Miss Bénin

National beauty pageant competition in Benin

Benin

Official language

French

Director

Association Culturelle Miss Bénin (ACMB)Websitemissbenin.net

Miss Bénin (formerly known as Miss Dahomey) is the national beauty pageant in Benin. The pageant winner aims to be a cultural ambassador of Benin. Before that Miss Benin experienced at Miss Universe 1962 once.

History

Debuted in 1962 as Miss Dahomey pageant, Benin competed internationally at Miss Universe 1962 in Miami, Florida.^[1] Benin existed once as Dahomey on international pageant and became an African kingdom which lasted from 1600 until 1900.^[2]

Titleholders

Year	Miss Bénin	Department
1962	Gilette Hazoume	Ouémé
1995	Corine Affoyone	Porto-Novo
2011	Sahadath Sorokou	Borgou
2012	Fatouma Boubacar Mamane	Donga
2013	Nadia Sèna Dossa	Ouémé
2014	Belleciane Fifonsi Hounvènou	Ouémé
2015	Sylvania Fandohan	Zou
2016	Larissa Adjagba^[3]	Ouémé
2018	Christelle Lougbégnon^[4]	Collines
2023	TBA

Past titleholders under Miss Bénin org.

Miss Universe Bénin

: Declared as Winner
: Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists
: Ended as special awards winner

Year	Department	Miss Bénin	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Awards	Notes
Did not compete between 1963—present
1962	Ouémé	Gilette Hazoume	Unplaced

References

^ Miss Universe 1962
^ Kingdom of Dahomey
^ Miss Bénin 2016: Larissa Adjagba
^ Miss Bénin 2018 : Christelle Lougbégnon, la plus belle fille de l’année

External links

missbenin.net

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Togo Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Uruguay United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Bahrain Bhutan Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand Samoa

Inactive since 2023 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

Africa	Benin (1962) Cote d'Ivoire (1986) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Senegal (1987) Sierra Leone (2019) Tunisia (1971) Zambia (2018)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) Grenada (1964) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006)
Asia	Chinese Taipei (2004) Iraq (2017) Israel (2021) Jordan (1960) Sri Lanka (2018)
Europe	Austria (2017) Azerbaijan (2013) Cyprus (2012) Estonia (2013) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) Sweden (2021)
Oceania	American Samoa (1978) Cook Islands (1999) Fiji (1981) Guam (2019) Northern Marianas (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

Disputed Parts and SAR's of China	Taiwan (1961–1964) Hong Kong (1952–2000)
Constituent country of Denmark	Greenland (1987–1990)
Overseas regions and collectivities of France	French Guiana (1977–1984) Guadeloupe (1977–1984) New Caledonia (1982) Réunion (1977–1986) Tahiti (1962–1985)
Constituent countries of Great Britain	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)
Prefecture of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)
Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)
States of the United States	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)
Former entities (1952–2006)	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Micronesia (1975) Southern Rhodesia (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958) Yugoslavia (1968–2002)