World Miss University

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World Miss University
Motto Peace Movement for the World’s Unification
Formation 1986
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters New York City
Location
Official language
 English
Chairman
 Seung Min Lee
Website http://wmu.world/

World Miss University is an international beauty contest held annually in Seoul, South Korea since 1986,[1] with an average of about 70 contestants every year.[2] The event is to select World Miss University Peace Corp Representatives.

As an event was organized by the International Association of University Presidents after the United Nations named 1986 the Year of Peace,[3] the organizing committee dispatches peace missions to regions in conflict like Kosovo and Rwanda.[1] These days, the event is organized by World Miss University Organizing Committee which has headquarter in Manhattan, New York, USA.

The current titleholder is Kelly Poldy Rivera Kroll from Peru.

The 27th World Miss University will be held in Beijing, China on January 27, 2016.

Winners

Year Contestant Country Place of Venue
1986 Rosalie van Breemen[4]  Netherlands Seoul, South Korea
1987 Choi Yun-hee  South Korea Seoul, South Korea
1988 Kathryn Elizabeth Coonz  United States Seoul, South Korea
1989 mutata kugmus  India Seoul, South Korea
1990 Ekaterina Parfenova  Soviet Union Seoul, South Korea
1991 Celeste Weaver  United States Seoul, South Korea
1992 Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir[5]  Iceland Seoul, South Korea
1993 Ewa Wachowicz[6]  Poland Seoul, South Korea
1995 Birgitta Ína Unnarsdóttir[7]  Iceland Seoul, South Korea
1996 Laura García  Spain Seoul, South Korea
1997 Jang Hae-yun  South Korea Seoul, South Korea
2000 Renata Fan[8]  Brazil Seoul, South Korea
2001 Eleni Pechlivanidi[9]  Greece Seoul, South Korea
2003 Ayusha Shrestha[10]    Nepal Daegu, South Korea
2004 Julija Djadenko[11]  Latvia Shenzen, China
2005 Jade Collins[12]  New Zealand Seoul, South Korea
2006 Cristiana Frixione[13]  Nicaragua Seoul, South Korea
2007 Aleksandra Plemic[14]  Germany Seoul, South Korea
2008 Sarnai Amar[15]  Mongolia Shenzen, China
2009 Cho Eun-ju[16]  South Korea Seoul, South Korea
2010 Katie Farr[17]  England Seoul, South Korea
2011 Siria Ysabel Bojorquez[18]  United States Seoul, South Korea
2012 Mia Hasanagic  Denmark Seoul, South Korea
2014 Karina Stephania Martin Jiménez[19]  Mexico Seoul, South Korea
2016 Kelly Poldy Rivera Kroll  Peru Beijing, China
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Winners Gallery

Country/Territory Titles Winning Years
 South Korea 3 1987, 1997, 2009
 United States 1988, 1991, 2011
 Iceland 2 1992, 1995
 Mexico 1 2014
 Denmark 2012
 England 2010
 Mongolia 2008
 Germany 2007
 Nicaragua 2006
 New Zealand 2005
 Mexico 2014
 Latvia 2004
   Nepal 2003
 Greece 2001
 Brazil 2000
 Spain 1996
 Peru 2016
 Poland 1993
 Soviet Union 1990
 India 1989
 Netherlands 1986

See also

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