Miss Mauritius is a national beauty pageant held in Mauritius that selects representatives for Miss World and Miss International, two of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
History Miss Mauritius is the oldest beauty pageant in Mauritius, established in 1970 by Miss Mauritius National Organisation. The first Miss Mauritius was Florence Muller, who was crowned in 1970 and participated in Miss World 1970 in London, Great Britain. The first Miss Universe Mauritius, Nirmala Sohun, was crowned in 1975.
In 1970, Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam, Sir Gaetan Duval et Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, have encouraged Mrs Primerose Obeegadoo to place Mauritius on the world map for fashion & beauty. Ever since, young Mauritian ladies have represented with pride Mauritius and its quadricolor flag at Miss World, Miss International, Miss European Union, Miss Intercontinental, Top Model of the World, Miss Tourism World, Miss Africa. Miss Mauritius National Organisation has many preliminary contests such as Elegance Award, Talent Award, Sport Award, Beach Beauty Award, Best Dress Award, Amity Award, Photogenic Award, Marketing Award and Multimedia Award.
Titleholders YearMiss MauritiusNotes 1970 Florence Muller 1971 Marie-Anne Ng Sik Kwong 1972 Marie Ange Bestel 1973 Daisy Ombrasine 1974 Nirmala Sohun 1975 Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun 1976 Danielle Marie Françoise Bouic 1977 Geneviève Chanea 1978 Maria Chanea Allard 1979 Christiane Carol Mackay 1980 Carole Fitzgerald 1986 Michelle Sylvie Geraldine Pastor 1987 Marie-Geraldine Mamet 1988 Jacky Randabel 1989 Anita Ramgutty 1990 Dhandevy Jeetun 1991 Stephanie Raymond 1992 Danielle Pascal 1993 Viveka Babajee† 1994 Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo 1996 Cindy Cesar 1997 Leena Ramphul 1998 Oona Sujaya Fulena 1999 Micaella L'Hortalle 2000 Jenny Arthémidor 2001 Karen Alexandre 2002 Marie-Aimée Bergicourt 2003 Sabine Bourdet 2004 Marie-Natacha Magalie Antoo 2005 Isabelle Antoo 2006 Melody Selvon 2007 Olivia Carey 2008 Anaïs Veerapatren 2009 Dalysha Doorga 2010 Laetitia Darche 2011 Ameeksha Dilchand 2012 Diya Beeltah 2013 Pallavi Gungaram 2014 Kushboo Ramnawaj 2015 Danika Atchia 2016 Bessika Bucktawor 2017 Anne Murielle Ravina 2018 Urvashi Gooriah 2019 Angélique Sanson 2020 rowspan=2 colspan=5 2021 2022 Liza Gundowry 2023 Kimberly Joseph
Mauritius at International pageants Miss World Mauritius
YearMiss World MauritiusPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial Awards 2026 Shreeya Bokhoree Unplaced 2025 Kimberly Joseph Unplaced 2024 colspan=5 2023 Liza Gundowry Top 12 2022 Angélique Sanson Unplaced Miss World Talent (Top 27) Miss World Sport (Top 32) colspan=4 2019 Urvashi Devi Gooriah Unplaced 2018 Anne Murielle Ravina Top 12 Head-to-head challenge 2017 Bessika Bucktawor Unplaced 2016 Véronique Allas Unplaced
Miss International Mauritius
The second winner of Miss Mauritius will be competing at Miss International pageant.
YearMiss International MauritiusPlacement at Miss InternationalSpecial Awards 2025 Naarmeen Bernon TBA 2024 colspan=5 2023 Karishma Hurlall Unplaced 2022 Ava Memero Unplaced colspan=4 2019 Nidishwaree Ruchpaul Unplaced 2018 Ashna Nookooloo Unplaced 2017 Marie-Désirée Sabrina Laetitia Bègue Unplaced 2016 Shavina Hulka Unplaced
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