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The following list consists of countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the Mister World male pageant. 7 of the current delegations have won at least once in history, since the first edition in 1996.

List

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This list contains countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the pageant at least once since 1996.

Country/Territory Debut Times Competed Best Placement
 Albania 2003 2 -
 Angola 2000 3
 Argentina 1996 6 Top 10: 2000
 Armenia 2019
 Aruba 1996 2 Top 10: 1996, 2003
 Australia 1996 5 Top 12: 1998
 Austria 1996 5 Top 12: 2007
 Azerbaijan 2010 1 -
 Bahamas 2000 4 Top 5: 2000
 Bangladesh 2019
 Barbados 2003 2 4th Runner-up: 2003
 Belarus 2010 1 -
 Belgium 1996 7 Winner: 1996
 Bolivia 1996 8 -
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 4 -
 Botswana 1996 1 -
 Brazil 1996 8 Winner: 2003
 Bulgaria 1996 6 -
 Cambodia 2019
 Cameroon 2019
 Canada 1996 6 Top 5: 2012
 Chile 2007 1 4th Runner-up: 2007
 China 2003 5 2nd Runner-up: 2007
 Colombia 1996 8 Winner: 2012
 Costa Rica 2007 3 3rd Runner-up: 2007
 Croatia 1996 6 Top 5: 2000
 Curaçao 2007 2 Top 10: 2014
 Cyprus 2010 1 -
 Czech Republic 2010 2 1st Runner-up: 2010
 Denmark 2007 3 Winner: 2014
 Dominican Republic 1996 4 Top 5: 2019
 Ecuador 2019
 Egypt 1998 3 -
 El Salvador 2016 1 Top 10: 2016
 England 2003 5 Winner: 2019
 Equatorial Guinea 2019
 Estonia 1996 1 -
 Eswatini 1996 3
 Ethiopia 2010 1 -
 Finland 2019
 France 1996 5 2nd Runner-up: 1998
 Georgia 2010 1 -
 Germany 1996 8 1st Runner-up: 2000
 Ghana 2014 1 Top 29: 2019
 Greece 1996 7 Top 15: 2010
 Guadeloupe 2007 4 Top 15: 2010
 Guatemala 2000 4 -
 Guyana 2010 1 -
 Honduras 2010 2 -
 Hong Kong China 2000 3 -
 Hungary 1996 2 -
 Iceland 2007 1 -
 India 1996 7 Winner: 2016
 Indonesia 2010 1 Top 29: 2019
 Ireland 1996 7 Winner: 2010
 Israel 1996 3 -
 Italy 1996 7 Top 29: 2019
 Jamaica 1996 2 Top 5: 1996
 Japan 2010 3 -
 Kazakhstan 2010 1 -
 Kenya 2007 2 Top 5: 2016
 Korea 2010 2 Top 15: 2010
 Latvia 1996 7 Top 12: 1998
 Lebanon 1996 8 1st Runner-up: 2003
 Liberia 2007 1 -
 Lithuania 2007 1 -
 Luxembourg 2010 2 -
 Macau 2012 1 -
 Malaysia 1996 3 -
 Malta 1998 6 Top 10: 2003
 Martinique 2010 2 -
 Mauritius 2019 1 Top 29: 2019
 Mexico 1996 8 1st Runner-up: 1996
 Moldova 2014 2 Top 10: 2014
 Mongolia 2010 2 -
 Montenegro 2010 1 -
 Myanmar 2019
 Nepal 2016 1 Top 12: 2019
 Netherlands 1996 7 Top 5: 2010
 New Zealand 2010 2 -
 Nicaragua 2016 1
 Nigeria 2007 3 1st Runner-up: 2014
 North Macedonia 1996 3 -
 Northern Ireland 2003 5 Top 12: 2019
 Norway 1996 4 Top 12: 1998
 Panama 2007 2 -
 Paraguay 2010 3 -
 Peru 1998 4 Top 10: 2012
 Philippines 1996 8 1st Runner-up: 2012
 Poland 1996 6 Top 10: 2016
 Portugal 1998 1 -
 Puerto Rico 1996 8 1st Runner-up: 1998,2016
 Romania 2003 4 -
 Russia 1996 8 Top 29: 2019
 Samoa 2019
 Scotland 2003 1 Top 10: 2016
 Serbia and Montenegro 2003 1 -
 Serbia 2010 1 -
 Sierra Leone 2019
 Sint Maarten 2019
 Singapore 1996 7 Top 10: 2003
 Slovakia 1996 2 -
 Slovenia 1996 3 -
 South Africa 1996 5 1st Runner-up: 2019
 South Sudan 2019
 Spain 1996 8 Winner: 2007
 Sri Lanka 1998 6 -
 Sweden 1996 2 Top 10: 1996
 Switzerland 2014 1 -
 Taiwan 1996 1 -
 Thailand 1996 2 Top 10: 1996
 Tonga 2019 1 Top 12: 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago 1996 1 -
 Turkey 1996 7 2nd Runner-up: 1996
 Ukraine 1996 8 Top 10: 2014
 United Kingdom 1996 3 Top 10: 1996
 United States 1996 5 2nd Runner-up: 2000
 Uruguay 1998 3 Winner: 2000
 Venezuela 1996 8 Winner: 1998
 Vietnam 2007 2 Top 10: 2012
 Wales 2003 5 Top 15: 2010
 Yugoslavia 1996 3 Top 12: 1998
 Zambia 2000 1 -

