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    This document provides a map and information about the countries that have won the Miss Universe pageant from 1952 to 2013. Over this period, winners have come from countries all around the world, with the United States and Venezuela having the most wins. International beauty contests promote a Western standard of beauty that is spreading globally as more countries seek economic integration and signal this by participating in such pageants. The number of contestants has grown significantly over time from just 26 in 1953 to 89 in 2011-2012.

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    This document provides a map and information about the countries that have won the Miss Universe pageant from 1952 to 2013. Over this period, winners have come from countries all around the world, with the United States and Venezuela having the most wins. International beauty contests promote a Western standard of beauty that is spreading globally as more countries seek economic integration and signal this by participating in such pageants. The number of contestants has grown significantly over time from just 26 in 1953 to 89 in 2011-2012.

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    Eye of the Beholder: Countries with Miss Universe

    Pageant Winners
    1952-2013

    Miss Universe
    began in 1952 and
    was won by a
    contestant from
    Finland.

    Sweden Russia
    Finland

    Norway

    Canada
    Netherlands
    Germany

    France

    Spain
    United States Greece
    Japan
    Lebanon
    Israel

    Mexico
    Dominican India
    Republic
    Puerto Rico
    Thailand
    Trinidad &
    Panama Tobago Philippines
    Venezuela

    Colombia

    International beauty
    contests promote and export a white, Peru
    Brazil
    Western standard of beauty. Globalization Angola
    is accelerating the adoption of these
    Namibia
    standards around the world. As new Botswana
    governments seek global economic The pageant
    had only 26 contestants in
    Australia
    integration, they often signal this by South
    Africa 1953 but 89 contestants in
    jumping on the Western beauty Chile’
    bandwagon. The proliferation of beauty Argentina 2011 and 2012. The
    contests in the former Soviet bloc countries youngest Miss Universe
    New Zealand
    is particularly striking. winner was 17, and the
    oldest was 26.

    Map recreated from The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World by Joni Seager, Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection. List of winners from the Miss Universe Pageant Web page. 2014.

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