Miss Singapore Universe

Miss Universe Singapore
	200px Logo of Miss Singapore Universe 2007
Motto	Confidently Beautiful
Formation	1951
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Singapore
Location	Singapore;
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	English
National director	Nuraliza Osman
Website	www.missuniversesingapore.com.sg

Miss Universe Singapore (previously called as "Miss Singapore") is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Miss Universe Singapore Organisation to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5. Miss Universe Singapore Organisation holds the license to oversee and produce the Miss Universe Singapore pageant (2015). Prior to 2015, the contest was organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions.

History

Singapore has been sending representatives to Miss Universe contest as early as 1954. The title of the first Miss Singapore ever was won by the actress Siti Mariam Ismail or officially known as Mariani Ismail in 1951. The city-state republic has been represented at Miss Universe every year since 1966. The country had its first semi finalist when Kathie Lee Lee Beng secured the 8th position, the highest ever placement Singapore attained when the pageant was held in St. Louis in 1983. In 1987 when Singapore played host to the Miss Universe pageant, home favourite Marion Nicole Teo came in at the 9th place.

Purpose

The delegates who become part of the Miss Universe Singapore Organization display those characteristics in their everyday lives, both as individuals, who compete with hope of advancing their careers, personal and humanitarian goals, and as women who seek to improve the lives of others.

Notable winners

1991's winner Eileen Yeow went on to sign for Hong Kong's TVB, acting in many TVB dramas since.

1992's winner Cori Teo became Mrs Singapore United Nations in 2002.

Miss Singapore Universe 1993 Rena Ramiah won the Miss Tourism International pageant two years after her stint at Miss Universe.

1994's crown holder Paulyn Sun who was acting in Hong Kong since the mid 90s was nominated for Best Actress in the 1998 prestigious Golden Horse Awards as well as the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in the Hong Kong film Black Gold.

Dubbed "The Beauty with Brains", Cheryl Marie Cordeiro, was noted for her double Masters academic degree when she won in 1999. She has written about her experience in Trinidad & Tobago where the local newspaper noted her to be the voice for the Asian representatives in 1999 on the international scene.

On May 9. 2009 she graduated with a PhD in the field of general linguistics from the University of Gothenburg. The winner for the year 2000 Eunice Elizabeth Olsen was the youngest Member of Parliament at the age of 27 when she was appointed as one of nine Nominated MPs in November 2004.

Jaime Teo who won the coveted title in 2001 enjoys a mildly successful career as an actress and TV presenter in Mediacorp. Miss Singapore Universe 2008, Shenise Wong, took part in Miss Asia Pacific International 1999, Miss International 2002 and Miss World 2005 prior to Miss Universe 2008.

Miss Singapore Universe 2009, Rachel Kum, was noted as an entrepreneur in the local newspaper for creating her own cosmetics company, Rachel K Cosmetics soon after she won the title. Her cosmetics company became the main makeup sponsor for the Miss Singapore Universe 2010 pageant.

Former name

The official website for the Miss Universe Singapore organiser is http://www.dsp.com.sg

Miss Valerie Lim was crowned Miss Singapore Universe 2011 on 10 July 2011. She went on to represent Singapore at Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Incidentally, Valerie was Miss Earth Singapore 2009 and placed in the top 16 at the Miss Earth 2009 pageant.

