New Zealand at Miss World

The peak of the national pageant's popularity was in the 1980s when the event was televised on TVNZ.

Interest waned in the 1990s as the contests suffered from political correctness, faced opposition from feminists and struggled to gain sponsorship.

New Zealand debut in 1960 and ever won the title of Miss International 1971, Jane Hansen in Long Beach, California, United States.

The Miss Grand New Zealand titleholders were directly awarded on the national stage in 2014, 2015, and 2019,[20][21][22] while the remaimnings were appointed.

The only one of these delegates to place at Miss World was Lisa Marie de Montaulk, who was a semi-finalist in both pageants.