Notes

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  • Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Spain have participated in all 10 editions.
  • As of the last edition in 2019, no country have won the Mister World title twice.
  • As of 2019, 122 countries, or territories, has joined the pageant.
  • 50 countries debuted in the first edition in 1996; 6 in 1998; 5 in 2000; 9 in 2003; 12 in 2007; 17 in 2010; 1 in 2012; 3 in 2014, 3 in 2016 and 16 in 2019.
  • 57 countries have entered the Mister World pageant at least once, but never placed.

See also

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References

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[[Category:Mister World|Countries]] [[Category:Lists of countries in beauty pageants|Mister World]]

This is a list of countries that have participated in the Manhunt International pageant (until 2021 edition).

Entrants 1993–present

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Country/Territory Debut Participations Years competed National title Placements Best placement First placed Last placed Notes
 Albania 2012 1 2012 Mister Albania 0
 Algeria
 Angola 1998 23 1998–2019
2022–present
Miss Angola 4 Winner 2003
  • Ana José Sebastião
    (Top 15)
2011
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Aruba 1964 55 1964–1984
1986
1989–1990
1992–present
Miss Aruba 3 1st runner-up 1974
  • Maureen Vieira
    (4th runner-up)
2021
  • Thessaly Zimmerman
    (Top 10)
 Australia 1952 59 1952–1954
1958
1964–1965
1968–1990
1992–2000
2002–present
Miss Universe Australia 20 Winner 1953
  • Maxine Morgan
    (4th runner-up)
2022
  • Monique Riley
    (Top 16)
 The Bahamas 1963 58 1963–1972
1974–1983
1985–present
Miss Universe Bahamas 1 Top 10
  • Chantel O'Brian
    (2021)
2021
  • Chantel O'Brian
    (Top 10)
2021
  • Chantel O'Brian
    (Top 10)
 Bahrain 2021 2 2021–present Miss Bahrain 0
 Barbados 1976 18 1976–1979
1984–1987
1999
2003–2005
2007
2016–2020
Miss Universe Barbados 0
 Belgium 1952 68 1952–1986
1988–1989
1991–1994
1996–present
Miss Belgium 11 4th runner-up
  • Dominique Van Eeckhoudt
    (1981)
1955
  • Nicole De Meyer
    (Top 15)
2018
  • Zoé Brunet
    (Top 20)
 Belize 1975 30 1975
1977–1987
1989–1991
1993
1995–2000
2003–2005
2007
2016
2018–2020
2022–present
Miss Belize 1 Top 12 1979
  • Sarita Acosta
    (Top 12)
1979
  • Sarita Acosta
    (Top 12)
 Bhutan 2022 1 2022–present Miss Bhutan 0
 Bolivia 1959 64 1959–present Miss Bolivia 3 Top 6
  • Rosario Rico Toro
    (1990)
1964
  • Olga del Carpio
    (Top 15)
2006
 Brazil 1954 68 1954–1989
1991–present
Miss Brasil 39 Winner 1954 2020
  • Júlia Gama
    (1st runner-up)
