Miss World Curse???: A Historical Review

Last year, we came up with a blog post about the Miss Universe First Runner Up Curse.  While I don’t personally, believe it as stated in that historical review, it is also interesting that for 11 consecutive years already, the countries that won Miss World became clappers the following year. Can we call this a curse???

Let us first review history:

YEAR	WINNING COUNTRY	THE FOLLOWING YEAR PLACEMENT
1951	SWEDEN	1952 – winner
1952	SWEDEN	1953 – clapper
1953	FRANCE	1954 – 3rd runner up
1954	EGYPT	1955 – no candidate
1955	VENEZUELA	1956 – clapper
1956	GERMANY	1957 – clapper
1957	FINLAND	1958 – no candidate
1958	SOUTH AFRICA	1959 – semifinalist
1959	NETHERLANDS	1960 – no candidate
1960	ARGENTINA	1961 – semifinalist
1961	UNITED KINGDOM	1962 – semifinalist
1962	NETHERLANDS	1963 –no candidate
1963	JAMAICA	1964 – 5th Runner Up
1964	UNITED KINGDOM	1965 – winner
1965	UNITED KINGDOM	1966 – semifinalist
1966	INDIA	1967 – no candidate
1967	PERU	1968 – clapper
1968	AUSTRALIA	1969 – clapper
1969	AUSTRIA	1970 – clapper
1970	GRENADA	1971 – clapper
1971	BRAZIL	1972 – clapper
1972	AUSTRALIA	1973 – clapper
1973	USA	1974 – 4th Runner Up
1974	UNITED KINGDOM (RESIGNED) SOUTH AFRICA (REPLACEMENT)	1975 – United Kingdom 2nd Runner Up; South Africa Semifinalist
1975	PUERTO RICO	1976 – Semifinalist
1976	JAMAICA	1977 – no candidate
1977	SWEDEN	1978 –1st Runner Up
1978	ARGENTINA	1979 – no candidate
1979	BERMUDA	1980 – Semifinalist
1980	GERMANY (RESIGNED) GUAM (REPLACEMENT)	1981 – Germany clapper; Guam clapper
1981	VENEZUELA	1982 – clapper
1982	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	1983- clapper
1983	UNITED KINGDOM	1984 -3rd Runner Up
1984	VENEZUELA	1985 – 3rd Runner Up
1985	ICELAND	1986 –clapper
1986	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	1987 – clapper
1987	AUSTRIA	1988 – Semifinalist
1988	ICELAND	1989 – clapper
1989	POLAND	1990 – Top 10
1990	USA	1991 –Top 10
1991	VENEZUELA	1992 – 2nd Second Runner Up
1992	RUSSIA	1993 - clapper
1993	JAMAICA	1994 – clapper
1994	INDIA	1995 – clapper
1995	VENEZUELA	1996 – 4th Runner Up
1996	GREECE	1997 – clapper
1997	INDIA	1998 – clapper
1998	ISRAEL	1999 – finalist
1999	INDIA	2000 – winner
2000	INDIA	2001 – clapper
2001	NIGERIA	2002 – Top 10
2002	TURKEY	2003 – clapper
2003	IRELAND	2004 – clapper
2004	PERU	2005 – clapper
2005	ICELAND	2006 – clapper
2006	CZECH REPUBLIC	2007 – clapper
2007	CHINA	2008 - clapper
2008	RUSSIA	2009 - clapper
2009	GIBRALTAR	2010 - clapper
2010	USA	2011 - clapper
2011	VENEZUELA	2012 - clapper
2012	CHINA	2013 - clapper
2013	PHILIPPINES	2014 - ???

SOME OBSERVATIONS:

1. Indeed, for several years, those countries who won recently had their delegates completely shut out from the semifinalist slot. Thus, it becomes a herculean task for Miss Philippines 2014 to break this trend. She must win or enter into the finals – or she can completely continue this so-called curse.

2. In the past years, some countries who won managed to duplicate their victory the following year: Sweden did it in 1951 and 1952, United Kingdom did it in 1964 and 1965; India also made it in 1999 and 2000. Thus a two-in-a-row victory is not really impossible.

3. I don’t believe that there is such a thing as a “Miss World Curse.” History proved it before that the reigning countries may also make it in the finals, or settle for a runner up slot, or even won the crown bug time. Thus, good luck to our Miss Philippines 2014! You are about to change history! Make us proud!