| Miss Universe Belize | |
| Formation: | 1975 |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Belize City |
| Location: | Belize |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Destinee Arnold |
Miss Universe Belize is a national beauty pageant in Belize to select the country's representative for the Miss Universe pageant.
In the early days of Miss Universe Belize (then known as Miss Belize), one pageant was held yearly to select a representative for the Miss Universe pageant, with either the winner or a runner-up representing Belize at Miss World. Recently, there has been an emergence of different pageants to select representatives for different international pageants as opposed to just one pageant with several winners.
Miss Universe Belize 2008 Tanisha Vernon spoke out against "Pageants Belize, owner, and only employee – Margaret Johnson".[1] Her crown was then revoked in July 2008.[2]
In 2016, Opal Enriquez took over the Miss Belize franchise.[3]
In 2018, Romeo Escobar, a three-time Emmy award-winning producer took over the franchise of Miss Universe in Belize.[4] He left the franchise in 2023, citing disagreements with the Miss Universe Organization owners over how franchises should run.[5]
In 2023, Miss Universe Belize 2019, Destinee Arnold took over the Miss Belize franchise. The pageant was renamed to "Miss Universe Belize". The franchise is currently under the House of Crowns by Team Destination organization.
| Year | Miss Universe Belize | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Halima Hoy[6] | TBA | Destinee Arnold directorship. | |
| 2023 | colspan=5 | |||
| 2022 | Ashley Lightburn | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | colspan=5 | |||
| 2020 | Iris Salguero | Unplaced | ||
| 2019 | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | Jenelli Fraser | Unplaced | Romeo Escobar directorship. | |
| 2017 | colspan=5 | |||
| 2016 | Rebecca Rath | Unplaced |
| Opal Onriquez directorship. |
| colspan=6 | ||||
| 2009 | Charmaine Chinapen | Withdrawal — Charmaine allocated to Miss World 2008. | ||
| 2008 | Tanisha Vernon | Failed to sign her contract and that she could not expect to continue as queen "Miss Belize".[7] | ||
| 2007 | Maria Jeffery | Unplaced | ||
| 2006 | colspan=5 | |||
| 2005 | Andrea Elrington | Unplaced | ||
| 2004 | Leilah Anne Magdalena Pandy | Unplaced | ||
| 2003 | Becky Belinda Bernard | Unplaced | Margaret Johnson directorship. | |
| 2002 | Karen Anita Russell | Carolyn Trench-Sandiford directorship. | ||
| 2001 | colspan=5 | |||
| 2000 | Shiemicka Richardson | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Viola Jeffery | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Elvia Lilia Vega | Unplaced | ||
| 1997 | Sharon Domínguez | Unplaced | ||
| 1996 | Ava Lovell | Unplaced | ||
| Deborah Wade | Unplaced | |||
| 1994 | colspan=5 | |||
| 1993 | Melanie Smith | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | colspan=5 | |||
| Josephine Gault | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | Ysela Antonia Zabaneh | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Andrea Shermane McKoy | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | colspan=5 | |||
| 1987 | Holly Emma Edgell | Unplaced | Solie Arguelles (Pageants Belize) directorship. | |
| Romy Ellen Taegar | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Jennifer (Jenny) Woods | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Lisa Patricia Ramírez | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Shirlene Dianne McKoy | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Sharon Kay Auxillou | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Ivette Zabaneh | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | Ellen Marie Clarke | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Sarita Diana Acosta | Top 12 | ||
| 1978 | Christina Margarita Ysaguirre | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Dora Maria Phillips | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Janet Joan Joseph | Unplaced | ||
| Pelisamay Longsworth | Unplaced | Under the UDP Minister Youth and Culture of Belize. | ||