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Miss Singapore Universe
	; Logo of Miss Singapore Universe 2007
Formation	1954
Type	Beauty Pageant
Location	Singapore
Website	[Website]

Miss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by ERM World Marketing to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was organised by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5 and Derrol Stepenny Promotions. 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.

[edit] Notable winners

1991's winner Eileen Yeow went on to sign for Hong Kong's TVB, acting in several 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. 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.

[edit] Titleholders

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

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