Netherlands at major beauty pageants

This is a list of the Netherlands' representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

The country has won four victories in three of the pageants:

• One — Miss Universe crown (1989)
• Two — Miss World crowns (1959 • 1962)
• One — Miss International crown (1961)

Netherlands' Big Four titleholders

Netherland has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[14][15][16]

Color Key

•   Ended as Runner-up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

YEAR	MISS UNIVERSE	MISS WORLD	MISS INTERNATIONAL	MISS EARTH
2020	Denise Speelman TBA	↑ No Pageant Held		Tessa le Conge Top 8
2019	Sharon Pieksma	Brenda Muste	Elize Joanne de Jong Top 15	Nikki Prein Top 10
2018	Rahima Ayla Dirkse	Leonie Hesselink	Zoë Niëwold	Margaretha de Jong Top 12
2017	Nicky Opheij	Philisantha van Deuren	Nathalie Mogbelzada	Faith Landman Top 8
2016	Zoey Ivory	Rachelle Reijnders	Melissa Scherpen	Deborah van Hemert
2015	Jessie Jazz Vuijk	Margot Hanekamp Top 20	Rachel van der Meulen	Leena Asarfi
2014	Yasmin Verheijen 3rd Runner-Up	Tatjana Maul Top 25	Shauny Bult	Talisa Wolters
2013	Stephanie Tency	Jacqueline Steenbeek Top 20	Nathalie den Dekker 1st Runner-Up	Wendy-Kristy Hoogerbrugge
2012	Nathalie den Dekker	Nathalie den Dekker Top 15	x	Shauny Bult
2011	Kelly Weekers Top 16	Jill de Robles	Tari Herzenberg Top 15	Jill Duijves
2010	Desirée van den Berg	Desirée van den Berg Top 25	Jorien van der Harst	Desirée van den Berg Top 14
2009	Avalon-Chanel Weyzig	Avalon-Chanel Weyzig	Roline Hund	Sabrina Anijs
2008	Charlotte Labee	Carmen Kool	x	Melanie de Laat
2007	x	Melissa Sneekes	x	Milou Verhoeks
2006	x	Sheryl Baas	x	Sabrina van der Donk
2005	Sharita Sopacua	Monique Plat	x	Dagmar Saija
2004	Lindsay Pronk	Miranda Slabber	x	Saadia Himi
2003	Tessa Brix	Sanne de Regt	x	x
2002	Kim Kötter	Elise Boulogne Top 20	x	x
2001	Reshma Roopram	Irena Pantelic	Caroline Heijboer	Jamie-Lee Huisman
2000	Chantal van Roessel	Raja Moussaoui	x	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999	x	Ilona van Veldhuisen	x
1998	Jacqueline Rotteveel	Nerena Ruinemans	Ilona van Veldhuisen
1997	x	Sonja Aldina Silva	x
1996	Marja de Graaf	Petra Hoost	Leoni Boon
1995	Chantal van Woensel	Didi Schackmann	Nathalie van der Dungen
1994	Irene van der Laar	Joshka Bon	Sabine te Vrede Top 15
1993	Angelique van Zalen	Hilda van der Meulen	Shirley Bogaard
1992	Vivian Jansen Top 6	Gabrielle van Nimwegen	Linda Grandia
1991	Paulien Huizinga 1st Runner-Up	Linda Egging	Marjanne Kraaijeveld
1990	Stephanie Halenbeek	Gabrielle Stap Top 10	Esther den Otter
1989	Angela Visser WINNER	Liesbeth Caspers	Ghislaine Niëwold Top 15
1988	Annabet Berendsen	Angela Visser	Ellis Adriaensen
1987	Janny Tervelde	Angelique Cremers Top 12	Angelique Cremers
1986	Caroline Veldkamp	Janny Tervelde	Caroline Veldkamp Top 15
1985	Brigitte Bergman	Brigitte Bergman	Jacqueline Schuman 2nd Runner-Up
1984	Nancy Neede Top 10	Nancy Neede Top 15	Rosalie van Breemen
1983	Nancy Lalleman-Heijnis	Nancy Lalleman-Heijnis	Brigitte Bergman
1982	Brigitte Dierickx	Irene Schell	Jacqueline Schuman
1981	Ingrid Schouten Top 12	Elena Andreou	Ine Hoedemaeckers
1980	Karin Gooyer	Desiree Geelen	Jacqueline Boertien
1979	Eunice Bharatsingh	Nanny Nielen	Mary Kruyssen
1978	Karin Gustafsson Top 12	Ans van Haaster	Karin Gustafsson
1977	Ineke Berends Top 12	Ineke Berends 1st Runner-Up	Willie Muis
1976	Nanny Nielen	Stephanie Flatow Top 7	Cornelia Kitsz
1975	Lynda Snippe	Barbara Neefs	Nanny Nielen Top 15
1974	Nicoline Broeckx	Gerarda Balm	Nanna Beetstra
1973	Monique Borgeld	Anna Maria Groot Top 15	Yildiz de Kat
1972	Jenny Wolde	Monique Borgeld	Monica Strottman
1971	Laura Smid	Monica Strotmann	Ans Krupp
1970	Maureen Renzen	Patricia Hollman	Marjolein Abbing
1969	Welmoed Hollenberg	Nente van der Vliet	Maria Lingen
1968	Nathalie Heyl	Alida Grootenboer	Cecile van der Lelie
1967	Irene van Campenhout Top 15	Monica van Beelen	Sandrina van Senus
1966	Margo Domen Top 15	Anneke Geerts	↑ No Pageant Held
1965	Anna Schuit 4th Runner-Up	Janny de Knegt	Elaine Bollen Top 15
1964	Henny Deul	x	Renske van den Berg
1963	Elsa Onstenk	Hanny Ijsbrants	Hanny Ijsbrants
1962	Marjan van der Heijden	Catharina Lodders WINNER	Catharina Lodders 3rd Runner-Up
1961	Gita Kamman	Ria van Zuiden	Stanny van Baer WINNER
1960	Carina Verbeck	Carina Verbeck	Katinka Bleeker
1959	Peggy Erwich	Corine Rottschäfer WINNER	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958	Corine Rottschäfer Top 16	Luciënne Struve Top 6
1957	x	Christina van Zijp
1956	Rita Schmidt	Ans van Pothoven
1955	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Netherlands send their first delegate in 1956)	Angelina Kalkhoven
1954		Conny Harteveld
1953		Yvonne Meijer
1952		Sanny Weitner
1951		Sabine Aime di Angelo 3rd Runner-Up
		↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant	Placements	Best result
Miss Universe	13	Winner (1989)
Miss World	16	Winner (1959 • 1962)
Miss International	11	Winner (1961)
Miss Earth	5	Top 8 (2017, 2020)
Total	45	4 TITLES

References

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3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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See also

• Miss Nederland
• Miss International Netherlands