This is a list of Denmark's official 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 two victorys:
- One — Miss Universe crown (2024)
- One — Miss Earth crown (2001)
Denmark's Big Four titleholders[]
- Color key
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TBA | Emma Heyst | TBA | TBA |
| 2024 | Victoria Kjær Theilvig Winner |
↑ No Pageant Held | x | x |
| 2023 | Nikoline Hansen | Johanne Grundt Hansen | Julie Brink | Silvia Topholm |
| 2022 | Malou Peters | ↑ No Pageant Held | Dana Myrvig | TBA |
| 2021 | Sara Langtved | x | Dana Myrvig | x |
| 2020 | Amanda Petri | ↑ No Pageant Held | Michala Rubinstein 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 2019 | Katja Stokholm | Natasja Kunde Top 40 |
Anna Diekelmann | Sara Langtved |
| 2018 | Helena Heuser | Tara Jensen | Louise Arild | Kamilla Bang |
| 2017 | x | Amanda Petri | x | Sabrina Jovanović |
| 2016 | Christina Mikkelsen | Helena Heuser | Sara Danielsen | Klaudia Parsberg |
| 2015 | Cecilie Wellemberg | Jessica Hvirvelkær | Mette Sørensen | Turið Elinborgardóttir |
| 2014 | x | Pernille Sørensen | x | Aisha Hansen |
| 2013 | Cecilia Iftikhar | Malene Sørensen | x | Josefine Poulsen |
| 2012 | Josefine Hewitt | Iris Thomsen Top 30 |
Line Christiansen | Belinda Jensen |
| 2011 | Sandra Hamad | Maya Olesen | Monica Kristensen | Cecilia Iftikhar |
| 2010 | Ena Sandra Čaušević | Nataliya Averina | Nadia Pederson | Sandra Vester |
| 2009 | x | Nadia Pederson | x | Patricia Tjørnelund |
| 2008 | Marie Sten-Knudsen | Lisa Lents | x | x |
| 2007 | Žaklina Šojić Top 15 |
Line Kruuse | x | Trine Lundgaard |
| 2006 | Betina Faurbye Top 20 |
Sandra Spöhr | x | Nicoline Qvortrup |
| 2005 | Gitte Hanspal | Trine Lundgaard | x | Heidi Zadeh |
| 2004 | Tina Christensen | Line Larsen | x | Thea Frojkear |
| 2003 | x | Maj-Buchholtz Pedersen | x | Marie Petersen |
| 2002 | x | x | x | Julie Kristen Villumsen |
| 2001 | x | x | x | Catharina Svensson WINNER |
| 2000 | Heidi Vallentin | Anne Vrang | x | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.) |
| 1999 | x | x | x | |
| 1998 | x | x | x | |
| 1997 | x | x | x | |
| 1996 | Anette Oldenborg | x | x | |
| 1995 | Tina Dam | Tine Bay | Sabine Sørensen | |
| 1994 | Gitte Andersen | Sara Wolf | Birgitte Jensen | |
| 1993 | Maria Hirse | Charlotte Als | Mette Salto | |
| 1992 | Anne Voss | Ulrika Johansson Top 15 |
Stine Hansen | |
| 1991 | x | Sharon Givskav | Malene Christensen | |
| 1990 | Maj-Britt Jensen | Charlotte Christiansen | Pernille Wiered | |
| 1989 | Louise Mejlhede | Charlotte Pedersen | Maria Hirse Top 15 | |
| 1988 | Pernille Nathansen | Susanne Johansen | Tina Jørgensen | |
| 1987 | Nanna-Louise Johansen | Zelma Hesselmann | Zelma Hesselmann | |
| 1986 | Helena Christensen | Pia Rosenberg Larsen 1st Runner-Up |
Pia Rosenberg Larsen 1st Runner-Up | |
| 1985 | Susan Binau | Jeanette Kroll | Susan Binau | |
| 1984 | Catharina Clausen | Pia Melchioren | Catharina Clausen | |
| 1983 | Inge Thomsen | Tina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen | Inge Thomsen 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 1982 | Tina Nielsen | Tina Nielsen Top 15 |
Gitte Larsen | |
| 1981 | Tina Brandstrup | Tina Brandstrup | Tina Brandstrup | |
| 1980 | Jane Bill | Jane Bill | Jane Vinstrup | |
| 1979 | Lone Jørgensen | Lone Jørgensen | Eva Johanssen | |
| 1978 | Anita Heßke | Birgit Stefansen | Anita Heßke | |
| 1977 | Inge Erlandsen | Annette Simonsen Top 15 |
Christa Drube | |
| 1976 | Brigitte Trolle | Susanne Hansen | x | |
