Here is the updated Grand Slam rankings of countries that excel in four of the world's major beauty contests - Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth for the last five years:
1 Venezuela (South America)
2 India (Asia)
3 United States (North America)
4 South AfricaÂ*(Africa)
5 Colombia (South America)
6 Spain (Europe)
7 Russia (Asia)
8 Philippines (Asia)
9 Puerto Rico (North America)
10 Brazil (South America)
Source: GlobalBeauties.com
Latest Update:
In Miss Universe 2005 , Binibining Pilipinas Gionna Cabrera bagged the most-coveted Miss Photogenic Award and the Royal Thai Silk Award in Bangkok, Thailand...
This year (2005), Binibining Pilipinas Precious Lara Quigaman was crowned Miss International in Tokyo, Japan...
In Miss World 2004, Binibing Pilipinas Maria Karla Bautista was one of the top 5 finalists and was awarded Queen of Asia and the Pacific in Sanya, China... For the last three years, Binibing Pilipinas has always been short-listed as Finalist in the said beauty pageant. And hopefully, this year, we'll have our first Miss World in the image of Carlene Aguilar...
Lastly, in Miss Earth, we're also a very strong contender. Miss Philippines has always placed either as Semi-finalist or Finalist.