Miss Northern Ireland

Miss Northern Ireland is a national beauty pageant in Northern Ireland, run by Alison Clarke.

Miss Northern Ireland

Formation	1980 (For Miss United Kingdom) 2000 (For Miss World)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Belfast
Location	Northern Ireland
Membership	Miss World Miss Europe Miss Supranational
Official language	English

History

Before 1999, the winner of Miss Northern Ireland would have to compete in the Miss United Kingdom competition and win it in order to be applicable to compete in the Miss World competition. Since then however, the winner of each nation of the UK sends separate representatives to the Miss World pageant, the highest ranking of the four delegates is then named Miss United Kingdom, and competes at the Miss International Pageant the following year under the "Britain" or "United Kingdom" banner.

Titleholders

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

2000 to Present

Since 2000, winners of Miss Northern Ireland have been competing in the Miss World pageant.

Year	Miss Northern Ireland	Represented	Placement at Miss World	Special Awards
2025	Hannah Johns[1]	Belfast	TBA
2024	No competition held
2023	Kaitlyn Clarke[2]	Belfast	Unplaced
2022	Daria Gapska[3]	Belfast	Did not compete
2021	Anna Leitch[4]	Lisburn	Top 6	Miss World Europe 4th Runner-up at Miss World Talent Top 32 at Miss World Sport
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Lauren Leckey	Stoneyford	Unplaced	Top 32 at Miss World Sport
2018	Katharine Walker	Belfast	Top 30	Top 24 at Miss World Sport
2017	Anna Henry	Belfast	Unplaced	Top 20 at Miss World Talent
2016	Emma Carswell [5]	Gilford	Unplaced
2015	Leanne McDowell	Cookstown	Top 20
2014	Rebekah Shirley	Belfast	Unplaced
2013	Meagan Green	Belfast	Unplaced
2012	Tiffany Brien	Belfast	Top 30	Top 10 at Miss World Beach Beauty 1st Runner-up at Miss World Sport
2011	Finola Guinnane	Drumbo	Unplaced	Top 20 at Miss World Beach Beauty
2010	Lori Moore	Belfast	Top 25	Miss World Sport
2009	Cherie Gardiner	Bangor	Unplaced
2008	Judith Wilson	Enniskillen	Unplaced	Top 19 at Miss World Talent
2007	Melissa Patton	Belfast	Unplaced
2006	Catherine Jean Milligan[6]	Newtownards	Top 17	Miss World Talent
2005	Lucy Evangelista	Portglenone	Top 15
2004	Kirsty Anne Gabriel Stewart	Enniskillen	Unplaced
2003	Diana Sayers	Belfast	Unplaced
2002	Gayle Williamson	Lurgan	Unplaced
2001	Angela McCarthy	Belfast	Unplaced
2000	Julie Lee-Ann Martin	Belfast	Unplaced

1980 to 1999

Year	Miss Northern Ireland	Represented	Placement at Miss UK
1999	Zöe Salmon	Bangor
1998	Joanne Salley	Dungannon	1st Runner-Up
1997	Louis-Jayne Brown	Dunmurry
1996	Fiona Hurley	Belfast
1995	Shauna Marie Gunn	County Fermanagh	WINNER
1994	Tracey Chambers	Belfast
1993	Mary McGonagle	Newtownstewart
1992	Sharon McLaughlin	Limavady
1991	Eileen Carson	Belfast
1990	Judith Spratt	Belfast
1989	Pauline Taylor	Newry
1988	Barbara Bothwell	Belfast
1987	Majella Byrne	Belfast
1986	Karen Duncan	Belfast
1985	Linda Brotherson	Belfast
1984	Susan Tan	Coleraine	2nd Runner-Up
1983	Caroline Doherty	Belfast
1982	Alison Smyth	Belfast	1st Runner-Up
1981	Colette Ramsay	Belfast
1980	Geraldine McGrory	Belfast

Miss Supranational Northern Ireland

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	Miss Supranational Northern Ireland	Placement at Miss Supranational	Special Awards
2023	Did not compete
2022	Did not compete
2021	Did not compete
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Nicholle Hembra	Unplaced
2018	Did not compete
2017	Did not compete
2016	Did not compete
2015	Lisa Hogan[7]	Unplaced
2014	Kay Evon Wallis	Unplaced
2013	Chloe Marsden[8]	Unplaced
2012	Julie Montague	Unplaced
2011	Joanna Alexis Spyrou	Unplaced
2010	Did not compete
2009	Sarah Marteau	Unplaced

See also

• Miss Universe Ireland
• Miss Ireland

References

1. "Hannah Johns crowned with Miss Northern Ireland 2024 title". BelfastLive. 28 May 2024.
2. Breen, Nadia (23 May 2023). "Miss Northern Ireland 2023: Kaitlyn Clarke crowned with title". Belfast Live. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. "Miss Northern Ireland 2022: Daria Gapska crowned with title". 24 May 2022.
4. "Miss Northern Ireland 2021 : Cookstown's Anna Leitch crowned". belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
5. "New Miss NI Emma Carswell more than a beauty queen". belfasttelegraph.com. 16 May 2016.
6. "Beauty and the beast". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
7. "Miss Irlandia Utara". Miss Supranational. 10 November 2015.
8. http://misssupranational.com/pagenorthem-ireland.html ^{[bare URL]}