| Year | Country | Miss Universe | Age | Height | Hometown | National title |
|---|
| 1952 |  Finland | Armi Kuusela[1]
 | 18 | 5'5" | Muhos | Suomen Neito |
| 1953 |  France | Christiane Martel[2]
| 18 | 5'6" | Creteil | Miss France |
| 1954 |  USA | Miriam Stevenson[3]
| 21 | 5'6" | Winnsboro | Miss USA |
| 1955 |  Sweden | Hillevi Rombin†[4][5]
| 21 | 5'7" | Alfta | Fröken Sverige |
| 1956 | USA | Carol Morris[6]
| 20 | 5'7" | Ottumwa | Miss USA |
| 1957 |  Peru | Gladys Zender[7]
| 17 | 5'7" | Lima | Reinas del Perú |
| 1958 |  Colombia | Luz Marina Zuluaga[8]
| 19 | 5'8" | Manizales | Señorita Colombia |
| 1959 |  Japan | Akiko Kojima[9]
| 22 | 5'6" | Tokyo | Miss Universe Japan |
| 1960 |  USA | Linda Bement[10]
| 18 | 5'6" | Salt Lake City | Miss USA |
| 1961 |  Germany | Marlene Schmidt[11]
| 24 | 5'8" | Stuttgart | Miss Deutschland |
| 1962 |  Argentina | Norma Nolan[12]
| 24 | 5'5" | Buenos Aires | Belleza Argentina |
| 1963 |  Brazil | Ieda Maria Vargas[13]
| 18 | 5'6" | Porto Alegre | Miss Brasil |
| 1964 |  Greece | Corinna Tsopei[14]
| 20 | 5'8" | Athens | Star Hellas |
| 1965 |  Thailand | Apasra Hongsakula[15]
| 18 | 5'4" | Bangkok | Miss Thailand |
| 1966 | Sweden | Margareta Arvidsson[16]
| 18 | 5'8" | Gothenburg | Fröken Sverige |
| 1967 | USA | Sylvia Hitchcock[17]
| 20 | 5'7" | Miami | Miss USA |
| 1968 |  Brazil | Martha Vasconcellos[18]
| 20 | 5'8" | Salvador | Miss Brasil |
| 1969 |  Philippines | Gloria Maria Diaz[19]
| 18 | 5'5" | Manila | Binibining Pilipinas |
| 1970 |  Puerto Rico | Marisol Malaret[20] | 20 | 5'8" | San Juan | Miss Puerto Rico |
| 1971 |  Lebanon | Georgina Rizk[21] | 18 | 5'7" | Beirut | Miss Lebanon |
| 1972 |  Australia | Kerry Anne Wells[22] | 20 | 5'10" | Perth | Miss Australia |
| 1973 | Philippines | Maria Margarita Moran[23] | 19 | 5'6" | Manila | Binibining Pilipinas |
| 1974 |  Spain | Amparo Muñoz[24] | 20 | 5'8" | Malaga | Miss España |
| 1975 | Finland | Anne Marie Pohtamo[25] | 19 | 5'9" | Helsinki | Miss Suomi |
| 1976 |  Israel | Rina Messinger[26] | 20 | 5'7½" | Kiryat Tiv'on | Malket Hayofi |
| 1977 |  Trinidad & Tobago | Janelle Commissiong[27] | 24 | 5'5" | Port of Spain | Miss Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1978 |  South Africa | Margaret Gardiner[28] | 18 | 5'10¼ | Cape Town | Miss South Africa |
| 1979 |  Venezuela | Maritza Sayalero[29] | 18 | 5'8" | Caracas | Miss Venezuela |
| 1980 | USA | Shawn Weatherly[30] | 20 | 5'8" | Sumter | Miss USA |
| 1981 | Venezuela | Irene Sáez[31] | 19 | 5'10" | Caracas | Miss Venezuela |
| 1982 |  Canada | Karen Dianne Baldwin[32] | 18 | 5'10" | Toronto | Miss Canada |