 British Virgin Islands 1977 38 1977
1979–2002
2010–present
Miss British Virgin Islands 0
 Bulgaria 1991 28 1991–1998
2000–2007
2009
2012–present
Miss Universe Bulgaria 0
 Cambodia 2017 6 2017–present Miss Universe Cambodia 0
 Cameroon 2020 3 2020–present Miss Cameroon 0
 Canada 1952 71 1952–present Miss Universe Canada 19 Winner 1953
  • Thelma Brewis
    (Top 16)
2022
 Cayman Islands 1980 33 1980–1985
1989–1996
1999–2004
2006
2008–2009
2011–2012
2015–present
Miss Cayman Islands 0
 Chile 1952 60 1952
1954–1956
1958
1960–1961
1964
1966–1970
1972–2002
2004–2006
2011–present
Miss Universo Chile 13 Winner 1954
  • Gloria Leguisos
    (Top 16)
2004
 China 2002 21 2002–present Miss Universe China 4 2nd runner-up 2002
  • Zhuō Líng
    (2nd runner-up)
2017
  • Roxette Qiū Qiáng
    (Top 16)
 Colombia 1958 65 1958–present Miss Universe Colombia 39 Winner 1958 2022
 Costa Rica 1954 68 1954–1960
1962–present
Miss Costa Rica 6 Top 10 1954
  • Marían Esquivel
    (Top 15)
2020
  • Ivonne Cerdas
    (Top 10)
 Croatia 1997 26 1997–present Miss Universe Croatia 4 Top 15/16/20 2009 2019
  • Mia Rkman
    (Top 20)
 Curaçao 1963 56 1963–1978
1980–1987
1989
1991–1999
2001–2005
2007–present
Miss Curaçao 7 1st runner-up 1968 2022
 Czech Republic 1993 29 1993
1995–present
Czech Miss 6 Top 10 1993
  • Pavlina Barbuková
    (Top 10)
2010
 Denmark 1952 53 1952–1953
1958–1961
1963–1970
1972–1973
1975–1990
1992–1996
2000
2004–2008
2010–2013
2015–2016
2018–2021
2023–present
Miss Danmark 8 1st runner-up 1953
  • Jytte Olsen
    (Top 15)
2007
 Dominican Republic 1956 60 1956
1962–1964
1967–present
Miss Dominican Republic 12 Winner 1977
  • Blanca Sardiñas
    (Top 12)
2022
 Ecuador 1955 65 1955–1966
1968–1972
1975–present
Miss Ecuador 3 2nd runner-up
  • Constanza Báez
    (2013)
1981
  • Lucía Vinueza
    (Top 12)
2013
  • Constanza Báez
    (2nd runner-up)
 El Salvador 1954 50 1954–1955
1972–1979
1982–2015
2017–present
Reinado de El Salvador 4 1st runner-up 1955 1996
 Equatorial Guinea 2019 3 2019
2021–present
Miss Equatorial Guinea 0
 Finland 1952 67 1952–1955
1960–present
Miss Finland 18 Winner 1952 1996
 France 1952 71 1952–present Miss France 22 Winner 1953 2021
 Germany 1952 70 1952–2019
2021–present
Miss Universe Germany 21 Winner 1952 2002
  • Natascha Börger
    (Top 10)
 Ghana 1991 24 1991
1993
1996
1998–2002
2004
2006
2008–2015
2017–2018
2020–present
Miss Universe Ghana 2 Top 10 1999
  • Akuba Cudjoe
    (Top 10)
2017
 Great Britain 1952 27 1952
1991–1996
1998–2000
2005–2006
2008–present
Miss Universe Great Britain 5 Top 10 2013 2021
  • Emma Collingridge
    (Top 16)
 Greece 1952 67 1952–1987
1989–2015
2018
2021–present
