List of Miss Universe runners - up and finalists - wikipedia List of Miss Universe runners - up and finalists This article provides the names of the runners - up in the Miss Universe pageant since the pageant 's first edition in 1952. Miss Universe 2006 top - five finalists : Switzerland, Paraguay, Japan, USA and Puerto Rico. Contents 1 Table of Miss Universe runners - up and finalists 2 Countries / Territories by number of finalists 2.1 1st runner - up 2.2 2nd runner - up 3 References Table of Miss Universe runners - up and finalists The pageant has awarded a top - five finalists from 1952 to 1989 and from 2001 up to 2014, with the first, second, third and fourth runner - up being awarded. From 1990 to 1997, the number of finalists was increased to six. From 1998 to 2000 and since 2015, it was reverted to five but only up to the second runner - up was awarded ( regardless if the pageant post-announces the placements of the other 2 delegates who made it to the Top 5 ). This table shows the top - five finalists of each competition, from its inception in 1952. Edition Miss Universe ( 1st place ) 1st runner - up ( 2nd place ) 2nd runner - up ( 3rd place ) 3rd runner - up ( 4th place ) 4th runner - up ( 5th place ) 1952 Armi Kuusela Finland Elza Kananionapua Edsman Hawaii Ntaizy `` Daisy '' Mavraki Greece Judy Dan Hong Kong Renate Hoy Germany 1953 Christiane Martel France Myrna Rae Hansen USA Kinuko Ito Japan Ana Bertha Lepe Mexico Maxine Morgan Australia 1954 Miriam Stevenson USA Martha Rocha Brazil Virginia Lee Wai - Chun Hong Kong Regina Ernst Germany Ragnhild Olausson Sweden 1955 Hillevi Rombin Sweden Maribel Arrieta Galvez El Salvador Maureen Hingert Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) Margit Nünke Germany Keiko Takahashi Japan 1956 Carol Morris USA Marina Orschel Germany Ingrid Goude Sweden Kathleen Waller England Rosanna Galli Italy 1957 Gladys Zender Peru Teresinha Morango Brazil Sonia Hamilton England Maria Fernandez Cuba Gerti Daub Germany 1958 Luz Marina Zuluaga Colombia Adalgisa Colombo Brazil Geri Hoo Hawaii Eurlyne Howell USA Alicja Bobrowska Poland 1959 Akiko Kojima Japan Jorunn Kristjansen Norway Terry Huntingdon USA Pamela Anne Searle England Vera Regina Ribeiro Brazil 1960 Linda Bement USA Daniela Bianchi Italy Elizabeth Hodacs Austria Nicolette Caras South Africa Teresa del Rio Spain 1961 Marlene Schmidt Germany Rosemarie Frankland Wales Adriana Gardiazabal Argentina Arlette Dobson England Sharon Brown USA 1962 Norma Nolan Argentina Anna Geirsdóttir Iceland Anja Aulikki Järvinen Finland Helen Liu Shiu - Man Taiwan Maria Olívia Rebouças Brazil 1963 Iêda Maria Vargas Brazil Aino Korwa Denmark Marlene McKeown Ireland Lalaine Bennett Philippines Kim Myoung - ja Korea 1964 Corinna Tsopei Greece Brenda Blackler England Ronit Renat Rechtman Israel Siv Märta Åberg Sweden Lana Yu Yi Taiwan 1965 Apasra Hongsakula Thailand Virpi Liisa Miettinen Finland Sue Downey USA Ingrid Norman Sweden Anja Schuit Netherlands 1966 Margareta Arvidsson Sweden Satu Charlotta Östring Finland Cheranand Savetanand Thailand Yasmin Daji India Aviva Israeli Israel 1967 Sylvia Hitchcock USA Mariela Pérez Venezuela Jennifer Lynn Lewis England Ritva Lehto Finland Batya Kabiri Israel 1968 Martha Vasconcellos Brazil Anne Braafheid Curacao Leena Brusin Finland Peggy Kopp Venezuela Dorothy Anstett USA 1969 Gloria Diaz Philippines Harriet Eriksson Finland Joanne Barret Australia Chava Levy Israel Kikuyo Osuka Japan 1970 Marisol Malaret Puerto Rico Deborah Shelton USA Joan Zealand Australia Jun Shimada Japan Beatriz Gross Argentina 1971 Georgina Rizk Lebanon Toni Rayward Australia Pirjo Laitila Finland Beba