| 1975 | Berit Frederiksen | Pia Lauridsen | Lone Olsen | |
| 1974 | x | Jane Möller | Lone Andersen | |
| 1973 | Anette Grankvist | x | Anette Grankvist | |
| 1972 | Marianne Schmidt | x | Gitte Mogensen | |
| 1971 | x | x | Bente Dorte Nielsen Top 15 | |
| 1970 | Winnie Höllmann | Winnie Höllmann | Jeanne Perfeldt Top 15 | |
| 1969 | Jeanne Perfeldt | Jeanne Perfeldt | Gitte Bröge | |
| 1968 | Gitte Bröge | Yet Schaufuss | Dorrit Frantzen 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 1967 | Margrethe Knudsen Top 15 |
Sonja Jensen | Susan Kristensen | |
| 1966 | Gitte Fleinert Top 15 |
Irene Hansen | ↑ No Pageant Held | |
| 1965 | Jeannette Christjansen Top 15 |
Yvonne Ekman Top 15 |
Lisbeth Lefeuve Top 15 | |
| 1964 | Yvonne Mortensen | Yvonne Mortensen Top 15 |
Alice Andersen | |
| 1963 | Aino Korva 1st Runner-Up |
Aino Korva 3rd Runner-Up |
Birgitte Heiberg | |
| 1962 | x | Rikke Stisager Top 8 |
x | |
| 1961 | Jytte Nielsen | Inge Jørgensen 4th Runner-Up |
Jytte Nielsen | |
| 1960 | Lizzie Hess | Lise Bodin | Sonja Menzel | |
| 1959 | Lisa Stolberg | Kirsten Olsen 4th Runner-Up |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.) | |
| 1958 | Evy Norlund Top 15 |
Vinnie Ingemann 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 1957 | x | Lilian Madsen 1st Runner-Up | ||
| 1956 | x | Anne Nielsen 4th Runner-Up | ||
| 1955 | x | Karin Palm-Rasmussen | ||
| 1954 | x | Grete Hoffenblad 5th Runner-Up | ||
| 1953 | Jytte Olsen Top 16 |
Ingrid Andersen | ||
| 1952 | Hanne Sørensen | Lillian Christensen | ||
| 1951 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.) |
Lily Jacobson | ||
| ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom.) | ||||
| Pageant | Placements | Best result |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe | 9 | Winner  (2024)
|
| Miss World | 16 | 1st Runner-Up (1957, 1986) |
| Miss International | 7 | 1st Runner-Up (1986) |
| Miss Earth | 2 | Winner (2001)
|
| Total | 34 | 2 TITLES |
See also[]
- Face of Denmark
- Miss Universe Denmark
- Miss Denmark
References[]
- ↑ Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. https://www.ibtimes.com.au/philippines-brazil-venezuela-three-countries-win-big-four-international-beauty-pageants-1318720.
- ↑ Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/article/2001353920/what-it-means-to-be-miss-world-miss-universe.
- ↑ Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303562904579230743737206568. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25550425. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. http://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/01/27/miss-universe-cover.html.
- ↑ News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/03/c_137579570.htm.
- ↑ News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/video/2013/12/19/the-philippines-earns-another-crown?videoId=276014896. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/187109/beauty-pageant-cinderellas-beat-poverty-in-ph-seize-world-stage. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". Agence France-Presse. GMA News Online. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/451153/lifestyle/in-beauty-pageants-philippines-modern-day-cinderellas-seize-world-stage. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/nhung-scandal-cua-miss-world-1898682.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/13/urban-chat-the-misses-and-missuses-world.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/philippines-miss-universe/2455920.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.