List of Miss Universe runners-up and finalists

This article provides the names of the runners-up in the Miss Universe pageant since the pageant's first edition in 1952.

Table of Miss Universe runners-up and finalists

The pageant has awarded a top-five finalists from 1952 to 1989 and from 2001 up to 2014, with the first, second, third and fourth runner-up being awarded. From 1990 to 1997, the number of finalists was increased to six. From 1998 to 2000 and since 2015, it was reverted to five but only up to the second runner-up was awarded (regardless if the pageant post-announces the placements of the other 2 delegates who made it to the Top 5).

The first runner-up of each edition of Miss Universe is the second placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss Universe. In some cases, she shall take over the title of Miss Universe, if:

• The outgoing titleholder cannot fulfill her duties. This could happen and may result to resignation, giving up the title, or dethronement
• The titleholder is dethroned due to deeds that violate the organization's policies

There were instances that the winner is not replaced by the first runner-up, when she decides to voluntarily resign from her position, given the formal permission from the organization (1952 and 1974).

This table shows the top-five finalists of each competition, from its inception in 1952.

Year	Miss Universe	1st runner-up (2nd place)	2nd runner-up (3rd place)	3rd runner-up (4th place)	4th runner-up (5th place)
1952	Armi Kuusela [1] Finland	Elza Kananionapua Edsman Hawaii	Ntaizy "Daisy" Mavraki Greece	Judy Dan Hong Kong	Renate Hoy Germany
1953	Christiane Martel France	Myrna Rae Hansen USA	Kinuko Ito Japan	Ana Bertha Lepe Mexico	Maxine Morgan Australia
1954	Miriam Stevenson USA	Martha Rocha Brazil	Virginia Lee Wai-Chun Hong Kong	Regina Ernst Germany	Ragnhild Olausson Sweden
1955	Hillevi Rombin Sweden	Maribel Arrieta Galvez El Salvador	Maureen Hingert Ceylon (Sri Lanka)	Margit Nünke Germany	Keiko Takahashi Japan
1956	Carol Morris USA	Marina Orschel Germany	Ingrid Goude Sweden	Kathleen Waller England	Rosanna Galli Italy
1957	Gladys Zender Peru	Teresinha Morango Brazil	Sonia Hamilton England	Maria Fernandez Cuba	Gerti Daub Germany
1958	Luz Marina Zuluaga Colombia	Adalgisa Colombo Brazil	Geri Hoo Hawaii	Eurlyne Howell USA	Alicja Bobrowska Poland
1959	Akiko Kojima Japan	Jorunn Kristjansen Norway	Terry Huntingdon USA	Pamela Anne Searle England	Vera Regina Ribeiro Brazil
1960	Linda Bement USA	Daniela Bianchi Italy	Elizabeth Hodacs Austria	Nicolette Caras South Africa	Teresa del Rio Spain
1961	Marlene Schmidt Germany	Rosemarie Frankland Wales	Adriana Gardiazabal Argentina	Arlette Dobson England	Sharon Brown USA
1962	Norma Nolan Argentina	Anna Geirsdóttir Iceland	Anja Aulikki Järvinen Finland	Helen Liu Shiu-Man Taiwan	Maria Olívia Rebouças Brazil
1963	Iêda Maria Vargas Brazil	Aino Korwa Denmark	Marlene McKeown Ireland	Lalaine Bennett Philippines	Kim Myoung-ja Korea
1964	Corinna Tsopei Greece	Brenda Blackler England	Ronit Renat Rechtman Israel	Siv Märta Åberg Sweden	Lana Yu Yi Taiwan
1965	Apasra Hongsakula Thailand	Virpi Liisa Miettinen Finland	Sue Downey USA	Ingrid Norman Sweden	Anja Schuit Netherlands