Star GS Hellas 18 Winner 1952
  • Ntaizy Mavraki
    (2nd runner-up)
2005
 Guatemala 1955 51 1955–1959
1961
1975–1976
1978–2018
2021–present
Miss Guatemala 3 Top 10 1955
  • Maria del Rosário Chacón
    (Top 15)
2010
 Haiti 1962 19 1962
1968
1975
1977
1985
1989
2010–present
Miss Haiti 4 1st runner- up 1962 2022
  • Mideline Phelizor
    (Top 16)
 Honduras 1954 51 1954–1955
1967–1974
1976–1990
1992–1994
1996–2002
2007–present
Miss Honduras 1 Top 15
  • Pastora Pagán
    (1955)
1955
  • Pastora Pagán
    (Top 15)
1955
  • Pastora Pagán
    (Top 15)
 Hungary 1992 27 1992–2016
2018
2021
Miss Universe Hungary 4 Top 10 2006 2018
  • Enikő Kecskès
    (Top 20)
 Iceland 1956 49 1956–1957
1959–1972
1974–1986
1988–1997
2006
2009
2016–present
Miss Universe Iceland 6 1st runner-up
  • Anna Geirsdóttir
    (1962)
1959
  • Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
    (Top 15)
2019
 India 1952 59 1952
1964–1987
1989–present
Miss Diva 26 Winner 1966 2022
 Indonesia 1974 25 1974–1977
1980
1982–1983
1995–1996
2005–2020
2022–present
Puteri Indonesia 8 Top 10 2005 2020
 Ireland 1961 58 1961–2006
2008–2012
2014–2015
2017–2021
Miss Universe Ireland 9 2nd runner-up
  • Marlene McKeown
    (1963)
  • Roberta Brown
    (1983)
1963
  • Marlene McKeown
    (2nd runner-up)
2018
 Israel 1952 69 1952
1954–2021
Miss Israel 20 Winner 1956
  • Sara Tal
    (Top 16)
2005
  • Elena Ralph
    (Top 10)
 Italy 1952 69 1952–1991
1993–2005
2007–present
Miss Universo Italia 16 1st runner-up 1953
  • Rita Stazzi
    (Top 16)
2014
 Jamaica 1961 50 1961
1963–1966
1968–1975
1986–present
Miss Jamaica Universe 9 1st runner-up 1989
  • Sandra Foster
    (Top 10)
2020
  • Miqueal-Symone Williams
    (Top 10)
 Japan 1952 69 1952–1995
1998–present
Miss Universe Japan 20 Winner 1953
  • Kinuko Ito
    (2nd runner-up)
2021
  • Juri Watanabe
    (Top 16)
 Kazakhstan 2006 14 2006–2008
2010–2011
2013–2014
2016–present
Miss Kazakhstan 0
 Kenya 1987 11 1987
1992
1995
2002
2004–2005
2014
2016
2018–2019
2021
2023–present
Miss Universe Kenya 1 Top 6 2016 2016
 Kosovo 2008 13 2008–2012
2014–2016
2018–present
Miss Universe Kosovo 4 2nd runner-up 2008 2012
 Kyrgyzstan 2018 2 2018
2022–present
Miss Kyrgyzstan 0
 Laos 2017 6 2017–present Miss Universe Laos 1 Top 16 2022
  • Payengxa Lor
    (Top 16)
2022
  • Payengxa Lor
    (Top 16)
 Latvia 2005 3 2005–2006
2022–present
Miss Universe Latvia 1 Top 10 2005 2005
 Lebanon 1955 42 1955
1960–1962
1966
1968
1970–1971
1973–1975
1977–1978
1983–1988
1991–1993
1996–2001
2004–2007
2009–2015
2017–2018
2022-present
Miss Lebanon 3 Winner 1962
  • Nouhad El Cabbabe
    (Top 15)
1973
  • Marcèlle Herro
    (Top 12)
 Malaysia 1962 58 1962
