Ford Models Supermodel of the World
Status	Inactive
Genre	Model search competition
Frequency	Annual
Inaugurated	1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Founder	Eileen Ford
Most recent	2013
Website	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 in order 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 two runners up received contracts of $150,000 and $100,000 respectively.

Held	Winner	Country	Venue
1981	Annette Stai[1]	Norway	Monaco
1982	Renée Simonsen	Denmark	United States
1983	Carrie Miller	United States	United States
1984	Catherine Ahnell	Sweden	United States
1985	Joanna Van Trees	United States	United States
1986	Monika Schnarre	Canada
1987	Celia Forner	Spain
1988	Anuschka Muzik	Czechoslovakia
1989	Synne Myreboe	Norway
1990	Anneliese Seubert	Australia /  Germany
1991	Daniela Benavente	Chile
1992	Tricia Helfer	Canada
1993	Veronica Blume	Spain /  Germany
1994	Georgia Göttmann	Germany	Hawaii, U.S.
1995	Anna Marie Cseh	Hungary
1996	Leanne Spencer	Canada	Miami, Florida, U.S.
1997	Diana Pereira	Portugal
1998	Katie Burell	United Kingdom	Portugal
1999	Alyssa Kealy	Australia
2000	Margarita Babina	Russia	Puerto Rico, U.S.
2001	Asta Buziliauskaitė	Lithuania	Miami, Florida, U.S.
2002	Dari Maximova	Germany	Dominican Republic
2003	<No event held>
2004	Nataliya Gotsiy	Ukraine	New York Public Library
2005	Camila Finn	Brazil	New York Public Library
2006	Katsia Damankova	Belarus
2007	Sanne Nijhof[citation needed]	Netherlands	United States
2008	Kang Seung-hyun[1]	Korea
2009	Tayane Leão	Brazil	Montenegro
2010	Katrina Karlina Caune	Latvia	São Paulo, Brazil
2011	Danica Magpantay	Philippines
2012	Sofía Polenta	Argentina
No event since 2013–present

• No event was held in 2003.

Notable participants that did not win the contest were 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.

• 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

• Ford Models
• Elite Model Look

• Official website
• Official MySpace and Application
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