RANKING PROCEDURE - New criteria, updated on August 2011

The following is an overview of the basis on which the ranking is calculated.

a) Considered for the ranking are all countries which have participated in a Grand Slam women's pageant or 'big 3' men's pageant, taking into account the results of such competitions since 1951.

b) The ranking list is calculated on by a computer program which assigns a country points for its achievements in a major international contest, according to clearly defined criteria.

c) The factors taken into consideration are winning or placing among finalists and semi-finalists in a 'Grand Slam' pageant. Special prizes such as Miss Photogenic, Miss Amity (Congeniality), and Best National Costume, are also worth points.

d) Points are awarded as following:

- pageant's winner: 100 points;
- finalists: 2nd place (70 points), 3rd place (50 points); other finalists, whatever rank (35 points);
- semifinalists and/or quarterfinalists: 20 points;
- special awards: Miss Photogenic, Best National Costume and Miss Amity (Congeniality) winners: 3 points;
- participation: countries which have participated at list once in a Grand Slam, but did not place and did not win any special awards, do not score, but appear in the Ranking.

e) A weight is given to each of the Grand Slam women's pageants and men's pageants before points are added to determine the Grand Slam Ranking.

Based on tradition, years of existence, television telecast and audience, production quality, press interest and number of participant countries, it was agreed that Miss World and Miss Universe results would be multiplied by 2.0; Miss International results would be multiplied by 1.0, Miss Tourism Queen International would be multiplied by 1.0, Miss Earth results would be multiplied by 1.0, Miss Supranational results would be multiplied by 1.0.

Mister World results would be multiplied by 2.0, Manhunt International results would be multiplied by 2.0 and Mister International results would be multiplied by 1.0.

f) At the end of each year, three awards are given. The "Country of the Year Award" goes to the country with the best performance in that particular year alone. The "Grand Slam Award" goes to the country which has finished the year in the overall 1st place. The "Best Mover of the Year Award" will be given to the country which has made the most significant improvement in the ranking within the last 12 months.

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