1964–2020
2022-present
Miss Universe Malaysia 1 Top 15 1970 1970
 Malta 1968 41 1968–2001
2016–present
Miss Universe Malta 0
 Mauritius 1975 36 1975–1977
1979
1989–1995
1997–2000
2002–2003
2005–present
Miss Estrella Mauritius 0
 Mexico 1952 65 1952–1959
1965
1967–present
Mexicana Universal 21 Winner 1952
  • Olga Llorens
    (Top 10)
2020
 Morocco 1957 9 1957
1960–1963
1966
1975
1978
2021
Miss Maroc 1 Top 15
  • Jacqueline Bonilla
    (1957)
1957
  • Jacqueline Bonilla
    (Top 15)
1957
  • Jacqueline Bonilla
    (Top 15)
 Myanmar 1959 11 1959–1961
2013–2020
2022–present
Miss Universe Myanmar 1 Top 21
  • Thuzar Wint Lwin
    (2020)
2020
  • Thuzar Wint Lwin
    (Top 21)
2020
  • Thuzar Wint Lwin
    (Top 21)
 Namibia 1981 27 1981–1984
1991–2000
2002–2003
2005–2006
2009
2012–2013
2016–2019
2021–present
Miss Namibia 2 Winner 1992 2003
  • Ndapewa Alfons
    (Top 10)
 Nepal 2017 6 2017–present Miss Universe Nepal 1 Top 10 2018 2018
 Netherlands 1956 61 1956
1958–1996
1998
2000–2005
2008–present
Miss Nederland 14 Winner 1958 2014
 Nicaragua 1955 41 1955
1963
1968–1971
1973–1978
1991–1993
1995
1998
1999
2001–present
Miss Nicaragua 4 Top 10 1977
  • Beatriz Obregón
    (Top 12)
2020
  • Ana Marcelo
    (Top 21)
 Nigeria 1964 34 1964
1987–1995
1998–2019
2021–present
Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2 Top 10 2001 2019
 Norway 1952 64 1952–1955
1958–1973
1976–1996
1998
2000–2010
2012–present
Miss Norway 17 Winner 1953
  • Synnøve Gulbrandsen
    (Top 16)
2005
  • Helene Tråsavik
    (Top 15)
 Panama 1952 56 1952–1954
1964–1967
1970–1971
1973–1987
1991–present
Señorita Panamá 10 1st runner-up
(Winner)
1953 2021
 Paraguay 1957 60 1957–1958
1960–1967
1970
1972–2001
2004–present
Miss Universo Paraguay 5 1st runner-up 1964
  • Miriam Riart
    (Top 15)
2021
 Peru 1952 68 1952–1954
1956–1972
1975–present
Miss Peru 20 Winner 1953
  • Mary Ann Sarmiento
    (Top 16)
2022
 Philippines 1952 67 1952–1957
1962–present
Miss Universe Philippines 25 Winner 1954
  • Blesilda Ocampo
    (Top 16)
2021
 Poland 1958 39 1958–1959
1984–1986
1989–present
Miss Polski 6 3rd runner-up
  • Brygida Bziukiewicz
    (1986)
  • Joanna Gapińska
    (1989)
1958
  • Alicja Bobrowska
    (4th runner-up)
2018
 Portugal 1960 40 1960
1962
1965
1970–1974
1979
1981–2002
2011
2014–present
Miss República Portuguesa 2 Top 10 2011 2022
  • Telma Madeira
    (Top 16)
 Puerto Rico 1952 68 1952–1957
1961–present
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 24 Winner 1970 2022
 Romania 1991 18 1991–1998
2009–2013
2016–2017
2019–2021
2023–present
Miss Universe Romania 0
 Russia 1994 28 1994–2018
2020–present
Miss Russia 8 Winner