| 1983 |  New Zealand | Lorraine Downes[33] | 19 | 5'8½" | Auckland | Miss New Zealand |
| 1984 | Sweden | Yvonne Ryding[34] | 21 | 5'7" | Eskilstuna | Fröken Sverige |
| 1985 | Puerto Rico | Deborah Carthy Deu[35] | 19 | 5'8" | San Juan | Miss Puerto Rico |
| 1986 | Venezuela | Bárbara Palacios Teyde[36] | 22 | 5'8" | Caracas | Miss Venezuela |
| 1987 |  Chile | Cecilia Bolocco[37] | 22 | 5'8" | Santiago | Miss Chile Universo |
| 1988 | Thailand | Porntip Nakhirunkanok[38] | 20 | 5'8" | Bangkok | Miss Thailand |
| 1989 |  Netherlands | Angela Visser[39] | 22 | 5'9" | Rotterdam | Miss Holland |
| 1990 |  Norway | Mona Grudt[40] | 19 | 5'6" | Hell | Frøken Norge |
| 1991 |  Mexico | Lupita Jones[41] | 23 | 5'9" | Mexicali | Señorita México |
| 1992 |  Namibia | Michelle McLean[42] | 19 | 6'0" | Windhoek | Miss Namibia |
| 1993 | Puerto Rico | Dayanara Torres[43] | 18 | 5'8" | Toa Alta | Miss Puerto Rico |
| 1994 |  India | Sushmita Sen[44] | 18 | 5'8" | New Delhi | Femina Miss India Universe |
| 1995 | USA | Chelsi Smith[45] | 21 | 5'8" | Deer Park | Miss USA |
| 1996 | Venezuela | Alicia Machado[46] | 19 | 5'9" | Maracay | Miss Venezuela |
| 1997 | USA | Brook Mahealani Lee[47] | 26 | 5'7" | Pearl City | Miss USA |
| 1998 | Trinidad & Tobago | Wendy Fitzwilliam[48] | 25 | 6'0" | Diego Martin | Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe |
| 1999 |  Botswana | Mpule Kwelagobe[49]
 | 19 | 5'10" | Gaborone | Miss Universe Botswana |
| 2000 | India | Lara Dutta[50]
 | 21 | 5'8" | Bangalore | Femina Miss India Universe |
| 2001 |  Puerto Rico | Denise Quiñones[51]
 | 20 | 5'10" | Lares | Miss Puerto Rico Universe |
| 2002 |  Russia | Oxana Fedorova[52]
(Dethroned)[53] | 24 | 5'11" | St. Petersburg | Miss Russia |
| 2002 |  Panama | Justine Pasek[53]
| 22 | 5'7" | Ciudad de Panama | Señorita Panamá |
| 2003 |  Dominican Republic | Amelia Vega[54]
| 18 | 6'1" | Santiago de los Caballeros | Miss República Dominicana Universo |
| 2004 | Australia | Jennifer Hawkins[55]
| 20 | 5'11" | Newcastle | Miss Universe Australia |
| 2005 | Canada | Natalie Glebova[56]
| 23 | 5'11" | Toronto | Miss Universe Canada |
| 2006 | Puerto Rico | Zuleyka Rivera[57]
| 18 | 5'9" | Salinas | Miss Puerto Rico Universe |
| 2007 | Japan | Riyo Mori[58]
| 20 | 5'8" | Shizuoka | Miss Universe Japan |
| 2008 |  Venezuela | Dayana Mendoza[59]
| 22 | 5'9½" | Caracas | Miss Venezuela |
| 2009 | Venezuela | Stefania Fernandez[60]
| 18 | 5'10½" | Mérida | Miss Venezuela |
| 2010 | Mexico | Ximena Navarrete
| 22 | 5'8½" | Guadalajara | Nuestra Belleza México |
