageant, or the Miss USA pageant, on their networks.[1]
Since 1992, Jim Davie, a distributor of swimwear and athletic wear, has also been managing the Miss Australia Awards.[2] In 2002, Davie obtained the licence from the Miss Universe Organisation to select Miss Universe Australia to represent Australia at international Miss Universe pageants.[3] The new national director of the Miss Universe Australia Organisation is Troy Barbagallo of Pink Tank Events. Pink Tank have managed the Miss Universe Western Australia pageant since 2009 and was rewarded for their best in world platform with the national job in February 2016. Barbagallo is also a director of Barbagallo Group, luxury motor vehicle group and The Horologist, a leading luxury watch dealer. Barbagallo founded Box Magazine in 2003.
A Miss Universe Australia pageant is held each year to select a young woman to represent Australia at the international Miss Universe pageant. Contestants to the national pageant come from each of the States and Territories of Australia, which are described as regions or divisions, and represent that State or Territory. In 2016 there are over 220 participants in the national pageant of which 30 are competing in the National Final.
History[]
The international Miss Universe pageants started in 1952. Until 2000, while the Miss Australia Awards were held, the winners of the Miss Australia pageant would normally represent Australia at international Miss Universe pageants, but Australia did not have a representative in each year's event.
In 1952 Leah MacCartney was the first Miss Universe Australia. She was Miss Victoria and later elected as Miss Universe Australia 1952 on 16 June 1952 in Melbourne.
In 1958 the independent pageant selected Miss Universe Australia. Miss Universe Australia partnered to Australian Photographic Agency (APA).
In 1964 and 1965 Miss Universe Australia selected by Agency casting in Melbourne.
Between 1968 and 1976 the winners of Quest of Quests Dream Girl Australia represented Australia at Miss Universe.
Between 1977 and 1990 the winners of Miss Australia Beauty or Miss Universe Australia by TVW Enterprises represented Australia at Miss Universe.
There was no Australian entrant to the Miss Universe pageant in 1991 and 2001. In 2002 through 2004, the Australian representative to the Miss Universe pageant was chosen by a national pageant held in Sydney, organised by Adpro Management Group.
The national Miss Universe Australia pageant came under new management in 2005. Of the 307 who participated at the state level, 24 made it to the national pageant, and Michelle Guy became Miss Universe Australia 2005.[2]
There have been two Miss Universe title holders representing Australia: Kerry Anne Wells in 1972, and Jennifer Hawkins in 2004. Welles entered the Miss Universe pageant as Miss Australia; Hawkins was chosen Miss Universe Australia and went on to win the Miss Universe title in Quito.
New owner[]
In February 2016, was announced that the new director of Miss Universe Australia is Troy Barbagallo, appointed by IMG.[4]
The Road to Miss Universe Australia[]
The Road to Miss Universe Australia is a television special that is broadcast on Channel 9 & 9Life. It is produced by Mathew Knight Media in partnership with Pink Tank Events.
Titleholders[]
- : 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 of Origin | City | Miss Universe Australia | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards |
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2022 | TBA | ||||
2021 | Victoria | Melbourne | Daria Varlamova | Unplaced | |
2020 | Victoria | Melbourne | Maria Thattil | Top 10 | |
2019 | Victoria | Melbourne | Priya Serrao | Unplaced | |
2018 | New South Wales | Sydney | Francesca Hung | Top 20 | |
2017 | South Australia | Adelaide | Olivia Rogers | Unplaced | |
2016 | Western Australia | Perth | Caris Tiivel | Unplaced | |
2015 | New South Wales | Sydney | Monika Radulovic | 4th Runner Up | |
2014 | New South Wales | Newcastle | Tegan Martin | Top 10 | |
2013 | Victoria | Melbourne | Olivia Wells | Unplaced | |
2012 | Western Australia | Perth | Renae Ayris | 3rd Runner-up | |
2011 | Western Australia | Perth | Scherri-Lee Biggs[5] | Top 10 | |
2010 | Queensland | Gold Coast | Jesinta Franklin[6] | 2nd Runner-up |
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2009 | Queensland | Townsville | Rachael Finch[7] | 3rd Runner-up | |
2008 | New South Wales | Sydney | Laura Dundovic[8] | Top 10 | |
2007 | Queensland | Gladstone | Kimberley Busteed[9] | Unplaced | |
2006 | Australian Capital T. | Canberra | Erin McNaught[10] | Unplaced | |
2005 | Western Australia | Perth | Michelle Guy[11] | Unplaced | |
2004 | New South Wales | Newcastle | Jennifer Hawkins[12] | Miss Universe 2004 | |
2003 | New South Wales | Sydney | Ashlea Talbot | Unplaced | |
2002 | Queensland | Brisbane | Sarah Davies | Unplaced | |
2001 | Did not compete | ||||
2000 | New South Wales | Sydney | Samantha Frost | Unplaced | |
1999 | New South Wales | Sydney | Michelle Shead | Unplaced | |
1998 | Victoria | Melbourne | Renee Henderson | Unplaced | |
1997 | New South Wales | Sydney | Laura Csortan | Unplaced |
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1996 | New South Wales | Sydney | Jodie McMullen | Unplaced |