(dethroned/resigned)

1996
  • Ilmira Shamsutdinova
    (Top 6)
2012
 Saint Lucia 1977 9 1977
2006–2007
2011–2012
2014
2017–2019
2022–present
Miss St. Lucia 0
 Seychelles 1995 2 1995
2022–present
Miss Seychelles 0
 Singapore 1954 60 1954
1958
1962
1966–present
Miss Singapore Universe 3 Top 10
  • Marion Nicole Teo
    (1987)
1983
  • Kathie Lee Lee Beng
    (Top 12)
2021
  • Nandita Banna
    (Top 16)
 Slovakia 1994 29 1994–present Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 1 Top 6
  • Silvia Lakatošová
    (1994)
1994
  • Silvia Lakatošová
    (Top 6)
1994
  • Silvia Lakatošová
    (Top 6)
 South Africa 1952 48 1952–1953
1960–1968
1975–1979
1981–1984
1995–present
Miss South Africa 25 Winner 1952
  • Catherine Higgins
    (Top 10)
2022
 South Korea 1954 68 1954–1955
1957–present
Miss Queen Korea 8 1st runner-up 1959
  • Oh Hyun-ju
    (Top 15)
2007
 Spain 1960 63 1960–present Miss Universe Spain 18 Winner 1960
  • María Teresa del Río
    (4th runner-up)
2022
 Sweden 1952 66 1952–2004
2006
2009–2019
2021
Miss Universe Sweden 29 Winner 1952 2009
 Switzerland 1953 56 1953
1960–1984
1986–1990
1992–2014
2016
2018
2022–present
Miss Universe Switzerland 12 2nd runner-up 1960
  • Elaine Maurath
    (Top 15)
2013
 Thailand 1954 58 1954
1959
1965–1966
1968–1969
1971–present
Miss Universe Thailand 13 Winner 1965 2020
 Trinidad and Tobago 1963 45 1963–1964
1966
1971
1973–1991
1993–2006
2008
2010–2014
2017
2022–present
Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 7 Winner 1977 2022
  • Tya Jané Ramey
    (Top 16)
 Turkey 1952 61 1952–1953
1956–1957
1959
1961–1976
1978–1984
1986–1999
2001–2006
2008–2019
2021–present
Miss Turkey 3 Top 10 1953
  • Ayten Akyol
    (Top 16)
2012
 Ukraine 1995 28 1995–present Miss Ukraine Universe 6 1st runner-up 2006 2014
 Uruguay 1952 66 1952–1965
1967–2002
2004–2012
2014–2020 2022 - present
Miss Uruguay 6 4th runner-up 1952
  • Gladys Fajardo
    (Top 16)
1985
  • Andrea López
    (4th runner-up)
 United States 1952 69 1952–1956
1958–present
Miss USA 65 Winner 1952 2022
 Venezuela 1952 69 1952–1953
1955–1958
1960–present
Miss Venezuela 46 Winner 1955 2022
 Vietnam 2004 14 2004–2005
2008–2009
2011–2013
2015–present
Miss Universe Vietnam 5 Top 5 2008 2021

Inactive entrants

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Former entities

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Country Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Czechoslovakia 1970 1970
1990–1992
Miss Czechoslovakia 4 Top 15/10
  • Kristina Hanazalová (1970)
  • Jana Hronková (1990)
1990
  • Jana Hronková
    (Top 10)
 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1977 1977
1979
1981
Miss St. Kitts & Nevis 3
 Serbia and Montenegro 2003 2003–2006 Miss Serbia and Montenegro 4 3rd runner-up 2003
 Southern Rhodesia 1961 1961 Miss Rhodesia 1
 Soviet Union 1990 1990–1991 Miss USSR 2 2nd runner-up 1991
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /  Yugoslavia 1968 1968–1970
1974–1977
1984–1985
1991
1998–2002
Miss Yugoslavia 15 Top 15/10
  • Daliborka Stojšić (1968)
  • Nataša Kosir (1969)
  • Natasha Pavlovich (1991)
1991
  • Natasha Pavlovich
    (Top 10)

Geographical Region

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Region Debut Years competed Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Micronesia 1975 1975 1
British West Indies West Indies 1954 1954–1955
1958
3

Regional organization

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Organization Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 CIS 1992 1992 Miss Commonwealth Countries
Miss Stran Sodruzhestva[1]
1

Territories

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China

Special Administrative Region Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
Hong Kong/ Hong Kong 1952 1952
1954
1960
1962
1964–1965
1967–1970
1972–1991
1993–2000
Miss Hong Kong 38 2nd runner-up 1988
  • Pauline Yeung
    (4th runner-up)

Denmark

Constituent country Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Greenland 1987 1987–1990 Miss Greenland 4

France

Overseas Department Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 French Guiana 1977 1977
1983–1984
Miss Guyane
(Miss French Guiana)
3
 Guadeloupe 1977 1977
1980–1984
Miss Guadeloupe 6
 Martinique 1957 1957
1981–1984
Miss Martinique 5
 Réunion 1977 1977–1986 Miss Réunion 10
Overseas Collectivity Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 French Polynesia 1962 1962
1977–1981
1985
Miss Tahiti 7 Top 12
  • Thilda Raina Fuller
    (1980)
  • Tatiana Teraiamano
    (1981)
1981
  • Tatiana Teraiamano
    (Top 12)
 New Caledonia 1982 1982 Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie
(Miss New Caledonia)
1

