Miss Singapore Universe
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Miss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was organised by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5 and Derrol Stepenny Promotions. Prior to 2000, the contest was organised by Metromedia Promotions Pte Ltd who now organises the Miss Singapore World pageant.
Singapore has been sending representatives to Miss Universe contest as early as 1954. The island city-state republic has been represented at Miss Universe every year since 1966. The country has its first semi finalist when Kathie Lee Lee Beng secured a 10th placed position when the pageant was held in St. Louis in 1983. The highest placing ever attained by a Singaporean delegate happened 4 years later in 1987 when Singapore played host to the Miss Universe pageant, where home favourite Marion Nicole Teo was named the 7th runner up.
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[edit] Notable winners
1991's winner Eileen Yeow went on to sign for Hong Kong's TVB, acting in several 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 she the local newspaper noted her to be the voice for the Asian representatives in 1999 on the international scene. 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. Jamie Teo who won the coveted title in 2001 enjoys a mildly successful career as an actress and TV presenter in Mediacorp.
[edit] Miss Singapore Universe 2008
Miss Singapore Universe 2008 was not telecast on local television due to falling viewership ratings in the past few years. This news had come as a shock for Singaporean pageant fans.
Instead, the Grand Finals of Miss Singapore Universe 2008 was held at the Marriott Hotel in Orchard Road as a dinner show on May 20th, 2008. 16 finalists vied for the most prestigious pageant tiara in Singapore.
The winner of Miss Singapore Universe 2008 is 26-year-old Shenise Wong Yan Yi who interestingly, was Miss Singapore World in 2005.
She will thus be the first beauty queen to represent Singapore at both Miss Universe and Miss World.
Shenise will be heading to Vietnam in June for the international Miss Universe 2008.
[edit] Titleholders
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- The following is a list of winners and their achievements at the Miss Universe pageant over the years.
| Year | Name | Achievement | ||||||
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| 1954 | Marjorie Wee | |||||||
| 1955 | No representative | |||||||
| 1956 | No representative | |||||||
| 1957 | No representative | |||||||
| 1958 | Marion Willis | |||||||
| 1959 | No representative | |||||||
| 1960 | No representative | |||||||
| 1961 | No representative | |||||||
| 1962 | Julie Koh | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1963 | No representative | |||||||
| 1964 | Vera Wee | (withdrew) | ||||||
| 1965 | Alice Woon Yoke Kwee | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1966 | Margaret van Meel | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1967 | Ong Mei-Lee | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1968 | Yasmin Saif | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1969 | Mavis Young Siew Kim | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1970 | Cecilia Undasan | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1971 | Jenny Ser Wang Wong | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1972 | Jacqueline Hong Han Ghim | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1973 | Debra Josephine de Souza | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1974 | Angela Teo Bee Luang | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1975 | Sally Tan | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1976 | Linda Tham | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1977 | Marilyn Sim Choon May | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1978 | Annie Lee Mei Ling | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1979 | Elaine Tan Kim Lian | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1980 | Ann Chua Ai Choo | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1981 | Florence Tan | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1982 | Telma Judicia Mary Nonis | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1983 | Kathie Lee Lee Beng | Top 10 semifinalist | ||||||
| 1984 | Violet Lee Hui-Min | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1985 | Lyana Chiok | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1986 | Farah Lange | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1987 | Marion Nicole Teo | Top 10 semifinalist | ||||||
| 1988 | Audrey Ann Tay | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1989 | Pauline Chong | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1990 | Ong Lay Ling | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1991 | Eileen Yeow Yin Yin | 19th runner up | ||||||
| 1992 | Cori Teo | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1993 | Rena Ramiah Devi | 29th runner up | ||||||
| 1994 | Paulyn Sun | 37th runner up | ||||||
| 1995 | Tun Neesa Abdullah | 24th runner up | ||||||
| 1996 | Angeline Putt | 52nd runner up | ||||||
| 1997 | Tricia Tan Siew Siew | 49th runner up | ||||||
| 1998 | Alice Lim Poh Choo | Non finalist | ||||||
| 1999 | Cheryl Marie Cordeiro 1 | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2000 | Eunice Elizabeth Olsen | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2001 | Jamie Teo | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2002 | Nuraliza Osman | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2003 | Bernice Wong Chea Mei | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2004 | Sandy Chua Khang Ein | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2005 | Cheryl Tay | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2006 | Carol Cheong Yim Foon | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2007 | Jessica Tan Yue Chang | Non finalist | ||||||
| 2008 | Shenise Wong Yan Yi |
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