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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Miss Universe First Runner Up Curse??? A Historical Review



Here is the factual list of the Miss Universe First Runner Up Beauty Queens
and the placement of their successors the following year.


Year
First Runner Up 
The following year
Placement of the Successor
1952
Hawaii: Elza Kananionapua Edsman
1953
Aileen Lauwae Stone - unplaced
1953
USA: Myrna Hansen
1954
Miriam Stevenson – Miss Universe  1954
1954
Brazil: Martha Rocha
1955
Emília Barreto Correia Lima – Top 15
1955
El Salvador: Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
1956
Withdrew
1956
Germany: Marina Orschel
1957
Gerti Daub – Fourth Runner Up
1957
Brazil: Teresinha Gonçalves Morango
1958
Adalgisa Colombo – First Runner Up
1958
Brazil: Adalgisa Colombo
1959
Vera Regina Ribeiro – Fourth Runner Up
1959
Norway: Jorunn Kristjansen
1960
Ragnhild Aass – Top 15
1960
Italy: Daniela Bianchi
1961
Vivianne Romano – unplaced
1961
Wales: Rosemarie Frankland
1962
Hazel Williams – unplaced
1962
Iceland: Anna Geirsdóttir
1963
Theodora Thordardottir - unplaced
1963
Denmark: Aino Korva
1964
Yvonne Mortensen - unplaced
1964
England: Brenda Blackler
1965
Jennifer Warren Gurley - unplaced
1965
Finland: Virpi Miettinen
1966
Satu Charlotta Östring – First Runner Up
1966
Finland: Satu Charlotta Östring
1967
Ritva Helena Lehto – Third Runner Up
1967
Venezuela: Mariela Pérez Branger
1968
Peggy Kopp – Third Runner Up
1968
Curacao: Anne Marie Braafheid
1969
Yvonne Wardekker - unplaced
1969
Finland: Harriet Marita Eriksson
1970
Ursula Rainio - unplaced
1970
USA: Deborah Shelton
1971
Michele McDonald – Top 12
1971
Australia: Toni Rayward
1972
Kerry Anne Wells – Miss Universe 1972
1972
Brazil: Rejane Vieira Costa
1973
Sandra Mara Ferreira – Top 12
1973
USA: Amanda Jones
1974
Karen Morrison – Top 12
1974
Wales: Helen Elizabeth Morgan
1975
Georgina Kerler - unplaced
1975
Haiti: Gerthie David
1976
No candidate
1976
Venezuela: Judith Castillo
1977
Cristal Montañez – top 12
1977
Austria: Eva Maria Düringer
1978
Doris Elizabeth Anwander - unplaced
1978
USA: Judi Andersen
1979
Mary Therese Friel – top 12
1979
Bermuda: Gina Swainson
1980
Jill Murphy - unplaced
1980
Scotland: Linda Gallagher
1981
Anne McFarlane - unplaced
1981
Canada: Dominique Dufour
1982
Karen Dianne Baldwin – Miss Universe 1982
1982
Guam: Patty Chong Kerkos
1983
Pamela Booth - unplaced
1983
USA: Julie Hayek
1984
Mai Shanley – top 10
1984
South Africa: Leticia Snyman
1985
No candidate
1985
Spain: Teresa Sánchez López
1986
Concepción  Espinosa - unplaced
1986
USA: Christy Fichtner
1987
Michelle Royer – second runner up
1987
Italy: Roberta Capua
1988
Simona Ventura - unplaced
1988
Korea: Chang Yoonjung
1989
Kim Sung-Ryung - unplaced
1989
Sweden: Louise Drevenstam
1990
Linda Isacsson - unplaced
1990
USA: Carole Gist
1991
Kelli McCarty – top 6
1991
Netherlands: Paulien Huizinga
1992
Vivian Jansen – top 6
1992
Colombia: Paola Turbay
1993
Paula Andrea Betancourt – First Runner Up
1993
Colombia: Paula Andrea Betancourt
1994
Carolina Gómez – First Runner Up
1994
Colombia: Carolina Gómez
1995
Tatiana Castro – Top 10
1995
India: Manpreet Brar
1996
Sandhya Chib – Top 10
1996
Aruba: Taryn Mansell
1997
Karen-Ann Peterson - unplaced
1997
Venezuela: Marena Bencomo
1998
Veruska Ramírez – First Runner Up
1998
Venezuela: Veruska Ramírez
1999
Carolina Indriago – Top 5
1999
Philippines: Miriam Quiambao
2000
Nina Ricci Alagao - unplaced
2000
Venezuela: Claudia Moreno
2001
Eva Ekvall – Third Runner Up
2001
Greece: Evelina Papantoniou
2002
Lena Paparigopoulou - unplaced
2002
Panama: Justine Pasek
2003
Stefanie de Roux – Top 15
2003
Venezuela: Mariángel Ruiz
2004
Ana Karina Áñez - unplaced
2004
USA: Shandi Finnessey
2005
Chelsea Cooley – top 10
2005
Puerto Rico: Cynthia Olavarría
2006
Zuleyka Rivera – Miss Universe 2006
2006
Japan: Kurara Chibana
2007
Riyo Mori – Miss Universe 2007
2007
Brazil: Natalia Guimaraes
2008
Natália Anderle - unplaced
2008
Colombia: Taliana Vargas
2009
Michelle Rouillard - unplaced
2009
Dominican Republic: Ada Aimeé de la Cruz
2010
Eva Arias - unplaced
2010
Jamaica: Yendi Phillips
2011
Shakira Martin - unplaced
2011
Ukraine: Olesya Stefanko
2012
Anastasia Chernova - unplaced
2012
Philippines: Janine Tugonon
2013
Ariella Arida – To be Announced!!!




