[1] New Zealanders have contested 44 Miss Universe pageants since its inception in 1952 and is one of 33 countries to win the title.
New Zealand's most successful entrant came in 1983 when Lorraine Downes won the Miss Universe title.
New Zealand is one of only 12 countries to win two or more Miss Photogenic awards, won by Carole Robinson (1969), Delyse Nottle (1980), and Samantha MacClung (2015).
It was held in the Dorothy Winstone Centre, 16 Howe Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, on Sunday, 29 September 2024.
The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.