Titleholders

Color key for placement in Miss Universe

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Miss Singapore represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year and Location	Miss Singapore	Ethnicity	Placement	Notes and Special Awards
1951	Mariani Ismail	Malay	Did not compete	The first Miss Singapore did not compete at the Miss Universe.
1954	Marjorie Wee	Chinese	Unplaced
1958	Marion Willis	Eurasian	Unplaced
1962	Julie Koh	Chinese	Unplaced
1964	Vera Wee	Chinese	Did not compete	Withdrew in unknown reasons.
1965	Alice Woon Yoke Kwee	Chinese	Unplaced
1966	Margaret van Meel	Eurasian	Unplaced
1967	Ong Mei-Lee	Chinese	Unplaced
1968	Yasmin Saif	Arabian	Unplaced
1969	Mavis Young Siew Kim	Chinese	Unplaced
1970	Cecilia Undasan	Malay	Unplaced
1971	Jenny Ser Wang Wong	Chinese	Unplaced
1972	Jacqueline Han Ghim Hong	Chinese	Unplaced
1973	Debra Josephine de Souza	Eurasian	Unplaced
1974	Angela Teo Bee Luang	Chinese	Unplaced
1975	Sally Tan	Chinese	Unplaced
1976	Linda Tham	Chinese	Unplaced
1977	Marilyn Sim Choon May	Chinese	Unplaced
1978	Annie Lee Mei Ling	Chinese	Unplaced
1979	Elaine Tan Kim Lian	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (9th)
1980	Ann Chua Ai Choo	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (44th)
1981	Florence Tan	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (48th)
1982	Telma Judicia Mary Nonis	Eurasian	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (60th)
1983	Kathie Lee Lee Beng	Chinese	Top 12
1984	Violet Lee Hui-Min	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (69th)
1985	Lyana Chiok	Chinese	Unplaced
1986	Farah Lange	Eurasian	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (59th)
1987	Marion Nicole Teo	Chinese	Top 10
1988	Audrey Ann Tay	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (4th)
1989	Pauline Chong	Singapore	Unplaced	First ever Miss Singapore contestant to bag three out of eight subsidiary titles. Miss Elegance, Miss Super Legs and Miss Body Beautiful.
1990	Ong Lay Ling	Chinese	Unplaced
1991	Eileen Yeow Yin Yin	Chinese	Unplaced
1992	Cori Teo	Chinese	Unplaced	Mrs Singapore United Nations 2002
1993	Rena Ramiah Devi	Indian	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (30th)
1994	Paulyn Sun	Chinese	Unplaced	Nominated Best Actress Golden Horse Awards 1998.
1995	Tun Neesa Abdullah	Malay	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (25th)
1996	Angeline Putt	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (53rd)
1997	Tricia Tan Siew Siew	Chinese	Unplaced	Swimsuit Preliminary (50th)
1998	Alice Lim Poh Choo	Chinese	Unplaced
1999	Cheryl Marie Cordeiro	Eurasian	Unplaced
2000	Eunice Elizabeth Olsen	Eurasian	Unplaced	Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP)
2001	Jaime Teo	Chinese	Unplaced	Actress and TV presenter
2002	Nuraliza Osman	Malay	Unplaced	Currently National director of Miss Universe Singapore Organization.^[1]
2003	Bernice Wong Chea Mei	Chinese	Unplaced
2004	Sandy Chua Khang Ein	Chinese	Unplaced
2005	Cheryl Tay	Chinese	Unplaced
2006	Carol Cheong Yim Foon	Chinese	Unplaced
2007	Jessica Tan Yue Chang	Chinese	Unplaced
2008	Shenise Wong Yan Yi	Chinese	Unplaced	Competed in Miss World 2005
2009	Rachel Janice Kum	Chinese	Unplaced	Co-founder Rachel K Cosmetics, a Singapore-based cosmetics company.^[2]
2010	Tania Lim Kim Suan	Chinese	Unplaced
2011	Valerie Lim	Chinese	Unplaced	Miss Earth 2009 (Top 16)
2012	Lynn Tan	Chinese	Unplaced	Receiver 2012 Star Model of Singapore award at the Asian Models Festival Awards in Seoul, Korea and grand winner the FHM Model of the Year (Singapore) 2011.
2013	Shi Lim	Chinese	Unplaced
2014	Rathi Menon	Indian	Unplaced
2015	Lisa Marie White	Eurasian	Unplaced
2016	TBA	TBA	TBA