Some observations:

1. Miss Hawaii 1953 Aileen Lauwae Stone started it all. She was not as lucky as the very first Miss Universe First Runner Up Elza Kananionapua Edsman, Miss Hawaii 1954.


2. In the history of Miss Universe totaling 61 editions (1952-2012), it so happened that 26 editions had successors of the First Runner Up were unplaced the following year. These are the following: 1953 (Miss Hawaii Aileen Lauwae Stone), 1961 (Miss Italy Vivianne Romano), 1962 (Miss Wales Hazel Williams),  1963 (Miss Iceland Theodora Thordardottir), 1964 (Miss Denmark Yvonne Mortensen), 1965 (Miss England Jennifer Warren Gurley), 1969 (Miss Curacao Yvonne Wardekker), 1970 (Miss Finland Ursula Rainio), 1975 (Miss Wales Georgina Kerler), 1978 (Miss Austria Doris Elizabeth Anwander), 1980 (Miss Bermuda Jill Murphy), 1981 (Miss Scotland Anne McFarlane), 1983 (Miss Guam Pamela Booth), 1986 (Miss Spain Concepción  Espinosa), 1988 (Miss Italy Simona Ventura), 1989 (Miss Korea Kim Sung-Ryung), 1990 (Miss Sweden Linda Isacsson), 1997 (Miss Aruba Karen-Ann Peterson), 2000 (Miss Philippines Nina Ricci Alagao), 2002 (Miss Greece Lena Paparigopoulou),  2004 (Miss Venezuela Ana Karina Áñez), 2008 (Miss Brazil Natália Anderle), 2009 (Miss Colombia Michelle Rouillard), 2010 (Miss Dominican Republic Eva Arias), 2011 (Miss Jamaica Shakira Martin),  and 2012 (Miss Ukraine Anastasia Chernova)


3. In these 61 editions (1952-2012), it already happened 5 times that the country who won First Runner Up became the winner the following year:
In 1953, USA was First Runner Up. In  1954 Miss USA Miriam Stevenson won.
In 1971, Australia  was First Runner Up. In  1972,  Miss Australia Kerry Anne Wells won.
In 1981, Canada was First Runner Up. In  1982,  Miss Canada Karen Dianne Baldwin won.
In 2005, Puerto Rico was First Runner Up. In  2006 Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera won.
In 2006, was First Runner Up. In  2007, Miss Japan Riyo Mori won.


4. Of the 61 editions, Miss USA had the highest number of First Runner Up = 8 (1953, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990 and 2004); Venezuela is second with 6 First Runner Up (1967, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003).


5. A back to back First Runner Up win was made possible Brazil in 1957 (Teresinha Gonçalves Morango) and 1958 (Adalgisa Colombo); Finland in 1965 (Virpi Miettinen) and 1966 (Satu Charlotta Östring), and; Venezuela in 1997 (Marena Bencomo) and 1998 (Veruska Ramírez)


6. Colombia is the longest reigning First Runner Up. They won consequentively in 1992 (Paola Turbay), 1993 (Paula Andrea Betancourt) and 1994 (Carolina Gómez).


7. It already happened that there was a 5-year drought for those who won First Runner Up and were shut down the following year. It first happened from 1961 to 195. The drought was broken in 1966 when Finland won First Runner Up twice in a row.


8. This drought is also happening from  2008 to 2012. Miss Philippines Ariella Arida will embark on a herculean task to end this drought or to perpetuate it…


VERDICT: THERE IS NO REALLY SUCH THING AS “FIRST RUNNER UP CURSE.”

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