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1995 | New South Wales | Sydney | Jacqueline Shooter | Unplaced | |
1994 | Queensland | Brisbane | Michelle van Eimeren | Unplaced | |
1993 | Queensland | Brisbane | Voni Delfos | Top 6 | |
1992 | Queensland | Gold Coast | Georgina Denahy | Top 10 | |
1991 | Did not compete | ||||
1990 | New South Wales | Sydney | Charmaine Ware | Unplaced | |
1989 | New South Wales | Sydney | Karen Wenden | Unplaced |
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1988 | New South Wales | Sydney | Vanessa Lynn Gibson | Unplaced | |
1987 | New South Wales | Sydney | Jennine Leonarder | Unplaced | |
1986 | New South Wales | Sydney | Christina Bucat | Unplaced | |
1985 | Queensland | Brisbane | Elizabeth Bowly | Unplaced | |
1984 | Victoria | Melbourne | Donna Rudrum | Unplaced | |
1983 | New South Wales | Sydney | Simone Cox | Unplaced | |
1982 | Western Australia | Perth | Lou-Anne Ronchi | Unplaced | |
1981 | New South Wales | Sydney | Karen Sang | Unplaced | |
1980 | Victoria | Melbourne | Katrina Rose | Unplaced | |
1979 | Western Australia | Perth | Kerry Dunderdale | Unplaced | |
1978 | Victoria | Melbourne | Beverley Pinder | Unplaced | |
1977 | Victoria | Melbourne | Jill Maree Minahan | Unplaced | |
1976 | New South Wales | Sydney | Julie Anne Ismay | 4th Runner-up | |
1975 | New South Wales | Sydney | Jennifer Matthews | Unplaced | |
1974 | Victoria | Melbourne | Yasmin May Nagy | Top 12 | |
1973 | Queensland | Brisbane | Susan Mainwaring | Unplaced | |
1972 | Western Australia | Perth | Kerry Anne Wells | Miss Universe 1972 | |
1971 | New South Wales | Sydney | Suzanne Rayward | 1st Runner-up | |
1970 | New South Wales | Sydney | Joan Lydia Zealand | 2nd Runner-up | |
1969 | New South Wales | Sydney | Joanne Barret | 2nd Runner-up | |
1968 | New South Wales | Sydney | Lauren Jones | Unplaced | |
Did not compete between 1966—1967 | |||||
1965 | Victoria | Melbourne | Pauline Verey | Top 15 | |
1964 | Victoria | Melbourne | Ria Lubyen | Unplaced | |
Did not compete between 1959—1963 | |||||
1958 | South Australia | Adelaide | Astrid Lindholm | Unplaced | |
Did not compete between 1955—1957 | |||||
1954 | New South Wales | Narrandera | Shirley Bliss | Unplaced | |
1953 | New South Wales | Sydney | Maxine Morgan | 4th Runner-up | |
1952 | Victoria | Melbourne | Leah McCartney | Unplaced |
Winners' gallery[]
Monika Radulovic, Miss Universe Australia 2015
Tegan Martin, Miss Universe Australia 2014
Renae Ayris, Miss Universe Australia 2012
Jesinta Franklin, Miss Universe Australia 2010
Rachael Finch, Miss Universe Australia 2009
Laura Dundovic, Miss Universe Australia 2008
Erin McNaught, Miss Universe Australia 2006
Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe Australia 2004 & Miss Universe 2004
Laura Csortan, Miss Universe Australia 1997
State rankings[]
State | Title | Year |
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New South Wales | 25 | 1953, 1954, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
Victoria | 14 | 1952, 1964, 1965, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1998, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Queensland | 10 | 1973, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010 |
Western Australia | 6 | 1972, 1979, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2016 |
South Australia | 3 | 1958, 1982, 2017 |
Capital Territory | 1 | 2006 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (29 June 2015). "NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump die "Derogatory Statements," Pulls Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ a b The age, 25 May 2005: Beauty quests looking more attractive
- ^ The Age, 9 June 2006: Who's a pretty girl, then?
- ^ Clarke, Jenna (10 February 2016). "Miss Universe Australia announces new boss Perth businessman Troy Barbagallo". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Costa, Alice (8 July 2011). "Perth beauty Scherri-Lee Biggs crowned Miss Universe Australia". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Here's Miss Universe Australia 2010 - Jesinta Campbell". The Daily Telegraph. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Townsville model Rachael Finch crowned Miss Universe Australia". Townsville Bulletin. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Meet Miss Universe Australia, Laura Dundovic". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Beauty stunned by win". Sunday Herald Sun. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Meet the new Miss Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "WA woman to represent Australia for Miss Universe". ABC News. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Miss Australia, Crowned Miss Universe(R) 2004 During Live NBC Telecast On June 1". PR Newswire. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
Sources[]
"Aussie top three in Miss Universe". BigPond News. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
External links[]
- Official Miss Universe Australia website
- Miss Universe Australia 2012 Renae Ayris Appears on the cover of GCMAG in June 2012
- Miss Universe Australia
- Miss Universe by country
- Beauty pageants in Australia
- Recurring events established in 2004
- 2004 establishments in Australia
- Australian awards