Miss Universe Great Britain is a national

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that selects the British representative in the

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contest.

History

When created as Miss Universe Great Britain in 1952, 30 women around the island of

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and

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competed. Aileen Chase would be the only contestant to compete at Miss Universe as Miss Great Britain or Miss UK until the 1990s. For four decades there would be no Miss Great Britain nor Miss United Kingdom in Miss Universe pageant. There was no UK participant at Miss Universe in 1953–1954. From 1955 to 1990 (except 1956), the winner of Miss England competed. Miss Scotland and Miss Wales first competed in 1961 and again, competed every year until 1990, except 1987 in Scotland's case, as that year's Miss Scotland,

Eileen Catterson Miss Scotland is a national beauty pageant in Scotland. Entrants must hold a British passport to enter. The contest, whose title is owned by the Miss World organisation, is organised each year by Janis Sue Smith Director of The Catwalk Aca ...

, was disqualified for being under age. In

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, Helen Upton, the winner of the 1990

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pageant, became the first contestant since 1952, to compete at Miss Universe under the Miss GB or Miss UK banner. She competed as Miss United Kingdom. In

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, Tiffany Stanford, Miss British Isles 1992 was appointed to compete as Miss Great Britain. Then, from 1993 to 1999, the rights to the pageant went to

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pageant. After that, Miss Great Britain Universe came back in 2000. There was no British representative at Miss Universe from 2001 to 2004. In 2005 it came back with the name Miss Universe United Kingdom and the pageant had 30 delegates representing subdivision of

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, Crown Dependencies,

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, and

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. In 2008 the rights to the pageant were awarded to Welsh Modelling agency Vibe Models, and the name was changed again to Miss Universe UK. The contest was revitalized, with a show being held in Central London to determine the winner; 38 contestants competed for the title. In 2009 the name of the pageant was changed once again to Miss Universe Great Britain and has since kept the name until 2020. The event is now held at the Birmingham ICC. In 2010, Miss Universe Great Britain took on new sponsors Front Agency in London. In 2018,

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (born 13 January 1993) is a British-Anguillan politician and the Minister for Education and Social Development of Anguilla. She has been a model, beauty pageant titleholder and athlete. She was crowned as Miss Universe Gr ...

from Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory, won the crown. She is a past Commonwealth Games heptathlete and a barrister at law.

Gallery of winners

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, Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 File:Amy Willerton 2013.jpg,

Amy Willerton Amy Willerton (born 18 August 1992) is an English television presenter, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for her work with ITV and winning the title of Miss Universe Great Britain and representing Great Britain at the Mi ...

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Holly Hale Holly Hale (born 1990) is a Welsh model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Great Britain 2012. A student of psychology at Cardiff University and the second consecutive Welsh contestant to capture the title, Holly said: ...

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Leilani Dowding Leilani Dowding (born 30 January 1980) is an English former ''Page 3'' girl, glamour model, television celebrity, and the UK representative at Miss Universe 1998. Early life Dowding grew up in Bournemouth, and has a younger sister Melanie. They ...

, Miss Universe Great Britain 1998

Titleholders

::''The following is a list of winners of Miss Universe Great Britain. From 1952 to present''.

Titleholders under Miss Universe Great Britain org.

Miss Universe Great Britain

::''The winner of Miss Universe Great Britain represents the country at

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

References

External links

Miss Universe UK official website
{{Miss Universe countries and territories UK Recurring events established in 1952 1952 establishments in the United Kingdom Annual events in the United Kingdom British awards