| Year | Miss World | Country |
| 1951 | Kicki Håkansson | Sweden |
| 1952 | May Louise Flodin | Sweden |
| 1953 | Denise Perrier | France |
| 1954 | Antigone Costanda | Egypt |
| 1955 | Susana Duijm | Venezuela |
| 1956 | Petra Schürmann[b] | Germany |
| 1957 | Marita Lindahl | Finland |
| 1958 | Penelope Coelen | South Africa |
| 1959 | Corine Rottschäfer | Netherlands |
| 1960 | Norma Cappagli | Argentina |
| 1961 | Rosemarie Frankland[b] | United Kingdom |
| 1962 | Catharina Lodders | Netherlands |
| 1963 | Carole Crawford | Jamaica |
| 1964 | Ann Sidney | United Kingdom |
| 1965 | Lesley Langley | United Kingdom |
| 1966 | Reita Faria | India |
| 1967 | Madeline Hartog-Bel | Peru |
| 1968 | Penelope Plummer | Australia |
| 1969 | Eva Rueber-Staier | Austria |
| 1970 | Jennifer Hosten | Grenada |
| 1971 | Lúcia Petterle | Brazil |
| 1972 | Belinda Roma | Australia |
| 1973 | Marjorie Wallace | United States |
| 1974 | Helen Morgan(Resigned) | United Kingdom |
| 1974 | Anneline Kriel | South Africa |
| 1975 | Wilnelia Merced | Puerto Rico |
| 1976 | Cindy Breakspeare | Jamaica |
| 1977 | Mary Stävin | Sweden |
| 1978 | Silvana Suárez | Argentina |
| 1979 | Gina Swainson | Bermuda |
| 1980 | Kimberley Santos | Guam |
| 1981 | Pilín León | Venezuela |
| 1982 | Mariasela Álvarez | Dominican Republic |
| 1983 | Sarah-Jane Hutt | United Kingdom |
| 1984 | Astrid Carolina Herrera | Venezuela |
| 1985 | Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir | Iceland |
| 1986 | Giselle Laronde | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1987 | Ulla Weigerstorfer | Austria |
| 1988 | Linda Pétursdóttir | Iceland |
| 1989 | Aneta Kr?glicka | Poland |
| 1990 | Gina Tolleson | United States |
| 1991 | Ninibeth Leal | Venezuela |
| 1992 | Julia Kourotchkina | Russia |
| 1993 | Lisa Hanna | Jamaica |
| 1994 | Aishwarya Rai | India |
| 1995 | Jacqueline Aguilera | Venezuela |
| 1996 | Irene Skliva | Greece |
| 1997 | Diana Hayden | India |
| 1998 | Linor Abargil | Israel |
| 1999 | Yukta Mookhey | India |
| 2000 | Priyanka Chopra | India |
| 2001 | Agbani Darego | Nigeria |
| 2002 | Azra Ak?n | Turkey |
| 2003 | Rosanna Davison | Ireland |
| 2004 | María Julia Mantilla | Peru |
| 2005 | Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir | Iceland |
| 2006 | Ta?ána Kucha?ová | Czech Republic |
| 2007 | Zhang Zilin | China PR |
| 2008 | Kseniya Sukhinova | Russia |
| 2009 | Kaiane Aldorino | Gibraltar |
| 2010 | Alexandria Mills | United States |
| 2011 | Ivian Sarcos | Venezuela |
| 2012 | Yu Wenxia | China PR |
| 2013 | Megan Young | Philipine |