| Miss World New Zealand | |
| Formation: | 1956 |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Auckland |
| Location: | New Zealand |
| Membership: | Miss World Miss International Miss Grand International |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | National Director |
| Leader Name: | Rose Taylor |
| Website: | Official website |
New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.
The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised on TVNZ. Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship.[1] From 2005 to 2007 no national pageant was held; in 2007 an Auckland community trust bought the franchise and the pageant was held to select the country's representative to Miss World 2008 was held in May 2008.[2]
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Navjot Kaur | Top 40 | ||
| 2020–2021 | colspan=3 | |||
| 2019 | Lucy Brock[3] | Top 40 | Top 32 at Miss World Sport | |
| 2018 | Jessica Tyson[4] | Top 12 | 1st Runner-up at Beauty with a Purpose Top 32 at Miss World Top Model Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss World Oceania [5] | |
| 2017 | Annie Evans[6] | Top 40 | Top 20 at Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss Oceania | |
| 2016 | Karla De Beer | Unplaced | Top 24 at Miss World Sport | |
| 2015 | Deborah Lambie | Top 20 | Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 5 at Multimedia Award | |
| 2014 | Arielle Diane Garciano | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Ella Liliane Langsford | Unplaced | Top 20 at Miss World Sport | |
| 2012 | Collette Kelly Lochore | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Mianette Broekman | Top 31 | ||
| 2010 | Cody Yerkovich[7] | Unplaced | ||
| 2009 | Magdalena Schoeman[8] | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Kahurangi Taylor[9] | Unplaced | ||
| 2007 | Stephanie Maria Dods | Unplaced | ||
| 2006 | Nicolette Spencer | Unplaced | ||
| 2005 | Kay Anderson[10] | Unplaced | ||
| 2004 | Amber Peebles[11] | Unplaced | ||
| 2003 | Melanie Paul[12] | Top 20 | ||
| 2002 | Rachel Huljich[13] | Unplaced | ||
| 2001 | Amie Hewett | Unplaced | ||
| 2000 | Katherine Allsopp-Smith | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Coralie Warburton[14] | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Tanya Hayward[15] | Unplaced | ||
| 1997 | Lauralee Martinovich[16] | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 1996 | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | Unplaced | ||
| 1995 | Sarah Brady | Unplaced | ||
| 1994 | Shelley Edwards | Unplaced | ||
| 1993 | Nicola Brighty | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Karly Kinnaird | Unplaced | ||
| 1991 | Lisa Maree de Montalk | Top 15 | ||
| 1990 | Adele Kenny | Top 5 | Queen of Asia & Oceania | |
| 1989 | Helen Rowney | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Lisa Corban | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | Karyn Meltcaf | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Lynda Marie McManus | Top 7 | ||
| 1985 | Sheri LeFleming Burrow | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Barbara McDowell | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Maria Sando | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Susan Jane Mainland | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Raewyn Marcroft | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | Vicky Lee Hemi | Top 7 | ||
| 1979 | Nicola Duckworth | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Lorian Dawn Tangney | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Michele Jean Hyde | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Anne Clifford | Unplaced | ||
| 1975 | Janet Nugent | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Sue Nicholson | Top 15 | ||
| 1973 | Pamela King | Top 15 | ||
| 1972 | Kristine Allan | Unplaced | ||
| 1971 | Linda Ritchie | Unplaced | ||
| 1970 | Glenys Treweek | Unplaced | ||
| 1969 | Carole Robinson | Top 15 | ||
| 1968 | Christine Antunovic | Unplaced | ||
| 1967 | Pamela McLeod | Unplaced | ||
| 1966 | Heather Gettings | Unplaced | ||
| 1965 | Gay Phelps | Top 15 | ||
| 1964 | Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1963 | Elaine Miscall | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 1962 | Maureen Waaka | Unplaced | ||
| 1961 | Leone Mary Main | Unplaced | ||
| 1956 | Jeannette de Montalk | Unplaced |
Since 2010 the second title of Miss World New Zealand represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. In 2003-2008 the official candidate selected by Miss International New Zealand pageant. New Zealand debut in 1960 and ever won the title of Miss International 1971, Jane Hansen in Long Beach, California, United States.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia Waddington[17] | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic |
| 2022 | Lydia Smit[18] | Top 15 | |
| 2021 | Sydney Batters[19] | Did not compete | |
| 2020 | colspan=3 | ||
| 2019 | Nikita Ah Horan | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Natasha Unkovich | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Michelle Isemonger | Unplaced | Miss Oceania |
| 2016 | Jessica Tyson | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Hayley Robinson | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Rachel Harradence | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Casey Dawn Radley | 2nd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic |
| 2012 | Hannah Helen Carson | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Ina Ivanova | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rhonda Grant | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Kyla Hei Hei | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Claire Ann Beattie | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Ellie Bloomfield | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Amber Jean Peebles | Unplaced | |
See main article: Miss Grand New Zealand. From 2013 to 2018, Miss World New Zealand sent one of the pageant finalists to compete at Miss Grand International. The Miss Grand New Zealand titleholders were directly awarded on the national stage in 2014, 2015, and 2019,[20] [21] [22] while the remaimnings were appointed.[23] [24] The contract between Miss World New Zealand and Miss Grand International was discontinued in late 2019 after the Miss World New Zealand team declined to send a New Zealand candidate to partake in the 2019 international tournament in Venezuela due to security concerns. Since then, no New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International.[25]
See main article: Miss Earth New Zealand. From 2003 to 2010, the third title of Miss World New Zealand organized by Miss World New Zealand Ltd., to compete at Miss Earth pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. Starting 2011, New Zealand's representative to Miss Earth is selected through the Miss New Zealand Festival of Beauty, organized by the New Zealand Asia Pacific Trust which also selects representatives to Miss World and Miss International under the direction of Rose Foulger, who took on the Miss Earth franchise from Mrs Taylor upon her retirement. In 2013 Miss Earth New Zealand was held in separate pageant.
| Year | Miss New Zealand | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Gloria Ofa Blake | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Alexandra Grace-Scott | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Lisa Joy Davids | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Catherine Vera Irving | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Rachel Hope Crofts | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Claire Kirby | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Annelise Burton | Unplaced | |
| 2005 | Tiffany Pickford | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Rachael Tucker | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Katey Ellen Price | Unplaced | |
The delegates who represented New Zealand at Miss World 1991-1995 also represented New Zealand at Miss Universe the year after they competed at Miss World. The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.