South Africa at Miss Universe

Performance Summary

Total Participations

Crowns

Runner-ups

Semifinalists

Unplaced

Results by Edition

Year	Contestant	City	Placement
1952	Catherine Higgins	Long Beach	Semifinalist
1953	Ingrid Mills	Long Beach	Semifinalist
1960	Nicolette Caras	Miami Beach	3rd runner-up
1961	Marina Christelis	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1962	Lynette Gamble	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1963	Ellen Liebenberg	Miami Beach	Semifinalist
1964	Gail Robinson	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1965	Veronika Prigge	Miami Beach	Semifinalist
1966	Lynn de Jager	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1967	Windley Ballenden	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1968	Monica Fairall	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1975	Gail Anthony	San Salvador	Unplaced
1976	Cynthia Classen	Causeway Bay	Unplaced
1977	Glynis Fester	Santo Domingo	Unplaced
1978	Margaret Gardiner	Acapulco	Winner
1979	Lindiwe Bam	Perth	Unplaced
1979	Veronica Wilson	Perth	Semifinalist
1979	Alina Moeketse	Perth	Unplaced
1981	Daniela di Paolo	New York City	Unplaced
1981	Kedibone Letlaka	New York City	Unplaced
1982	Noxolisi Mji	Lima	Unplaced
1982	Odette Octavia Scrooby	Lima	Semifinalist
1983	Nomxousi Xokelelo	St. Louis	Unplaced
1983	Leanne Hosking	St. Louis	Unplaced
1984	Letitia Snyman	Miami	1st runner-up
1995	Augustine Masilela	Windhoek	Semifinalist
1996	Carol Becker	Paradise	Unplaced
1997	Mbali Gasa	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1998	Kerishnie Naiker	Honolulu	Semifinalist
1999	Sonia Raciti	Chaguaramas	Finalist
2000	Heather Hamilton	Nicosia	Semifinalist
2001	Jo-Ann Strauss	Bayamón	Unplaced
2002	Vanessa Carreira	San Juan	3rd runner-up
2003	Cindy Nell	Panama City	2nd runner-up
2004	Joan Ramagoshi	Quito	Unplaced
2005	Claudia Henkel	Muang Thong Thani	Semifinalist
2006	Nokuthula Sithole	Los Angeles	Unplaced
2007	Megan Coleman	Mexico City	Unplaced
2008	Tansey Coetzee	Nha Trang	Semifinalist
2009	Tatum Keshwar	Atlantis Paradise Island	Semifinalist
2010	Nicole Flint	Las Vegas	Semifinalist
2011	Bokang Montjane	São Paulo	Unplaced
2012	Melinda Bam	Las Vegas	Semifinalist
2013	Marilyn Ramos	Krasnogorsk	Unplaced
2014	Ziphozakhe Zokufa	University Park	Unplaced
2015	Refilwe Mthimunye	Las Vegas	Semifinalist
2016	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	Pasay	Unplaced
2017	Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters	Las Vegas	Winner
2018	Tamaryn Green	Muang Thong Thani	1st runner-up
2019	Zozibini Tunzi	Atlanta	Winner
2020	Natasha Joubert	Hollywood	Unplaced
2021	Lalela Mswane	Eilat	2nd runner-up
2022	Ndavi Nokeri	New Orleans	Semifinalist
2023	Bryoni Govender	San Salvador	Quarterfinalist
2025	Melissa Nayimuli	Pak Kret	Unplaced