Franco Puerto Rico Eliane Guimaraes Brazil 1972 Kerry Anne Wells Australia Rejane Costa Brazil María Antonieta Cámpoli Venezuela Ilana Goren Israel Jennifer `` Jenny '' McAdam England 1973 Margarita Moran Philippines Amanda Jones USA Aina Walle Norway Maria Madrigal Spain Limor Schreibman Israel Amparo Muñoz Spain Helen Morgan Wales Ritta Johanna Raunio Finland Ella Cecilia Escandon Palacios Colombia Maureen Vieira Aruba Anne Marie Pohtamo Finland Gerthie David Haiti Summer Bartholomew USA Catharina Sjödahl Sweden Rose Marie Brosas Philippines 1976 Rina Messinger Israel Judith Castillo Venezuela Sian Adey - Jones Wales Carol Grant Scotland Julie Ismay Australia 1977 Janelle Commissiong Trinidad & Tobago Eva Düringer Austria Sandra Bell Scotland Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo Colombia Marie - Luise Gassen Germany 1978 Margaret Gardiner South Africa Judi Andersen USA Guillermina Ruiz Spain Mary Shirley Saenz Colombia Cecilia Catharina Rhode Sweden 1979 Maritza Sayalero Venezuela Gina Swainson Bermuda Carolyn Seaward England Martha Jussara da Costa Brazil Annette Marie Ekström Sweden 1980 Shawn Weatherly USA Linda Gallagher Scotland Diana Nottle New Zealand Chat Silayan Philippines Eva Birgitta Anderson Sweden 1981 Irene Sáez Venezuela Dominique Dufour Canada Eva Lena Lundgren Sweden Adriana Oliveira Brazil Dominique Eeckhoudt Belgium 1982 Karen Baldwin Canada Patty Chong Kerkos Guam Cinzia Fiordeponti Italy Tina Roussou Greece Terri Utley USA Lorraine Downes New Zealand Julie Hayek USA Roberta Brown Ireland Lolita Morena Switzerland Karen Moore England 1984 Yvonne Ryding Sweden Leticia Snyman South Africa Carmen Maria Montiel Venezuela Desiree Verdadero Philippines Susana Caldas Lemaitre Colombia 1985 Deborah Carthy - Deu Puerto Rico Teresa Sánchez López Spain Kayonga Mureka Zaire Silvia Martínez Venezuela Andrea López Uruguay 1986 Bárbara Palacios Venezuela Christy Fichtner USA María Mónica Urbina Colombia Brygida Bziukiewicz Poland Tuula Polvi Finland Cecilia Bolocco Chile Roberta Capua Italy Michelle Royer USA Inés María Calero Venezuela Laurie Tamara Simpson Puerto Rico 1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand Chang Yoonjung Korea Amanda Olivares Mexico Mizuho Sakaguchi Japan Pauline Yeung Hong Kong 1989 Angela Visser Netherlands Louise Drevenstam Sweden Gretchen Polhemus USA Joanna Gapińska Poland Adriana Abascal Mexico 1990 Mona Grudt Norway Carole Gist USA Lizeth Mahecha Colombia not awarded 1991 Lupita Jones Mexico Pauline Huizinga Netherlands Yulia Lemigova USSR 1992 Michelle McLean Namibia Paola Turbay Colombia Madhu Sapre India 1993 Dayanara Torres Puerto Rico Paula Andrea Betancourt Colombia Milka Chulina Venezuela 1994 Sushmita Sen India Carolina Gomez Colombia Minorka Mercado Venezuela 1995 Chelsi Smith USA Manpreet Brar India Lana Buchberger Canada Alicia Machado Venezuela Taryn Mansell Aruba Lola Odusoga Finland 1997 Brook Lee USA Marena Bencomo Venezuela Margot Bourgeois Trinidad & Tobago 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & Tobago Veruska Ramirez Venezuela Joyce Giraud Puerto Rico 1999 Mpule Kwelagobe Botswana Miriam Quiambao Philippines Diana Nogueira Spain 2000 Lara Dutta India Claudia Moreno Venezuela Helen Lindes Spain 2001 Denise Quiñones Puerto Rico Evelina Papantoniou Greece Kandace Krueger USA Eva Ekvall Venezuela Celina Jaitley India 2002 Oxana Fedorova ( Dethroned ) Russia Justine Pasek ( Replaced ) Panama Zhuo Ling China Vanessa Carreira South Africa Cynthia Lander Venezuela 2003 Amelia Vega Dominican Republic Mariángel Ruiz Venezuela Cindy Nell South Africa Sanja Papić Serbia & Montenegro Miyako Miyazaki Japan