Japan

Prefecture Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Okinawa 1963 1963–1968 Miss Okinawa[2] 6

Netherlands

Special Municipality Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Bonaire 1967 1967–1969
1978
1995–1999
Miss Bonaire 9
Constituent Country Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Sint Maarten 1976 1976–1977
1980
1982
2000
2006
Miss Sint Maarten 6

New Zealand

Free Associated State Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Cook Islands 1983 1983–1986
1991–1992
1994–1996
1999
Miss Cook Islands 10

South Africa

Bantustan Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Bophuthatswana 1979 1979 Miss Republic of South Africa 1
 Transkei 1979 1979
1981–1983
4

United Kingdom

Constituent country Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 England 1955 1955–1962
1964–1990
Miss England 34 1st runner-up
  • Brenda Blackler
    (1964)
1983
  • Karen Moore
    (4th runner-up)
 Scotland 1961 1961–1986
1988–1990
Miss Scotland 29 1st runner-up
  • Linda Gallagher
    (1980)
1980
  • Linda Gallagher
    (1st runner-up)
 Wales 1961 1961–1990 Miss Wales 30 1st runner-up 1979
  • Janet Beverly Hobson
    (Top 12)
Overseas Territory Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Bermuda 1965 1965–1985
1988–1992
1997
Miss Bermuda 27 1st runner-up 1979
 Gibraltar 1981 1981
1983–1986
1988–1990
Miss Gibraltar 8
 Turks and Caicos Islands 1980 1980–1997
1999–2001
2004–2008
2011
2013–2014
Miss Turks and Caicos 29 Top 10
  • Carmelita Ariza
    (1987)
1987
  • Carmelita Ariza
    (Top 10)

United States

State Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Alaska 1952 1952–1958 Miss Alaska Universe 7 Top 15
  • Martha Lehmann
    (1957)
1957
  • Martha Lehmann
    (Top 15)
 Hawaii 1952 1952–1953
1957–1959
Miss Hawaii Universe 5 1st runner-up
  • Elza Kananionapua Edsman (1952)
1958
  • Geri Hoo
    (2nd runner-up)
Unincorporated Territory Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 American Samoa 1975 1975–1978 Miss American Samoa 4
 Guam 1966 1966–1995
1998
2000
2008–2014
2016–2019
Miss Guam 44 1st runner-up
  • Patty Chong Kerkos
    (1982)
1970
  • Hilary Ann Best
    (Top 15)
 Northern Mariana Islands 1976 1976–1999
2001–2002
2006
Miss Marianas 27
 U.S. Virgin Islands 1961 1961–1962
1967–1968
1971–1989
1991–1993
1995
1997–1999
2001–2002
2005–2007
2010–2011
2016–2019
Miss US Virgin Islands 41 Top 12
  • Cherrie Creque
    (1971)
1971
  • Cherrie Creque
    (Top 12)

Others

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The following list consists of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant since 2019, or no longer holds the Miss Universe franchise, but participated at least once in the past:

