New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.

History

The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised on TVNZ. Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship. From 2005 to 2007 no national pageant was held; in 2007 an Auckland community trust bought the franchise and the pageant was held to select the country's representative to Miss World 2008 was held in May 2008.

Titleholders

Color key

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

Year	Miss New Zealand	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Navjot Kaur	Top 40
2020–2021	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Lucy Brock	Top 40	Top 32 at Miss World Sport
2018	Jessica Tyson	Top 12	1st Runner-up at Beauty with a Purpose Top 32 at Miss World Top Model Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss World Oceania
2017	Annie Evans	Top 40	Top 20 at Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 at Miss World Sport Miss Oceania
2016	Karla De Beer	Unplaced	Top 24 at Miss World Sport
2015	Deborah Lambie	Top 20	Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 5 at Multimedia Award
2014	Arielle Diane Garciano	Unplaced
2013	Ella Liliane Langsford	Unplaced	Top 20 at Miss World Sport
2012	Collette Kelly Lochore	Unplaced
2011	Mianette Broekman	Top 31
2010	Cody Yerkovich	Unplaced
2009	Magdalena Schoeman	Unplaced
2008	Kahurangi Taylor	Unplaced
2007	Stephanie Maria Dods	Unplaced
2006	Nicolette Spencer	Unplaced
2005	Kay Anderson	Unplaced
2004	Amber Peebles	Unplaced
2003	Melanie Paul	Top 20
2002	Rachel Huljich	Unplaced
2001	Amie Hewett	Unplaced
2000	Katherine Allsopp-Smith	Unplaced
1999	Coralie Warburton	Unplaced
1998	Tanya Hayward	Unplaced
1997	Lauralee Martinovich	1st Runner-up
1996	Kelly-Rose Mischiewski	Unplaced
1995	Sarah Brady	Unplaced
1994	Shelley Edwards	Unplaced
1993	Nicola Brighty	Unplaced
1992	Karly Kinnaird	Unplaced
1991	Lisa Maree de Montalk	Top 15
1990	Adele Kenny	Top 5	Queen of Asia & Oceania
1989	Helen Rowney	Unplaced
1988	Lisa Corban	Unplaced
1987	Karyn Meltcaf	Unplaced
1986	Lynda Marie McManus	Top 7
1985	Sheri LeFleming Burrow	Unplaced
1984	Barbara McDowell	Unplaced
1983	Maria Sando	Unplaced
1982	Susan Jane Mainland	Unplaced
1981	Raewyn Marcroft	Unplaced
1980	Vicky Lee Hemi	Top 7
1979	Nicola Duckworth	Unplaced
1978	Lorian Dawn Tangney	Unplaced
1977	Michele Jean Hyde	Unplaced
1976	Anne Clifford	Unplaced
1975	Janet Nugent	Unplaced
1974	Sue Nicholson	Top 15
1973	Pamela King	Top 15
1972	Kristine Allan	Unplaced
1971	Linda Ritchie	Unplaced
1970	Glenys Treweek	Unplaced
1969	Carole Robinson	Top 15
1968	Christine Antunovic	Unplaced
1967	Pamela McLeod	Unplaced
1966	Heather Gettings	Unplaced
1965	Gay Phelps	Top 15
1964	Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank	4th Runner-up
1963	Elaine Miscall	1st Runner-up
1962	Maureen Waaka	Unplaced
1961	Leone Mary Main	Unplaced
1956	Jeannette de Montalk	Unplaced

Miss International New Zealand

Since 2010 the second title of Miss World New Zealand represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. In 2003-2008 the official candidate selected by Miss International New Zealand pageant. New Zealand debut in 1960 and ever won the title of Miss International 1971, Jane Hansen in Long Beach, California, United States.

Year	Miss New Zealand	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Georgia Waddington	Unplaced	Miss Photogenic
2022	Lydia Smit	Top 15
2021	Sydney Batters	Did not compete
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Nikita Ah Horan	Unplaced
2018	Natasha Unkovich	Unplaced
2017	Michelle Isemonger	Unplaced	Miss Oceania
2016	Jessica Tyson	Unplaced
2015	Hayley Robinson	Unplaced
2014	Rachel Harradence	Unplaced
2013	Casey Dawn Radley	2nd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
2012	Hannah Helen Carson	Unplaced
2011	Claire Kirby	Unplaced
2010	Ina Ivanova	Unplaced
2008	Rhonda Grant	Unplaced
2007	Kyla Hei Hei	Unplaced
2006	Claire Ann Beattie	Unplaced
2005	Ellie Bloomfield	Unplaced
2003	Amber Jean Peebles	Unplaced

Former titles

Miss Grand New Zealand

From 2013 to 2018, Miss World New Zealand sent one of the pageant finalists to compete at Miss Grand International. The Miss Grand New Zealand titleholders were directly awarded on the national stage in 2014, 2015, and 2019, while the remaimnings were appointed. The contract between Miss World New Zealand and Miss Grand International was discontinued in late 2019 after the Miss World New Zealand team declined to send a New Zealand candidate to partake in the 2019 international tournament in Venezuela due to security concerns. Since then, no New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International.

Miss Earth New Zealand

From 2003 to 2010, the third title of Miss World New Zealand organized by Miss World New Zealand Ltd., to compete at Miss Earth pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. Starting 2011, New Zealand's representative to Miss Earth is selected through the Miss New Zealand Festival of Beauty, organized by the New Zealand Asia Pacific Trust which also selects representatives to Miss World and Miss International under the direction of Rose Foulger, who took on the Miss Earth franchise from Mrs Taylor upon her retirement. In 2013 Miss Earth New Zealand was held in separate pageant.

Year	Miss New Zealand	Placement	Special Awards
2012	Gloria Ofa Blake	Unplaced
2011	Alexandra Grace-Scott	Unplaced
2010	Lisa Joy Davids	Unplaced
2009	Catherine Vera Irving	Unplaced
2008	Rachel Hope Crofts	Unplaced
2007	Claire Kirby	Unplaced
2006	Annelise Burton	Unplaced
2005	Tiffany Pickford	Unplaced
2004	Rachael Tucker	Unplaced
2003	Katey Ellen Price	Unplaced