Jennifer Hawkins Australia Shandi Finnessey USA Alba Reyes Puerto Rico Yanina Gonzalez Paraguay Danielle Jones Trinidad & Tobago 2005 Natalie Glebova Canada Cynthia Olavarría Puerto Rico Renata Soñé Dominican Republic Laura Elizondo Mexico Monica Spear Venezuela 2006 Zuleyka Rivera Puerto Rico Kurara Chibana Japan Lauriane Gilliéron Switzerland Lourdes Arevalos Paraguay Tara Conner USA 2007 Riyo Mori Japan Natália Guimarães Brazil Ly Jonaitis Venezuela Honey Lee Korea Rachel Smith USA 2008 Dayana Mendoza Venezuela Taliana Vargas Colombia Marianne Cruz Dominican Republic Vera Krasova Russia Elisa Nájera Mexico 2009 Stefanía Fernández Venezuela Ada de la Cruz Dominican Republic Marigona Dragusha Kosovo Rachael Finch Australia Mayra Matos Puerto Rico Ximena Navarrete Mexico Yendi Phillips Jamaica Jesinta Campbell Australia Anna Poslavska Ukraine Venus Raj Philippines 2011 Leila Lopes Angola Olesya Stefanko Ukraine Priscila Machado Brazil Shamcey Supsup Philippines Luo Zilin China 2012 Olivia Culpo USA Janine Tugonon Philippines Irene Esser Venezuela Renae Ayris Australia Gabriela Markus Brazil 2013 Gabriela Isler Venezuela Patricia Rodríguez Spain Constanza Báez Ecuador Ariella Arida Philippines Jakelyne Oliveira Brazil 2014 Paulina Vega Colombia Nia Sanchez USA Diana Harkusha Ukraine Yasmin Verheijen Netherlands Kaci Fennell Jamaica 2015 Pia Wurtzbach Philippines Ariadna Gutiérrez Colombia Olivia Jordan USA Flora Coquerel France Monika Radulovic Australia 2016 Iris Mittenaere France Raquel Pélissier Haiti Andrea Tovar Colombia 2017 Demi - Leigh Nel - Peters South Africa Laura González Colombia Davina Bennett Jamaica Countries / territories by number of finalists 1st runner - up The first runner - up of each edition of Miss Universe is the second placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss Universe. In some cases, she shall take over the title of Miss Universe, if : The outgoing titleholder can not fulfill her duties. This could happen and may result to resignation, giving up the title, or dethronement The titleholder is dethroned due to deeds that violate the organization 's policies. This has only happened in 2002. There were instances that the winner is not replaced by the first runner - up, when she decides to voluntarily resign from her position, given the formal permission from the organization ( 1952 and 1974 ). This table lists the number of 1st runner - up titles by country. There are some special considerations : Hawaii competed as an independent territory from 1952 to 1959, before it joined the United States, holding one 1st runner - up title on its own. The United Kingdom ( currently competing under the name of Great Britain ) competed separatedly as England ( from 1955 to 1962 and then again from 1964 to 1990 ), Scotland ( from 1961 to 1986 and then again from 1988 to 1990 ) and Wales ( from 1961 to 1990 ), holding a total of four 1st runner - up titles which are counted together. As Panama took over the Miss Universe title in 2002, it is unknown if the 1st runner - up position was taken by another candidate after the succession took place. Countries that have placed 1st runner - up in Miss Universe and number of times. Country / Territory Titles Year ( s ) United States 9 1953, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 2004, 2014 Colombia 6 1992, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2015, 2017 Venezuela 1967, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 Brazil 5 1954, 1957, 1958, 1972, 2007 Great Britain 1961, 1964, 1974, 1980 Finland 1965, 1966, 1969 Haiti 1975, 2016 Spain 1985, 2013 Philippines 1999, 2012 Italy 1960, 1987 Ukraine 2011 