major titles

Year	Winner	Represented	Placement at MW
2010	Emma Wareus	Botswana	1st runner-up
2009	Tatum Keshwar	South Africa	2nd runner-up
2008	Brigith dos Santos	Angola	Top 5 finalist
2007	Micaela Reis	Angola	1st runner-up
2006	Stiviandra Oliveira	Angola	Top 6 finalist
2005	Nancy Sumari	Tanzania	Top 6 finalist
2004	Anita Uwagbale	Nigeria	Top 15 semifinalist
2003	Hayat Ahmed Mohammed Ethiopia	Top 20 semifinalist
2002	Chinenye Ochuba	Nigeria	Top 10 finalist
2001	Agbani Darego	Nigeria	Miss World 2001
2000	Yolanda Masinde	Kenya	Top 10 semifinalist
1999	Sonia Raciti	South Africa	2nd runner-up
1998	Kerishnie Naicker	South Africa	Top 5 finalist
1997	Jessica Motaung	South Africa	2nd runner-up
1996	Peggy-Sue Khumalo	South Africa	Top 10 semifinalist
1995	Bernelee Daniell	South Africa	Top 10 semifinalist
1994	Basetsane Makgalemele	South Africa	Top 5 finalist
1993	Palesa Mofokeng	South Africa	1st runner-up
1992	Amy Kleinhans	South Africa	Top 5 finalist
1991	Diana Tilden-Davis	South Africa	2nd runner-up
1990	Aisha Lieberg	Kenya
1989	Jeanne-Franoise Clement	Mauritius	Top 10semifinalist
1988	Dianna Naylor	Kenya
1987	Mary Ngazi Bienoseh Nigeria	Top 12 semifinalist
1986	Ilana Faye Lapidos	Swaziland	Top 15 semifinalist
1985	Kayonga Mureka Tete	Zaire	Top 15 semifinalist
1984	Khadija Adam Ismail	Kenya	Top 15 semifinalist
1983	Annie Broderick	Liberia
1982	Caroline Murinda	Zimbabwe	Top 15 semifinalist
1981	Juliet Nyathi	Zimbabwe	Top 15 semifinalist