Event started in 1972 by Andrew Logan and has continued on and off since then. The contest focuses not on beauty but on personal transformation, celebrating equality and the inherently unique.
Previous Alternative Miss World Contestants, Judges and Co-hosts include:
Derek Jarman: Participant 1972 - 1991
David Hockney: Judge 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
Zandra Rhodes: Participant 1973 - present
David Bailey: Judge 1973, 1981
Angie Bowie: Judge 1973
Fenella Fielding: Judge 1975, 1995, 1998
Divine: Co-host 1978
Molly Parkin: Judge 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1991
Joan Bakewell: Judge 1978, 1981,
Rula Lenska: Judge 1981, Co-host 1991
Janet Street Porter: Judge 1981, Co-host 1985
Richard O'Brien: Judge 1985, Co-host 1995
Leigh Bowery: Contestant 1985, 1986
Fiona Rae: Contestant: 1985
Billy Connolly: Judge 1985
Simon Callow: Special Guest 1985
Grayson Perry: Contestant 1986, Judge 2004
Brian Eno: Judge 1991, 1995, 1998, 2004
Nick Rhodes: Judge 1991
Michael Cashman: Judge 1991
Anita Roddick: Judge 1995, 1998
Norman Rosenthal: Judge 1995, 1998
Maggie Hambling: Judge 1998
Julian Clary: Co-host 2004
Ruby Wax: Co-host 2009