Jamaica Dominican Republic 2009 Japan 2006 Puerto Rico 2005 Greece 2001 Aruba India 1995 Netherlands 1991 Sweden 1989 South Korea 1988 South Africa 1984 Guam 1982 Canada 1981 Bermuda 1979 Austria 1977 Australia 1971 Curacao 1968 Denmark 1963 Iceland 1962 Norway 1959 Germany 1956 El Salvador 1955 Hawaii 1952 2nd runner - up The second runner - up of each edition of Miss Universe is the third placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss Universe and the first runner - up ( second placer ). Although it has never happened, the second runner - up is supposed to take over the Miss Universe title if both the original winner and the first runner - up are unable to fulfill their duties / resign their titles. For example, if a Miss Universe winner is required to give up her title and the first runner - up is unable / does not want to assume the winner 's position, the title then passes to the second runner - up. This table lists the number of 2nd runner - up titles by country. There are some special considerations as well : Hawaii competed as an independent territory from 1952 to 1959, before it joined the United States, holding one 2nd runner - up title on its own. The United Kingdom ( currently competing under the name of Great Britain ) competed separatedly as England ( from 1955 to 1962 and then again from 1964 to 1990 ), Scotland ( from 1961 to 1986 and then again from 1988 to 1990 ) and Wales ( from 1961 to 1990 ), holding a total of five 2nd runner - up titles which are counted together. It is unknown if Zhuo Ling, Miss Universe 2002 second runner - up, took over the first runner - up position after Justine Pasek took over the winner 's place, as no official statements regarding this matter were made by the organization. Countries that have placed 2nd runner - up in Miss Universe and number of times. Country / Territory Titles Year ( s ) United States 7 1959, 1965, 1975, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2015 Venezuela 6 1972, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2007, 2012 Finland 5 1962, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1996 Great Britain 1957, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1979 Colombia 1986, 1990, 2016 Australia 1969, 1970, 2010 Spain 1978, 1999, 2000 Dominican Republic 2005, 2008 Puerto Rico 1998, 2004 Ireland 1963, 1983 Sweden 1956, 1981 Jamaica 2017 Ukraine 2014 Ecuador 2013 Brazil 2011 Kosovo 2009 Switzerland 2006 South Africa 2003 China 2002 Trinidad and Tobago 1997 Canada 1995 India 1992 Soviet Union 1991 Mexico 1988 Zaire 1985 Italy 1982 New Zealand 1980 Norway 1973 Thailand 1966 Israel 1964 Argentina 1961 Austria 1960 Hawaii 1958 Ceylon 1955 Hong Kong 1954 Japan 1953 Greece 1952 2 Notes Now known as Sri Lanka Now known as DR Congo Now known as Russia References Jump up ^ `` A misty - eyed look at Armi Kuusela, the 1st Miss Universe ''. philstar.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Here 's how Olivia Culpo reacted to last night 's Miss Universe gaffe from the judge 's chair ''. Boston.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` LOOK : Pia Wurtzbach meets Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler ''. Rappler. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Outraged Colombians look for blame in Miss Universe mix - up ''. Yahoo ! News. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Jump up ^ McDermott, Maeve ( 30 January 2017 ). `` Miss France Iris Mittenaere is crowned Miss Universe 2017 ''. USA Today. Retrieved 30 January 2017. 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Question: who won second place in miss universe 2017
Answer: Laura González