Miss Universe Singapore is a

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and organization that selects the

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

official representative to the

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pageant. The reigning Miss Universe Singapore is Carissa Yap, who was crowned on 17 October 2022, at Caldwell House, Singapore.

History

Singapore has been sending representatives to Miss Universe contest as early as 1954. The title of the first Miss Singapore ever was won by the Siti Mariam binti Ismail in 1951. The city-state republic has been represented at Miss Universe every year since 1966. The country had its first semi finalist when Kathie Lee Lee Beng secured the eighth position, the highest ever placement

attained when the pageant was held in

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in 1983. In 1987 when Singapore played host to the Miss Universe pageant, home favourite Marion Nicole Teo came in at the ninth place. After 34 years, Singapore secures a place again, with

Nandita Banna Nandita Banna Telugu: నందితా బాన్నా; born 8 November 2000) is a Singaporean model and beauty pageant titleholder as Miss Universe Singapore 2021. She represented Singapore at Miss Universe 2021, where she placed in the to ...

being a semifinalist in the 70th edition of the Miss Universe pageant held in Port of Eilat, Israel. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station

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's Channel 5. Miss Universe Singapore Organisation holds the license to oversee and produce the Miss Universe Singapore pageant (2015). Prior to 2015, the contest was organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions.

Nuraliza Osman Nuraliza Osman (born 1977) is a Singaporean lawyer and beauty queen who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Known affectionately as "Nura", she is of Dutch, Chinese, Indian and Indonesian descent ...

, the 2002 Miss Universe Singapore winner, took over the Miss Universe Singapore's licence and franchise in May 2015 from Derrol Stepenny Promotions.

Titleholders

The following is a list of all Miss Universe Singapore titleholders, and runners-up.

Titleholders under Miss Universe Singapore organisation

Miss Universe Singapore

::''The winner of Miss Singapore represents her country at the

. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.''

References

External links

* {{Miss Universe countries and territories