Widely considered the Big 4 beauty pageants and most prestigious out of thousands of beauty contests held worldwide are the Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth. These big four are covered worldwide by Major news networks like CNN, Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press Reuters, among others. All the big significant news sites will follow these four major pageants.
The most PRESTIGIOUS big 4 Beauty Pageants
Miss World is the oldest of all the major big 4 beauty pageants existing. It was created in the United Kingdom in 1951 by Eric Morley. In the year 2000, upon the death of Mr. Eric Morley, his widow Julia Morley began to co-chair the pageant. the latest winner Karolina Bielawska, Miss world 2021 read full Bio
The Miss Universe is also an annual International beauty Competition. The Miss Universe organization runs the contest. It was founded in 1952 by a California clothing company, Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf+Western Industries before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. WME/IMG currently holds it. Olivia Culpo was the shortest winner just over 5 feet 5 inches tall 1.7m. The latest winner Harnaaz Sandhu (Miss Universe 2021) Read her Bio
Miss International, also called Miss International Beauty, was founded in 1960. The International Cultural Association organizes the Tokyo-based international beauty pageant.
Miss Earth is also an annual International beauty pageant. It is an environmental-themed pageant it promotes environmental awareness. It is a philippine-based carousel Production organized through the Miss World foundation and held first in 2001. The Pageant is Affiliated and works with other institutes such as Greenpeace, World Wildlife Foundation, and the United Nations environmental program, among others. Latest winner Destiny Wagner her Bio
Only two women in history have competed in all the big 4 beauty pageants competitions. The first was Cynthia Kanema of Zambia in 2008, and in 2011 was South African Bokang Montjane.
Countries winning all big 4 beauty Pageants
Starting with the first country to win all four major International pageants was Brazil; it won the title of Miss Earth in 2004. Brazil also won two Miss Universe crowns, two Miss Earth crowns, one Miss World crown, and one Miss International Crown.
After winning Miss Earth in 2005, Venezuela became the second country to win titles in all the big 4 beauty pageants. It has now produced seven Miss Universe titles, Eight Miss International titles, six Miss World titles, and two Miss Earth titles. Upon winning the Miss Earth competition in 2013, Venezuela has become the first and so far only country to win all four pageants on numerous occasions.
The Philippines became the Third Country to win all titles of the big 4 beauty pageants in 2013 when it won the Miss World competition. Now the Philippines has six Miss International crowns, four Miss Earth crowns, four Miss International crowns, and one Miss World crown. The Philippines went on to win a major competition for six years in a row starting from 2013 through to 2018, giving it the distinction of being the country with the most consecutive major beauty pageant wins. Miss universe 2018 Catriona Gray, Pia Wurtzbach Miss universe 2015
Puerto Rico has the distinction of becoming the only territory to win all four major competitions. It now has 5 Miss Universe, two Miss worlds, two miss Internationals, and won Miss Earth in 2019.
7 Countries won more than one Big 4 Beauty Pageant in the same year.
France was the first nation to win at least two of the big four beauty pageants in 1953 when it won Miss Universe and Miss World.
The second country to do it was Brazil in 1968, winning Miss Universe and Miss International.
In 1972 Australia won both Miss Universe and Miss World.
Venezuela followed in 1981, winning Miss Universe and Miss World; Venezuela also won Miss Universe and Miss Earth in 2013.
India won multiple pageants in 1994 and 2000. Miss Universe and Miss World.
Ecuador also won the 2011 Miss International and Miss Earth pageant.
In the Philippines, they won the 2013 Miss World and Miss International, and in 2015 Miss Universe and Miss Earth.
Countries winning back-to-back Big 4 Beauty Pageants.
The Miss World competition has had back-to-back winners only three times. Sweden was the first they won the competition in 1952 and then again in 1953. later was duplicated by contestants from the United Kingdom in 1964 and 1965. India was the most recent country to win back-to-back pageants in 1999 and 2000
Venezuela is currently the only country to win back-to-back Miss Universe pageants in the 2008 and 2009 competitions.
The Philippines has the distinction of being the only country to have won the Miss Earth pageant back-to-back in 2014 and 2015