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What are the differences between the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants?
Miss World and Miss Universe are separate business enterprises. Both could have separate National Franchises sending respective winners to the worldwide contest. Miss Universe Organization (founded in 1952 US) is owned by Donald Trump and NBC, while the Miss World Organization (created in 1951 UK) was founded by Eric Morley and now co-chaired by his wife Julia Morley.
The national winners are selected by the national franchises. For example, in India Miss India conducts qualifying beauty pageants. Earlier they used to send the winner to Miss Universe and runner up to Miss World; now they select three winners, one each for Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth.
The Miss World and Miss Universe are two different pageants that take place each year. These are nothing more than beauty contents after which the winners are expected to show up at certain prominent events until the next winner is announced the following year. The Miss Universe pageant is considered to have a higher status than Miss World; however there is nothing official to suggest that either one is better. Many critics state that Miss Universe is wrongly named as only women from earth take part in it.
1.The Owners:
The Miss World competition is owned and managed by the Miss World Organization, Julia Morley and on the other hand, the Miss Universe pageant is run by the Miss Universe Organization, which is currently owned by business tycoon Donald Trump in a joint venture with broadcaster NBC.
2. The Beginning:
The Miss Universe pageant was created in 1952 by clothing company Pacific Mills in the United States and Miss World was a brainchild of Englishman Eric Morley.
Recognized as the longest running of the pageants, Morley began Miss World in 1951 to promote the latest swimwear at the time and to entice audiences into the Mecca dance halls, for which he worked.
3. The Residence:
Traditionally, Miss Universe lives in New York City during her reign, whereas Miss World lives in London.
Agbani Darego from Nigeria, Miss World 2001
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Agbani Darego from Nigeria, Miss World 2001 |
Agbani Darego, an 18-year-old Nigerian computer science student is the winner of the 51st Miss World pageant held Friday in Sun City, South Africa. She was chosen from 93 contestants from all over the world.
She had promoted herself as wanting to be a computer scientist as well as a super model. Runners up were Zerelda Lee (Miss Aruba) and Juilet Horne (Miss Scotland). The event was hosted by U.S. TV talk show personality Jerry Springer, and was beamed to a projected global television audience of 1.2 billion people. The beauty gala was held in Sun City, at South Africa's Kingdom of Pleasure, a luxury resort of casinos and wild animals.
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Agbani Darego from Nigeria, Miss World 2001 at the Miss World 2015 in China |
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| Rolene Strauss (Miss World 2014), Ksenia Sukhinova (Miss World 2008), Megan Young (Miss World 2013), Azra Akın (Miss World 2002), Yu Wenxia (Miss World 2012) Agbani Darego (Miss World 2001) |
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| Ksenia Sukhinova (Miss World 2008), Agbani Darego (Miss World 2001) |
Mpule Kwelagobe from Botswana, Miss Universe 1999
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Mpule Kwelagobe from Botswana, Miss Universe 1999 |
Mpule also became the first Miss Universe to collaborate with the Harvard AIDS Institute, and addressed students at Harvard University alongside then Harvard Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Richard Marlink of the Harvard AIDS Institute. Following her historic crowning as Miss Universe, Botswana post launched five (5) commemorative postage stamps of Mpule. In 2002, the Government of Botswana awarded Mpule a full scholarship to attend any university of her choice around the world. She graduated from Ivy League institution, Columbia University in the City of New York, in 2006 with a degree in International Political Economy.
Tonight she was the guest of honor, an ambassador, but she is so much more than this. She is a front runner for The New Africa. She is a very political person, because she cares for her people, for the women of Africa. She uses her fame and beauty for the role that African woman are playing for the future of the continent.
More than ten years ago, in 2003, Mpule was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, which also selected her as a Young Global Leader in 2006. She was awarded the highest honor by the Lions Club International in 2001 during Lions Day at the United Nations for her work as a member of the Leo Club (junior Lions) in Lobatse, Botswana. Mpule had previously been honored by the Lions Club UK and the Lions Club Botswana in 1997.
In 2000, Mpule was appointed as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Youth and HIV/AIDS by the UN’s Population Fund, UNFPA. In this capacity, she has addressed members of the United States Congress, the UN Least Developed Countries conference, the UN World Youth Summit, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the UN General Assembly. In addition, she participated in numerous policy forums in Washington DC and lobbied European donor governments on behalf of the United Nations Population Fund.
But the most important role she ever played is that she turned her fame into an international campaign for women in Africa. She is outspoken, determined and what she says and does makes best sense.
I am happy to have met her in person and I that could listen to her strong voice, after I only knew her beauty …
Leila Lopes From Angola, Miss Universe 2011
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Leila Lopes From Angola, Miss Universe 2011 |
Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then felt a crown placed carefully on her head at the pageant held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Leila Lopes From Angola, Miss Universe 2011 |
Earlier in the contest, Lopes had been asked what she might change about her physical characteristics if she could, but Lopes said she was satisfied with who she was.
"I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty," she told the judges and the audience. "I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family, and I plan to follow those through the rest of my life."
Lopes takes her place as the winner of the 60th annual Miss Universe pageant.
It is an annual event watched by millions of people around the world on TV who cheer for the young women competing in categories ranging from swimsuits to evening gowns. They also must answer the critical question that tells the judges a bit about them.
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Leila Lopes From Angola, Miss Universe 2011 |
In fan voting, Lopes tallied only a 3.6 score for the swimsuit but earned a 7.2 for her evening gown. Fan voting, however, did not count in the final tallies from nine judges.
The panelists, who ranged from race car driver Helio Castroneves to actress Vivica A Fox and journalist Connie Chung, scored the women on each contest, narrowing from a group of 16 down to a final five that included women from China, the Philippines and the home country, Brazil. In all, 89 women competed for the title. The show was hosted by US television personalities Andy Cohen and Natalie Morales.
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