1966	Margareta Arvidsson Sweden	Satu Charlotta Östring Finland	Cheranand Savetanand Thailand	Yasmin Daji India	Aviva Israeli Israel
1967	Sylvia Hitchcock USA	Mariela Pérez Venezuela	Jennifer Lynn Lewis England	Ritva Lehto Finland	Batya Kabiri Israel
1968	Martha Vasconcellos Brazil	Anne Braafheid Curacao	Leena Brusin Finland	Peggy Kopp Venezuela	Dorothy Anstett USA
1969	Gloria Diaz Philippines	Harriet Eriksson Finland	Joanne Barret Australia	Chava Levy Israel	Kikuyo Osuka Japan
1970	Marisol Malaret Puerto Rico	Deborah Shelton USA	Joan Zealand Australia	Jun Shimada Japan	Beatriz Gross Argentina
1971	Georgina Rizk Lebanon	Toni Rayward Australia	Pirjo Laitila Finland	Beba Franco Puerto Rico	Eliane Guimaraes Brazil
1972	Kerry Anne Wells Australia	Rejane Costa Brazil	María Antonieta Cámpoli Venezuela	Ilana Goren Israel	Jennifer "Jenny" McAdam England
1973	Margarita Moran Philippines	Amanda Jones USA	Aina Walle Norway	Maria Madrigal Spain	Limor Schreibman Israel
1974	Amparo Muñoz Spain	Helen Morgan Wales	Ritta Johanna Raunio Finland	Ella Cecilia Palacios Colombia	Maureen Vieira Aruba
1975	Anne Marie Pohtamo Finland	Gerthie David Haiti	Summer Bartholomew USA	Catharina Sjödahl Sweden	Rose Marie Brosas Philippines
1976	Rina Messinger Israel	Judith Castillo Venezuela	Sian Adey-Jones Wales	Carol Grant Scotland	Julie Ismay Australia
1977	Janelle Commissiong Trinidad & Tobago	Eva Düringer Austria	Sandra Bell Scotland	Aura Salcedo Colombia	Marie-Luise Gassen Germany
1978	Margaret Gardiner South Africa	Judi Andersen USA	Guillermina Ruiz Spain	Mary Shirley Saenz Colombia	Cecilia Catharina Rhode Sweden
1979	Maritza Sayalero Venezuela	Gina Swainson Bermuda	Carolyn Seaward England	Martha Jussara da Costa Brazil	Annette Marie Ekström Sweden
1980	Shawn Weatherly USA	Linda Gallagher Scotland	Diana Nottle New Zealand	Chat Silayan Philippines	Eva Birgitta Anderson Sweden
1981	Irene Sáez Venezuela	Dominique Dufour Canada	Eva Lena Lundgren Sweden	Adriana Oliveira Brazil	Dominique Eeckhoudt Belgium
1982	Karen Baldwin Canada	Patty Chong Kerkos Guam	Cinzia Fiordeponti Italy	Tina Roussou Greece	Terri Utley USA
1983	Lorraine Downes New Zealand	Julie Hayek USA	Roberta Brown Ireland	Lolita Morena Switzerland	Karen Moore England
1984	Yvonne Ryding Sweden	Leticia Snyman South Africa	Carmen Maria Montiel Venezuela	Desiree Verdadero Philippines	Susana Caldas Lemaitre Colombia
1985	Deborah Carthy-Deu Puerto Rico	Teresa Sánchez López Spain	Kayonga Mureka Zaire	Silvia Martínez Venezuela	Andrea López Uruguay
1986	Bárbara Palacios Venezuela	Christy Fichtner USA	María Mónica Urbina Colombia	Brygida Bziukiewicz Poland	Tuula Polvi Finland
1987	Cecilia Bolocco Chile	Roberta Capua Italy	Michelle Royer USA	Inés María Calero Venezuela	Laurie Tamara Simpson Puerto Rico
1988	Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand	Chang Yoonjung Korea	Amanda Olivares Mexico	Mizuho Sakaguchi Japan	Pauline Yeung Hong Kong
1989	Angela Visser Netherlands	Louise Drevenstam Sweden	Gretchen Polhemus USA	Joanna Gapińska Poland	Adriana Abascal Mexico
1990	Mona Grudt Norway	Carole Gist USA	Lizeth Mahecha Colombia	not awarded until 2001
1991	Lupita Jones Mexico	Pauline Huizinga Netherlands	Yulia Lemigova USSR
1992	Michelle McLean Namibia	Paola Turbay Colombia	Madhu Sapre India
