Miss Florida World
| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Miami |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Sharon Flynn Belden Polo |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Florida World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss World America pageant.[1][2]
The current Miss Florida World is Jasity Rush of Gainesville.
Winners[edit]
- 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 | Jasity Rush[3] | Gainesville | 25 | |||
| 2019 | Lekha Ravi[4] | Miami | 26 | Later a contestant on season 27 of The Bachelor | ||
| 2018 | Ashley Barreto | Kissimmee | 24 | Later Miss Florida USA 2021 and Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022 as Ashley Cariño | ||
| 2017 | Clarissa Bowers | Umatilla | 20 | Miss World America 2017 | Top Model | Top 40 semifinalist at Miss World 2017. |
| Louina LaFalaise | Boynton Beach | 25 | Top 10 | |||
| Tori Miller | Gainesville | 22 | ||||
| 2016 | Ramina Ashfaque | Jacksonville | 25 | Later Miss Pakistan World 2016 and a contestant at Miss Earth 2017, representing Pakistan. | ||
| 2015 | Kailyn Perez[5] | Tampa | 23 | Top 12 | People's Choice | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2019 and Top 15 semifinalist at Miss USA 2019, representing Pennsylvania. |
| Miss Florida United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Tia McDonald | Gainesville[6] | 20[6] | Top 10 | ||
| Miss Florida 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 Florida 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 | Jessica White | |||||
| 1993 | Julianne Morris | |||||
| 1992 | Sharon Flynn Belden | Coral Gables | 25 | Miss World America 1992 | Previously Miss Florida USA 1992. Top 10 semifinalist at Miss World 1992. The current State Director for Miss Florida World under her married name Sharon Belden Polo. | |
| Miss Florida USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Rosa Velilla | Miami | ||||
| 1990 | Tricia Hahn | Panama City | ||||
| 1989 | Jennifer Parker | Tallahassee | 17 | |||
| 1988 | Monica Farrell | Jacksonville | 3rd Runner-Up | Previously Miss Florida 1985 | ||
| 1987 | Clotilde Helen Cabrera | Tampa | 22 | Miss World USA 1987 | First African-America to win Miss Florida USA and Later Miss World USA 1987 and competed at Miss World 1987. | |
| 1986 | Kathy Rosenwinkel | Orlando | ||||
| 1985 | Barbi Losh | North Miami Beach | ||||
| 1984 | Stacy Hassfurder | Tallahassee | ||||
| 1983 | Janet Chesser | Daytona Beach | ||||
| 1982 | Lisa Marie Smith | Margate | Previously Miss Florida World 1980 and Top 8 finalist in Miss World America 1980. | |||
| 1981 | Valerie Lundeen | Miami | Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, married to "Tarzan" actor Ron Ely, was murdered by their son Cameron Ely at their Southern California home on Oct. 15, 2019. | |||
| Miss Florida World | ||||||
| 1980 | Lisa Marie Smith | Margate | Top 8 | Later Miss Florida USA 1982. | ||
| 1979 | Eugenia Rywant | |||||
| 1978 | Lynn Hafter | |||||
| 1977 | Janet Gail Wilson | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1976 | Nanci E. Hirtreiter | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1975 | Victoria Jean Bass | |||||
| 1974 | Terry Ann Browning | Ormond Beach | 20 | Miss World USA 1974 | ||
| 1973 | Denise Ann Kranich | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1972 | Sandra Leland | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1971 | Anita L. Senno | Top 18 | ||||
| 1970 | Gloria Dee Campbell | Top 10 | ||||
| 1969 | Deborah Anyzeski | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1968 | Stephanie Herold | |||||
| 1967 | Cathie Parker | |||||
| 1966 | Christine Anne Fisher | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1965 | Mary Anna Duncan | |||||
| 1964 | Carole Hale | |||||
| 1963 | Lanita Gayle Kent[7] | Miami[7] | Top 15 | Previously Miss Miami Press Photographer 1963 and 1st Runner-Up at the 1963 National Press Photographer's Pageant.[7] | ||
| 1962 | Lithona Rozier | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1961 | Lynne Shirley | |||||
| 1960 | Unknown | |||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from Florida in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss Florida USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Deanie Cates | Competed as Florida. | ||||
| Faye Ray | Miami Beach | Competed as Miami Beach, FL. | ||||
| 1956 | Kim Meyer | Competed as Florida. | ||||
| Beverly Rogers | Miami Beach Maywood, NJ |
Competed as Miami Beach, FL. Miss New Jersey USA 1955 and competed at Miss USA 1955 as New Jersey. | ||||
| 1955 | Marlies Gessler | Top 15 | Competed as Florida. | |||
| Beverly Masters | Miami Beach | Competed as Miami Beach, FL. | ||||
| 1954 | Rosemary Talucci | Competed as Florida. | ||||
| 1953 | Kay Duggar | Miami Beach | Top 20 | Competed as Miami Beach, FL. | ||
| Miss Florida World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from Florida in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||
- Notes to table
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant
References[edit]
- ^ "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 Florida 2020 – Miss World America". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ "Miss World America - Florida".
- ^ "Miss Florida World 2015 Kailyn Perez". Pageant Live - YouTube. May 26, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Writer, Sonia Portaluppi, Alligator Contributing. "UF public relations student to represent Florida in 2014 Miss United States competition". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2020-09-23.