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{{Short description|International Competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name               = Ford Models <br> Supermodel of the World
| logo               = [[File:Ford Models Supermodel of the World Logo.jpg|100px]]
| caption            = Ford Models Supermodel of the World logo
| status             = Inactive
| genre              = Model search competition
| frequency          = Annual
| first              = {{start date and age|1980}}
| founder_name       = [[Eileen Ford]]
| last               = 2013
| website            = [http://www.fordmodelsblog.com/tag/supermodel-of-the-world/ Website]
}}

'''Supermodel of the World''' (''Ford Supermodel of the Year'', formerly ''Face of the 80s'') was an international modeling contest established by [[Eileen Ford]] in 1980. The contest showcases young fashion model entrants from over 50 countries to discover new talent for the fashion industry. The winner of the international final event received a $250,000 modeling contract with [[Ford Models]]. The second and third runners-up received contracts of $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.

==Titleholders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:; font-size:90%"
|-
! Held !! Winner !! Country !! Venue
|-
| 1981 || [[Annette Stai]]<ref name="klikk"/> || {{flag|Norway}} || Monaco
|-
|1982 || [[Renée Simonsen]] || {{flag|Denmark}} || United States
|-
| 1983 || Carrie Miller || {{flag|United States}} || United States
|-
| 1984 || Catherine Ahnell || {{flag|Sweden}} || United States
|-
| 1985 || Joanna Van Trees || {{flag|United States}} || United States
|-
| 1986 || [[Monika Schnarre]] || {{flag|Canada}} ||
|-
| 1987 || Celia Forner || {{flag|Spain}} ||
|-
| 1988 || Anuschka Muzik || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} ||
|-
| 1989 || Synne Myreboe || {{flag|Norway}} ||
|-
| 1990 || [[Anneliese Seubert]] || {{flag|Australia}} / {{flag|Germany}} ||
|-
| 1991 || Daniela Benavente || {{flag|Chile}} ||
|-
| 1992 || [[Tricia Helfer]] || {{flag|Canada}} ||
|-
| 1993 || [[Veronica Blume]] || {{flag|Spain}} / {{flag|Germany}} ||
|-
| 1994 || Georgia Göttmann || {{flag|Germany}} || Hawaii, U.S.
|-
| 1995 || [[Anna Marie Cseh]] || {{flag|Hungary}} ||
|-
| 1996 || Leanne Spencer || {{flag|Canada}} || Miami, Florida, U.S.
|-
| 1997 || Diana Pereira || {{flag|Portugal}} ||
|-
| 1998 || Katie Burell || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || Portugal
|-
| 1999 || Alyssa Kealy || {{flag|Australia}} ||
|-
| 2000 || Margarita Babina || {{flag|Russia}} || Puerto Rico, U.S.
|-
| 2001 || Asta Buziliauskaitė || {{flag|Lithuania}} || Miami, Florida, U.S.
|-
| 2002 || Dari Maximova || {{flag|Germany}} || Dominican Republic
|-
| 2003 || <No event held> ||  ||
|-
| 2004 || [[Nataliya Gotsiy]] || {{flag|Ukraine}} || [[New York Public Library]]
|-
| 2005 || [[Camila Finn]] || {{flag|Brazil}} || [[New York Public Library]]
|-
| 2006 || Katsia Damankova || {{flag|Belarus}} ||
|-
| 2007 || [[Sanne Nijhof]] || {{flag|Netherlands}} || United States
|-
| 2008 || [[Kang Seung-hyun]]<ref name="klikk"/> || {{flag|South Korea|name=Korea}} ||
|-
| 2009 || Tayane Leão || {{flag|Brazil}} || Montenegro
|-
| 2010 || Katrina Karlina Caune || {{flag|Latvia}} || São Paulo, Brazil
|-
| 2011 || Danica Magpantay || {{flag|Philippines}} ||
|-
| 2012 || Sofía Polenta || {{flag|Argentina}} ||
|-
| colspan="4" |No event since 2013–present
|}

==Notable participants==
Notable participants who did not win the contest include [[Adriana Lima]], [[Chanel Iman]], [[Kendra Spears]], [[Marie-Christine Gessinger]], [[Nadege Herrera]], [[Charo Ronquillo]], [[Liliane Ferrarezi]], [[Bianca Chiminello]], [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Caron Bernstein]], [[Zana Krasniqi]], [[Paloma Lago]], [[Malin Akerman]], [[Elsa Benítez]], [[Keity Mendieta]], [[Nicole Trunfio]], [[Shiraz Tal]], [[Michelle Behennah]], [[Melanie Marquez]], and [[Ly Jonaitis]].

==Hosts==
*1982 – [[Lee Majors]]
*1987 - [[Dick Clark]], [[Jerry Hall]]
*1990 – [[Christie Brinkley]]
*1992 – [[Walt Willey]], [[Ashley Richardson]]
*1993 – Walt Willey, [[Rachel Hunter]]
*1996 – [[Richard Steinmetz]]
*2004 – [[Billy Bush]]

==See also==
* [[Ford Models]]
* [[Elite Model Look]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="klikk">{{cite news|title=Our next Super Model|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=no&tl=en&u=http://www.klikk.no/detnye//article342602.ece|access-date=8 November 2010|newspaper=Klikk|date=8 October 2010}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20140623032214/http://www.fordmodelsblog.com/tag/supermodel-of-the-world/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fordsupermodel Official MySpace and Application]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150921194317/http://www.pageantopolis.com/Model/supermodel.htm pageantopolis.com]

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