1993	Dayanara Torres Puerto Rico	Paula Andrea Betancourt Colombia	Milka Chulina Venezuela
1994	Sushmita Sen India	Carolina Gomez Colombia	Minorka Mercado Venezuela
1995	Chelsi Smith USA	Manpreet Brar India	Lana Buchberger Canada
1996	Alicia Machado Venezuela	Taryn Mansell Aruba	Lola Odusoga Finland
1997	Brook Lee USA	Marena Bencomo Venezuela	Margot Bourgeois Trinidad & Tobago
1998	Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & Tobago	Veruska Ramirez Venezuela	Joyce Giraud Puerto Rico
1999	Mpule Kwelagobe Botswana	Miriam Quiambao Philippines	Diana Nogueira Spain
2000	Lara Dutta India	Claudia Moreno Venezuela	Helen Lindes Spain
2001	Denise Quiñones Puerto Rico	Evelina Papantoniou Greece	Kandace Krueger USA	Eva Ekvall Venezuela	Celina Jaitley India
2002	Oxana Fedorova (Dethroned) Russia	Justine Pasek (Replaced) Panama	Zhuo Ling China	Vanessa Carreira South Africa	Cynthia Lander Venezuela
2003	Amelia Vega Dominican Republic	Mariángel Ruiz Venezuela	Cindy Nell South Africa	Sanja Papić Serbia & Montenegro	Miyako Miyazaki Japan
2004	Jennifer Hawkins Australia	Shandi Finnessey USA	Alba Reyes Puerto Rico	Yanina Gonzalez Paraguay	Danielle Jones Trinidad & Tobago
2005	Natalie Glebova Canada	Cynthia Olavarría Puerto Rico	Renata Soñé Dominican Republic	Laura Elizondo Mexico	Monica Spear Venezuela
2006	Zuleyka Rivera Puerto Rico	Kurara Chibana Japan	Lauriane Gilliéron Switzerland	Lourdes Arevalos Paraguay	Tara Conner USA
2007	Riyo Mori Japan	Natália Guimarães Brazil	Ly Jonaitis Venezuela	Honey Lee Korea	Rachel Smith USA
2008	Dayana Mendoza Venezuela	Taliana Vargas Colombia	Marianne Cruz Dominican Republic	Vera Krasova Russia	Elisa Nájera Mexico
2009	Stefanía Fernández Venezuela	Ada de la Cruz Dominican Republic	Marigona Dragusha Kosovo	Rachael Finch Australia	Mayra Matos Puerto Rico
2010	Ximena Navarrete Mexico	Yendi Phillips Jamaica	Jesinta Campbell Australia	Anna Poslavska Ukraine	Venus Raj Philippines
2011	Leila Lopes Angola	Olesya Stefanko Ukraine	Priscila Machado Brazil	Shamcey Supsup Philippines	Luo Zilin China
2012	Olivia Culpo [2] USA	Janine Tugonon Philippines	Irene Esser Venezuela	Renae Ayris Australia	Gabriela Markus Brazil
2013	Gabriela Isler [3] Venezuela	Patricia Rodríguez Spain	Constanza Báez Ecuador	Ariella Arida Philippines	Jakelyne Oliveira Brazil
2014	Paulina Vega [4] Colombia	Nia Sanchez USA	Diana Harkusha Ukraine	Yasmin Verheijen Netherlands	Kaci Fennell Jamaica
2015	Pia Wurtzbach [5] Philippines	Ariadna Gutiérrez Colombia	Olivia Jordan USA	not awarded
2016	TBD	TBD	TBD

Miss Universe 2006 finalists

Miss Universe 1977 contestants

References

1. "A misty-eyed look at Armi Kuusela, the 1st Miss Universe". philstar.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. "Here's how Olivia Culpo reacted to last night's Miss Universe gaffe from the judge's chair". Boston.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. "LOOK: Pia Wurtzbach meets Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler". Rappler. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
4. "Outraged Colombians look for blame in Miss Universe mix-up". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. "Miss Universe 2015 News: Pia Wurtzbach Gushes Over Meeting Gordon Ramsay, Clears Issue About Dr. Mike". Christian Post. Retrieved 22 May 2016.