| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Midlothian |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Sabrina Vaz Barros |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss Virginia World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Virginia in the Miss World America pageant.[1][2]
The current Miss Virginia World is Catherine Perez of New York City, NY.
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner/Ended as Miss World America
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- Ended as special awards winner
- Ended as Miss USA
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] |
Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Catherine Perez[3] | New York City, NY | ||||
| 2019 | Kyra Cromwell[4] | Franklin | 25 | |||
| 2018 | did not compete | |||||
| 2017 | Mollie Thorsen | Alexandria | 25 | Top 16 | ||
| Sasha Perea | Richmond | 23 | Top 16 | Previously 2nd Runner-Up at Miss World America 2016. | ||
| Lili Klainer | Leesburg | 24 | ||||
| 2016 | Sasha Perea[5] | Richmond | 22 | 2nd Runner-Up | Beach Beauty | Later Top 16 semi-finalist at Miss World America 2017. |
| Faatima Brown | Lorton | 21 | ||||
| Natalie Macdisi | Virginia Beach | 21 | ||||
| Yvette Blaess | Virginia Beach | 24 | ||||
| 2015 | Arielle Saige Rosmarino[6][7] | Salem | 23 | 4th Runner-Up | Best Introduction Video | Previously Miss Virginia USA 2014 and Top 20 semi-finalist at Miss USA 2014.[8] |
| Miss Virginia United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Phyllicia Whittingham | |||||
| Miss Virginia World | ||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2005 | No known representatives from Virginia from 2003 to 2005. | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1994 | Chera Wood | |||||
| 1993 | Yu-Ping Fan | |||||
| 1992 | Regan Davis | |||||
| Miss Virginia USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Traci Dority | Fairfax | ||||
| 1990 | Evelyn Green | Richmond | ||||
| 1989 | Kimberly Nicewonder | Bristol | Miss Congeniality | Current director of the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kim Nicewonder-Johnson[9] | ||
| 1988 | Denise Adrain Smith | Fairfax | ||||
| 1987 | Marsha Ralls | Alexandria | 24 | Top 11 | ||
| 1986 | Maureen McDonnell | Alexandria | Was a Cheerleader for Notre Dame. | |||
| 1985 | Dana Bryant | Richmond | Miss Teen All American 1984 | |||
| 1984 | Leah Rush | Leesburg | ||||
| 1983 | Tai Collins | Virginia Beach | Model and actress whose credits include Baywatch and Playboy magazine, Television Writer and Producer whose credits include SAF3 and Baywatch. | |||
| 1982 | Sondra Dee Jones | Richmond | 24 | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1981 | Pamela Elizabeth Hutchens | Newport News | 22 | Top 12 | General District Court Judge in Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| Miss Virginia World | ||||||
| 1980 | Cathy Bohannon[10][11] | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1979 | Carter Wilson | Harrisonburg | 23 | Miss World America 1979 | Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss World 1979. | |
| 1978 | Debbie Walker | |||||
| 1977 | Cindy Darlene Miller | Chesapeake | 20 | Miss World USA 1977 | 4th Runner-Up at Miss World 1977. | |
| 1976 | Carolyn Jeanine Curtis | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1975 | Debbie Joan Evans | |||||
| 1974 | Patricia Lynn Bailey | Norfolk | 19 | Later Miss American Beauty 1975 (Miss U.S. International 1975). 3rd Runner-Up at Miss International 1975, as Miss American Beauty (USA). | ||
| 1973 | Lauren Ann Riley | Top 16 | ||||
| 1972 | Marie Ann Hunderleiter[12] | Norfolk | 22 | Top 7 | ||
| 1971 | Carolyn Rea Martin | |||||
| 1970 | Patricia A. Moldovan | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1969 | Gail Renshaw | Arlington | 22 | Miss World USA 1969 (then resigned) |
1st Runner-Up at Miss World 1969. Renshaw later resigned, after competing in Miss World, to get married. The Miss World USA title then passed to the 1st Runner-Up of Miss World USA 1969, Connie Lee Hagard of Texas. | |
| 1968 | Deborah Shelton | Norfolk | 19 | 1st Runner-Up | Later Miss Virginia USA 1970 and Miss USA 1970. 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1970, as U.S.A.. | |
| 1967 | Brenda Maddox | Top 15 | ||||
| 1966 | Patricia Rae Shaper | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1965 | Cathy Jean Cornell | |||||
| 1964 | did not compete | |||||
| 1963 | Faye Miriam Amy Atkinson | |||||
| 1962 | Laurie Mills | |||||
| 1961 | Laurie Mills | |||||
| 1960 | Patricia Buck | |||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from Virginia in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss Virginia USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Patricia Bush | Portsmouth | ||||
| 1956 | Audra Stark | Virginia Beach | ||||
| 1955 | Jeannie Asble | Portsmouth | ||||
| 1954 | Ellen Whitehead | Chatham | 1st Runner-Up (later dethroned for being underage) | |||
| 1953 | Dorothy Lee Bailey | Norfolk | ||||
| Miss Virginia World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from the Virginia in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||
- Notes to table
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant
References
- ^ "Miss World USA Pageant". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ The American representatives to Miss World 1978-1994
- ^ "Miss World America Virginia 2020 – Miss World America". Retrieved 2020-09-15.
- ^ "Miss World America - Virginia".
- ^ "Healthydermis and Miss Virginia World 2016 - Healthydermis". Alignable. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "Arielle Rosmarino, Miss Virginia World 2015 - Ask the Crown with Elizabeth Safrit, March 19, 2015". Pageant Live - YouTube. March 19, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ Opie, Lisa (2015-06-04). "One on One with Arielle Saige Rosmarino: Miss Virginia World 2015". The LadyCode Blog | Women's Beauty, Lifestyle and Fashion Blog. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "Cornershot: Salem woman named Miss Virginia World". Roanoke Times. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "Pageant Staff". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ The Free Lance-Star. The Free Lance-Star.
- ^ The Free Lance-Star. The Free Lance-Star.
- ^ The Sumter Daily Item. The Sumter Daily Item.
External links
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