List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Woman of the Year
The PWI Woman of the Year award recognizes the best female professional wrestling personality of the year. Originally known as Girl Wrestler of the Year, it was rendered defunct in 1976 and its history would be subsumed into the current award when women were again bestowed their own category in 2000.

List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards

Section Title: Woman of the Year
Table Section Text: The PWI Woman of the Year award recognizes the best female professional wrestling personality of the year. Originally known as Girl Wrestler of the Year, it was rendered defunct in 1976 and its history would be subsumed into the current award when women were again bestowed their own category in 2000.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Second runner-up	Third runner-up

1972	Marie LaVerne	N/A	N/A	N/A

1973	Joyce Grable	N/A	N/A	N/A

1974	Rachel Dubois	N/A	N/A	N/A

1975	Ann Casey	N/A	N/A	N/A

1976	Sue Green	Kitty Adams	Early Dawn	Vicki Williams

2000	Stephanie McMahon	Lita	Chyna	Major Gunns

2001	Lita	Stephanie McMahon	Stacy Keibler	Torrie Wilson

2002	Trish Stratus	Stephanie McMahon	Stacy Keibler	Torrie Wilson

2003	Trish Stratus (2)	Stephanie McMahon	Victoria	Torrie Wilson

2004	Victoria	Trish Stratus	Stacy Keibler	Molly Holly

2005	Trish Stratus (3)	Christy Hemme	Melina	Lita

2006	Trish Stratus (4)	Dixie Carter	Mickie James	Lita

2007	Candice Michelle	Beth Phoenix	Gail Kim	Karen Angle

2008	Awesome Kong	Beth Phoenix	Mickie James	Michelle McCool

2009	Mickie James	Angelina Love	Tara	Michelle McCool

2010	Michelle McCool	Angelina Love	Madison Rayne	Madison Eagles

2011	Mickie James (2)	Kelly Kelly	Beth Phoenix	Madison Eagles

2012	AJ Lee	Gail Kim	Eve Torres	Sara Del Rey

2013	AJ Lee (2)	Cheerleader Melissa	Dixie Carter	Kaitlyn

2014	AJ Lee (3)	Paige	Stephanie McMahon	Jessicka Havok

2015	Sasha Banks	Nikki Bella	Charlotte	Paige

2016	Charlotte Flair	Sasha Banks	Bayley	Becky Lynch

2017	Asuka	Alexa Bliss	Charlotte Flair	Sienna

2018	Becky Lynch	Ronda Rousey	Asuka	Tessa Blanchard

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In 1976, Green was recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as the Girl Wrestler of the Year.

final_sentence: In 1976, Green was recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as the Girl Wrestler of the Year.