State Debut Years competed National Title Entrants Best placement Last placed Notes
 Antigua and Barbuda 1977 1977
1979
2001–2008
Miss Antigua & Barbuda 10
 Austria 1953 1953
1957
1959–1990
1992–1993
1999
2004
2013–2017
Miss Austria 43 1st runner-up
  • Eva Maria Düringer
    (1977)
1977
  • Eva Maria Düringer
    (1st runner-up)
 Azerbaijan 2013 2013 Miss Azerbaijan 1
 Bangladesh 2019 2019 Miss Universe Bangladesh[3] 1
 Botswana 1999 1999–2001
2004
2010–2013
Miss Universe Botswana 8 Winner 1999
Taiwan Republic of China/ Taiwan /  Chinese Taipei 1961 1961–1962
1964
1988–1992
1994–2001
2003–2004
Miss Chinese Taipei 18 3rd runner-up 1964
  • Lana Yi Yu
    (4th runner-up)
 Côte d'Ivoire 1986 1986 Miss Cote d'Ivoire 1
 Cuba 1952 1952
1954–1963
1965–1967
Miss Cuba 14 3rd runner-up
  • Maria Rosa Gamio
    (1957)
1957
  • Maria Rosa Gamio
    (3rd runner-up)
 Cyprus 1973 1973–1974
1981
1983–1987
1992–2012
Miss Cyprus 29
Top 10
  • Demetra Eleftheriou
    (2002)
2002
  • Demetra Eleftheriou
    (Top 10)
 Dahomey 1962 1962 Miss Bénin 1
 Dominica 1985 1985 Miss Dominica 1
 Egypt 1987 1987–1990
1992
1994–2011
2014
2017–2019
Miss Egypt 27
 Estonia 1993 1993–2004
2006–2009
2011–2013
Miss Estonia 19 Top 10
  • Kristiina Heinmets
    (1997)
2000
  • Evelyn Mikomägi
    (Top 10)
 Ethiopia 2004 2004–2006
2009
2012–2014
2017
Miss Universe Ethiopia 9 Top 20 2006
  • Dina Fekadu
    (Top 20)
 Fiji 1979 1979
1981
Miss Fiji 2
 Gabon 2012 2012–2015 Miss Gabon 4
 Gambia 1983 1983–1986 Miss Gambia 4
 Georgia 2004 2004–2012
2014–2019
Miss Georgia 15
 Grenada 1964 1964 Miss Grenada World 1
 Guyana 1956 1956
1958
1963–1966
1999
2002–2007
2009–2017
Miss Universe Guyana 22
 Jordan 1960 1960 Miss Jordan 1
 Lithuania 2012 2012–2014
2019
Miss Lithuania 4
 Lesotho 1978 1978 Face of Lesotho 1
 Liberia 1974 1974–1977 Miss Liberia 4
 Luxembourg 1959 1959–1976
1984–1986
1988–1989
1991–1994
Miss Luxembourg 27
 Madagascar 1961 1961 Miss Madagascar 1
 Montenegro 2007 2007–2009
2011–2012
2015
Miss Montenegro 6
 New Hebrides 1978 1978 Miss Vanuatu 1
 New Zealand 1954 1954
1960
1962–1989
1992–2001
2003
2006–2019
Miss Universe New Zealand 55 Winner 1962
  • Leslie Nichols
    (Top 15)
 Papua New Guinea 1976 1976–1980
1982–1986
Miss Papua New Guinea 10
 Senegal 1974 1974
1985
1987
Miss Senegal 3
 Serbia 2007 2007–2015 Miss Serbia 9
 Sierra Leone 2016 2016
2019
Miss Universe Sierra Leone 2
 Slovenia 2001 2001–2011
2013–2014
2016–2017
Miss Universe Slovenia 17 Top 15 2007
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1964 1964
1978–1979
1989–1991
2004
2006
Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8
 Sri Lanka 1955 1955
1957
1961–1966
1968–1970
1973–1983
1985–1996
2005–2006
2008
2010–2014
2016–2018
Miss Universe Sri Lanka 46 2nd runner-up 2017
  • Christina Peiris
    (Top 16)
 Suriname 1958 1958
1960
1963–1964
1966
1969–1974
1976–1979
1982
1989–1993
1999
Miss Suriname 22 Top 15
  • Gertrud Gummels
    (1958)
1958
  • Gertrud Gummels
    (Top 15)
 Swaziland 1993 1993–1994 Miss Swaziland 2
 Tanzania 2007 2007–2017
2019
Miss Universe Tanzania 12 Top 10 2007
 Tunisia 1960 1960
1964–1965
1968–1971
Miss Tunisie 7
 Western Samoa 1981 1981–1986 Miss Samoa 6
 Zaire 1968 1968–1972
1984–1986
Miss Congo (RDC) 8 2nd runner-up 1986
  • Likobe Dobala
    (Top 10)
 Zambia 1995 1995
1999
2005–2007
2009–2010
2017–2018
Miss Universe Zambia 9
 Zimbabwe 1994 1994
1996–1998
2000–2001
Miss Zimbabwe 6 Top 10 2000
  • Corinne Crewe
    (Top 10)

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

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The list does not include withdrawals for personal reasons.

References

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  1. ^ "Miss Stran Sodruzhestva (Miss CIS) 1992" (in Russian).
  2. ^ "歴代ミス・ユニバース・ジャパンまとめ | 沖縄タイムス+プラス ニュース". 沖縄タイムス+プラス (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Miss Universe Bangladesh Facebook". Facebook. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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