Miss World Kenya is a national pageant in

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

to represent Kenya at

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

History

In 2005 Miss World Kenya took on a positive turn under the management of Ashleys Kenya Limited starting a journey of status restoration and reinvigoration.

Titleholders

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since 2005. Before 2005 the Miss Kenya organization sent its delegate to Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.'' {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;", Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;", Miss World Kenya !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;", Placement at Miss World !width="230" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;", Special Awards , - ,

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

, Grace Ramtu , Unplaced , , - , 2024 , colspan=5 , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

, Chantou Kwamboka , Top 40 , , - , colspan=5 {{n/a, Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022 , - , - style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, Sharon Obara , Top 40 , *Beauty with a Purpose *Miss World Talent (Top 27) *Miss World Top Model (Top 13) *Miss World Sport (Top 32) , - , colspan=4 {{n/a, Due to the impact of

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, no pageant in 2020 , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, Maria Nyamai Wavinya , Top 12 , * Miss World Sport (Top 32) , - , -style="background-color:#FADADD" ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, Finali Galaiya , Unplaced , align="left", * Sanya Promotional Video award , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF66" ,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, Magline Jeruto , Top 5 , align="left", * Miss World Africa * Miss World Sport (Top 18) * Miss World Top Model (Top 30) , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF66" , rowspan="2" ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Evelyn Njambi Thungu , Top 5 , align="left", * Miss World Africa * Beauty with a Purpose (Top 5) , - , Roshanara Ebrahim{{Cite web, title=Miss World Kenya Roshanara Ebrahim dethroned following issues in her personal life, url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/local-news/2000210279/miss-world-kenya-roshanara-ebrahim-dethroned-following-issues-in-her-personal-life?amp=1 , Did not compete , , - ,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, Charity Njeri Mwangi , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, Idah Nguma , Top 11 , align="left", * Beauty with a Purpose * Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 5) , - ,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, Sherry Wangui Gitonga , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, Shamim Fauz Ali , Top 15 , , - ,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, Catherine Susan Anyango , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, Natasha Metto , Top 25 , align="left", * Beauty with a Purpose , - ,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Fiona Yiasi Konchellah , Unplaced , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, Ruth Nkambura Kinuthia , Unplaced , , - ,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, Catherine Wangari Wainaina , Unplaced , , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, Khadijah Shamillah Kiptoo , Unplaced , , - ,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, Cecilia Murugi Mwangi , Unplaced , , - , -bgcolor="#787878" align="center" , colspan="4" , Miss Kenya , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Juliet Atieno Ocheng , Unplaced , , - ,

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, Janet Muthoni Kibugu , Unplaced , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, Marianne Nyambura Kariuki , Unplaced , , - ,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, Daniella Kimaru , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, Yolanda Masinde , Top 10 , align="left", * Miss World Africa , - ,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, Esther Muthee , Unplaced , , - , colspan=4 {{n/a, Did not compete between 1997—1998 , - ,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu , Unplaced , , - ,

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, colspan=3 {{n/a, Did not compete , - ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia , Unplaced , , - , colspan=4 {{n/a, Did not compete between 1992—1993 , - ,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, Nkirote Karimi M’Mbijjiwe , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FADADD" ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, Aisha Wawira Lieberg , Unplaced , align="left", * Miss World Africa , - ,

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, Grace Chabari , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FADADD" , 1988 , Dianna Naylor , Unplaced , align="left", * Miss World Africa , - ,

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, Sheila Linda Kegode , Unplaced , , - ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

, Patricia Maingi , Unplaced , , - ,

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

, Jacqueline Mary Thom , Unplaced , , - , -style="background-color:#FFFF99" ,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, Khadija Adam Ismail , Top 15 , align="left", * Miss World Africa , - , colspan=4 {{n/a, Did not compete between 1969—1983 , - ,

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, Josephine Moikobu , Unplaced , , - ,

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

, Zipporah Mbugua , Unplaced , , - , colspan=4 {{n/a, Did not compete between 1961—1966 , - ,

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

, Jasmine Batty , Unplaced , , -

External links

Official Website

References

{{Reflist Beauty pageants in Kenya

Recurring events established in 2005 Kenyan awards {{Beauty pageants in Kenya {{Miss World countries and territories