13. South Africa (4 titles/16 runners-up)
The last big win for South Africa, the number 13 on our list of top performing countries in international beauty pageants in 2018, was last year when Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned Miss Universe. This is not the only time South African was crowned Miss Universe. In 1978, Margaret Gardiner won the pageant.
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