In the nineteenth century, beauty pageants grew popular, and in the 1920s, they became international. The Miss Universe pageant is a well-known competition that has been held since 1952 and attracts over 500 million spectators from throughout the world.
Israel, 1976
Chile, 1987
Norway, 1990
Namibia, 1992
Puerto Rico, 1993
Trinidad and Tobago, 1998
Botswana, 1999
Russia, 2002
Australia, 2004
Canada, 2005
Japan, 2007
Angola, 2011
USA, 2012
Venezuela, 2013
Colombia, 2014
Philippines, 2015
France, 2016
South Africa, 2017
Mexico, 2020
India, 2021
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