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Miss Singapore Universe 
Logo of Miss Singapore Universe 2007Formation 1954 Type Beauty Pageant Location 
SingaporeMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5. Prior to 2000, the contest was organised by Metromedia Promotions Pte Ltd.
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 had its first semi finalist when Kathie Lee Lee Beng secured the 8th position, the highest ever placement Singapore attained when the pageant was held in St. Louis in 1983. In 1987 when Singapore played host to the Miss Universe pageant, home favourite Marion Nicole Teo came in at the 9th place.
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Notable winners
1991's winner Eileen Yeow went on to sign for Hong Kong's TVB, acting in many 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. On May 9. 2009 she graduated with a PhD in the field of general linguistics from the University of Gothenburg. 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. Jaime Teo who won the coveted title in 2001 enjoys a mildly successful career as an actress and TV presenter in Mediacorp. Miss Singapore Universe 2008, Shenise Wong, took part in Miss Asia Pacific International 1999, Miss International 2002 and Miss World 2005 prior to Miss Universe 2008. Miss Singapore Universe 2009, Rachel Kum, was noted as an entrepreneur in the local newspaper for creating her own cosmetics company, Rachel K Cosmetics soon after she won the title. Her cosmetics company became the main makeup sponsor for the Miss Singapore Universe 2010 pageant.
Miss Singapore Universe 2011
The official website for the Miss Singapore Universe organiser is http://www.derrolstepenny.com/
Miss Valerie Lim was crowned Miss Singapore Universe 2011 on 10 July 2011. She will go on to represent Singapore at Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Incidentally, Valerie was Miss Earth Singapore 2009 and placed in the top 16 at the Miss Earth 2009 pageant.
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/Notes 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 1963 No representative 1964 Vera Wee (withdrew) 1965 Alice Woon Yoke Kwee 1966 Margaret van Meel 1967 Ong Mei-Lee 1968 Yasmin Saif 1969 Mavis Young Siew Kim 1970 Cecilia Undasan 1971 Jenny Ser Wang Wong 1972 Jacqueline Hong Han Ghim 1973 Debra Josephine de Souza 1974 Angela Teo Bee Luang 1975 Sally Tan 1976 Linda Tham 1977 Marilyn Sim Choon May 1978 Annie Lee Mei Ling 1979 Elaine Tan Kim Lian 1980 Ann Chua Ai Choo 1981 Florence Tan 1982 Telma Judicia Mary Nonis 1983 Kathie Lee Lee Beng 8th position 1984 Violet Lee Hui-Min 1985 Lyana Chiok 1986 Farah Lange 1987 Marion Nicole Teo 8th position 1988 Audrey Ann Tay 1989 Pauline Chong 1990 Ong Lay Ling 1991 Eileen Yeow Yin Yin (20th in preliminaries) 1992 Cori Teo 1993 Rena Ramiah Devi (30th in preliminaries) 1994 Paulyn Sun (38th in preliminaries) 1995 Tun Neesa Abdullah (25th in preliminaries) 1996 Angeline Putt (53rd in preliminaries) 1997 Tricia Tan Siew Siew (50th in preliminaries) 1998 Alice Lim Poh Choo 1999 Cheryl Marie Cordeiro 1 2000 Eunice Elizabeth Olsen 2001 Jaime Teo 2002 Nuraliza Osman 2003 Bernice Wong Chea Mei 2004 Sandy Chua Khang Ein 2005 Cheryl Tay 2006 Carol Cheong Yim Foon 2007 Jessica Tan Yue Chang 2008 Shenise Wong Yan Yi 2009 Rachel Janice Kum 2010 Tania Lim Kim Suan 2011 Valerie Lim Shu Xian References
External links
- Miss Singapore Universe 2011 - Pageant Results
- Miss Singapore Universe 2010 Highlights
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- Miss Singapore Universe 2009 - Rachel Kum
- Miss Singapore Universe 2009
- Miss Singapore Universe 2007
- Miss Singapore Universe 2006
- Miss Singapore Universe 2005
- Miss Singapore Universe 2004
- Miss Singapore Universe 2003
- Miss Singapore Universe 2002
Categories:- Miss Universe by country
- Beauty pageants in Singapore
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